Tag: blackout

Networking

Wikipedia's SOPA blackout seen by 162 million

By Liam Tung | Jan 20, 2012 | Comment Now

Australian web industry mixed on SOPA impact.

Networking

Google slows crawlers for SOPA blackout

By Ry Crozier | Jan 19, 2012 | Comment Now

No search ranking penalty for protesting anti-piracy legislation.

Networking

Wikipedia mulls blackout to protest SOPA

By Brett Winterford | Dec 13, 2011 | Comment Now

'Strong public opposition' to online piracy bill.

Networking

Firmware update blamed for Office365 outage

Sep 21, 2011 | Comment Now

Caused Office365, Windows Live, Azure platform management to cut out.

Software

Microsoft Office365, Hotmail blacks out

By Liz Tay, Ry Crozier | Sep 9, 2011 | Comment Now

Update: DNS issues spark four-hour outage.

Finance

Westpac data centre blacks out

By Ry Crozier | May 5, 2011 | 5 Comments

Updated: Merchant services restored, internet banking returns.

Networking

Telecom gear makers to feel Japan supply squeeze

By Niklas Pollard and Tarmo Virki | Mar 17, 2011 | Comment Now

Prices tipped to rise.

Networking

Vocus Melbourne data centre blacks out

By Ry Crozier | Dec 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Updated: Second generator only a week away.

Hardware

Tesla staff killed in California plane crash

By Ry Crozier | Feb 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

Blacks out Palo Alto for 10 hours.

Telco/ISP

Pipe Networks blacks out as Internode sees red

By Ry Crozier | Jan 28, 2010 | 4 Comments

Hackett's lengthy defence of Node's non-participation.

Telco/ISP

iiNet stars as lone ranger in filter blackout protest

By Ry Crozier | Jan 27, 2010 | 1 Comment

Why the internet industry association stayed clear of online protest.

Telco/ISP

Blackout: 125 websites self-censor to protest filters

By Ry Crozier | Jan 25, 2010 | 7 Comments

Complete round-up of day one.

Networking

EFA: 500 websites to go dark next week

By Ry Crozier | Jan 22, 2010 | Comment Now

But civil rights activists put the fork in protest BBQs.

Telco/ISP

Hotkey franchisees await update as email outage rolls on

By Ry Crozier | Feb 12, 2009 | Comment Now

Franchisees of the Primus-owned ISP Hotkey will receive a teleconference update on continuing email outages this afternoon as some customers enter their tenth day without email ...

Telco/ISP

Hotkey in turmoil as Primus data centre blackout bites

By Ry Crozier | Feb 6, 2009 | Comment Now

Fallout from the Primus data centre blackout is rising, with customers of the Primus-owned ISP Hotkey now without email for a week and other affected ISPs still waiting for an ...