Hotmail stories

Microsoft has finished upgrading Hotmail customers to Outlook.com, driving more than 400 million active accounts.

Following a lengthy outage to Outlook and Hotmail last week, Microsoft has responded, blaming an overheated data centre as the problem.

Microsoft's Outlook.com amasses over 1.5 million users in under 12 hours, set to replace Hotmail and become the fastest growing email service.

Microsoft has announced changes to its free online email service to try and claw back ground on Google's Gmail alternative.

Intergen COO Simon Bright predicts Office 365 will spur businesses to adopt cloud IT services, with varied approaches from gradual transition to immediate jump.

Hotmail users worldwide can now chat on Facebook directly from their inboxes, as Microsoft expands the feature globally, outdoing Gmail.

Microsoft rapidly fixes flaws in the latest Hotmail update, enhancing the email experience for 350m users worldwide with new features.

What used to be a threat to Microsoft's computer-based software philosophy is now a key focus for the computing giant.

The hacked accounts of Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo users are being used to send phishing spam, reports security company Websense.

Users of Web-based email services such as Gmail and Hotmail are being urged to update their passwords as a major email phishing scam continues to spread.

Hotmail has taken the step of blocking access to accounts compromised in the recent phishing attack which saw users' details posted online.

Microsoft is urging Hotmail account holders to change their passwords after a massive phishing scam has made thousands of account details publicly available.