Something struck me as a little funny yesterday when signing up for an Outlook.com account and my password was blocked for being too long. Outlook.com passwords are limited to 16 characters in length. Today, when I went to log into a Windows Live service, I got another message. Microsoft account passwords can contain up to 16 characters. If you've been using a password that has … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Microsoft evolves Hotmail to Metro style with Outlook.com
Microsoft has long held a popular spot with email users. Its Hotmail and Windows Live brands have done very well and now compete against Google's Gmail. The previous mail look has gotten an update to match the Metro style coming with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Along with the facelift, it introduces a new domain name so the gold rush is on for getting your preferred … [Read more...]
The Missing Link: Microsoft releases hardware designed for Windows 8
I gave the Windows 8 beta a pretty thorough try but I did not find myself a big fan of the changes to the desktop experience. One of the problems was that the Metro style Start Menu was horizontally oriented. If I were on a tablet or touch screen, I could grab the screen anywhere and slide it around. On a standard keyboard and mouse, you have to aim for a small scroll bar at … [Read more...]
Configure Flash as click-to-play in Chrome while whitelisting your favorite, trusted sites
I consider Google Chrome's background auto-update feature one of its best capabilities. The fact that the updates include Adobe Flash is just icing on the cake. Even with Flash up-to-date, you might not always want Flash object to run by default. Either for security reasons, page load performance, or you just find them annoying most of the time. Using Chrome's built-in … [Read more...]
Ways to monetize your website [infographic]
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Skimlinks, a company that offers technology to automatically insert affiliate links, sponsored an ebook about monetizing forums that I mentioned previously and have now turned the highlights into an infographic. You can check out the infographic embedded below. … [Read more...]