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OOXML Is Defective
Talkback OOXML is so defective it's scary. Take a look at the simple examples understandable to any IT-literate person (esp.nd example): http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/ooxml_is_defective.aspx
[March 10, 2008, 8:30]
Defective Laptop
Member Review Great initially, but the camera has stopped working twice. I returned it once, and eventually, despite no reply from Sony support about a refund, a Sony Tech Support guy told me that the camera problem is a known fault with this model.
[September 12, 2003, 9:51]
17in G4 PowerBook Vertical Lines Defect
Forum of owners of a 17inch G4 1.67Ghz PowerBook with a defective display. In reaction to Apple’s censorship, censuring and silence regarding this obvious manufacturing defect, an end-user defect database initiative has proven that the defective...
[May 31, 2007, 14:43]
Report Raises Doubts Over EPassport Project
News The Identity and Passport Service has completed the launch of ePassports on time and on budget, but question marks still surround several aspects of the project, including how defective chips on the electronic documents will be dealt with.
[February 8, 2007, 16:06]
Nokia Offers To Replace 46 Million Batteries
News Louise Ingram, communications manager for Nokia, spoke on the issue this morning, following the company's overnight announcement that it will "voluntarily replace" up to 46 million defective batteries.
[August 15, 2007, 9:06]
Sony Ericsson Advises Users To Turn Off Bluetooth
Talkback It can't be downloaded - nor can exchange of the defective phone be made by courier or post. Sony Ericsson has produced a phone that is defective and not fit for purpose - yet seems to think that we the buyers should go (quite a distance) out of...
[February 12, 2004, 8:38]
Compaq, IBM Augment Server Offerings
News The new models are the first that incorporate memory technology from Compaq that allows a backup memory bank to take over immediately from one that's failed, letting the defective part be replaced on a more leisurely schedule.
[June 27, 2001, 10:59]
Nearly 900,000 Notebooks Flawed - HP
News To be affected, HP discovered, notebooks must combine the potentially defective memory modules with one of several Intel chipsets and Pentium processors that support a certain low-power state, dubbed C3, he said.
[June 28, 2004, 9:45]
Sober Worm Makes A Comeback
Talkback Now at the end of the 90's and the beginnng of the 00's we see a sudden drop in productivity as much time is wasted on defective software and spam. Spam comes indirectly from defective softare. Fundamental design flaws in Windows make this possible.
[April 21, 2005, 3:26]
Xbox Trouble Tests Microsoft Support
News Analysts said there is no indication that the rate of defective Xbox units is greater than average for a consumer-electronics products. The scratching complaints affected "significantly less than 1 percent of systems sold," according to a Microsoft...
[March 8, 2002, 11:49]
Sony: Apple And Dell Recalls Are The Last
News On Thursday, Clancy said that Sony and the various PC companies have exchanged information on the defective battery cells and the implementation of those cells in various notebooks, and Sony now believes Dell and Apple are the only companies that...
[August 25, 2006, 8:30]
PC Bugs: Is The Bill Coming Due?
News What may have made Toshiba particularly vulnerable to the suit, however, is the fact that in addition to making notebook computers that exhibited the data-corruption problem, it also produced the defective floppy-disk controllers as well -- chips...
[January 4, 2000, 15:43]
Government Must Demand Project Accountability - Report
News EDS told the inquiry that it plans to have improved the IT on the CSA's defective case management system by October 2004 and expects to complete a migration of old cases onto the new system early in 2005.
[July 23, 2004, 10:35]
Dreamcast: Huge Sales But Plagued By Disc Problems
News Probably one out of five of those games (sold) are defective. This is not a hardware problem," said Sega's Walker, adding that consumers can trade defective discs into retailers for working discs or, in the case of the Web browser, contact Sega or...
[September 13, 1999, 9:22]
Safety Scare Over G4 Batteries
News The latest warning is the second battery recall issued by Apple since August 2004, when it informed the Consumer Product Safety Commission that roughly 28,000 of the units shipped in an earlier batch of its 15-inch PowerBook G4s had similarly...
[May 23, 2005, 9:15]
Xbox UK Launch Prompts Mass Sickies
News The scratching complaints affected "significantly less than 1 percent of systems sold," according to a Microsoft statement released at the time, which said that the company will evaluate any Xbox console a customer is concerned about and repair or...
[March 13, 2002, 15:42]
SAP Sued Over 'complete Failure' Of Software
News Unknown to Waste Management, this 'United States' version of the Waste and Recycling Software was undeveloped, untested and defective," the suit states. US waste-disposal firm Waste Management has said it spent more than $100m (£50m) on a SAP...
[March 27, 2008, 7:26]
Intel To Take $200m Charge In 2Q
News Intel said late Tuesday it will take a second-quarter charge of $200m, or two cents a share, to replace defective motherboards. However, it also said its earnings from interest and other investments will be more than triple what it expected.
[June 21, 2000, 11:44]
HP Dismisses IPaq Complaints
News Hewlett-Packard has dismissed claims that many of its iPaq handheld computers are defective and warrant a recall, saying that most of the bugs mentioned in a recent complaint have already been dealt with.
[August 5, 2002, 16:10]
Outrage At Gates' Knighthood
Talkback To me, Microsoft OS and applications are defective tools, like buying a whole set of chinese wrenches for $10, instead of a much more expensive, and valuable Snap-on set. Business need tools to compete in the world.
[March 3, 2005, 16:11]
