Comments on: A Brief History of Internet Outages

By: PlayStation Hack: Sony’s Troubles Just Beginning | sony

PlayStation Hack: Sony’s Troubles Just Beginning | sony — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:21:03 +0000

[...] a PlayStation Network member, or most of a gamer during all. But I’m kind of preoccupied by Internet outages–and a one currently affecting Sony’s PlayStation Network and Qriocity use is one for a [...]

By: Even Once the PlayStation Network Is Back, This Thing Is Far from Over - Techland - TIME.com

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:08:18 +0000

[...] not a PlayStation Network member, or much of a gamer at all. But I'm kind of fascinated by Internet outages–and the one currently affecting Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity service is one for the [...]

By: PSN Down For The Count

PSN Down For The Count — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:13:11 +0000

[...] to go dark for a time. Amazon recently experienced a rough week and here’s a list of some historic Internet meltdowns. This too shall [...]

By: The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time « The Rantings & Ravings Of A (Formerly) Mad Mailman

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:24:39 +0000

[...] Yiying Lu, he (she?) appears when the service is too overloaded to work properly–which has been pretty darn frequently, though the whale has been a little less busy in recent weeks. If you can explain what the image [...]

By: Tumblr Has Tumbled. When Will It Get Back Up?

Tumblr Has Tumbled. When Will It Get Back Up? — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:57:11 +0000

[...] blog with it. As I write this, the outage continues–it’s surely earned a spot in the Hall of Shame reserved for the longest, most crippling downtimes ever suffered by major Internet [...]

By: Facebook’s Megafail Explained - Techland - TIME.com

Facebook’s Megafail Explained - Techland - TIME.com — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:12:56 +0000

[...] an outage, it wasn't as lengthy as Skype's 2007 two-day disappearance. As a bug, it didn't produce results as hilarious as the 2009 screwup that left Google identifying [...]

By: Top Five Causes For Disruption Of Internet Service « NetEqualizer News Blog

Top Five Causes For Disruption Of Internet Service « NetEqualizer News Blog — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:03:56 +0000

[...] http://technologizer.com/2008/08/11/eight-great-internet-outages/ [...]

By: Microsoft to Sidekick Users: We Seem to Have Lost Your Data | Technologizer

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:52:28 +0000

[...] Extended Internet-related service outages are commonplace, but major examples of data loss involving large companies aren’t so common. [...]

By: Peggy

Peggy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:48:53 +0000

Harry, how about the Morris worm of 1988? Granted, the Internet was not yet public at the time, but I remember it as fairly damaging for the bio-tech company for which I worked.

By: Why Google’s Outage Wasn’t a Complete Failure « Multan POST

Why Google’s Outage Wasn’t a Complete Failure « Multan POST — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:44:46 +0000

[...] Google outage started like most other service failures: People realized things weren’t working. They realized the problem was limited to [...]