Windows Live to be default email service for BigPond customers

Telstra is moving BigPond customers onto a Windows Live email service while retaining their existing email addresses. Customers will also receive other Windows Live services.
 

Using business logic as a hacking vector

Imperva's latest analysis of the hacking landscape shows that the bad guys know as much about your business as you do.
 

Symantec: spammers ever clever with deceptive, themed emails

Symantec’s latest January 2012 report shows that spammers are being as deceptively clever as ever, “using holidays and major events to make their mail more appealing”, with 1 in every 327.9 Australian emails containing malware.
 

Rapid growth forecast for LTE mobile networks

Worldwide service revenues generated by LTE mobile networks are forecast to grow rapidly once networks are launched, exceeding $265 billion by 2016, and while the total number of LTE consumer subscribers will be higher than enterprise in five years time, consumers will in fact only account for under half of total revenues.
 

The (supposedly) wonderful new Gmail interface

The Gmail team has been promoting the upcoming 'new look and feel' for some time now.  What do we think?
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$46m ‘blown’ on email system at $23k a pop claim

The Queensland state opposition claims the Queensland Labor government has ‘blown’ $46 million - or $23,000 per user - on an email system that caters for just 2000 accounts.
 

Thomas Duryea secures email contract

IT infrastructure solutions provider, Thomas Duryea Consulting (TD) has been selected by Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne’s largest provider of water supply and sewage services, as its IT partner for a major upgrade of its email platform.
 

Ten years of Quest MessageStats

A tenth anniversary is a milestone in the life of any piece of software.
 

Kaspersky cloud update in February

Australians' summer holiday habits are causing a delayed local rollout of Kaspersky's latest cloud security update.
 

Social media heavily impacts email use, hits telcos too

A survey in the UK has revealed that social media use of networks like Facebook has adversely affected the use of traditional communication channels, with the greatest affect on the use of email services, and the use of telcommunications services also in heavy decline.