Hotmail is used by around half a billion people globally, second only to Google’s Gmail. But what is the difference between Hotmail and Outlook? Let’s find out… Microsoft bought Hotmail way back when ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft Outlook and Hotmail email platforms are experiencing issues Thursday morning, causing partial outages for Microsoft users across the globe. Here's what you need to know: Is Outlook down ...

Microsoft is moving all of its Hotmail users to Outlook.com by this summer. Here's what the hundreds of millions still using Hotmail need to know about the transition. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has ...

— -- AOL's famous "You've Got Mail" catchphrase seems so quaint these days, left over from a not-too-distant era when e-mailing felt relatively novel and fresh. That's not to suggest that e-mail ...

A screen grab of the sign-in page of Outlook.com, Microsoft's new browser-based email service, which will replace the 16-year-old Hotmail. The company says the new site will have a cleaner design and ...

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 ...

As we reported last month, Microsoft decided to start migrating its old-school Hotmail users over to its shiny new Outlook service. That migration process might not be going so well, as users have ...

I signed up for a Hotmail email address when I first got access to the Internet about 15 years ago. It wasn’t a great service, but it worked. I gave up on it after a while – Gmail was better, after ...

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 ...