Hotmail

Security Experts Cast Doubt On Severity Of ‘Massive’ Email Breach

Cache of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo email credentials obtained by Hold Security needs to be verified, claims Have I been…

9 years ago

Criminals Target Windows Live ID Accounts

New scam uses Windows Live ID as bait to catch personal information stored in user profiles on services like Xbox…

10 years ago

Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts

New rules come after the company allegedly read the email account of an ex-employee suspected of leaking Microsoft secrets

11 years ago

Microsoft Completes Hotmail-Outlook.com Migration

Microsoft has moved millions of Hotmail users to Outlook.com, shifting 150 petabytes of emails over six weeks

12 years ago

Microsoft Blames Firmware Update For Cloud Failure

A firmware update caused a data centre temperature spike, that in turn nixed access to Hotmail and Outlook.com

12 years ago

Microsoft Confirms Hotmail And Outlook Problems

Hotmail and Outlook users report difficulties in accessing and receiving email

12 years ago

Microsoft Replaces Hotmail With Outlook.com

Microsoft says Outlook.com will make it easier to organise messages and interact with social networks

12 years ago

Microsoft Pushes Quick Fix For Hotmail Password Reset Issue

Vulnerability allowed hackers to reset account passwords and lock the owner out using a Firefox add-on

13 years ago

Microsoft Tweaks Hotmail To Target Email Clutter

Microsoft is targeting so-called 'Graymail' (including spam) with a number of new Hotmail features

13 years ago

Win 8 To Sync User Settings Across Multiple Devices

Windows 8 is to utilise Windows Live ID in order to sync user settings across multiple devices

13 years ago

Office 365 Outage Affects Millions

Microsoft's cloud services have suffered further downtime, this time affecting millions around the world

13 years ago

Microsoft Bans Weak Passwords On Hotmail

Hotmail users will be prevented from using easy-to-guess passwords, to protect against dictionary attacks

13 years ago

Patience And The Art Of Spear Phishing

Like sea anglers, professional phishers hope to make their fortunes by patiently using sprats to catch something bigger, says Eric…

13 years ago

Russia Backs Down On Skype, Gmail Ban

Russia's Federal Security Service won't ban Skype, Gmail and Hotmail on national security grounds after all

14 years ago

HTTPS Bug Disrupts Secure Hotmail Service

Microsoft turned off HTTPS access for Hotmail in some countries, leaving emails open to interception

14 years ago

Why Did Microsoft Hotmail Go Boom?

Microsoft claims it has restored Hotmail to normal service but, for some, the problem still continues, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

Hotmail Suffers New Year’s Disruption

Microsoft claims to have restored Hotmail emails and service but complaints about missing messages persisted on Monday

14 years ago

Microsoft Adds HTTPS Encryption To Secure Hotmail

Microsoft follows Google's example and adds HTTPS encryption to Hotmail to protect user's entire sessions

14 years ago

Microsoft Launches Windows Live Essentials 2011

Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2011 is now available for download for Windows 7 and Vista users, but not for Windows…

14 years ago

Updates For Hotmail And MS Office Web Apps

Microsoft Office Web Apps and Hotmail introduce new features to attract new users and deter defections to Yahoo and Google

14 years ago

Microsoft Gives Hotmail Social Networking Update

Microsoft has announced substantial updates to Windows Live Hotmail

15 years ago