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Beleaguered RIM’s Blackberry services crash across Europe, Middle East and Africa

“Millions of Blackberry owners across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been left without services following a server crash,” BBC News reports.

“Owners of the smartphones were unable to browse the web, send email or instant messages,” The Beeb reports. “The problem appears to have originated in a datacentre in Slough which handles Blackberry services for the affected regions.”

The Beeb reports, “The first signs of trouble emerged about 11:00 BST but seemed to have escalated with tags about Blackberry and its BBM service trending on Twitter. The only functioning service on Blackberry seemed to be text messaging, prompting many users to voice their frustration online.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Indiemuppet” for the heads up.]

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