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Android code flaws pose security risk, says study

...Coverity, a company with tools to check for programming problems that pose security... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

Researchers expose Android WebKit browser exploit

...on the same platform, including Chrome, Firefox Mobile and Skyfire. On Tuesday, Coverity, a company that uses tools to check the integrity of software for... Read more

8 November, 2010 by Ben Woods

Coverity reveals common open-source code flaws

...has praised improvements in open-source security, while outlining some common errors. Coverity, a commercial code-analysis company spun out of Stanford University, has been... Read more

20 May, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Open source coders' speed astounds Coverity

...hunt. More than 900 flaws were repaired in the two weeks after Coverity, which makes tools to analyse source code, announced the results of its... Read more

5 April, 2006 by Joris Evers

Open-source security moves to next step

Source code analysis expert Coverity has found and helped fix more than 7,500 security flaws in... Read more

11 January, 2008 by Peter Judge
Fixing the bug fixers

Fixing the bug fixers

...large chunk of the funding is going directly to two proprietary companies — Coverity and Symantec — which own the closed-source bug-hunting tools. While access... Read more

28 March, 2007 by Leader

Open-source bug-hunting effort to grow

...resolve defects introduced into the project," David Maxwell, open-source strategist for Coverity, said in a statement. Coverity makes source-code analysis tools and shares... Read more

28 March, 2007 by Joris Evers

US Government to fund open source bug hunt

...department has given $1.24m (£702,000) in funding to Stanford University, Coverity and Symantec to hunt for security bugs in open source software and... Read more

11 January, 2006 by Joris Evers

Linux kernel bugs squished

...small glitches have been introduced, according to a recent scan. In December, Coverity looked at version 2.6.9 of the Linux kernel, the heart... Read more

4 August, 2005 by Joris Evers
Meeting DO-178B Software Verification Guidelines With <endeca_term>Coverity</endeca_term> Integrity Center

Meeting DO-178B Software Verification Guidelines With Coverity Integrity Center

...section of this standard can be supported with the use of the Coverity Integrity Center, a software analysis solution used to find critical defects throughout... Read more

1 May, 2009
Static vs. Dynamic Source Code Analysis: Finding the Right 'Bug Spray'

Static vs. Dynamic Source Code Analysis: Finding the Right 'Bug Spray'

In this on-demand Webcast, Coverity CTO Ben Chelf reviews the relative merits of static and dynamic source... Read more

8 February, 2007
Open Source Report: 2008

Open Source Report: 2008

The Scan site is sponsored by Coverity with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This paper... Read more

20 May, 2008

Debugging triage for developer warfare

...from scratch like the bionic man. Vendors in this space such as Coverity prefer to talk about software “integrity” in the face of bugs, but... Read more

11 November, 2009

Application architecture data published from 2,500 open source projects

...with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with a company called Coverity that says it collected this data using its own analysis tools. This... Read more

18 February, 2009

Car Crash Software

There’s no such thing as a free software lunch is there? No I’m not talking about freeware or even shareware, but... Read more

13 August, 2008

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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

2 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

4 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
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...

7 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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...

13 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

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

14 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...

15 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
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...

19 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
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...

19 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
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...

20 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
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...

22 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
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?

22 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
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...

23 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

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

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

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...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
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...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

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

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
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...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
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

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything