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BBM down in BlackBerry outage

BlackBerrys are broken. A BlackBerry outage has crippled BlackBerry Messenger and Internet connection for millions of users — and it’s all Slough’s fault. The problem started around 11am today due to a fault in the Slough-based servers of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, and has now spread around Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Ouch. Judging by updates posted to …

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BlackBerry data outage in Europe, Middle East, Africa

BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa have been hit by a data outage that cut off access to e-mail, the Internet, and instant messaging, among other services. The outage began today around 10:20 a.m. BST and is still continuing, according to posts to Twitter by BlackBerry owners and service providers. Carriers in the UK are blaming Research …

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