Verizon Wireless appears to be suffering from more problems on its data network all across the U.S. as customers from coast to coast complain of both 3G and 4G outages. This is the second time in less than a month that Verizon Wireless has had trouble with its data network, with no specific reason given for the last time wireless customers had to contend with spotty connectivity.

From a semi-conspiracy theorist standpoint, it seems pretty obvious that Netflix wants to phase out its DVD business entirely by  weaning all of its subscribers over to its streaming-only plan. If Netflix truly wants to go all-in with its streaming service -- and it should be noted that company CEO Reed Hastings has never been bashful about Netflix being primarily a streaming service going forward -- it will have to overcome certain challenges, one of those being the persistent outages that so vex its subscribers, like the one that took place over the weekend.

Some people just can't seem to shed the notion that Microsoft is crash prone. Skype this morning posted a message on its Twitter account saying that some users may have problems signing into the VoIP service and placing calls. Naturally this opened the floodgates for users to slam Microsoft's recent announcement that it plans to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion.