Neowin News Feed for: Yahoo mail

Older versions of Yahoo Mail to shut down June 3rd

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:51:57 +0100

Yahoo has announced it will be shutting down the older versions of its Yahoo Mail website the week of June 3rd and will be closing a number of other services on April 30th. Read more...

Yahoo Mail app for Windows 8 gets major update

John Callaham — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:31:36 +0000

Yahoo has released a major new update of its Yahoo Mail app for Windows 8, adding in a number of new features such as folder management support, a way to search inside the app and more. Read more...

Yahoo Mail accounts continue to be hacked despite 'fixes'

Ben Buffone — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 18:21:29 +0000

Despite Yahoo's efforts to fix 'vulnerabilities', mail users have continued to see their accounts hacked. The company says two isolated security holes have been rectified, but the problems persist. Read more...

Microsoft compares Outlook.com to Gmail and Yahoo Mail, releases new video

John Callaham — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:02:18 +0000

Microsoft has posted a chart that it says shows how the features in its Outlook.com email service offers more than Yahoo Mail or Gmail. Microsoft has also released a new intro Outlook.com video. Read more...

Yahoo Mail Windows 8 app launches as part of revamp

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:02:47 +0000

Yahoo has announced a revamp of its popular online email service, which includes a newly released Windows 8 app as well as a new iPhone/iPod Touch app and a revamped Android app. Read more...

Aol's new Alto email product won't work with Microsoft services [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:22:38 +0100

Aol has launched a new web email service called Alto that's designed to work with Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Aol Mail and .Mac, but the press release make no mention of Hotmail or Outlook.com from Microsoft. Read more...

Yahoo Mail hit with downtime, ironic timing [Update ...back online]

John Callaham — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:39:39 +0100

Yahoo admits that a number of its Yahoo Mail and Messenger users cannot log into the service or are experiencing performance issues. No reason was given for the problems. Read more...

Aol Mail gets major revamp; will it be enough?

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 19:35:53 +0100

Aol has launched a major redesign of its web-based Aol Mail service as it seeks to keep its remaining users from leaving for Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail and other services. Read more...

Microsoft, Google and more to fight email phishing

John Callaham — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:16:16 +0000

Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, AOL and other companies are teaming up to launch DMARC.org, a technical working group that's developing new email standards designed to combat threats such as phishing. Read more...

Anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft and Yahoo dismissed

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:11:37 +0100

A lawsuit filed against both Microsoft and Yahoo by a bulk emailing company has now been dismissed by a federal judge. Holomaxx claimed anti-spam features stopped it from offering its "services". Read more...

Hotmail and Yahoo Mail hit with similar attacks as GMail, says report

John Callaham — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:35:09 +0100

Earlier this week, Google announced that hundreds of its GMail accounts were affected by an attack designed to forward the account's emails to other accounts. Google claims that the attacks originated from China and while... Read more...

Yahoo Mail's first redesign in five years

Tom Dwyer — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:42:54 +0100

For a while now, Yahoo have been living in the past. Their mail service has been outdone by the likes of Google and Microsoft with both competitors having rolled out new designs. For Yahoo, they’ve... Read more...

Journalists' Yahoo Mail accounts hacked in China

Tom Warren — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:20:01 +0100

Just days after Google moved its search business out of mainland China, some journalists have discovered they have had their Yahoo mail accounts tampered with. According to Reuters, Andrew Jacobs of the New York Times... Read more...

JetBlue to Offer Free In-Flight Yahoo Mail

Sagittarius — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:25:25 +0000

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JetBlue Airways Corp. will start offering limited e-mail and instant messaging services for free on one of its planes next week as airlines renew efforts to offer in-flight Internet access. General Web surfing and e-mail... Read more...

Yahoo Mail to Gain New Features

Sagittarius — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:09 +0100

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Yahoo Inc. is introducing new features Monday for its popular Web-based e-mail program, including software that allows computer users to type text messages on a keyboard and send them directly to someone's cell phone. The... Read more...

Symantec incorrectly flags Yahoo Mail as a virus

Steven Parker — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:33:06 +0000

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Starting sometime on Tuesday, accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software caused alarm bells to go off. The security software reported finding the "Feebs" worm on the... Read more...

Yahoo Mail integrates IM

Slimy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:38:44 +0000

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Yahoo seems to be aiming its guns at Google again. Google added chat to Gmail a year ago, but according to Yahoo, the experience is not as integrated as the new Yahoo Mail chat functionality.... Read more...

Yahoo Mail Beta Receives Update

Slimy — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:01:49 +0000

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Yahoo Mail Beta is now faster, bug-ridden and has a few new features. Support for Windows Vista has been added as well as Mexican, Argentinean, American Spanish Indonesian and Malay translations of the client. The... Read more...

New Worm Takes Advantage of Yahoo Mail Flaw

Shane Pitman — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:42:01 +0100

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Thanks to member siddhs for the heads up on this. Monday Symantec released an advisory concerning a vulnerability in Yahoo Mail that is currently being exploited by JS.Yamanner@m, a new worm that is written... Read more...

Yahoo Mail Reverses Ban on 'allah' in Usernames

malebolgia — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:40:54 +0000

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Yahoo Mail will now let people register usernames that include the word "allah," after a ban designed to thwart prejudice went astray. The policy reversal, announced Wednesday, came too late for Linda... Read more...