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IE7/Firefox URI Handling Bug Caused by Windows After All

Steven Parker — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:08 +0000

An exploitable bug discovered earlier this month that was first believed to have been caused by Internet Explorer 7.0, before Mozilla was forced to admit that it afflicted Firefox as well, has apparently been traced... Read more...

Musicload: 75% of customer service problems caused by DRM

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:06:51 +0000

Deutsche Telekom's Musicload, one of the largest online music stores in Europe, has publically released a letter last week which stated that 3 out of 4 customer service calls are ultimately the result of the... Read more...

MacBook Shutdown Caused by Heat Sink?

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:23:17 +0000

Apple has faced temporary problems sourcing spare parts for MacBooks affected by intermittent random shutdowns. Some users have complained that their MacBooks have developed a penchant for this problem. In essence, the fault is... Read more...

Microsoft said security problems caused Vista delay

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:30:01 +0000

NEIL HOLLOWAY Microsoft's president of EMEA, said that security was the reason that its Vist Longhorn product was delayed for a year. And he said that one of the reasons it settled with Real rather... Read more...

Messenger outage caused by human error

Steven Parker — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:17:55 +0000

Technicians were installing routers to upgrade the .Net Messenger service, which underlies both Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger. The technicians incorrectly configured the routers. Service was out from 9 am to 2 pm Eastern time... Read more...