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Submission + - GMail experiences serious outage (google.com)

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on Tuesday September 01, 2009 @04:35PM

JacobSteelsmith writes: "As I type this, GMail is experiencing a major outage. The application status page says there is a problem with GMail affecting a majority of it's users. It states a resolution is expected within the next 1.2 hours (no, not a typo on my part). However, email can still be accessed via POP or IMAP, but not, it appears, through an Android device such as the G1."

Submission + - Microsoft unveils new search: Bing (msdn.com)

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on Thursday May 28, 2009 @12:16PM

JacobSteelsmith writes: "Microsoft is attempting to re-brand it's Live Search, also known as Kumo. Bing, as it's known, is another attempt by Microsoft to lure consumers away from Internet search leaders such as Google. Microsoft has posted a quarterly loss in it's online advertising business, compared to Google's sales, $4.7 billion in the first quarter.

According to the Live Search blog, Bing goes "beyond the traditional search engines to help you make faster, more informed decisions" by combining a "great search engine" with organized results. It also adds unique tools to help the user make important decisions. It is being touted as a "decision engine." A video can be viewed at http://www.decisionengine.com/Default.html."

Submission + - Experts warn of internet "brownouts" traff (foxnews.com)

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on Thursday April 30, 2009 @12:40PM

JacobSteelsmith writes: "A respected American think-tank, Nemertes Research, reports the web has reached a critical point. For many reasons, Internet usage continues to rise (imagine that), and bandwidth usage is increasing due to traffic heavy sites such as YouTube. The article goes on to describe the perils Internet users will face including 'brownouts that will freeze their computers as capacity runs out in cyberspace,' and constant network 'traffic jams,' similar to 'how home computers slow down when the kids get back from school and start playing games.'

'Monthly traffic across the internet is running at about eight exabytes. A recent study by the University of Minnesota estimated that traffic was growing by at least 60 per cent a year, although that did not take into account plans for greater internet access in China and India.

While the net itself will ultimately survive, Ritter said that waves of disruption would begin to emerge next year, when computers would jitter and freeze. This would be followed by brownouts — a combination of temporary freezing and computers being reduced to a slow speed.'"

Submission + - Microsoft agrees to license ActiveSync to Google (marketwatch.com)

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on Monday February 09, 2009 @07:02PM

JacobSteelsmith writes: "Microsoft agreed today to license ActiveSync to Google. Google is using ActiveSync as part of Google Sync, which enables the synchronization of data between mobile devices and, presumably, Google Calendar and your contacts stored at Google. "Microsoft's vice president of intellectual property and licensing, Horacio Gutierrez, said in a statement that the Google license is 'a great example of Microsoft's openness to generally license our patents under fair and reasonable terms so long as licensees respect Microsoft intellectual property.'""

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