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The last time we mentioned Microsoft's I'm initiative was just a couple of weeks ago when they announced that they had already raised $1.3 million dollars in a year. While impressive, reader "Iain Purdie" noted that this initiative is only available in the United States. Recently others have said that it's a little disappointing that Microsoft hasn't expanded it into a global effort. We believe eventually they will expand it so that it's available

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Microsoft Monday

In this day in age, you can never be too careful to protect your children from the harms of the World. The Internet can be an amazing tool yet at the same time, it poses many risks to your child. Microsoft has done an great job at implementing different tools, both in Windows Vista and online to help keep your kids safe.  We've already talked about parental controls

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Giveaway: Object Desktop - Customize Windows

December 3rd, 2007
108 Comments Written by Ryan

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Earlier this year we did an in-depth review of Object Desktop, where we walked you through the over two dozen applications it comes bundled with for customizing Windows. Object Desktop includes WindowBlinds, TweakVista, and even Deskscapes 2.0 which will be released early next year.

To use Object Desktop you'll need to install Stardock Central (pictured above), which is an amazing in

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Helpful Tip: How to Report a Phishing Email

November 24th, 2007
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It seems like I've been getting an unusually large number of phishing emails lately, and I've began wondering whether everyone realizes how they can report phishing emails with their email provider. This article will highlight what phishing is, and why/how to properly report it.

What is a phishing email? I thought Wikipedia did a pretty good job of describing it:

Phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as

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Get Your @Live.com Address

November 7th, 2007
5 Comments Written by Ashley

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At last, Microsoft has launched @live.com email addresses! These addresses were originally rumored to launch back in June of 2006 but ended up being a no-show. Between then and now there have been multiple "tricks" or loopholes that were found (here, here, here, and here) which allowed people to create accounts before they actually launched like I did (notice the "registered since" date):

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Get a Live.com Email Address Tomorrow, Maybe

November 5th, 2007
8 Comments Written by Ryan

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I'm not sure if you should be getting your hopes up quite yet, but rumors have started to circulate around the Internet that Microsoft will be opening up the @live.com email addresses tomorrow for public registration. There is no official word from Microsoft that this will be happening, but the timing sounds about right. Back in June the Windows Live Product Manager said that the

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Switch to Hotmail from Gmail and Yahoo

August 27th, 2007
12 Comments Written by Ryan

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Just last week we wrote about a service Yahoo! provides that lets you bring your existing emails, contacts, and calendar from your existing email account. The only problem, as my brother pointed out when using it, is that you could get locked out of your Gmail account temporarily because of the heavy access:

My only complaint

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