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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

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Spiceworks IT Desktop 4.0.37242 (Windows)

Spiceworks IT Desktop is a network inventory, monitoring and help desk application designed, tested and used by 700,000 IT pros in 193 countries. It takes minutes to install, has a friendly browser-based interface. It combines the features needed every day to a manage a network in a small or medium-sized...

Tags: Asset, Network, Microsoft Windows, Spiceworks, Spiceworks IT Desktop, Asset Management, Help Desk, Call Centers, Operational Planning, Business Operations, It Operations

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Swf To Gif Converter 2.0 (Windows)

SWF to GIF Animation is a SWF to GIF converter software and SWF capture software. Export GIF from SWF files, and you can extract picture list, can also extract separate picture.Convert Flash SWF to animated GIF. Convert to BMP,TIFF,JPEG, PNG and GIF image series. Frame by frame: This mode runs...

Tags: GIF, Microsoft Windows, Swf

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Emoze 2.0.31 (Mobile)

emoze is a software that enables you to receive and send e-mails to and from your mobile phone or mobile device. Emoze pushes e-mails, calendars, tasks and contacts instantly, delivering real-time synchronization - anytime, anywhere. Emoze software is free and simple to use. Users need a data package from any...

Tags: Mobile, Emoze, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-02

SciMark Processors 2009.06.30 (Windows)

Processor, as a central component of a computer system, obviously, its performance determines computing power of a system. It can not perform standalone without memory. It is considered that physical memory mostly managed by hardware side and virtual memory mostly managed by operating software side together as a memory system...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, TheCNLab, SciMark Processors, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Uninstall Gold 2.0.2.29 (Windows)

Uninstall Gold is system software designed to remove remnants of unneeded programs on personal computer. Normally, Uninstall Gold scans personal computer and shows all found files, folders and registry items for users to find the desired programs to uninstall. Unlike other uninstall software, Uninstall Gold can remove unneeded program completely,...

Tags: WindowsCare Technology, Uninstall Gold, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Glary Utilities Pro 2.14.0.711 (Windows)

Glary Utilities Pro offers numerous and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain, and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces. You can manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and...

Tags: Web Browser, File, Glaryutilities, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

R-Crypto Disk Security 1.5 (Windows)

R-Crypto is an easy-to-use disk encryption software to protect confidential information and personal data on a desktop, notebook, or a removable data storage device against unauthorized access. R-Crypto creates virtual disks virtual data storage devices encrypted on-the-fly. Such virtual disk is an ordinary file stored on any data storage device...

Tags: Data Storage, Disk, R-Crypto, Data Storage Device, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-02

Code Line Counter Pro - Java Version 2.2 (Windows)

Code Line Counter Pro - Java Version may be helpful for SQA, Java programmers, project managers and other customers who need an overview of a project source code. This easy-to-use application will help you get detailed reports on the source code. With the help of Code Line Counter Pro you...

Tags: Source Code, Microsoft Windows, BistoneSoft, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-07-02

SmartCode VNC Manager Enterprise Edition 5.0.4.1 (Windows)

SmartCode VNC Manager is a powerful yet easy to use remote administration and monitoring software application for both the business and home network environments. It is typically used for remote network management, remote system administration and in helpdesk environments. Its features include but are not limited to: RealVNC, UltraVNC, and...

Tags: Remote System, Environment, VNC, SSH, Microsoft Windows, SmartCode Solutions, SmartCode VNC Manager, Computers Registration Wizard, Thumbnail View

Software downloads 2009-07-02

FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards Compatibility

FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards CompatibilityI did the same thing and had to revert back.Firefox 3.5 broke the only 2 extensions I use. Adblock Plus and dictionary search. It displayed it in the upgrade box as being incompatible but chose a clean install since I save the profiles on a...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Darq Software Transmute 1.56 (Windows)

Transmute is a bookmark converter that can import and export bookmarks, or favorites, between the latest web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera, Apple Safari, and Chromium in as little as one click.Version 1.56 is a bug fixing release.

Tags: Darq Software, Transmute, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-07-01

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner 2.5.1 (Windows)

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner is a free registry repair software that allows you to safely clean and repair registry problems with a few simple mouse clicks. After scanning and fixing the invalid entries, your system will be more stable and run faster. For maximum safety, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner will...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Entry, Registry Cleaner, Eusing Software, Eusing Free Registry Cleaner, Backups, Mice, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Peripherals, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-01