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IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhere

IT failures roundup: software bugs everywhereProblem is what you define as software.Today we seem to define a computer program as anything from assembly language to HTML, and most programming is actually script languages executed by an Interpreter. The computer industry seems to support this move away from real computer...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, information technology, software, programmer

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

Cadillacs recalled over software bug

Cadillacs recalled over software bugOnStar Patch Tuesdays...Coming soon, to a GM vehicle near you.Windows 2009 in you new vehicle anyone?I'd hate to have to wait while my ABS computer rebooted as I am heading off the edge of a cliff!RE: Cadillacs recalled over software bugHow you can protect yourself from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Autos, Cadillacs, software bug, software

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Cadillacs recalled over software bug

General Motors issued a recall for almost 13,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles, due to a software bug in the airbag sensor. Transportation-related software problems happen all the time. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration NHTSA lists details: GM is...

Tags: Software, General Motors Corp., Software Bug, Software Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Software bug prevents Big Brown quick pick racing payoff

Software bug prevents Big Brown quick pick racing payoffIs anyone else sick and tired...of the same, tired argument being pulled out every time a software bug screws consumers? It's like "all software has bugs" has become the stock excuse and people are just supposed to say "Oh, well in...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Big Brown, software, Software bug

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Software bug prevents Big Brown quick pick racing payoff

A horse racing bettor discovered a software bug preventing race payoffs under certain conditions. Following inquiries from California's Horse Racing Board, Scientific Games, which manufactured the race management software / hardware system, reported a bug that "dropped the last horse in the field from quick pick...

Tags: Software, Bug, Software Bug, Tools & Techniques, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Moody's software bug screws investors

Moody's, a major credit rating agency, incorrectly awarded its top rating to $4 billion of risky debt due to a software bug in the company's mathematical models. The incorrect ratings misled investors into believing they could earn "very high returns with little risk," according to the...

Tags: Software, Moody's Corp., Investor, Software Bug, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-27

40 IT failures caused by software bugs

40 IT failures caused by software bugsDangerous logical bugs in widely used productsA while back the Life Insurance company debited my account twice in the same month luckily I had enough money on the account cover it.A large US supermarket chain debited a large number of customers debit and credit...

Tags: Programming languages, Databases, information technology, SQL, software

Discussion threads 2007-10-01

Security expert: Vendors to blame, not coders

Security expert: Vendors to blame, not codersActually BOTH the vendor and the programmers are to blame !!!Both the vendors and the programmers bear responsibility for the CRAP O/S's and software that exists. And yes many a dumbazz consumer is to blame for buying this CRAP. But the majority of security...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, software, Windoze O/Ss, software bug, programmer, coder, QA, security

Discussion threads 2005-10-20

Additional Resources

TanzProfi 3.0.1 (Mac)

TanzProfi is the brand new dance studio management software. Using TanzProfi you can record your customer data, manage your dance courses and events, choose rooms for your courses and set up the time table for your dance school automatically. TanzProfi has been developed for Mac OS X, uses the integrated...

Tags: School, Apple Macintosh, Thomas Dingler, TanzProfi, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Messing around with the DROID camera

As you may be aware, one of the earliest complaints from new DROID owners is that the camera under performed when compared with other smartphone cameras, such as the iPhone's or the BlackBerry Bold's, particularly as it related to sharpness and focus. Apparently, it has been discovered...

Tags: Photograph, Firmware, Camera, DROID, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-11-19

Bugzilla 3.4.4 (Mac)

Bugzilla is the leading open-source/free software bug tracking system, with high-profile installations at mozilla.org (250,000 entries), Gnome, Red Hat and NASA, among others. It features a comprehensive set of fields, attachment management, inter-bug dependencies, email notification of changes, a powerful query interface, reporting, and web, xml, email and console interfaces....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Console, Bugzilla, E-mail, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Apple Mac OS X, Online Communications, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Kingdia DVD Ripper SE 3.6.17 (Windows)

Kingdia DVD Ripper is an easy-to-use and fast DVD to almost video formats converter software. It supports backup DVD to AVI, Divx, Xivd, MPG, ASF, WMV. You can enjoy your favorite DVD in anywhere. With build-in X-SPEED transcode engine, it is up to 4X faster other normal converter. It is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, Kingdia Software, Kingdia DVD Ripper, DVD, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploit

Ummm interesting....so just block 139 and 445...445? great that port aggain.Is SMB blocked to/from internet by th firewall by default?RE: Microsoft confirms 'detailed' Windows 7 exploitPorts 139 and 445 are blocked by default for Internet access by Windows firewall in Windows 7 and any commerical hardware firewall. They are enabled...

Tags: Firewalls, SMB/SME, SMB protocol, Microsoft Windows 7, firewall, Windows 7 exploit, Microsoft Windows, small and medium business, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Hackers bypass Windows 7 activation

lol...and double lolwhoever thinks that windows 7 is any better than any previous disaster they created will be dispelled soon.Google will take over and leave MS in the dustGoogle is going to take over and leave the lethargic Windows in PC dust.loverock's mother herei must apologize for my 44 old...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Cribbage Plus! 1.1.5 (Mac)

Maybe you enjoy the classic game of cribbage, but you've often wondered what would happen if you, for instance, received 2 points for 14s instead of 15s. Or if you could peg to a number besides 31. In my new cribbage game, titled Cribbage Plus!, you an customize your game...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Gustaf Lindquist Software, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Product Manager 1.4 (Mac)

Product Manager is a software to manage on Macintosh, company products from different points of view. It's document based and can manage an unlimited number of documents each with an unlimited number of products inside, subdivided in families. The application is customizable with the labels the the user needs for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Product Manager, Tension Software, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Max Data Recovery 1.7 (Windows)

Effective data recovery software for damaged or defective CD, DVD, floppy disk, and other storage media. With Max Data Recovery, you can quickly recover and rescue corrupted, unopenable, or unreadable files. Max Data Recovery supports recovering all types of files like documents (including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files), applications,...

Tags: Data Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Softeza Development, Storage Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-11-14

My Vacation Tracker 2.79f (Windows)

My Vacation Tracker is a set of intuitive vacation scheduling and planning software. It is built for staff vacation and sick leave management and is a must for HR department. How it works: Set up staff's profile, vacation limits, sick leave limits; Schedule, plan and track each vacation and sick...

Tags: Vacation, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-14

Linux to your grandma this Christmas

finaly:)RE: Linux to your grandma this ChristmasEldy is definetly a great piece of software, works on windows and linux and it's absolutely free of charge and ads freelong live the no profit European Associazione Eldy!RE: Linux to your grandma this ChristmasNot a viable option. Grandma already has enough problems trying...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, value-add, Linux, grandma, Eldy

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Cloud Engines Pogoplug

Photo gallery:Cloud Engines PogoplugWouldn't it be nice to quickly access your data from anywhere without a complicated network setup? That's exactly what the Cloud Engines Pogoplug offers. Priced at $100, this tiny gadget turns any USB external storage devices--anything from a Seagate FreeAgent Go to a Western...

Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, Pogoplug, network, home network

Product reviews 2009-11-10