146 ml users suffer Gmail outage.Users of Google s free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. service were stranded Tuesday afternoon, last week, when they logged on to find the service no longer working. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. research firm ComScore, the Gmail service, launched in 2004, has nearly 146 million users worldwide -- so when Google admits that an issue with the service is affecting "a majority of users," that s a not-insignificant portion of Web users.By Tuesday evening, the search engine company appeared to have fixed the problem as users of communications services like Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. reported that they were able to access their e-mail again. Google s own site, however, reported that the e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. was still undergoing a "disruption." On Google s blog, engineering director David Besbris observed his colleagues at the search engine company were having difficulties with the service Tuesday."We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now," he wrote. "We are too, and we definitely feel your pain."Besbris did not identify the problem, which he characterized as "minor."For Gmail users, it was a bumpy couple of days. On a Web page where Google tracks the status of its services, the company said that "some users" were having difficulty logging on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning.On Tuesday afternoon, the company posted another update, this time saying that "a majority of users" were experiencing problems with the service. The company alternately described the problem as an "outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. " and a "disruption" - that latter term was the one Google used later on in the afternoon when many users reported being able to log on again.A news item about the outage posted to The Washington Post s Web site drew complaints from around the world. Some complained that the service s glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. would have a negative impact on their workday. On Twitter, naturally, the outage was a major topic of conversation. "It s like worse than a power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" ," wrote one user of both services. LATWP News Servic 2009 Jordan Press & publishing Co. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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