A brief outage for Microsoft's online video game network on Wednesday was enough to send rapper Snoop Dogg over the edge, launching an angry expletive-laden tirade against the technology company -- and its founder Bill Gates.<br />Posting on his personal Instagram account, the legendary artist threatened to switch to rival Sony Playstation if the servers were not fixed.<br />Microsoft's Xbox One console has online capabilities called Xbox Live that allow millions of gamers around the world to compete from the comfort of their own homes.<br />However, from time to time, technical issues haunt both Microsoft and rival Sony and brief server outages occur.<br />The tech giant's support team tweeted that it was aware of the outage on Wednesday afternoon and seven hours later it announced that the problems had been resolved.
