Neowin News Feed for: Glitch

Minnesota has technical issues with TurboTax filings

Christopher White — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:58:27 +0000

Intuit is having issues filing state tax returns with Minnesota and the state is calling into question the accuracy of the software company's tax software. Read more...

Some users suffering from Surface Wi-Fi glitch

Andrew Stevenson — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:57:36 +0000

The Surface RT is, for all intents and purposes, a solid tablet in the crowded Android and iPad space. But a reported issue with Wi-Fi connectivity is causing users to lose their connection(s). Read more...

iPod touch owners report iOS 4.3 graphical glitches

Matthew Jones — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:08:57 +0000

iPod touch owners are reporting strange graphical glitches after updating their devices to iOS 4.3, which was released earlier this month. Engadget reports that after updating, screens on affected devices seem to flicker and distort. The... Read more...

30GB Zunes failing due to software glitch (updated)

Tom Warren — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:32:09 +0000

Microsoft has posted a solution to the problem... unplug the Zune and let the battery drain out, wait until noon, GMT, on Jan 1, 2009, then plug it back in. Once the battery has sufficient... Read more...

Microsoft's XP SP3 Patch Fixes Anti-Virus Glitch

Steven Parker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03:16 +0100

Microsoft issued a hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 last week that it says "could resolve" a Windows registry corruption problem associated with third-party security software. The problem was first discovered just over a... Read more...

Security Glitch Exposes OS X Account Passwords

NeoFyle — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:57:55 +0000

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Apple has confirmed a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh computer gain access to the password of the active user account. The vulnerability arises out of... Read more...

Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch

Slimy — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:48:04 +0100

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Microsoft blamed human error for a Windows Genuine Advantage problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week. According to Alex Kochis, Microsoft senior product manager for WGA, new software was accidentally loaded onto... Read more...

Computer Glitch Tangles Japanese Flights

Slimy — Mon, 28 May 2007 14:58:38 +0100

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Hundreds of domestic flights in Japan were cancelled or delayed on Sunday as a result of a glitch that hit data flowing between All Nippon Airways Company Limited's main reservations host computer and intermediate computers... Read more...

Google: Personalized home page glitch solved

Slimy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:33:34 +0100

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Google began rolling out a fix for a technical glitch (specifics were not disclosed) on its Personalized Google.com Home Page service at around 3 a.m. ET on Friday, which affected an undetermined number of users.... Read more...

Google 'frantic' about Personalized Home Page glitch

Slimy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:24:42 +0100

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Google Incorporated's Personalized Home Page service, which lets users turn Google.com into a customized portal, is suffering from an apparently significant technical problem that is reverting some of the home pages to old versions or... Read more...

Microsoft to issue fix for Zune glitch

Slimy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:32:56 +0000

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Sometime in the middle of next month, Microsoft plans to issue a firmware update designed to fix a glitch that is causing some owners of its Zune music player to experience skipping when playing songs... Read more...

Computer Glitch Hammers Dow Jones

Slimy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:23:59 +0000

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A computer glitch by the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) data system caused a sudden drop of around 200 points. The problem with the computers began at around 1:50 PM yesterday during a heavy selling... Read more...

Glitch Delays AOL E-Mail

L3thal — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:39:08 +0100

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Millions of AOL users encountered delays sending and receiving e-mail Thursday as the company worked to identify and fix a software glitch. AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said the company was investigating the cause of the... Read more...

PayPal Glitch Sparks Customer Anger

malebolgia — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:09:14 +0100

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Online payments company PayPal is working to fix a glitch that has been causing duplicate debit card withdrawals and deposits on some customer accounts since the beginning of September. The problem first... Read more...

NASA Still Searching for Glitch, Sets Launch Date

malebolgia — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:01:44 +0100

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NASA plans to launch space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, though engineers have not nailed down the cause of the problem that forced the space agency to abandon last week's attempt. Discovery was less than three... Read more...

Denial-of-service glitch could threaten Windows

malebolgia — Wed, 09 Mar 2005 15:54:03 +0000

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Security researchers have published details of a denial-of-service vulnerability that could enable hackers to attack Microsoft Windows and spin computers into senseless processing loops. Posting to the SecurityFocus industry forum site late... Read more...

Glitch blocks some iTunes music sales

malebolgia — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:33:06 +0000

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Some users of Apple Computer's iTunes for Windows say a glitch is causing the program to crash whenever they try to purchase songs. Beginning late last week, some Apple users noticed that... Read more...

AOL Fixes IM Glitch

malebolgia — Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:41:04 +0000

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Four days after an internal error caused the accidental purging of legitimate IM accounts, America Online Inc. began recovering Monday to restore access to thousands of affected users. The company's technicians have successfully restored the... Read more...

Sony warns of Major glitch in Holiday 2004 Demo Disc

GameGuy21 — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 01:38:07 +0000

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Over the past couple of weeks, members of the Playstation Underground Sony's US fan club, have been getting copies of Holiday 2004 Demo Disc. Unfortunately, gamers eager to sample the cel-shaded beat-'em-up... Read more...

Glitch Locks Out Money Users

WishX — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 04:34:20 +0100

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It's the end of the month--bill-paying time--and some Money 2004 users are wishing they'd kept their cash in an old mattress instead of relying on Microsoft's financial software. A snafu with a couple of Microsoft... Read more...