SOS Crash Recovery nightmare
What would you do if your hard drive crashed and the data it contained was not recoverable? Worse yet -- what would you do if the software you used to backup your drive refused to work unless you paid...
View ArticleComputer Crashed? Watch the Instant Replay
It's late (usually well past midnight) and you've just finished an eight-page term paper due at eight o'clock the next morning. You scroll over to click the print icon and then it happens...total...
View ArticleDecade-Old Windows Flaw Results in Blue Screen of Death
A recently discovered decade-old denial-of-service condition could cause the instantaneous crash of a system and present users with the now-infamous blue screen of death, says a group of researchers....
View ArticleSkype Privacy Bug: Messages Sent to Wrong People
A new bug in Microsoft's Skype video chat program reportedly causes instant messages to be sent to the wrong contact. It's a potentially harmful issue that could leave some of Skype's many users...
View ArticleMalicious Website Crashes Smartphones, Slows PCs
Computer and mobile device owners have been warned to carefully review links before clicking on them, after the creation of a website that can either slow down or crash smart phones completely. The...
View ArticleWindows Blue Screen of Death to Get Revamp
Microsoft is to make the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death" (BSOD) a little less likely to leave people feeling helpless. Users may be able to hold a smartphone up to the screen and get a link to an...
View ArticleFatal Car Crash Provokes iPhone FaceTime Lawsuit
Apple is being sued after a fatal crash in which a driver was using the FaceTime video chat tool. The parents of the child who died are putting forward an unusual legal argument. Normally lawsuits...
View ArticleReport: AI Trading May Hasten a Stock Market Crash
Artificial intelligence designed to make investing more reliable could backfire in the next stock market crash, according to a global business site. The article for website "Quartz" says AI systems...
View ArticleUber Self-Driving Car Kills Pedestrian Crossing Street
A pedestrian has died after being hit by a self-driving vehicle in Tempa, Arizona. It's the first time an autonomous car has collided with a person on foot, resulting in a fatality. The car was part of...
View ArticleiPhone Car Crash Feature Makes Bogus 911 Calls
An iPhone safety feature has backfired in embarrassing fashion. 911 dispatchers say they've had multiple false alerts of car crashes involving people who were actually on a rollercoaster. The iPhone...
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