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GoDaddy.com Launches New Hosted Microsoft Exchange

Here we go: This is, I believe, the first reasonably priced hosted Exchange service. Here’s the official press release: GoDaddy.com, the world's largest domain registrar and largest hosting provider in North America, and Microsoft Corp. today announced that GoDaddy.com is delivering mobile and group...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-06-2008
Windows Cloud OS … And some new Office Live stuff

I’ve got a report coming today in WinInfo about Microsoft’s Windows Cloud OS plans: Microsoft Confirms 'Windows Cloud' OS At its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) event later this month, Microsoft will publicly unveil its 'Windows Cloud' Internet-based operating system, the company...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-02-2008
Cloud computing vs. Software + Services; Google Docs vs. Office Live Workspace

Mary Jo Foley has a blog post about how Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service will be leaving beta by the end of the year . She does a good job, as always, of putting this in context. But I'd like to offer up a few comments, not so much in disagreement of anything, but more in along the lines...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-04-2008
Over one million users sign up for Office Live Workspace

From Microsoft: Only six months after public availability, the beta release of Microsoft Office Live Workspace has reached the one million customer sign-up milestone. Office Live Workspace beta was among the first entries in the new wave of online services in Microsoft’s software plus services...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-03-2008
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta

This could be huge. Those waiting for calendaring syncing between Hotmail/Windows Live and Microsoft Outlook can rejoice: It looks like it's finally happening (albeit in beta form): Brief Description With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-24-2008
Outlook vs. Gmail—The Definitive Comparison

Lifehacker offers up an excellent comparison of Microsoft Outlook (traditional desktop email application) and Gmail (cloud computing Web-based email service): Being digital vagabonds without an Exchange server, we Lifehacker writers use online apps like Gmail and Google Calendar to get things done. But...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-20-2008
myFUNAMBOL mobile sync portal

This looks interesting and could be a solution to anyone looking for push email, contacts, and calendar functionality for the iPhone (or other supported mobile device): Get mobile email on your phone NOW! With a few clicks, get push email from Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and POP/IMAP systems on your phone. Backup...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-15-2008
Office Live Workspace 1.1

Microsoft just updated its Office Live Workspace Web service ... with a downloadable, installable upgrade package. Hmm. Actually, it's not all that confusing: The update is for the Office Live plug-in you install for Microsoft Office applications. Microsoft.com : Brief Description The Office Live...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-16-2008
Xobni for Outlook now available to the public

I've gotten a few emails lately from people who are really impressed this Outlook add-on , which was previously in a closed beta: It's a whole new look at your email: Xobni is the Outlook plug-in that saves you time finding email conversations, contacts and attachments. After a quick install...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-05-2008
Things I'm waiting for

Offline access to Google Docs OK, I admit that Google Docs is mostly useless. (In fact, I'm surprised no one has pointed out that the silly little text editor in Microsoft's Office Live Workspace pretty much provides all the functionality of Google Docs' word processing component.) But I'm...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-22-2008

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