- Wed Dec 9 1:00 PM PST 2009 Facebook in Vietnam: Social-networking blues
CNET's Dong Ngo reports from Hanoi on troubles that local users have been facing in accessing the social network. But is the government to blame?
- Mon Nov 23 1:03 PM PST 2009 'Technical issue' downs eBay search over weekend
Some power users are none too pleased, though, and are requesting refunds for seller fees if their auctions were disrupted as a result.
- Fri Sep 4 10:00 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: eBay cuts off Skype
E-commerce giants cuts its Internet phone unit loose, while book publishers and authors grapple with Google. Also: The Internet turns 40.
- Thu Aug 6 11:00 PM PDT 2009 FAQ: The ins and outs of DoS attacks
Twitter was offline for hours after suffering a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that targeted one user. Facebook and some Google sites also were hit. What happened and why?
- Thu Aug 6 6:43 AM PDT 2009 Twitter crippled by denial-of-service attack
Microblogging service says it's recovering but still defending itself against the attack. Facebook has also confirmed it was targeted by a DoS attack.
- Mon Aug 3 1:37 PM PDT 2009 PayPal suffers from e-commerce outage
eBay's online payment system suffered outages for about two hours Monday, but the company says it's working for most people again.
- Fri Jun 19 9:09 AM PDT 2009 Is Twitter now a critical app?
U.S. Department of State to Twitter: You can't take a breather for scheduled maintenance. But can Twitter afford to behave like a critical application?
- Tue Apr 14 1:01 PM PDT 2009 Buzz Out Loud 952: The Last Gasp of Stupid
NBC and the cable companies are teaming up to make it really annoying for you to watch the Winter Olympics onlione. Brian Cooley sums up their plans well, and it's today's title. We also discuss fiber-eating alien insect and solar power beamed down from
- Fri Apr 10 10:00 AM PDT 2009 Week in review: Powerless to protect power grid?
U.S. power grid may be vulnerable, while Conficker appears to be rising from the dead. Also: piracy's cost.
- Tue Feb 24 4:00 PM PST 2009 Having a cow over Gmail just misses the point
Google's early-morning glitch was good for a few headlines, but the real news is how rare these cloud-computing outages have become.




