A generation ago, AOL, Ask Jeeves, GeoCities, and Hotmail were all the rage. Surprisingly, of those 1990s vintage platforms, only AOL still exists in anything like its original form. Ask Jeeves is now ...

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 says Outlook is recovering, though some iPhone users may need to re-enter passwords to restore email access.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--After an hour-long discussion at a status meeting last month, the Hotmail redesign really boiled down to one key decision: one big ad, or two? After months of reworking the ...

Hotmail, now called Windows Live Hotmail, is one of the largest and oldest webmail services on the Internet. Therefore, Hotmail.com is also one of the most recognizable email domain names on the Web, ...

Microsoft announced Thursday that it had accomplished the herculean task of moving hundreds of millions of users from venerable webmail service Hotmail to the sleek new Outlook.com. Some 300 million ...

Our configuration changes have effectively resolved impact in targeted infrastructure. We’re now deploying the changes worldwide to resolve impact for all users ...

Millions of Hotmail users globally face disruption. The outage started early on July 10, 2025. Users in the United Kingdom, United States, India, and other countries report login failures. Many are ...

The free email service Hotmail, now known as Outlook.com, includes built-in tools to forward suspicious messages to a junk folder to protect your security and keep your inbox cleaner. If you discover ...

This may come as a surprise, but the new Microsoft Hotmail is actually pretty good. But how does it stack up to Google's email champion, Gmail? Here's a look at the good and bad of both services. The ...

Microsoft announced earlier this week that it is closing Hotmail and moving the "hundreds of millions" still using it to Outlook.com by this summer. The move isn't unexpected, but perhaps more sudden ...

You hear the same advice about email addresses echoed across job search websites, high school counselors’ offices and employment fair booths across the country. Keep it professional. Don’t reference ...