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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, 5:41]
This laptop is defective!
Member Review The motherboard shorts out - first the modem goes then the sound, both of which are hardwired to the motherboard. Of course these things happen spontaneously (without any trauma to the computer)maybe a month or two after the 1-year warranty has...
[May 20, 2005, 9:18]
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]
How to spot a defective modem
Blog AT&T, bless them, have put up a page of hints that might suggest your modem is not working. My personal favourites are: Modem is smoking. Modem is smashed into bits and pieces. Modem is melted and misshapen.
[October 23, 2008, 14:29]
Nvidia in defective-chip class-action suit
News Chip company Nvidia has been taken to court by some of its shareholders and others in a class action over faulty graphics chips with an abnormally high failure rate. Class-action cases allow anyone who feels they have been affected by the case to...
[September 18, 2008, 17:31]
One important thing forgotten: Hot Swap of components
Talkback If a server is to be able to tolerate hardware failures and still provide a service, it's very useful to be able to hot swap the defective components. If not, you can lose over an hour as services shut down, you change the defective component, then...
[October 28, 2009, 12:17]
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]
Good turned bad
Member Review CD was defective: Symantec wanted 15 euro for replacement. Uninstall was messed up by trying to install from defective CD. Used Norton Utilities 2002 and Internet Security 2004 for 6 months with no problems on Win98SE.
[May 3, 2004, 20:23]
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]
Apple faces US lawsuit over iPhone 3G glitches
News Smith, who, throughout the complaint, referred to the phone she purchased as 'defective iPhone 3G', is seeking class-action status. Defendant intended for customers to believe its statements and representations about the defective iPhone 3Gs, and...
[August 21, 2008, 12:35]
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]
Inside Windows Vista Build 5231 review
Reviews To guard against hardware failures, Windows Vista monitors the health of the hard drive and can proactively warn users of impending disk drive failure, allowing them to back up their data and replace defective hardware before the situation turns...
[October 18, 2005, 10:25]
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]
Sony Customer Support
Blog All in all, their repair and diagnostics subcontract team combined with their "SONY customer support" team have been abysmal.and yet they still refuse to replace the defective unit I have as they say it passed all of their diagnostic tests.
[May 20, 2009, 12:44]
