BlackBerry service crash affects BBM messaging for millions

RIM acknowledges ongoing email and messaging problem for customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa

If you are a Blackberry user on most continents of planet Earth, you probably were hit by the lack of service today. You were not able to browse the internet, and access your email; right?
The news is that there was a major fault at (RESEARCH IN MOTION) - RIM’s facilities. The outage did not affect enterprise service users; just BIS users only. So, hang on in there and don’t shower insults and curses on our service providers, you can still make calls and do SMS as well.

BlackBerry service crash affects BBM messaging for millions

RIM acknowledges ongoing email and messaging problem for customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa


If you are a Blackberry user on most continents of planet Earth, you probably were hit by the lack of service today. You were not able to browse the internet, and access your email; right?
The news is that there was a major fault at (RESEARCH IN MOTION) - RIM’s facilities. The outage did not affect enterprise service users; just BIS users only. So, hang on in there and don’t shower insults and curses on our service providers, you can still make calls and do SMS as well.
I can't believe the world did not end today as there was no service BB service, that's funny, because, BB just left a loop hole in the communication world, telecommunication devices with other pinging services like watsapp, samsung chat, and many other social chat and networking services are really going to make it BIG!!!
Blackberry has really got a dent in it's popularity, haters WOULD now MAKE A fuss about this, and I trust, there are money making lurking worm like me out there looking for an opportunity to make it with with such problems!!!

Wow, even if I'm not an Apple person, I still have to acknowledge the fact that this great man that ever lived would forever remain in our hearts and minds as great dreamer in the Information & Technology world. As one of my cousins from San Jose in California said, America just lost the only person that knew what the f**k he was doing!!!

An episode ends. Apple on Wednesday 5th October, 2011 confirmed that its former CEO, Steve Jobs, has died. He was 56.
"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being," Apple said in a note on its Web site. "Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple."
The Apple.com Web site currently bears a photo of Jobs (left). Apple asked fans to share their memories, thoughts, and condolences via rememberingsteve@apple.com.

Windows 8: The good and the bad

12:05 PM Tuesday Sep 20, 2011

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Michael Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware and PC Ecosystem, showed several Windows 8 devices at the Microsoft's Build conference. Photo / Supplied

The stakes couldn't be higher for Microsoft. After copping a significant (and deserved) amount of flak over Windows Vista, the Redmond software behemoth bounced back with Windows 7 in 2009, only to miss the rapid growth in the tablet and smartphone arena.

Microsoft has taken this on board and has launched the dev version of the next Windows iteration called (surprise, surprise) Windows 8, which will span PCs and tablets.

The full version is due to launch next year. Opinions on Windows 8 have so far have been mixed, and it remains to be seen if it has the ability to re-ignite Microsoft's fortunes in the tablet space.

So what could be Windows 8's killer features and what are potential flops?

Look & feel

Taking note of the acclaim that Windows Phone 7's metro interface attracted, Microsoft has designed Windows 8's interface to incorporate a touch-friendly approach using the live tiles that'll be instantly familiar to any Windows Phone 7 users. Equally nice, Windows 8 will also play well with full-screen HTML 5 widgets and finger gestures such as a single swipe to switch applications.

As much as the interface of Windows 8 is elegant- in that it'll give the user an at-a-glance overview of running apps without having to open them - it isn't exactly pretty (and it could be argued that it looks to have been designed by a five-year-old with a box of crayons).

Moreover, it is also questionable just how useful this type of interface will be on non-touch devices such as notebook and desktop PCs. Microsoft has thankfully provided an optional traditional Windows 7 style interface should it be required.

In many instances, Windows 8 won't use the same windows that we take for granted.

With Windows 8, the upper right edge of a window won't have controls for closing or resizing, as most apps will run in a full screen mode. This in effect means programmes will be able to be "snapped" so that one running app can snap over to the left side of the desktop whilst the other is snapped to the right. According to the video demos, apps could also be resized via a finger (or mouse) draggable dividing line. How well this will work in practice, especially where there are many windows open, remains to be seen - but it is nonetheless an interesting