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BlackBerry blackout: Is RIM overreaching itself?

News For one, the outage only impacted data services, including email and mobile web-browsing. Lately the company has also been trying to attract more mainstream customers with new handsets such as the BlackBerry Pearl and... [19 Apr 2007]

US ill-prepared for "cyber Katrina"

News The US has never experienced a massive internet outage but a coalition of dynamic chief executives said on Friday the nation must do more to prepare for that prospect. The cautionary document was a product of the Business Roundtable,... [26 Jun 2006]

Aramiska users scrabble to find supplier after web blackout

News When satellite broadband provider Aramiska shut down its service with just hours' notice late last week, a number of rural networks and businesses too far from local exchanges for traditional connectivity suddenly found themselves... [30 Jan 2006]

Feud erupts between network firms

News A similar net blackout happened in 2001, when Cable & Wireless and PSINet were embroiled in a billing dispute. Two major internet backbone companies are feuding, potentially cutting off significant swaths of the internet... [06 Oct 2005]

US election fever grips web

News Kerry's site did not experience any, while GeorgeWBush.com went down for just more than an hour on 2 September and had a six-hour blackout on 20 September. US voters flocked to the web on Tuesday, as... [03 Nov 2004]

Zombie PC army responsible for big name web blackout

News Keynote Systems and other internet performance companies said web traffic actually dipped during the attack, raising questions about the volume of data sent to Akamai's servers. and other major websites earlier this week... [17 Jun 2004]

Denial-of-service attack causes web blackout

News Google, Microsoft and Apple, temporarily inaccessible, according to web infrastructure company Akamai. The attack caused problems for more than two hours and many of the world's most popular sites suffered from... [16 Jun 2004]

The Bloor Perspective: Mobile ringtones, power blackouts and corporate governance

Comment There has been some suggestion on the web that MSBlast was a contributory factor or even the prime cause of the blackout. In any event it is clear that computer system failure was the heart of the... [01 Dec 2003]

Why have some AOL users been having problems with MSN services?

News Microsoft on Wednesday also reiterated a statement saying it did not make any changes to its services or its network infrastructure in advance of the blackout, passing responsibility to cable-access provider Road Runner... [04 Sep 2003]

Hackers cause blackout on FT.com web page

News A web page on FT.com has been shut down by hackers. Daniel Angel, product manager for the comparison service, confirmed that the site creditforyourmoney.com, has been brought down but insisted that it was a static... [27 Jul 2001]

Seizing power: Richard Baguley has been on the ground in California since the lights starting going out

Comment It's called a rolling blackout, and the residents and businesses of California are getting increasingly used to the power going out with little or no notice. San Francisco's South of Market district (where many internet... [04 Apr 2001]

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