Stories about Defects

Sony Vaio notebooks suffer from faulty NVIDIA GPUs
Sony adds its name to the list of notebook makers affected by faulty GPUs.
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Oops... AVG accidentally kills Windows
Update to popular AV tool kills critical Windows file; AVG scrambles for a variety of fixes.
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USB in Windows 7: More reliable but no 3.0 speed boost
Microsoft will combat driver installation woes in Windows with a much tougher approval regime -- and it's looking increasingly likely USB 3.0 won't be supported in Windows 7.
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Virgin Broadband pulled from general retailers
Virgin Mobile has pulled its wireless broadband service — provided via the Optus 3G mobile network — from general retailers like Dick Smith.
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Apple admits MacBook Pro graphics glitch, offers fix
It took them 16 months to admit it, but Apple has finally announced free hardware fixes for all MacBook Pro users that suffer the graphics glitches.
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Congrats, Optus: you're the world's worst for 3G
A global survey has concluded that Optus offers the slowest network speeds of any carrier selling the iPhone worldwide and that Aussies get the slowest 3G speeds in general.
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NVIDIA sued: chips and tempers run hot
NVIDIA is being sued in a class action for allegedly concealing knowledge of a defective manufacturing process which resulted in overheating and widespread chip failures.
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Overheating fears spark massive Sony notebook recall
More than 400,000 VAIO laptops are being recalled worldwide amid concerns they could overheat and burn users'... laps.
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iPrimus announces 12GB mobile broadband
OPINION | iPrimus has announced a mobile broadband package with enough data to displace ADSL broadband services. But will the service quality be adequate? Probably not.
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iPhone users hit with huge bills for ... home WiFi
Think your iPhone usage at home on WiFi is free? Think again...
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More Apple woes: this time, it's exploding iPods
Uh oh. Apple has confessed some iPods are susceptible to exploding into flames.
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User anger: iPhone 3G problems emerging
The iPhone is not all it was cracked up to be, say some frustrated early adopters.
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NVIDIA DISASTER: thousands of GPUs faulty
NVIDIA has admitted to a major manufacturing screw-up, which is seeing thousands of its GPUs overheating, burning out and failing.
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Read Bill Gates' scathing email about "unusable" Windows
The Ex-MS supremo found Windows "unusable". But which version?
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