Jul 24, 2008 | mail, security, spam
The latest outbreak of virus-laden spam purports to be a message from UPS about an undeliverable package. The attachment is a ZIP file with an executable program inside that does something evil – blows up a cruise boat or something. These messages appear and...
Jul 23, 2008 | business, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, SBS, web_services
Two weeks ago, Microsoft announced new services that might drastically change the email technology used by small businesses. Let me give you some background, then give you some information about Microsoft Online Services – a way for a small business to have its...
Jul 21, 2008 | Google, mail, Microsoft, Outlook, software, web_services
Microsoft Exchange and Outlook dominate the market for corporate email. Small businesses running Exchange Server use Outlook almost exclusively. Until recently, even individuals and businesses without a server would use Outlook with their POP3 mail accounts. But in...
Jul 9, 2008 | Apple, mail, mobile, phone, SBS
The new iPhone will be available next week, including support for Microsoft Exchange and Windows Mobile/ActiveSync. That means businesspeople in companies run by Small Business Server 2003 should be able to connect to their Outlook email, calendar and contacts over...
Jun 11, 2008 | Google, mail, mobile, phone, SBS
Blackberry smartphones are mindbogglingly popular. I’m being asked about them more often than iPhones. That shouldn’t be a surprise – almost half the smartphones sold in the first quarter of 2008 were Blackberry devices, a significant increase over...
Jun 8, 2008 | mail, Microsoft, photos, Vista, web_services, WinXP
Microsoft has done a terrible job of branding things in the last few years. “Microsoft Network” morphed into “MSN,” which has at various times been a software package, a collection of TV-like programming, a brand for web services like Hotmail...
