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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 glitch temporarily breaks the web

Facebook glitch temporarily breaks the web
  • Posted February 8, 2013, 11:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • Yesterday, an untold number of Internet surfers experienced a glitch which abruptly redirected them from the sanctuary of their favorite websites to a Facebook error page. Websites essentially taken down by this snafu included Hulu, Lifehacker, Washington Post, ESPN, CNN,…

Microsoft gives Xbox Live users free month following outage

Microsoft gives Xbox Live users free month following outage
  • Posted December 31, 2012, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Microsoft
  • Microsoft is offering a free month of Xbox Live to subscribers affected by the company's Xbox Live and Cloud Saved Games outage over the weekend. XBL general manager Alex Garden says the free one-month extension will be applied automatically to…

RIM resolves BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa

RIM resolves BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa
  • Posted September 21, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Research in Motion confirmed reports this morning of a BlackBerry UK outage spanning across Europe, the Middle East and Africa -- a region often referred to as the EMEA. Shortly afterward, RIM announced it had resolved the issue but warned…

"Leap second" bug, Amazon EC2 outage brought down major websites

"Leap second" bug, Amazon EC2 outage brought down major websites
  • Posted July 2, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • A surprising portion of the web went dark on Saturday thanks to a major storm which knocked out much of Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. Clients of Amazon's EC2 include the likes of Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest -- all of which went…

Gmail suffers brief outage, Google Apps users unaffected

Gmail suffers brief outage, Google Apps users unaffected
  • Posted April 17, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News

  • For those who've been spending their lives in the cloud, it would appear it's time to come back down to Earth -- Gmail briefly went down Tuesday. The popular email service took a nose dive around 9:42am PST. Although social media sites like Twitter were abuzz with vivid stories...

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