Hotmail is a Microsoft-owned email platform that surged to popularity over two decades ago. Microsoft ultimately folded Hotmail into its broader software suite known as Microsoft Outlook. You can ...

Redmond is rolling out a preview of a new e-mail service that combines elements of Exchange and Hotmail into a Metro-influenced client. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

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First things first: Yes, you can keep your @hotmail email address, if you want. Microsoft, however, will be leaving the Hotmail brand behind. The new Outlook.com inbox. (Click to expand image.) Credit ...

Microsoft is in the process of killing-off its much maligned Hotmail web-based email and replacing it with Outlook.com. Outlook is the name of Microsoft's email application that's part of the ...

What happened to my old Hotmail email? If you’re trying to find your old Hotmail account, you might notice that it’s now called Outlook.com, which is part of Microsoft’s effort to merge its email ...

Microsoft today announced that the migration from Hotmail to the new Outlook.com is officially complete and that there are now more than 400 million active Outlook accounts. The Redmond software giant ...

MSN Hotmail Plus is a paid-for upgrade to Microsoft's Web-based Hotmail email system. The upgrade removes advertising in Hotmail and the associated SkyDrive application, adds extra storage (10GB ...

Google announced today that its Gmail service has 425 million monthly active users. That means it has blown past Hotmail for the first time, becoming the largest email service in the world. For many ...

Taking a new twist on an old antispam method, Microsoft plans to use white lists for its free Hotmail e-mail service. Days after Yahoo unveiled new mechanisms for controlling spam, or unsolicited junk ...