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O2 Problem Leaves Users On 2G Service
Mobile operator's outage continues into a second day, although 2G services have now been restored
US Storms Take Down Amazon Web Services
Instagram and Netflix went offline as lightning took out Amazon's Web Services
Major BT Outage Affecting London Customers
BT working to restore services to London and the southeast
Google Investigates Gmail Outages Affecting 385,000
Gmail goes down for around 800,000 users, who flock to Twitter to complain
Gmail Downtime Hits 5 Million Users
Google's Gmail experienced an hour long outage yesterday, but the service retains a 99 percent uptime rating
Microsoft Offers Refund For Azure’s Leap Year Outage
Microsoft provides detail of the Leap Day Azure cloud outage and offered a 33 percent rebate to all customers
Orange Restores 3G Data Network After Outage
Subscribers reported being unable to access mobile internet from midday on Thursday
Facebook Suffers Outage In Parts Of Europe And Asia
Early morning downtime reported by users across several countries
Virgin Broadband Blacked Out By ‘Routing Issue’
Virgin Media's broadband services across the UK have been restored after customers experienced a blackout
Router Bug Crashes Networks Across US, Europe
Level 3's Juniper Networks routers crashed, causing disruption in North America and Europe
RIM Got Almost Everything Wrong
BlackBerry-maker RIM needs to show it can sort itself out and move on, even if only to get a good deal from a potential buyer, says Clint Boulton
RIM Offers Free Apps To BlackBerry Users
RIM is placating angry BlackBerry owners with free premium apps, not cash, after last week's outages
One In Five BlackBerry Users Considers Switching
More bad news for RIM after a survey found one in five BlackBerry users are considering jumping ship
Writer Jarred As BlackBerry And Apple Jam
To lose one mobile device connection is bad news. To lose two is enough to spread gloom over Wayne Rash's breakfast
Will Microsoft Feast On RIM’s BlackBerry Crumble?
If RIM can't rebuild its reputation for reliability, then it could be overtaken by Microsoft's Windows Phone, says Nicholas Kolakowski
Rats Cause Virgin Broadband Outage In Scotland
Some Virgin Media customers in Scotland were briefly left without broadband when rats chewed cables
BlackBerry Limps Back To Life
BlackBerry maker RIM says services are now working in the EMEA region, but American users still face disruptions
BlackBerry Online Services Crash Again
Many BlackBerry users are once again unable to send emails, access the Internet or use BlackBerry Messenger
RIM Restores BlackBerry Services
RIM has brought messaging and browsing services back online following a 20-hour outage across EMEA
BlackBerry Users Worldwide Suffer Major Outage
RIM's BlackBerry data services are down across EMEA, as the company announces a new acquisition
BT Broadband Suffers UK-Wide Outage
A power outage at a BT exchange in Birmingham has left consumers and businesses with no web access
Orange Confirms Email Outage For Broadband Customers
Orange has confirmed its broadband customers are having problems accessing their email accounts
Microsoft’s Office 365 Outage Hits US Customers
Microsoft’s Office 365 was hit by outages in North America but Europe and the Pacific Rim were not affected
Lightning Takes Down Amazon And Microsoft Clouds
Lightning strikes in Dublin disabled two major data centres and knocked back-up power supplies offline
Post Office Apologises For Major Computer Glitch
The Post Office has admitted that a major IT problem hit all its credit card and banking systems
TransLattice Targets Application Outages
TransLattice's new platform improves availability and performance of cloud-based and on-premises apps
O2 Admits East London Network Outage
O2 customers are once again experiencing network difficulties, this time in East London and Essex
Skype Services Crash Around The World
Skype users around the world are currently unable to log on and make calls using the VoIP service
Business Impact Of IT Downtime Revealed In Survey
The high cost of IT failures and outages has been revealed in a new survey by CA Technologies