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NEWS ABOUT: Windows Live

Windows Live stories: 4 news summaries

Email Scam Reveals How Crummy Passwords Are

'123456' was most common single password of 10,000 revealed

Oct 7, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The hackers who stole the logins and passwords for thousands of email accounts in a phishing scam that came to light this week likely lured users with fake “security check” forms. But for many users, they wouldn’t have needed to expend that much energy: the most common single... More »

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hack • computer security • phishing • Windows Live • computer passwords • passwords • Hotmail

Hackers Post 10K Hotmail Passwords Online

Operation may have thousands more; Microsoft investigating

Oct 5, 09 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Names and passwords for at least 10,000 compromised Hotmail email accounts were made public today, and Microsoft says it's investigating. A list of account names and passwords that was posted to a software development forum may only be a small part of the cache of stolen info—it consisted... More »

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Microsoft • email • phishing • Windows Live • hacking • Hotmail

 Ballmer Opens Up 
 Windows 7 Beta 

Beta version of Vista successor available to the public starting tomorrow

Jan 8, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Windows 7 Beta will be launched to the public tomorrow, Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday. The Microsoft chief, filling the keynote slot held by Bill Gates in the previous 11 years, told the audience that the operating system would be a return to the "special sauce"... More »

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Microsoft • Windows • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Steve Ballmer • Microsoft Live Search • Windows Live • cloud computing • Consumer Electronics Show • Windows 7

Microsoft Debuts Free Web Services

'Windows Live' suite to integrate e-mail, photo, blogging and IM with Vista

Nov 7, 07 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft took its latest stab at marrying Windows and the web yesterday, debuting “Windows Live,” a new take on web applications that aims to complement Microsoft’s bread-and-butter Windows and Office offerings, rather than competing with them as other web services strive to. The company plans to heavily... More »

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Google • Microsoft • Microsoft Windows • Microsoft Vista • Windows Live • web services

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