Sony warns its VAIO laptops may overheat, cause burns
Japan's Sony on Wednesday issued a warning to customers worldwide that a system glitch affecting more than half a million of its VAIO laptop computers may cause overheating and possible burns.
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Jun 30, 2010 |
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US soccer robots get new algorithm for RoboCup 2010 (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The World Cup is gaining the most attention at the moment from soccer fans around the globe, but next week RoboCup, the annual world championship for soccer robots, gets underway in Singapore. ...
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Germany to Google: Respect data privacy
(AP) -- Germany's Foreign Minister has warned Google co-founder Larry Page to respect the nation's data protection laws in an escalating dispute over the U.S. Internet giant's "Street View" mapping program.
May 20, 2010 |
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Facebook glitch exposes chat messages (Update 2)
Facebook on Wednesday temporarily shut down its online chat feature after a software glitch let people's friends in the online community see each others' private chat messages.
May 05, 2010 |
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AT&T Labs punishes products to find glitches and fixes
Nestled in a leafy office park in North Austin, AT&T is perfecting the present and inventing the future. The AT&T Labs Inc. office, one of the company's six major research centers nationwide, houses engineers and developers ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Google searches trigger error messages in China
Some searches on Google's Chinese-language site failed to return results Tuesday from within China, but it was not clear if the site was blocked or if the problems were due to a service glitch.
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Large Hadron Collider 7 TeV experiment on March 30
(PhysOrg.com) -- With beams routinely circulating in the Large Hadron Collider at 3.5 TeV, the highest energy yet achieved in a particle accelerator, CERN has set the date for the start of the LHC research ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Network flaw causes scary Web error
(AP) -- A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers' accounts with full access to troves of private information.
Jan 15, 2010 |
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160 flights disrupted after Tokyo airport glitch
More than 160 flights to and from Tokyo's Haneda airport were disrupted Thursday after a computer glitch hit a new air radar system hours after it was installed, the transport ministry said.
Jan 14, 2010 |
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BlackBerry users dealing with e-mail outage
(AP) -- BlackBerry users in North America faced delays in receiving e-mail on their devices Thursday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Post Office card error leaves Italians in the red: report
A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday.
Nov 26, 2009 |
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbite Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files
(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA
(AP) -- For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation's air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around ...
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Microsoft says it can restore wiped Sidekick data
(AP) -- There may be a happy ending after all for owners of Sidekick phones who thought they might have permanently lost contact numbers and other personal information they had put on the gadget.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 15, 2009 |
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SKorea rocket takes off, satellite launch fails
(AP) -- South Korea's first rocket launch Tuesday failed to push a satellite into its orbit but the flawed mission may still anger rival North Korea, coming just months the communist nation's own launch drew ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2009 |
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