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Google Drive outage reminds us that cloud services aren't perfect

Google Drive outage reminds us that cloud services aren
  • Posted March 18, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Reports this morning of Google Drive becoming inaccessible sent ripples through social media. Shortly after complaints surfaced, Google confirmed Drive was experiencing a noteworthy disruption. The company subsequently resolved the issue and all Google services appear to have returned to normal…

Facebook: Outage caused by internal DNS tinkering, not Anonymous

Facebook: Outage caused by internal DNS tinkering, not Anonymous
  • Posted December 10, 2012, 6:12 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web Breaking News
  • As the second major tech site to experience widespread downtime today, Facebook appears to be recovering from an outage that has lasted for more than an hour. Early into the interruption, users believed the problem pertained to a DNS issue.…

Wikipedia suffers 2-hour downtime due to cut fiber cables

Wikipedia suffers 2-hour downtime due to cut fiber cables
  • Posted August 7, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • Online encyclopedia Wikipedia suffered an outage around 14:30 GMT for two hours yesterday after two crucial fiber cables close to one of their datacenters in Florida were accidently cut, resulting in the site and its associated services running very sluggish…

Google Talk and Twitter suffer service outages

Google Talk and Twitter suffer service outages
  • Posted July 26, 2012, 12:25 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Industry News Breaking News
  • Google's instant messaging service has recovered from a widespread outage that lasted around six hours through Thursday morning. Most users were affected by the downtime, which began some time around 6:40AM ET. Google promptly responded to reports of the interruption…

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