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Gmail Knocked Out During "Routine Upgrade", Google Issues Apology

  • Sep 02, 2009 9:50 AM PDT
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BBC reporting today: "Google has issued an apology after a 'miscalculation' caused a blackout of its Gmail service, affecting the 'majority' of its 150 million users. The firm described Tuesday's two-hour outage as a "big deal" and said it was investigating ways to ensure it did not happen again." Also see the official posts from Google here & here.

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