Google glitch disrupts search engine, e-mail

Published 10:13 am Thursday, May 14, 2009

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Technical problems at Google are preventing an unknown number of people from using its Internet search engine, e-mail and other services.

In a post today on its Web site, the Mountain View-based company reported that a “small subset of users” hasn’t been able to get into their e-mail accounts. Without elaborating, Google said the e-mail trouble might be affecting other services as well.

Multiple messages posted on Twitter, a popular information-sharing forum, indicate that people all over the world are having trouble with the Google search engine and e-mail. But other Twitter users say their Google services have been running smoothly.

Google says the company is working to fix the problems.