I wasn't even aware they still used tape backups.
lots of these needed.
This particular Gmail outage is proving to be particularly bad, at least for the .02% of Gmail users affected. However, it appears the end in sight for Google. In a post on the Gmail Blog Google (GOOG) reveals that it has had to go to tape backups and expect to finish restoring accounts in the coming hours.
To protect your information MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 28, 2011 10:36 PM ET
Together with Khosla Ventures, Google announced an investment of $42 million into WeatherBill.
Over 90% of crop loss is due to inclement or unexpected weather conditions. With climate change in full swing, more and more agricultural businesses are at risk for unpredictable weather conditions.
WeatherBill uses an algorithm to calculate risk and sell insurance online against unpredictable weather.
WeatherBill's flagship product, Total Weather Insurance (TWI) is a the first full-season weather protection program for U.S. farmers MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 28, 2011 6:02 PM ET
Tablets will become more "fun" and "portable" and prices will come down as well.
Motorola (MMI) CEO Sanjay Jha told investors today that the company will expand its webtop device lineup to include all high-end Google (GOOG) Android smartphones by the end of the year. Motorola is one of the few companies that has put all of their efforts into Android. "Webtop" is a new class of device that refers to MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 28, 2011 3:59 PM ET
It's been just over a year since Oracle's (ORCL) acquisition of Sun Microsystems closed. In that time, former CEO Scott McNealy has been keeping pretty busy. McNealy launched a non-profit education project called Curriki, founded the Alternative Golf Association to offer a modern alternative to the game of golf, and continues to advise a smattering of startups. Find out why the Sun Microsystems founder wanted to meet Facebook CEO Mark MORE
Mason Cohn, Producer - Feb 28, 2011 3:02 PM ET
Apple execs talk about their plans to cash in on the popularity of the iPhone and iPad
In a note to clients issued Monday, Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi reports on a meeting with three top Apple (AAPL) executives: COO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet services.
Steve Jobs did not attend.
According to Erik Savitz, formerly of Barron's, now at Forbes.com, Sacconaghi reports that the execs are MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 28, 2011 2:19 PM ETArchitect Yick Kai Chan once mapped out schools and banks. Now, Chan uses his skills for Zynga, to build CityVille's virtual communities one twee building at a time.
CityVille isn't just another city simulation game. As its 95 million monthly active users will attest, Zynga's latest ridiculously successful product for Facebook isn't just a hodge-podge of caricatured buildings or bobble-headed locals with emoticon bubbles -- it's an incubator for a self-sustaining MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer-Reporter - Feb 28, 2011 1:17 PM ET
A small percentage of people have been without their Gmail accounts since Sunday.
Gmail's downtime in 2010 compared to competitors
Imagine if you lost your entire email inbox, sent box, folders –everything.
A small number of Gmail users logged into their accounts over the weekend to find just that.
Immediately, Google (GOOG) support forums started filling up and Google's App Status dashboard issued the ominous warning, "We're investigating reports of an issue with MORE
Seth Weintraub - Feb 28, 2011 1:01 PM ET
The new startup, incubated by Hearst and run by digital media guru George Kliavkoff, aims to incentivize customers and companies to give up their paper bills forever.
A new company called Manilla launches today and it could be the nail in the coffin for the US Postal Service. Its goal: To help businesses convert customers to paperless billing by giving consumers an easy tool for organizing and paying bills.
Manilla (as in MORE
Jessica Shambora, Writer-Reporter - Feb 28, 2011 11:27 AM ET
But not serious enough to keep it from being "a critical positive catalyst" for Apple
Source: Apple Inc.
Apple (AAPL) is once again "pushing the technological envelope" by making the new iPad set to be unveiled March 2 far thinner than its predecessor, according to an unsigned Goldman Sachs research note issued Monday.
"The iPad 2's ultra-thin glass screen is generating yield issues," the report states, citing information from its Asian technology MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 28, 2011 10:59 AM ET
Retail staff briefed Sunday on a plan to move into enterprises that aren't yet "confused"
Source: littlelines.com
"What I love about the consumer market, that I always hated about the enterprise market, is that we come up with a product, we try to tell everybody about it, and every person votes for themselves... With the enterprise market, it's not so simple. The people that use the products don't MORE
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