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Server Failure Destroys Sidekick Users' Backup Data

Posted by timothy on from the oh-well-enough-said dept.

Expanding on the T-Mobile data loss mentioned in an update to an earlier story, reader stigmato writes "T-Mobile's popular Sidekick brand of devices and their users are facing a data loss crisis. According to the T-Mobile community forums, Microsoft/Danger has suffered a catastrophic server failure that has resulted in the loss of all personal data not stored on the phones. They are advising users not to turn off their phones, reset them or let the batteries die in them for fear of losing what data remains on the devices. Microsoft/Danger has stated that they cannot recover the data but are still trying. Already people are clamoring for a lawsuit. Should we continue to trust cloud computing content providers with our personal information? Perhaps they should have used ZFS or btrfs for their servers."

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  1. As if millions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    homemade cell phone porn videos cried out and then were silenced.

  2. Microsoft was testing the US gov edition by AHuxley · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right feature, wrong server? MS understands the need for a "Rose Mary Stretch" default setting.
    The congress critters have learned a lot from the "terrible mistake" of email backups.
    From cute page boys to Iran contra, MS can market this as a feature.

    --
    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  3. Yesterday... all those backups seemed a waste... by argent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yesterday,
    All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
    Now my database has gone away.
    Oh I believe in yesterday.

    Suddenly,
    There's not half the files there used to be,
    And there's a milestone hanging over me
    The system crashed so suddenly.

    I pushed something wrong
    What it was I could not say.
    Now all my data's gone and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

    Yesterday,
    Need for backup seemed so far away.
    Seemed my data were all here to stay,
    Now I believe in yesterday.

    Anonymous