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RBS systems hit by second major outage in a year
Natwest and Ulster Bank customers were among those who experienced disruption to their online services on Wednesday, after RBS's systems suffered an outage once again.
How SSD power faults scramble your data
Flash SSDs are non-volatile, so what could go wrong when power fails? A great deal, even on high-end 'enterprise' SSDs.
Outlook.com outage leaves users locked out of accounts
Numerous users of the online email service Outlook.com were locked out of their accounts on Monday after a service outage.
Telcos battle Queensland floods
Both Telstra and Optus are responding to communication service outages as the Queensland flood crisis continues.
Vodafone's BlackBerry customers suffer outage
UPDATED 3: Some BlackBerry customers on the Vodafone network have experienced outages, the second such outage in four months.
How Amazon ruined my Christmas
Netflix's Christmas outage is yet another reminder that downtime happens at the worst possible time and the cloud is not inherently resilient.
Facebook helps FBI smash global 11 million-strong botnet
Social network Facebook has assisted worldwide law enforcement agencies to crack a botnet that is thought to have infected 11 million machines, and raked in more than $850 million.
Syria back online after two-day internet blackout
According to web monitoring firm Renesys, 'the restoration was achieved just as quickly and neatly as the outage'. However, it may be too early to tell for sure what precisely caused the cutoff on Thursday.
Australian govt fights against internet governance changes
The Australian government has flagged that it will oppose proposed changes to the International Telecommunications Regulations that would expand government power over the internet.
U.N. WCIT-12 makes Syrian Internet blackout 'trivial' everywhere
If the ITU's treaty is signed into law at WCIT-12 in Dubai this month, its new Internet governance rules will make Syria's Internet blackout a "trivial" and legally supported maneuver for every country in the world.
Tech blunders, catastrophes and epic fails of 2012: review
Thanksgiving is over, and we're heading into December. It's time for a look back at all the blunders, catastrophes, epic fails and major screw-ups of 2012.
Has Click Frenzy fail set back Australian e-retailing?
The Click Frenzy website outage last night has been well documented, and some fear that the tech failure will turn Australians off e-retailing.
Click Frenzy meltdown doesn't bring enough httpd for everyone
The over-hyped Click Frenzy online sale event failed to achieve lift-off, and crashed on the launch pad.
A year in cybersecurity and cybercrime: 2012 review
During the year, we have seen the destruction of SOPA and PIPA but the emergence of CISPA and similar laws around the world, a growing trend in hacks and scams, an explosion in malware, and states committing cyberwarfare on their friends and foes. Here's a run-down of what happened in 2012.
Yes, the FBI and CIA can read your email. Here's how
"Petraeus-gate," some U.S. pundits are calling it. How significant is it that even the head of the CIA can have his emails read by an albeit friendly domestic intelligence agency, which can lead to his resignation and global, and very public humiliation? Here's how.