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Google's Postini Suffers Problems

Someone with a little too much faith in logic might argue that email is at its most secure when messages don't get through.  However, the average person doesn't see things that way, and this became an issue as Postini, Google's email security offering, encountered problems yesterday.

Gmail Falters Yet Again

Yahoo Mail and Hotmail must be looking pretty tempting to certain Gmail users right now.  Yet another Gmail outage has occurred, and once again, there's been little official word regarding causes, effects, and timetables.

Gmail Outage Hits Europe Hard

A little less than one month ago, Google introduced an experimental version of Gmail that could work without an Internet connection, and we ran the headline "Gmail Goes Offline (In A Good Way)" as a result.  This morning, minus the part in parentheses, the same title could apply.

Black Friday Traffic Proved Too Much For Some Sites

Pessimistic onlookers believed retailers' websites would do little more than attract tumbleweeds this Black Friday.  A sort of reverse situation came into being, however, as stampede-worthy traffic levels were significant enough to cause slowdowns and at least one crash.

Google Apps And Gmail Problems Resurface

Some people check their email once an hour.  Others, every five minutes.  But a recent Google Apps outage made a number of accounts inaccessible for around 30 hours, and a prominent blogger had his account disabled to boot.

LinkedIn Downtime Turning Heads

If LinkedIn has its way, the image of a blue-robed wizard will become nowhere near as familiar as Twitter's fail whale.  But in what might be a good or bad sign for the company, this symbol of downtime is indeed being seen more frequently.

Google Compensating For Apps Outage

A Google Apps outage that occurred earlier this month concerned a lot of people.  Users of the Premier Edition were paying for the service, and 15 hours of downtime and questionable communication is not good, regardless.  So now Google's unveiling a free extension of service and the way in which it will handle any future problems.

Gmail, Google Apps Issues Resolved

A game of word association would have to go on for quite some time before most people would put "Google Apps" and "Gmail" together with "outage."  The two services recently took a partial tumble, though, and the experience has left some of the affected users less than happy.

Twitter Survives Apple Conference

Fans and critics alike expected Twitter's new "status" blog to be a busy place yesterday, and in one sense, the company didn't disappoint.  Posts mainly focused on preventative measures, however, and Twitter more or less made it through Apple's big event without failing.

Twitter Establishes Status Blog

It's a dark day for the "Down for everyone or just me?" site - Twitter, which must have sent it so much traffic, has now created its own Twitter Status blog.