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RSS bugBug makes schools wait for A level results
News Many schools were prevented from accessing A level results electronically this week, due to problems with the DialNet Internet service. Susan Whitfield, headmistress of Notting Hill and Ealing High School, which is part of the Girls' Day... [20 Aug 1998]
Zeneca blames millennium bug for fall in profits
News A spokesman for Zeneca said: "1,700 out of 2,000 systems are now compliant - our goal is to have [the bug] fixed by the end of the year. Pharmeceuticals and agrochemicals group, Zeneca, has partly blamed the cost of its... [07 Aug 1998]
Y2K bug wards off thieves
News If your PC isn't year 2000 compliant, there could be an upside: computer thieves are less likely to steal it. The finding comes from research conducted by insurers Commercial Union and the Thames Valley Police, a force which has been... [05 Aug 1998]
School-leavers reassured over A-level database bug
News Allegations that this year's A-level results could be jeopardised by a database fault have been hotly denied by the Oxford and Cambridge Examinations and Assessment Council (Oseac). Oseac spokesman, Quentin Langley, told Silicon News:... [03 Aug 1998]
Email bug hides viruses from firewalls
News A group of Finnish computer researchers has discovered a bug in some email programmes which US reports are claiming to be one of the most serious ever discovered. Every version of Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express... [30 Jul 1998]
Microsoft takes heat out of RealNetworks row
News Microsoft has offered a fix for the bug which it allegedly causes in RealNetwork's flagship product. In a letter to Rob Glaser, CEO at Real Networks, Yusef Mehdi, Microsoft's Windows marketing director, claims the... [29 Jul 1998]
Windows NT faces fresh security problems
News Microsoft is working to fix a bug in Windows NT that gives users unrestricted access to corporate networks. The flaw, discovered by programmers in India, gives low-level users the same rights as a systems administrator. [29 Jul 1998]
UK water companies collaborate on Year 2000
News The water industry has invested £100,000 in a six-month project to share millennium bug information. A Web-based database will pool compliance research from the UK's 33 water companies. Each company will conduct its own... [28 Jul 1998]
Microsoft owns up to Exchange bug
News A flaw has been discovered in Microsoft Exchange server that could leave companies exposed to external hacking via the Internet. The security hole was discovered by network security firm, Internet Security Systems, which alerted... [28 Jul 1998]
Xeon chip suffers further delays
News The release of the high-end workstation and server chip has already been delayed by two weeks because of a bug which prevented four-way configuration. We have a patch that we are sending out to OEMs which will fix the... [24 Jul 1998]
IT chiefs sleep rough for charity
News It needs to solve the millennium bug by 2000, and we want to eradicate homelessness by then. Top figures in the IT industry will sleep on London's streets for a night as part of a fund-raising campaign. [17 Jul 1998]
Microsoft warns of Web server bug
News Microsoft has warned its customers of a bug affecting Internet Information Server 3.0 and 4.0 software. The bug occurs when a specific code is attached to the end of an IIS active server page URL. It... [06 Jul 1998]
Sophos warns of Windows bug
News Sophos, the anti-virus software producer, has issued a virus warning to Windows 95 and Windows 98 users. The virus attacks the Bios program that manages dataflow from the microprocessor. It overwrites the start-up mechanism, making it... [03 Jul 1998]
Micro Focus snaps up Intersolv
News We plan to offer our SmartFind, SmartFix and Revolve business software with Intersolv customer services such as customisation, bug fixing and maintenance. Micro Focus has paid $534m (£320m) for services and Java-based... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Strangedays bug attacks day 26
News Data security specialist Sophos has identified the latest in a series of viruses that jump between Microsoft Office applications. The macro virus, called StrangeDays, migrates between Word and Excel documents. [26 Jun 1998]
