Tag archive: Outlook

In an interview with various Microsoft execs, CNet has unearthed new details about what killed the Courier. Microsoft’s fledgling attempts at a corporate-friendly tablet were notoriously squashed last April when it put the kibosh on the whole thing. While the device was never officially announced, we couldn’t help but wonder why such a hyped product was so unceremoniously dumped. In with the old, out with the new Microsoft had a two tablet… Read More

As an example of how long patent battles can linger, a federal jury in San Diego has ruled Microsoft must pay Alcatel-Lucent some $70 million in damages for infringing on data-entry patents in a case that dates all the way back to 2003. The patents in question involve keyboard-free data entry technologies Microsoft used in products like Windows Mobile, MS Money, and its Outlook email client. Lucent originally sued Dell and Gateway over the… Read More

Microsoft and Apple products in general aren’t generally thought of as compatible, but Microsoft Office for Mac just upped its appeal. The manufacturer will now offer a 30-day free trial of the software for Mac computers that can be conveniently found on Microsoft’s Office website. Apple computers will be eligible starting next week, just in time for the MacWorld Expo. Prior to this offer, Mac users would either have to take the expensive plunge… Read More

Only a handful of users have been granted access to Facebook’s new messaging system, but details continue to pile up. Microsoft announced in its blog today that users will be able to send and receive Microsoft Office files – specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This is a fairly crucial tool for the site’s step toward full e-mail services. While maintaining this idea of “modern messaging” and keeping the service focused as a conversation… Read More

Microsoft continues its push towards social integration, this time by combining Facebook with the e-mail program, Outlook. A new add-on to Microsoft’s recently released Social Connector is available for immediate download, and it will allow users to see the Facebook profile photos of e-mail contacts, their news feeds, status updates, picture uploads, and wall posts. The move is similar to the recent integration of LinkedIn on Outlook, but will… Read More

Software giant Microsoft is taking steps to make what might be the stodgiest of email and communications applications—Microsoft Outlook—into a functional piece of the connected generation's lifestyles: The Outlook Social Connector add-on puts a new pane into Outlook's primary reading area that can display information from a sender's social networking activities, including status messages and contact information.… Read More

If you own a PC running Vista, when you first used it you probably looked around for Outlook Express, the e-mail client Microsoft has used for several years now. But instead, you only found the new Windows Mail.                     But Outlook, as part of the Office suite of programs, is what most people use at work. They’re familiar with it,… Read More

Need a better way to manage your AOL Buddy List and integrate your Outlook contacts? America Online senses your pain and is partnering with web-based contact management company Plaxo to develop a service which will allow import, export and synchronization of contact information between your AOL lists and a program such as Outlook. Specifically, according to a press release, the new service, whidh will be available later this year at… Read More

“With it, users can run their personalized computer settings on any PC. The Migo software stores Outlook e-mail, calendar and contacts; Internet Explorer favorites and browsing history; as well as data files, presentations and the like on the iPod's hard drive. According to PowerHouse, simply plugging a Migo-equipped iPod into a Windows 98SE or newer powered PC instantly converts it into a virtual copy of the user's PC.… Read More