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Microsoft Claimed a Security Breach Didn’t Compromise Email Messages—It Did

A series of security reports published over the weekend have raised serious concerns about Microsoft’s transparency in the wake of a recent data breach. On Saturday, TechCrunch reported that hackers had gained access to the company’s email service after compromising a customer support account. Microsoft has confirmed that a people using MSN.com, Hotmail.com, and Outlook.com…

Russian Hackers Have 270 Million Email Logins, Including Gmail and Yahoo Accounts

A report from Reuters suggests that over 270 million hacked email credentials—including those from Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo—are circulating among Russian digital crime rings. Reuters reports that an investigation by Hold Security revealed the huge stash of login details, that are said to be being traded among criminals. Many of the credentials relate to the…

‘Gmailify’ Gives Dissatisfied Yahoo and Outlook Users Gmail Features

Google is now offering Yahoo and Hotmail/Outlook users the opportunity to “Gmailify” their accounts. It might be shocking to the Gmail-centric mainstream, but there are millions of people still using these email services. Not only do they use them—but they use them with the Gmail app their iOS and Android devices. Presumably these people then…

No, it’s not just you; it looks like some of Microsoft’s services are down right now. That includes Outlook, Hotmail, and Bing.

Microsoft Will Leave Email Snooping Up to the Authorities Now

After last week’s uproar over Microsoft’s 2012 snooping in a blogger’s Hotmail account, the company says it will no longer perform its own email snooping in criminal cases. In an official blog post today, Microsoft Executive Vice President Brad Smith said that, effective immediately, when investigations occur, “we will not inspect a customer’s private content…

Yahoo Mail Is Switching to HTTPS–Four Years After GMail

From January 8th, Yahoo will be enabling encryption by default for all of its webmail users. That’s great news—it just happens to be four years later than the likes of GMail. The Washington Post reports that Yahoo will roll out its SSL encryption standard—which has been kicking around as an option for users since earlier…

Microsoft Blames 16-Hour Email Outage on an Overheating Data Center

Microsoft’s Outlook.com email service suffered a massive 16-hour outage yesterday, which saw users unable to access parts of SkyDrive, Hotmail, and Outlook, too. Microsoft has revealed that it was a result of a mischievous firmware upgrade—which caused “a rapid and substantial temperature spike in the datacenter”. It’s quite an unusual situation for a large-volume, high-profile…

Microsoft is having a some problems with its Hotmail and Outlook email services—but it’s trying to solve the problem.

The @outlook.com Email Addresses Microsoft Should Have Kept For Themselves

Yesterday, Microsoft launched its new email service, Outlook, and achieved the impossible: it’s bloody brilliant. Now, early-adopters are swarming over usernames—and some have managed to snag email addresses that you’d think Microsoft should have kept to one side. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-did-the-impossible-the-new-hotmail-is-fantas-5930358 The Verge has reported that, so far, some rather famous names have had their email addresses…

Will You Switch to the New Hotmail Outlook?

Outlook’s new web client launched today, and it’s pretty goddamn awesome. But many of us have invested years into Gmail and its many intricacies (or maybe Yahoo! or maybe Exchange!), which makes switching over all the more difficult. If you’re a browser-based email fiend, will you switch over? If not, what will it take to…

Go Get Your @Outlook Email Address Quick Before Someone Else Does

The new Hotmail is here, and with it comes a whole new @outlook.com domain to colonize. That means it’s time to act quickly to get [email protected]. Certain members of our staff with very very common names—not saying who—have scored in the Outlook landgrab. GOGOGOGOGO before it’s too late! Protip: We’ve had better luck going for…

Microsoft Did the Impossible: The New Hotmail Is Fantastic

No need to be kind here: telling people you use Hotmail has been the Internet equivalent of admitting to necrophilia. But after a decade as a punchline, Hotmail just pulled off the biggest victory in the inbox game since Gmail. And it might just get you to switch. This is starting to look familiar to…

Hotmail App For Kindle Fire Arrives, For Those Clinging to The 1990s

Microsoft has just released a free Hotmail app to the Amazon Appstore, claiming to have optimized its existing Android app for the Fire. No doubt it probably works better that the Fires’s native email client, which is tolerable at best. What I want to know, though, is who the hell is still using Hotmail? What…

It’s Time to Give Hotmail a Chance

I know. Just let me finish. It sounds crazy—Hotmail is the leper colony of email, right? The running joke, the email potato famine we all fled for Gmail a decade ago—yeah. But that was then. Hotmail is changing. The reason is simple: Hotmail is trying again. And they’re trying hard, because they have to: at…

Hotmail Users Banned From Setting “Password” and “Ilovecats” As Passwords

Obvious passwords such as “password,” “123456” and “ilovecats” have been put on the blacklist by Microsoft for new Hotmail users, in a mammoth attempt at curbing hacking. This may be a ban that rolls onto existing users, so if anyone out there still uses Hotmail, a.) wtf are you thinking? and b.) change it before…

Microsoft Disables HTTPS for Hotmail Users in Iran, Sudan (Updated)

Governments in Bahrain, Algeria, Syria, Iran and the Sudan are all free to snoop their citizens’ Hotmail accounts today, as Microsoft has inexplicably disabled HTTPS support for Hotmail users in those countries. Equally disturbing is how quickly Microsoft seemingly abandoned the feature (at least in the listed countries, as it is still active in Europe…

What Your Email Domain Says About You

Maybe you’ve been a Gmail user from the moment the very first invites for accounts went out or maybe you’re still hanging on to your old AOL email address. Either way, your email domain reveals something about you—and the folks from Hunch can explain exactly what that something is. Spoiler alert: if you lean towards…

Create Up To Five Throw-Away Hotmail Addresses For Spam, Lukewarm Dates or Evil Deeds

Alright, anyone with an ounce of sense in their bones probably gave up on Hotmail long ago. But wait! A new (free) Alias feature that lets you create temporary accounts that are managed within existing inboxes? Sounds…convenient? [CNET]

Hotmail Just Got Served

An epic Hotmail takedown is kind of like an epic takedown of a three-legged puppy. But that doesn’t mean it’s not highly entertaining. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for British nerd raps. The silky verses come complements of Dan Bull, who should probably just switch to Gmail already. Along with anyone else who watches…

Hotmail Account Holders Ring in the New Year with Missing Emails

Microsoft Hotmail users have a lot to complain about as the new year kicks off in earnest: Many are reporting today that their emails have gone missing as a result of a new bug plaguing that popular email system. Basically, users report that their emails are being sent to a deleted mail folder instead of…