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Microsoft kills linked accounts functionality in Outlook.com

When Microsoft introduced Outlook.com as a Hotmail replacement that was equally good as both a personal and business email service, it also introduced linked accounts. Microsoft, however, has changed its mind about linked accounts and will scrap this functionality at the end of July.

An Ektron-based website for an obscure branch of the US Government has apparently been hacked this week, but so far, details on what exactly happened have yet to filter out.

Keeping passwords safe and secure is a concern for anyone who uses a computer or digital device, but Zoho Vault, a new enterprise level password management tool from application developer Zoho wants to lessen that concern.

This week, while we were checking out the new Gmail or crossing our fingers that we were important enough to have our Facebook pages verified by Zuckerberg, there were some smaller, but significant updates released across other platforms and networks. 

Unless data security is a fundamental concern that is considered and communicated at the start of each e-Discovery project, any small gap can quickly become a serious information management risk. 

Google looked to the enterprise this week with a couple of updates intended to make administrator's and document collaborator's lives a little easier.

If you've ever wondered where information management and related IT fields are going, or where all the different strands will come together, new research by SAP may have the answer -- Machine to Machine (M2M) technologies across a vastly expanded internet are the next step in information and data management.

After recent high-profile hacks, breaking into Twitter accounts is starting to look like child's play. The company is responding with improved authorization methods to check changes are made by the legitimate owner of an account. 

With a large number of Americans concerned about privacy issues while online, Microsoft has taken steps to launch a new campaign to educate internet users about online privacy and security.

Research carried out recently by Voltage Security at the RSA conference in San Francisco has confirmed what most of us know, but many enterprises still have to take action on: the inability to access data is costing enterprises money, and specifically, according to this research, sales.

Just when you thought Google had all the angles covered, it comes up with another one. This one at face value is a tad bizarre, but when you think about it, it makes complete sense. It comes in the shape of an Inactive Account Manager and, as Google puts it, it manages your digital afterlife.

Welcome! Yea, though a scurvy pirate or two has occasioned to dare set foot within our establishment, they were swiftly dealt with and ne’ery a one have been eyed since. Aaargh …’tis no safer place to bury yer treasure. Thar treasure chests are sturdy and their locks sure. We afford ye yer own shovel for buryin’ and the watchmen step lively to thwart the ne’er-do-wells. Would ye care for a copy of our SSAE-16? Did I mention that we’re PCI compliant?

For those trying to obtain managerial buy in for security control, the stages in the process can often parallel the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.

There's a new Sheriff in town, and it's ready to protect iPads. The newly released Sheriff Workspace for Mobile and Windows expands HiSoftware’s SharePoint product suite to include secure mobile collaboration. 

SaaS provider IntraLinks Holding Inc. has released IntraLinks VIA, an enterprise collaboration solution. With the solution, users will be able to work safely and efficiently in their network platform and business community knowing that their files are managed and shared through a secure system.