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Can one work productively without email? Kevin Purdy tried it so you don't have to.

The Homeland Security Secretary appears to not be technically inclined and that might not be a good thing

The three most popular free Web-based email services have all seen big changes recently, from revamped interfaces to advanced features. Does Google, Microsoft or Yahoo now deserve your webmail business?

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) now offers its more than 180 National Societies the option to adopt Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based suite of email, collaboration and productivity software.

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 over after being used by more than 60 million people in its six months of existence. Now that's it's ready for prime time, Microsoft plans to migrate current Hotmail users over to the new interface by the time summer rolls around. Fear not; the transition shouldn't be too painful, as your mail, contacts, and current account settings will come along for the ride.

Fewer Facebook friends, more time on the new MySpace, and a massive inbox purge are on my list of things to get done this year.

New Pew survey finds that people increasingly use their cell phones for all sorts of things, but what about actually making phone calls?

You may not be able to stop politicians from burying you in junk and harrassing you with robocalls, but you can make it harder for them to do it next time. Here's how.

Reader Cynthia Nakano needs a more streamlined way to create reminders. She writes:

If you’d like a smarter address book, quick “canned” responses, better attachment handling, or an entirely new email experience, you’ll find it’s not that hard to get a better Gmail under your thumbs.

Microsoft's new email service, Outlook.com, is more than an update to its free email offering. It's also a one-two punch against major rival Google, analysts said.

Some of us in the Western hemisphere might already take Internet access and smartphones for granted, but this is not the case all over the world. Bearing that in mind, Google has launched a cool new service called Gmail SMS, which allows Gmail users who own a simple feature phone to send and receive emails using only text messages.