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Microsoft pokes fun at WhatsApp privacy fiasco, recommends Skype instead

Usama Jawad — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 09:24:01 +0000

Following WhatsApp updating its privacy policy to indicate that user data will be shared with Facebook, Microsoft has jumped in on the opportunity to recommend that users migrate to Skype instead. Read more...

Discuss: Is LG's primer-coated G5 deceptive?

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:50:01 +0000

The LG G5 was deconstructed this weekend and was found to have a "plastic" outer shell. Although LG has clarified the material in a press response, is the use of "metal body" deceptive? Read more...

Sony pleads innocent in latest rootkit fiasco

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:09:54 +0000

Sony says the rootkit-like behavior of a device driver used to run its biometric Micro Vault USM-F thumb drive was unintentional. McAfee has joined F-Secure in criticising Sony for allowing such a mistake to happen.... Read more...

UK government 'loses' $1.7 billion in data transfer fiasco

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:43:44 +0000

Around $1.7 billion of unpaid VAT did not appear on a U.K. Revenue and Customs debt case management system because of a failure to transfer data from the main VAT computer system. Edward Leigh, chair... Read more...

Blogger Fired, Sparks Online Fiasco

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:51:45 +0000

A variety of news outlets are reporting the departure of Mark Jen from Google. Jen, previously a member of the Adsense team, left Google earlier this month; a Spokesperson for the company confirmed the... Read more...

Kodak sued in camera fiasco

Wed, 30 Jan 2002 03:26:56 +0000

I read this a while ago on the register, and here an update that The Register have posted. More than 200 people have contacted the lawyers (Beale and Company) leading the legal fight... Read more...

Apple's OS X Upgrade Fiasco

Sun, 02 Dec 2001 14:32:14 +0000

'Tis the season for big price breaks, but Apple Computers didn't intend to offer its users a $100 discount on the newest Macintosh operating system. But staffers at tech site Macfixit, in... Read more...