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Bug In Some Mac Versions Of Office
News A potentially embarrassing bug that could reveal passwords, URLs and document locations has surfaced in Macintosh versions of Office. The bug can reveal extraneous information when Excel, Word and PowerPoint files are opened in a format other than...
[June 30, 1998, 9:40]
Bug Out
Leader For open source, online public bug and feature tracking isn't just sensible, it's essential. It is ramping up an Internet Explorer 7 public bug reporting system, even if it's not quite as fully featured and open as the open source equivalents.
[March 28, 2006, 14:00]
Analysis: New Y2K Danger - Bug Boredom
News While the latest Action 2000 research finds too many organisations are ignoring the bug, scour the papers and you'll find few Y2K column inches. Little if any publicity was given to a Cabinet Office survey, into people's perception of the bug which...
[April 22, 1999, 13:06]
Bug-reporting Guidelines Get Swatted
News The proposed guidelines call for software-bug researchers to wait at least 30 days after notifying a company of a hole in its program to release information regarding the flaw, especially if the information could affect the security of the program...
[March 19, 2002, 11:17]
Bug Mars OpenOffice's Big Day
News The fifth anniversary of the OpenOffice.org launch seemed like a good day to release version 2.0 of the open-source office software suite, but a last-minute bug has forced a delay. Instead of unveiling the final version of an extensive revamp...
[October 14, 2005, 9:50]
Bug-hunters Say Firms Ignoring Security Holes
News Major software firms may be neglecting security vulnerabilities and putting their users at serious risk, according to bug-hunters at Swedish security firm Defcom. David Litchfield, a well-known bug-hunter with security company @Stake says that...
[October 18, 2000, 9:00]
Bug Leaves Windows Open To Java Attack
News The three warnings, all issued on Wednesday, involve the Microsoft Virtual Machine for running Java applets on Windows; a cross-site scripting bug in a component of Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0; and a denial-of-service bug affecting Proxy...
[April 10, 2003, 11:30]
Did MS Bug Alarm Go Off Too Early?
News Security experts raised concerns on Thursday over the way in which a software-reliability company disclosed a bug in Microsoft's newest tools for building applications for its .Net framework and Windows operating system.
[February 15, 2002, 9:05]
No Fix For Mac Office Bug
News Following yesterday's alert of a bug in Mac versions of Office, Microsoft has acknowledged the flaw which appears to be similar to a bug found in Office 95 earlier this year. The bug allows previously deleted text to be viewed in a saved file.
[July 1, 1998, 11:04]
Y2K Information Site Hit By Y2K Bug
News The Year 2000 Information Centre is an online resource containing information and advice concerning all millennium bug related issues and problems. It has comprehensive legal and technological consultation information and features the latest...
[January 4, 2000, 12:44]
Trend Micro Plugs Buffer Overflow Bug
News The bug is known to allow individuals to use a controlled buffer overflow to crash the anti-virus software. Trend Micro said in a statement the bug is a "minor fault" as it could only be exploited by a local intruder and not remote hackers.
[December 12, 2002, 12:17]
Fed-up Customers Want Faster Bug Alerts
News Every time we see a vendor scream about (a bug being disclosed before) 30 days, and that that hurts the end-user.the customers are saying that's crazy," Lindstrom said. More than two-thirds of the companies polled felt that a bug should be made...
[July 4, 2002, 7:35]
Winamp Bug Opens Door To MP3 Viruses
News A bug in the code of Winamp 2.79 allows a specially formed data tag in an MP3 file to cause a buffer overrun in the application, which could be exploited to run any piece of code the attacker wishes. A glitch with the popular Winamp software for...
[April 30, 2002, 13:59]
Y2K Bug Blamed For £4m Banking Blunder
News The millennium bug is suspected to have caused a German bank to accidentally issue a computer-banking customer with an account inflated by more than £4m. This lucky businessman's account not only showed this surprising balance figure, but also...
[January 4, 2000, 9:57]
Data-loss Bug Afflicts Linux
News Programmers have found a bug in newer versions of the Linux operating system that, under unusual circumstances, could cause systems to drop data. The data-loss bug afflicts the newest 2.4.20 version of the heart, or kernel, of Linux.
[December 9, 2002, 8:27]
Pentium Pro, Pentium II Bug Warning Hits Intel
News Reported in the x86 Monthly Digest, a Web site dedicated to reporting on Intel, the bug is named "Dan-0411" after its discoverer who e-mailed site editor Robert Collins with his discovery, and the April 11 date he first reported the problem.
[May 6, 1997, 9:40]
Minor Bug Lingers In Pentium 4
News A bug associated with the Pentium 4 that delayed Intel's introduction of the chip by a month is still with us, but the potential for damage appears to be relatively slight. A bug -- or, in chipmaker parlance, errata -- in the chipset for the...
[December 27, 2000, 13:41]
Performance Bug Found In Rockwell 56K Chipset
News The firm had originally planned to ship new ModemSURFR and VoiceSURFR devices this week but postponed after finding a bug that could cause a performance hit under some network configurations. Motorola is offering an exchange to US users who may...
[March 17, 1997, 16:44]
Bug Hunters Find 'cookie' Hole In IE
News Computer bug-hunters have pointed out a way to snare personal information from a "cookie" file if the victim uses Microsoft Internet Explorer and clicks on a disguised string of JavaScript code. Concerns about online security have taken a higher...
[May 12, 2000, 8:39]
US Government To Fund Open Source Bug Hunt
Talkback I wonder if a copy of the bug list will go to Microshafts Press Office to be used as ammo in a major, and contiuous, FUDding session?
[January 11, 2006, 15:24]
