Whenever possible I prefer not to enter login information on third party computer systems and networks. Why? Because I do not have full control over the software running in the background. Other means of logging in are preferred, especially passwords that are only valid once and expire afterwards. That’s what Hotmail has added to their [...]

Categories: Email, Microsoft

One of the new features that Microsoft has added to Windows 8 is the ability to sign-in with a Windows Live ID instead of a local user account. One first start of the operating system you are asked to create an account. You can select to create a local account or use an existing or [...]

Categories: Windows

Now look at that. One of the things that Microsoft’s Windows Live Photo Gallery was criticized for in the past was lack of digital camera RAW format support. DSLR cameras give their users options to save their photo shootings in various formats, including RAW which offers several advantages over the compressed JPEG format. Among them [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Software, Windows

Online photo sharing websites are very cool.  They’re a great way of being able to share with your friends and family your adventures, holidays, events and special occasions without clogging up everybody’s inbox with photos they may not want to see.  Let’s face it, not everybody will be interested in photos of my holiday to [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

When you look at various sign in and log in forms on sites and services like Google Mail, Facebook, Yahoo Mail or Hotmail you will notice that they all look different despite sharing the same basic principle. Users somehow need to enter their username and password, and often have options to stay logged in for [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Security

Microsoft did enable full session HTTPS encryption for their Hotmail email service back in November 2010. This was regarded by experts and users alike as a step in the right direction, considering that SSL connections improve security significantly over standard HTTP connections. Less than a year later more than two million users have opted in [...]

Categories: Email, Security

Face it – most of us are not the best videographers. While we might occasionally utilize the video capabilities on our digital cameras, the vast majority of us do not know the first thing about cinematics or what goes into making a video. Still, anyone can make a pretty cool video using stop motion. By [...]

Categories: Music and Video, Tutorials Basic

If you have a web based email account, chance is that you either use Yahoo Mail, Google Mail or Microsoft Hotmail for that account. There are hundreds of smaller email providers, but those are the big three. Microsoft recently announced new features and improvements for their Hotmail email service on the Inside Windows Live blog. [...]

Categories: Email, Online Services

Microsoft introduced a new email alias feature for all users of their email service Hotmail. Email aliases are alternative on-the-fly email addresses that can be generated directly in Hotmail. Two different versions of email aliases are available. The first available option is to add characters to the first part of the email address. A new [...]

Categories: Email, Microsoft