If you happen to be a Gmail user you probably noticed (as if you couldn’t) that the mail was down recently. Was it your fault? Of course not. It was Google’s fault. Regular readers know that I (Rich, not Dave) don’t exactly have a fondness for Gmail due to its beta-riffic way of working – correction – not working in this...

ComputerWorld reports that MobileMe users (Apple’s replacement to .Mac) were quite upset due to the fact the e-mail service had a four-day outage. In the world of e-mail, days can seem like years and this is especially true for mobile users who send tons of e-mail. To the best of my knowledge I have never known any e-mail service to be down for 4 days in a...