hotmail
Clampdown Week: iPhone vs. Pre, China vs. Web, FTC vs. Worst ISP Ever
Google doesn’t want you to use Bing to search the Web, and it would much rather see you using Gmail and Google Docs than Hotmail and MS Word. But if you want to use Google’s Chrome browser, you have to run M|cr0s0ft’s Windows operating system. Does the irony just kill you? Don’t worry — it’s all temporary. Google has released versions of Chrome for the Mac and Linux platforms. Don’t get too excited, though; from a general-user point of view, both versions suck. They crash, they behave unpredictably, and they don’t even support Google’s own YouTube videos.
Twitter, Flickr, Hotmail, Others Blocked In China
An anonymous reader writes “Two days ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square ‘incident,’ several high profile Internet sites have been blocked in mainland China. These include Twitter.com, Flickr.com, Live.com, and Bing.com. While Internet blocks are common enough in mainland China, blocking such high-profile sites is unusual. In addition, blog reports suggest even state-owned television broadcasts are suffering multiple instances of muting lasting several seconds (again, not unusual for some foreign stations broadcast over cable, but unusual for local state-owned media) suggesting state security, online or through other technology, has tightened significantly, perhaps in anticipation or discovery of protest plans.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
5 Tips to Maximize Your Windows Live Experience
“Windows Live” is an umbrella term for M|cr0s0ft’s service offerings of three types — browser-based web applications like Live Hotmail and SkyDrive, various desktop applications packaged as Live Essentials, and mobile applications for access through mobile phones.
Microsoft adds Web-based IM to Hotmail
The Hotmail site is getting instant messaging abilities. The technology isn’t as easy to use but has some real usefulness.
Microsoft adds Web-based IM to Hotmail
The Hotmail site is getting instant messaging abilities. The technology isn’t as easy to use but has some real usefulness.
Hulu Hops on the Social Bandwagon
Television network, meet social network. Hulu, the online video lovechild of Fox and NBC, announced Thursday the addition of Hulu Friends, which gives users the opportunity to set up profiles, share favorite episodes of hit shows like “24″ or “The Office” and leave Facebook-style updates on each other’s pages. In fact, Hulu Friends allows integration with Facebook, MySpace, Digg and Del.icio.us, along with Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail, as the major media content providers working with Hulu look to pull more community-building opportunities within its own borders.
Rollout for Hotmail POP3 worldwide support complete
M|cr0s0ft has finished the worldwide roll out of POP3 support for Windows Live Hotmail.
Photos: Windows Mobile 6.5 hands-on
Here’s a preview of the next version of Windows Mobile, including IE Mobile 6 and Hotmail, shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Gmail Poised to Surpass Hotmail by End of 2009
The growth of Google’s Gmail service is accelerating and, if current trends continue, it could surpass Windows Live Hotmail by the end of this year.Between December 2007 and December 2008, Gmail’s number of unique monthly visitors in the United States grew 43%, from 20.8 million to 29.6 million, according to ComScore.
