Skype outage knocks service offline for millions

A portion of Skype users found themselves without service Tuesday afterwards a configuration problem caused the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider's systems to crash. A message to Heartbeat, Skype's status page, indicated that the company was aware of the problem and was working to fix it.

Apple locks up your past purchases for 90 days, and you can forget that Monopoly game get-out-of-jail free card. Nevertheless that's OK.

The reports are however flooding in over iTunes users finding their credit balances drained by hackers. Why hasn't Apple said a thing to assure clients it has things in accordance with control?

Apple on Monday debuted a new subscription service called iTunes Match which scans a user's library of music, and "matches" the user's songs with iTunes' database of 18 million songs.

A portion of Skype users found themselves without service Tuesday afterwards a configuration problem caused the VoIP provider's systems to crash.

The software uses ProBalance innovation to balance the competing demands of applications and system processes, ensuring no single one can cause sluggish performance or temporary freezes through excessive use of available resources.