Stories about glitches

McAfee is calm, collected, and doomed
The dulcet tones of McAfee's spinmeister drift down the phone line into my ear, lulling me into believing they'll never root my computer, ever again. Wait, WHAT?!
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BigPond software cripples home PCs
Something went wrong -- very wrong -- with BigPond's software on Friday, preventing PCs from booting.
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Windows 7 hit by black screen of death
The last set of Windows patch updates seem to be causing trouble for some users, possibly "millions" according to one company.
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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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Faulty graphics chips cost NVIDIA $66 million
Does your laptop display broken-up graphics, or a blank screen? You might have a faulty graphics chip on board -- a problem that has already cost NVIDIA dearly to fix.
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Melbourne blackout cripples internet nationally
Hundreds of thousands of people have been without internet and phone calls due to a power outage in a major Melbourne data centre.
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Windows 7 a dud for sight-impaired people
According to an analyst, Microsoft has done a slipshod job of making Windows 7 usable for vision impaired people.
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Telstra Next G network hit by software glitch
Telstra execs may have been rubbing their hands in glee at Optus' 3G misfortunes, but now its own Next G network has been hit by a software glitch.
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Tourists shot after following GPS directions
Three tourists have been shot at, after their GPS navigator guided them into a notorious slum ruled by drug traffickers.
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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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Can Windows 7 overcome Vista driver woes?
Microsoft has revealed some staggering figures showing how often driver installations fail in Vista. Ouch.
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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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Why I switched to Telstra
OPINION | I think Optus' 3G network is just screwed, to be honest.
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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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