Google offers 16TB of storage for $4,096
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It's not a proper backup service though, but willing users can store their photos and emails through Picasa and GMail for $5 per 20GB, all the way up to 16TB.
Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail account information leaked
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Login credentials for some users of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Hotmail have been leaked on the Internet, according to CNET UK. While Google and Microsoft admit that some user passwords have been stolen, Google insists that phishing attacks are to blame and not insecurities in its network. Our advice: Now would be a great time to change your password!
Gmail goes down (again!) should we rely on it?
In what seems like millennia to internet users, GMail, the predominant email service for the squeaky wheels of the 'net, went down for a few hours earlier today and users took to their normal place of complaint, Twitter, with many cries of frustration. We'd simply point and laugh at the mob most of the time, but this isn't the first time we've seen a major blunder from Google. In fact, its the second time in a month that GMail has gone down, calling in to question whether businesses, who rely on bulletproof communication, should start reconsidering GMail, and move back to their own email servers.
To parse the problem, we talk to Natali Del Conte from CNET, and Mark Harris, who is a freelance writer for numerous tech publications. Natali brings up that 2009 in general seems like a year where we're seeing problems across Google, not simply with GMail. Mark attributes the problems to growing pains, with GMail being one of the most rapidly growing email services to date.
Should we take it easy on Google, or should they feel our collective internet wrath? Sound off in the comments, or leave a video reply on YouTube.
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Gmail outage plagues users
Gmail is currently suffering from some system woes, according to users on Twitter (and on my account too.) No word yet on what's causing the problem, but users report not having access to contacts, some can't send or receive mail, and some users can't even access their inboxes at all.
Three weeks ago, GMail users suffered a similar issue, and were equally vocal about the problem.
Google adds push Gmail to more phones
If you've got an Exchange ActiveSync phone your luck just got a little bit better as Google has announced push mail for EAS phones. The company is only saying iPhone and Windows Mobile at this point but it should work with any EAS enabled device. This will allow the full Google Sync suite to finally run on most devices.
GMail goes down: Notable or not?
Yesterday, as we blogged about previously, GMail went down for about 100 minutes, putting the email inboxes of countless geeks in limbo. Users on Twitter took the bait, and as is usual, freaked out. Meanwhile, others played it cool on Facebook. Should we expect outages more frequently than they happen? How big of a problem is a lack of email? We talk to Andrew Nusca of ZDNET about the outage, and get his take on whether he's a pitchfork wielding member of the mob, or whether he's a calm and collected soul.
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Google explains 100 minute GMail outage
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Google says overloaded routers are to blame for the 100 minute outage that plagued GMail yesterday afternoon. The company says it was rolling out some routine changes, which caused router load to shift to other routers, which then tried to shift the traffic again, till eventually all of GMail's routes were blocked.
Google will grow in China despite porn links, say analysts
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Google's market share in China is expected to continue to grow despite the battle between the search giant and that country's government. The two have been vigorously debating the ease of porn access created by links in Google's search results. China has demanded that links to pornography be removed and even blocked access to Google and Gmail last month for a period of time.
Google Apps lose beta badge
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Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Talk are among the search giant's many web-based applications that officially came out of "beta" stage today. Many, including businesses, have long been nervous of the not-ready-for-prime-time label which meant support could be pulled on a whim, so the move is expected to greatly strengthen Google's position with the enterprise.
Internet outage hits Google, how to deal with the problem?
Waves of reality are rippling throughout the Internet. Whenever the monolithic Google is unavailable for a period of time, users feel like they're returned to a late 90's dark age where the rainbow logoed search giant hasn't yet achieved complete dominance... and they're not sure how to deal without the provided services. We talk to Josh Lowensohn of CNET, and Christina Warren of Download Squad about their Google-less backup plans. Josh points out the problem with this outage wasn't just the lack of access to Google, but any sites who had Google Analytics installed failed to properly load, causing a greater network effect of issues. Christina shared with us some of her backup plans for general outages, but also wondered if it wasn't smart for people with mission critical business operations to go it alone, or forge some sort of backup in case Google's big bad servers become unavailable.
Speaking of outages, one service notorious for downtime had some unplanned problems of its own yesterday. Twitter changed a setting which had users in an uproar, followed by some planned maintenance during the day, and then unplanned problems at night. We talk about the situation, and why despite the problems, Twitter seems to be doing just fine.
Are you a Twitter Qwitter? When will you give up on the service? Also, do you have backup plans in case of a Google outage? How do you deal with smaller outages, like local problems?