Microsoft says its Outlook.com e-mail service is now officially available worldwide The venerable Hotmail service and brand will be going away. But Hotmail users will be able to keep their Hotmail.com ...

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 ...

This morning Hotmail users are finding themselves in a whole new world of email organization – so new, in fact, that their Hotmail login no longer leads them to Hotmail, it goes to Outlook.com instead ...

Microsoft has taken the wraps off its replacement for Hotmail. The new service, called Outlook.com, is available in a preview version now. This post answers some of the questions I’ve been asked about ...

is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. If you thought Microsoft was done with its summer announcements then think ...

Hotmail users will be getting a new outlook on email before long. Late Monday, Microsoft announced that the preview phase for Outlook.com, the software giant’s new and improved Webmail service, is ...

Back in June, there were leaks about ""=""> -- something LiveSide.net described as a Metro-style Hotmail." On July 31, Microsoft took the wraps off a preview version of that new client, which ""=""> ...

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 ...

It's hard to believe now, but at one time — 1996, in fact — Hotmail was the best email available on the web. Microsoft acquired the former "HoTMaiL" in 1997 for $400 million, back in the day when ...