Tag: OUTLOOK

Paranoid about how you come across in electronic missives? Well, sadly, there's not yet an app for that -- but there is software. ToneCheck, which first rolled out its inflection-analyzing program last summer, recently launched an update that PCWorld took for a spin. Currently available only for Microsoft Outlook, the ToneCheck plugin parses text for potentially unpleasant words or phrases. (In ...

Big surprise! Turns out that forwarding your boss's e-mail to yourself with Outlook rules is quite illegal. Ars Technica reports that David Szymuszkiewicz, now a former IRS worker, learned this the hard way after being convicted on wiretapping charges under the U.S. Wiretap Act. Already in hot water for driving drunk with a suspended license, Szymuszkiewic's job required he drive to the homes ...

You've got your calendars organized and spread across multiple devices, but you've still got a few stragglers. The Web-based version of Google Calendar is fine, but it lacks some of the niceties of desktop apps. Today, we'll show you how to sync your Google Calendars with iCal and Outlook. Back in the early '00s, getting your schedule synced across multiple devices was a headache of clunky ...

In February, Microsoft announced that its Outlook Social Connect plug-in would be integrating the world's most popular social networks into the office standard e-mail client. When it launched in February, only LinkedIn was compatible with the tool, but today Microsoft has released its Facebook add-on, which will identify the people listed in your Outlook contacts, and compile their info from ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/02/18/linkedin-facebook-and-myspace-coming-to-outlook/'; There has been some grumbling around the Internet about how Google's Buzz merely adds noise to the sanctity of your Gmail inbox. But, like it or not, combining social networking and e-mail is the future. Even Microsoft agrees, hence today's announcement that the company has struck deals with ...

Microsoft is doing its part to heal the Mac / PC divide. The next version of Office for Mac will ditch Entourage (icon pictured above) and replace it with a proper version of the slightly less awful Outlook. Now PC and Mac users will be able to come together at the table and voice the same frustrations with Outlook's unreasonably slow search performance, convoluted interface, barely functioning ...

We're not gonna lie. We can't stand 'Outlook.' Or its Mac-based sister app, 'Entourage,' either. There just isn't aren't enough words that can convey how we feel about this stalwart of the corporate world. It's a shame, too, because we really are actually quite fond of the rest of the 'Microsoft Office' Suite. One big complaint about Outlook is how it handles HTML-formatted e-mails. The problem ...

In the past, we have warned you about phishing e-mails requesting personal information. Lately, it seems many of those phishing scams have moved to social networking or microblogging sites. Recently however, a phishing e-mail popped up in the inbox of Microsoft Outlook users. According to TrendLabs Malware blog, the message asks users to re-configure their e-mail account by clicking a link that ...

A reader writes: With its ability to handle giant attachments, I've come to rely on my Gmail account for my home business. But, there's a lot about Google's Web-based e-mail service that I find annoying -- like the way it organizes email chains into conversations and its lack of a preview pane. Does Google have any upgrades or improvements planned? Hey reader: Why wait for Google to make ...