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Atari Online News, Etc. Volume 18 Issue 14
Volume 18, Issue 14 Atari Online News, Etc. April 8, 2016
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Dana P. Jacobson, Publisher/Managing Editor
Joseph Mirando, Managing Editor
Rob Mahlert, Associate Editor
Atari Online News, Etc. Staff
Dana P. Jacobson -- Editor
Joe Mirando -- "People Are Talking"
Michael Burkley -- "Unabashed Atariophile"
Albert Dayes -- "CC: Classic Chips"
Rob Mahlert -- Web site
Thomas J. Andrews -- "Keeper of the Flame"
With Contributions by:
Fred Horvat
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A-ONE #1814 04/08/16
~ Speeding Tickets Scam! ~ People Are Talking! ~ Firebee News Update!
~ Neso: Text to HTML Tool ~ Outlook Premium Tested ~ SCE Changes Its Name!
~ Edge Freezes Some Flash ~ BibFind Writers' Tool! ~ Final Fantasy XV Demo
~ New Vivaldi Web Browser ~ ~ Gears of War 4 News!
-* Flash Gets Emergency Update! *-
-* New Book Celebrates The Art of Atari *-
-* Consumers Deserve Stronger Online Privacy! *-
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->From the Editor's Keyboard "Saying it like it is!"
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Hopefully, we've seen the last of Mother Nature's last winter
hold-outs. After the couple of snowstorms this week, we may
see a reprieve and some warmer temperatures return to the area.
Early April, and we've seen two snowstorms with accumulating snow
already. There's a slight chance that the area will see more
snow this weekend, but the percentages of that happening keep
dropping. Hey, it's baseball season already - give us a break!
Until next time...
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FireBee Update News
By Fred Horvat
When going through the FireBee Forum on http://atari-forum.com/
I saw that there are two new programs released this week for the
Atari computers written and tested on a FireBee. As the
announcement of these are elsewhere in this issue of AONE.
First one is NESO which is a Text to HTML converter. More
information can be found here : http://peterlane.info/neso.html
Second one is BibFind which lets you search entries in a
bibliography written in BibTex .bib format and copy that to a
Word Processor or Text Editor using the Clip Board. More
information can be found here : http://peterlane.info/bibfind.html
I plan on testing NESO out. I havenít written a bibliography
since college and that was many moons ago so I have no .bib
files to work with.
Back to my installation of EasyMiNT on the FireBee. I posted my
issue on Atari-Forum.com and it appears that the DNS entry in MiNT
is not there or not correct. I was instructed to read
https:///sites.google.com/site/probehouse/networking-the-atari/ethernet-setup-with-ethernec
I looked at the files on the FireBee that I could find and even
changed some but still no luck. On the FireBee included FreeMiNT
installation there is a Network Configuration program called
netconfig.prg located at C:\mint\setup that I plan on running
under EasyMiNT and see if that helps.
If that fails I can also start fresh with EasyMiNT and on those
two error messages at the start of the installation I may use
Google Translate and see exactly what the errors are. It may or
may not be related to the networking issues that I am having.
Until next time.
Neso: A Text to HTML Tool
Another little program that may be of interest to writers.
Neso is a text to HTML tool which supports a limited amount of
asciidoc syntax. It is written (in AHCC), compiled and tested on
the Firebee, using MINT+XaAES.
Below is a screenshot showing the Neso manual being edited in
QED, using Asciidoc syntax. The Neso dialog to the bottom right is
used to convert the plain text file into html, which is then
viewed in Netsurf.
See http://peterlane.info/neso.html for more information and a
downloadable zip file.
Peter Lane
Firebee | STE (4Mb, TOS 2.06)
http://peterlane.info/firebee.html
BibFind
I wrote a simple GEM program on the Firebee which might be of
interest to writers.
BibFind lets you search for entries in a bibliography written in
BibTeX .bib format, and copy them to a word processor or text
editor using the system clipboard. BibFind is written for the
Atari platform, but currently is only compiled and tested on the
Firebee, using MINT+XaAES.
See http://peterlane.info/bibfind.html for more information and
a downloadable zip file.
Peter Lane
Firebee | STE (4Mb, TOS 2.06)
http://peterlane.info/firebee.html
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->In This Week's Gaming Section - SCE Now Sony Interactive Entertainment!
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Final Fantasy XV's New Demo!
Book Celebrates "Art of Atari"!
And more!
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->A-ONE's Game Console Industry News - The Latest Gaming News!
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Sony Computer Entertainment Has Now Officially
Become Sony Interactive Entertainment
Combining Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network
Entertainment into ìone global interactive entertainment
powerhouse,î Sony Interactive Entertainment officially went live
today.
Shawn Layden, the President of Sony Interactive Entertainment
America, explained that this changeover wonít mean much for
gamers in the short term, but it will mean everything in the
long run:
The formation of SIE will allow us to forge a unified
PlayStation organization that can adapt more quickly to meet the
needs of the gaming community, innovate with digital services
like PlayStation Vue and PlayStation Now, and ó above all else ó
drive consistent and constant innovation in the dynamic medium
of videogames. Youíre already seeing the early fruits of that
effort with PlayStation VR, and the work will continue across a
number of fronts.
Our full integration wonít happen overnight. But the work is
well underway and Iím delighted to report that we are tracking
ahead of schedule.
Layden is also a Chairman of Worldwide Studios, where heíll be
ìsupporting our excellent first party game development teamsî and
working with Shuhei Yoshida, Scott Rohde, Michael Denny, and
Allan Becker. ìI am committed to building upon our strong
heritage to deliver ever more innovative and epic titles,î he
said, mentioning Uncharted 4: A Thiefís End, Horizon Zero Dawn,
The Last Guardian, and all of the VR titles they have in
development.
Layden finished up by thanking fans for their dedication,
adding, ìThe future is surely bright.î
Final Fantasy 15's New Demo Feels Like Kingdom Hearts
A Square Enix representative provided the following statement
to IGN:
"Weíd like to make a comment on the news reports that state
Hajime Tabata, Director of Final Fantasy XV, commented that Final
Fantasy XV needed to sell 10 million copies to recoup the
investment at the press conference held yesterday in LA.
We believe there was a communication problem during the
conference. In fact, Tabata was referencing 10 million copies
only as a high goal which the development team set to realize
their ambition to make the ultimate Final Fantasy game. And the
comment was never meant to be referred as a recoup line of the
investment."
Original story follows:
According to director, Hajime Tabata, Final Fantasy XV has to sell
10 million copies over its lifespan to make back the money put
into the game (presumably as well as its accompanying movie, anime
series and mobile games).
As reported by Kotaku UK, Tabata used a press conference to
announce the figure. As of last year, the only game in the series
to have sold over 10 million copies is Final Fantasy VII, which
has sold 11 million across its PlayStation, PSN re-release, PC,
and iOS versions.
Final Fantasy XV was recently given a September 30 release date
on PS4 and Xbox One, making it more than 10 years between the
game's first announcement (under its original title, Final
Fantasy Versus XIII) and its release.
Gears Of War 4 Worldwide Release Date Revealed
Itís been a long time coming, but we finally have a launch date
for the highly anticipated shooter, Gears of War 4. Gamers will
be happy to know that they can expect to shoot and chainsaw their
way through the Locust scum this fall.
If youíve been eagerly anticipating any news pertaining to a
launch date for Gears of War 4, then today is your lucky day. It
has finally been announced through Xbox Wire that the latest game
in the Gears series will finally be in our hot little hands on
October 11 of this year.
In case you donít have a calendar handy, what that means is that
weíve still got six months of anticipation to sweat through
before we can finally pick up the tale of muscle-bound heroes
fighting giant, grotesque bug monsters. Itís a rough wait, to be
sure, but at least you can rest easy knowing that youíll be
playing Gears 4 this holiday season, exclusively on Xbox One and
PC.
As the original post points out, itís been almost a full year
since we first saw Gears of War 4 in action at E3 2015. That means
the development team has had plenty of additional time to cook up
some gaming epicness for the upcoming title and, with a launch
date of Oct. 11, that leaves plenty of additional breathing room
to make sure everything is bolted together and ready to roll this
fall.
The launch date is, of course, only the first morsel of
information to get the Gears 4 hype train moving full steam
ahead, with more details promised concerning JD Fenix and his
band of new Gears teammates.
The post on Xbox Wire reiterates the fact that Gears 4 is the
beginning of a new saga for the series. And with a new cast of
heroes will come a new threat in need of a Lancer to the face.
The announcement promises an experience that reminds fans of the
gritty opening years of the Gears phenomenon, as well as a
ìdistinct evolution of gameplayî that boast ìintimate action, a
heart-pounding campaign and genre-defining multiplayer.î And all
of that will be brought to you through the beautifully brutal
Unreal Engine 4.
And to get that multiplayer component ready for prime time, the
dev team is kicking off a Gears of War 4 beta later this month.
Folks who played Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will get a first
crack at the beta starting April 18, with the invitation
expanding to all Xbox Live Gold members on April 25.
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->A-ONE Gaming Online - Online Users Growl & Purr!
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First Look: Book Celebrates The 'Art of Atari'
Video game veterans who owned an Atari video game console are well
aware of its biggest hits: Space Invaders, Asteroids, Combat. But
a new book launching this fall pays tribute to the artwork used to
sell these classics.
Dynamite Entertainment announced Friday it will release the book
The Art of Atari, a 350-page retrospective ($39.99) digging into
the history of the video game company through art work including
marketing materials and classic box art.
"The box art up to this point has never really been represented
with any sort of integrity or respect that it deserves," says
Robert V. Conte, a pop culture consultant and one of the
co-authors of The Art of Atari.
The artwork was pulled together from museums and private
collections, including Conte's own stash of Atari games. Conte
recalls getting an Atari 2600 for Christmas in 1980. His father,
an appliance salesman, would barter with electronics companies,
exchanging appliances for games to bolster Conte's collection.
"Before you knew it, I had the most Atari games on the block,"
says Conte, who picks Space Invaders as his favorite piece of
Atari box art.
The Art of Atari co-author Robert V. Conte poses with
Co-author Tim Lapetino, a graphic designer, says he started
seriously working on the book after connecting with Cliff Spohn,
an artist who worked with Atari on some of their game covers.
"Even though the graphics were so simple, the box art was really
opening up this world," says Lapetino, who considers Super
Breakout as his favorite piece of box art. "There was a bridge
that was created from those really simple games."
Along with the artwork, The Art of Atari includes excerpts from
artists sharing what went into the designs of some of Atari's
signature games. Ernest Cline, author of the hit book Ready
Player One, wrote the book's foreword.
Lapetino says one of the challenges was finding all the
different Atari creations.
"Like a lot of companies back in the '70s and '80s, Atari wasnít
really concerned about archival methods, or keeping this stuff,"
he says. "So the art ó some of it got destroyed, some of it was
returned to the artists."
Conte says The Art of Atari will drive home the company's
importance in history beyond video games. "Now is an opportunity
for pop culture and the American entertainment business to
understand the importance of Atariís legacy and all the great
stuff that came out of that."
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A-ONE's Headline News
The Latest in Computer Technology News
Compiled by: Dana P. Jacobson
Consumers Deserve Stronger Online Privacy
On March 31st, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted Chairman Tom Wheelerís proposal to create new privacy rules
for broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). This proposal,
while well-intended, has limitations that could adversely impact
consumers.
The FCCís proposed rule making provides an opportunity for a
wider, and yes, bolder approach - an approach that could
admittedly take longer but could result in stronger consumer
online protections. I have identified three overarching questions
that should be part of such an approach. Failing to fully discuss
these questions could create unintended downstream consequences
ó confusing and conflicting, not complementary, consumer online
privacy protections.
Some brief context. The proposalís genesis is the FCCís 2015
reclassification of broadband ISPs as telecommunications services.
This change generated more FCC oversight and a decision that it
needed to create specific privacy rules for the manner in which
broadband-ISPs protect their customersí online activities and
information.
The questions I raise below are underscored by the Pew Research
Centerís January 2016 report (Privacy and Information Sharing;
www.pewresearch.org)(Pew Report).
The Pew Report analyzed over two years of surveys from U.S. adults
about their opinions about privacy and surveillance issues. What
did they find? Briefly, that respondents want more control over
their personal information; that they believe theyíve lost control
over the amount of their personal information collected and used
by companies; and that current U.S. laws do not sufficiently
protect their online privacy (Pew Report).
That brings me to the three overarching questions whose
deliberation could promote enhanced consumer online privacy
protections.
What kind of privacy framework would advance online consumer
protections?
Such a framework would recognize the kinds of consumer concerns
supported by the Pew Reportís findings. Those concerns will only
grow given the reality of the ìInternet of Things.î
Why are those concerns important to crafting a robust privacy
framework? Because itís likely that many consumers arenít thinking
about whether theyíre connecting with their broadband ISP when
logging onto the Internet. They log on, go to a website and start
roaming ó from a particular business site then maybe to Facebook
or Google or Amazon. Itís no secret that companies and sites plan
on expanding, not contracting, their consumer data collection
since itís such a rich source for multiple commercial purposes.
The short answer: there should be consistent, across the board
rules for collecting and using consumer data. More, not less,
consumer control (opt in, not opt out) with no distinction
between broadband-ISPs and non-broadband online entities.
Could the new FCC rules unintentionally create consumer confusion
and coverage gaps?
First, the FCCís goal is stronger online consumer privacy
protections ó no one in the discussions to date has voiced a view
other than supportive of this goal. That, however, begs the
question of the extent of the potential problems.
And hereís where the ìwhoís on first?î scenario gets joined for
consumers. The FCCís now greater broadband-ISP oversight means
the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) no longer has its prior
authority for broadband-ISP privacy issues. These jurisdictional
distinctions might be understandable for policy makers and
regulated entities but create unneeded consumer complexity.
The short answer: the new rules shouldnít create the possibility
where consumers ping pong between the FCC and the FTC while trying
to figure out which of them can answer a privacy problem. Or
worse, the new FCCís increased privacy scope coupled with the
FTCís decreased privacy scope could create a coverage gap ó a
consumer problem which neither can address.
Finally, what would make the FCCís privacy rules stronger and
advance consistent consumer online protections?
The FCCís new rules will address privacy protections for the means
by which consumers access the Internt. A narrow focus on just the
broadband-ISPs is short sighted given the multiplicity of devices
consumers use and will be using.
The short answer: the U.S. already has specific privacy laws for
categories of personal information (e.g., health, financial). The
FTCís privacy principles are strong and established. So, at a
minimum, the FCC should build off these existing privacy
frameworks and not create entirely new rules that will create
confusion and gaps.
Hereís the bolder part of this answer: the FCCís authority should
cover non-broadband ISPs ó the Googles, Amazons, Facebooks and
future entities that will surely be forthcoming. Consumers want
and deserve online protection. A piecemeal approach will not
achieve that goal no matter how laudable the FCCís end goal.
Flash: Adobe Issues Emergency Update After Ransomware Attacks
Check your Web browser is running the latest version of Flash.
And do it now.
Adobe has issued a global alert to computer users around the
world warning of a serious security flaw that leaves machines
open to ransomware attacks. The company is urging all users to
update to the most recent version of the software, which it
rolled out Thursday, as soon as possible.
Ransomware locks a user out of their machine until they pay a sum
of money to the hacker behind the attack. A userís machine can be
tricked into installing the malicious software after visiting an
infected website.
Hackers are said to be using the Nuclear and Magnitude exploit
kits to spread ransomware such as Cerber. DT reported on Cerber
last month, though researchers only recently discovered how a
flaw in Flash can be used to deliver the ransomware, hence
Adobeís response on Thursday.
Rather creepily, Cerber takes control of Windowsí text-to-speech
engine to let a user know, out loud, that their computer has been
hijacked. The message says, ìAttention! Attention! Attention!
Your documents, photos, databases, and other files have been
encrypted.î In the case of Cerber, victims have reportedly been
told to pay $500 to regain access to their files.
Adobe has in the last few hours posted information about
cross-platform Flash updates that ìaddress critical
vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take
control of the affected system.î Thereís a lot of information
on the page, but the main point is to ensure you have the latest
version of Flash on your machine. You can do this by hitting this
Adobe page via each of the browsers you use (updates may be
auto-installing for one browser but not another) to make sure the
software is up to date.
Ransomware is becoming an increasing problem for not only
individual computer users, but businesses too, where the ransom
demands are likely to be far higher. In February, for example,
ransomware landed on the systems of a Hollywood hospital,
locking staff out of computers holding important patient
information as well as other data.
Hackers reportedly demanded $3.4 million to restore access. The
hospital said it refused to pay such a large amount, though
admitted it ended up handing over $17,000 in bitcoins to resolve
the matter.
Edge Freezes Flash Content; Imitates Chrome and Safari
Microsoft yesterday said its Edge browser would follow in the
footsteps of Google's Chrome and Apple's Safari by freezing some
content rendered by Adobe's Flash Player.
The new feature appeared in the edition of Edge packaged with
Windows 10 Insider build 14316, which Microsoft issued Wednesday.
"With the Anniversary Update to Windows 10, Microsoft Edge will
intelligently auto-pause content that is not central to the Web
page," wrote John Hazen, an Edge program manager, in a post to a
company blog today.
The behavior will be identical to what Chrome has done since
September 2015, when it began to freeze peripheral-to-the-page
Flash content in its "Stable" version. In fact, Hazen's
description was almost a word-for-word repeat of what Google
engineer Tommy Li wrote last year.
Google, in turn, had copied Apple, which introduced Flash freeze
in Safari 7, the browser bundled with 2013's OS X Mavericks.
In both Chrome and Safari, users can click the Flash content to
activate it. Without a click, the content remains visible but
static. Edge will work the same way.
As Google's Li did in 2015, Hazen asserted that suppressing Flash
auto-run content would reduce notebook battery consumption. He
also said Microsoft was pressing for a future without Flash, long
a crucial component of Web pages but so widely used that cyber
criminals have rooted out scores of vulnerabilities to exploit.
Adobe, for instance, yesterday released a patch for Flash to
close a hole hackers had driven a new type of ransomware through.
"We are planning for and look forward to a future where Flash is
no longer necessary as a default experience in Microsoft Edge,"
said Hazen.
Unlike Chrome, Edge will apparently not let users modify the
browser's default stance on Flash: Computerworld could not find
an option in the browser's settings panel to disable the
auto-run blocking.
Nor did Hazen hazard comment on Microsoft's more popular Internet
Explorer (IE) browser, which will presumably not be retrofitted
with the feature. Previously, Microsoft has said that active
development of IE had been halted - although security flaws will
be fixed - because the browser is meant as a legacy tool for
running older Web apps and websites, primarily by corporate
customers.
An updated Edge with the Flash-freeze feature will debut within
the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, 2016's sole upgrade, which
Microsoft intends to release this summer.
Windows Insider participants assigned to the "Fast" release ring
can try out Edge's Flash blocking by running build 14136.
Watch Out For the Newest Email Scam: Almost-real Speeding Tickets
Some residents of the Philadelphia suburb Tredyffrin have
reportedly been receiving emails notifying them of fictitious
speeding tickets, and directing them to pay at a link that
triggers a malware download.
So far, ho-hum, in our crazy cyberpunk futureworld. But thereís a
lot more going on here, because, according to Tredyffrin police,
the targeted drivers were actually speeding at the places and
times indicated in the emails they received.
Think about that for a second.
Investigators suspect that the detail-oriented masterminds of this
plot hacked a GPS-enabled smartphone app to obtain the location
data and find actual speeders to target. So far, according to
Philadelphia Magazine, only three local residents have reported
receiving the emails.
This raises all kinds of questions. Most email scamming is based
on mass volume and low success rates, but itís hard to say how
scaleable something this precisely targeted could be. Maybe
whoeverís behind this is trying to invert the email scam
paradigm, spooling exceptionally convincing bait out to a
relative handful of people.
There may be one unanticipated roadblock to their plan, though ñ
Tredyffrin apparently doesnít have speed cameras, and real cops
issue all citations in person. That could set off alarms for
townies receiving the scam emails.
Tredyffrin police are also doing those targeted by the scam a
big favor and not issuing them real tickets, despite their
apparent confessions.
Vivaldi Web Browser Hits Version 1.0,
Beats Chrome, Firefox in RAM Usages
Back in 1996, what began as a research project for Telenor, the
largest Norweigan communications company in the world, evolved
into a completely separate company, Opera Software. The companyís
Opera web browser became a cult favorite, and is particularly
favored among privacy advocates.
Now one of Operaís original creators, Opera Software co-founder
Jon von Tetzchner, is working with a ìteam of browser building
pioneersî to launch Vivaldi 1.0, a new browser set on making ìweb
browsers powerful again,î according to Tetzchner.
ìVivaldi 1.0 adapts to you, not the other way around,î he wrote
in a press release sent to Digital Trends earlier today. ìWe made
Vivaldi the most customizable browser in existence, based on
feedback provided by millions of users. In fact, there are more
than one million different ways to make Vivaldi your perfect
browser.î
Vivaldi aims to achieve this by stacking its features, consisting
of things expected from a web browser like Bookmarks and
Downloads, in a condensed pile off to the left-hand side of the
screen. Thereís even a space for notes, which could come in handy
for students and researchers looking to save snippets of text or
screenshots for use later on.
Though it feels a little gimmicky in practice, Vivaldi 1.0 also
features mouse gestures letting you ìtransfer a flick of the
wrist into almost any actionî by holding down the right mouse
key. This comes on top of more traditional keyboard shortcut
support.
With the help of Chromium, which powers Vivaldi, not only does
the browser perform smoothly at bringing up web pages, but it
also takes up significantly less memory than Chrome, Firefox,
and Safari.
In a direct comparison of all four browsers displaying only the
Digital Trends homepage, Safari occupied the most RAM at 355.1MB,
while Firefox and Chrome took up 254.7MB and 188.8MB,
respectively. Meanwhile, Vivaldi only used 62.2MB when carrying
out the same task.
ìMillions of people have already agreed that they want a better
browser, one that puts them in control, von Tetzchner continues.
ìEverything we build is in service of the user. We have no
investors and their agendas to dictate our progress. Thereís no
exit strategy and weíre here to stay. All we want is to give
people a browser theyíre proud to use and that weíre proud to
call Vivaldi.î
While we didnít expect much going in, after testing out Vivaldi
for ourselves, we must say the only thing that didnít impress was
Bingís position as the default search engine. Everything else was
considerably cleaner, faster, and less consumptive than its
big-time rivals.
Vivaldiís full release is now available for download at the
browserís homepage.
Microsoft Tests $4-per-month Outlook Premium
Microsoft is testing a premium version of Outlook.com that
removes the ads and supports custom domains for email addresses.
According to Brad Sams at Thurrott.com, Outlook Premium is free
for one year and then costs $3.99 per month during the trial
phase, though itís only available by invite for now. Microsoft
first started experimenting with premium Outlook in February, but
at the time it wasnít clear how much the service might cost.
The service appears to combine two features that Microsoft offers
or has offered in the past. The first is an ad-free version of
Outlook, which is already available today as a $20 per year
upgrade. The second is custom domains, which allow users to enjoy
Outlook.comís features but with a personalized email address
(think yourname@example.com).
Users can already add custom domains in Outlook with an
Office 365 Small Business Essentials subscription, which costs
$6 per month or $60 per year. Until 2014, Microsoft also offered
custom domains for free, but that system was also slightly
different, in that users were responsible for procuring the
domain. Under the new premium plans, Microsoft will manage that
process itself.
For now, itís unclear whether non-business Office 365 subscribers
will get premium Outlook features for free. Keep in mind that
Microsoft could tweak the pricing or abandon the project entirely
before rolling it out to the masses.
Why this matters: At least in the trial phase, Outlook Premium
occupies a middle ground between ad-free Outlook and a full
Office 365 subscription. It could also slightly undercut
Googleís Apps for Work plans, which support custom domains for
$5 per user per month. This may have some appeal to individual
users who are starting a business or otherwise want to have a
custom email address without losing the features of a webmail
service.
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