Four successive lightning strikes on a local utility grid in Europe caused a data loss at Google's Belgium data center. For Google, a company with a self-described "appetite for accuracy" in its data center operations, admitting an unrecoverable data loss as small as 0.000001% -- as it did -- likely came with a little bit of pain.

The new investigation follows China fining Qualcomm $975 for monopolistic behavior.

Apple intended Wednesday's iOS update to fix a few major problems in the latest version of its mobile operating system, but instead saw an entire category of iPhones disabled by the release.

The giant Utah facility has been dogged by electrical problems, a report says.

BlackBerry is delaying the release of versions of BBM for Android and iOS after a leaked copy caused support problems.

Problems with fans and ghosting on the Retina display, and now claims that users are experiencing "other significant performance issues".

The problem on the DVD website has been resolved, Netflix said.

Skype blamed a configuration problem and said the situation should improve shortly.

China is blocking Gmail in the country with methods that make it look as if the access problems lie with Google, said the search engine giant on Monday.

Computer system problems at one of Japan's biggest banks continued on Friday, with Mizuho Bank unable to process salary payments for more than half a million people. The bank also said its Internet banking service and ATMs would be offline over Japan's upcoming three-day weekend.

Slip-ups by a competitor are usually good for business, but Intel's recent problems with its Sandy Bridge chips won't help Advanced Micro Devices to steal market share from its bigger rival, according to IDC.

Problems with its SAP system are forcing San Diego to delay a city budget audit for six months, in just the latest tale of woe for the troubled ERP (enterprise resource planning) project.

So what if some iPhones lose reception when the hand covers the antenna? That's your problem, not Apple's. "Non issue," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told a MacRumors forumgoer via e-mail. "Just avoid holding it in that way." Fair enough, but what about iPhone 4's other reported issues, including screen discoloration, reversed volume buttons, stubborn cameras and scratched glass? If Apple's going to pin the antenna problem on users, why stop there? Here's how the company should handle all those other pesky complaints:

Reports of call and data signal strength problems in the new iPhone 4 have a basis in fact, a hardware expert said Thursday.

As expected, Apple opened the download gate for iOS 4 today shortly after 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT.

As expected, Apple opened the download gate for iOS 4 today shortly after 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT.

Drivers are among the virtualization vendors' problems.

Users in China had brief technical problems accessing Google.com and Google.com.hk.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a U.S. judge to extend her antitrust judgment against Microsoft by at least 18 months in order to give the company enough time to fix problems in technical documentation required in a communication protocols licensing program.

Google denies problems, but finds could raise more questions over the safety of storing data in the cloud.