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Lumia 900 software bug blunts Nokia's US offensive

Nokia has acknowledged a serious software bug in a version of its Lumia 900 handset that can sometimes... Read more

11 April, 2012
Practical Realisation and Elimination of an ECC-Related <endeca_term>Software Bug</endeca_term> Attack

Practical Realisation and Elimination of an ECC-Related Software Bug Attack

The authors analyze and exploit implementation features in OpenSSL version 0:9:8g which permit an attack against... Read more

6 March, 2012
Identification and Analysis of Causes for <endeca_term>Software Bug</endeca_term> Rejection With Their Impact Over Testing Efficiency

Identification and Analysis of Causes for Software Bug Rejection With Their Impact Over Testing Efficiency

A significant percentage of software bugs reported during test cycles falls in a category of Invalid bug reports also... Read more

1 October, 2011

AWS cloud accidentally deletes customer data

...storage software that caused the system to accidentally delete customer data. The software bug began deleting customer data after the outage on Sunday, according to... Read more

10 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

Nokia Lumia 900 UK rollout delayed by demand from US

...executive vice president of smart devices, said the company had identified a software bug that could interfere with data connectivity. "Soon after this flagship device... Read more

25 April, 2012
Nokia Lumia 800 battery fix arrives

Nokia Lumia 800 battery fix arrives

...Finnish phone maker admitted there was indeed a problem, caused by a software bug. The update — which also brings "Wi-Fi connectivity enhancements" — will not... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Luke Westaway
Bugzilla 4.2.1

Bugzilla 4.2.1

Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system, with high-profile installations at mozilla.org (250,000... Read more

18 April, 2012

Carrier IQ admits to collecting text messages

...said it inadvertently collected some SMS messages as the result of a software bug. Carrier IQ has admitted its data-gathering software inadvertently collected user... Read more

14 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner
EMC Data Domain Data Invulnerability Architecture: Enhancing Data Integrity and Recoverability

EMC Data Domain Data Invulnerability Architecture: Enhancing Data Integrity and Recoverability

...a disk drive. Other failures are subtle and hidden, such as a software bug that causes latent file system corruption that is only discovered at... Read more

12 August, 2010

Y2K deja vu set to cripple Unix program

A date-based software glitch brings back memories of Y2K for customers of an American software firm Read more

22 December, 2003 by David Becker

Software bug dictionary aims to cut confusion

US Department of Homeland Security-backed effort aims to create a formal list of software weaknesses Read more

2 March, 2007 by Joris Evers

Software bug blamed for Australian radioactive spill

Amec Engineering has laid the blame for a radioactive spill on faulty software, but refuses to name the company concerned Read more

30 January, 2002 by Andrew Colley

Leap year software bug: Another damp squib

Software applications that Action 2000 warned could be susceptible to the new leap year computer bug have not been affected, according to the manufacturers of these packages Read more

29 February, 2000 by Will Knight

Software bug causes prison release glitch

But it's not the millennium bug, says Italian court Read more

4 January, 2000 by Justin Pearse

US Report: Software bug hits Cisco

A software error has been uncovered that compromises the security of certain products made by Cisco Systems Inc. Read more

16 October, 1998 by Charles Cooper

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

12 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

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NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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