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Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News The loss of 25 million records from HMRC's Child Benefit Computer System was declared "deplorable" and "entirely avoidable" in two reports into the data blunder released this week. These discs are then handed to the HMRC and EDS sends passwords for... [26 Jun 2008]
silicon.com Classics: Digital Blunders
News The best included a home DVD recording that definitely shouldn't have been broadcast at a family birthday party, an email blunder involving the sender's wife, a text insult to a follicly challenged baldy and a smutty email sent by mistake to the... [11 Feb 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [29 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up So, after struggling to recall which way around the saddle should point, the Round-Up galloped off in the direction of Whitehall (unfortunately this guy took a wrong turn) after Her Majesty's government admitted to a staggering blunder. [23 Nov 2007]
'Porn' worm sent to 50,000 after Google blunder
News Google on Tuesday inadvertently sent the Kama Sutra email worm to the 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video email group. Three postings were made on Tuesday evening to an email list that sends out postings to the Google Video blog. [09 Nov 2006]
Heads roll at AOL after search data blunder
News CTO Maureen Govern "has decided to leave AOL effective immediately", AOL chief executive Jon Miller wrote in an email to employees dated Monday. In a separate email to AOL employees, Miller said the company would create a taskforce to develop new... [22 Aug 2006]
Why does phishing work?
News One of the greatest reasons consumers fall for phishing scams is because too many simply blunder into the trap. It may seem incredible to those who know to be wary of any solicitation for personal details over email, but consumers are still falling... [03 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.01.06
Round-Up Browse then immediately followed up that email with a grovelling apology to the same list.clearly unaware that most journalists probably don't read a fraction of emails sent to generic email lists and he was probably only drawing attention to his... [27 Jan 2006]
Treasury red-faced over email blunder
News The curse of the email blunder has struck once again, leaving red faces at the Treasury. According to reports on Wednesday, a junior clerical officer at the Treasury attempted to send his friends an email with the subject line "Advantage of being... [26 Jan 2006]
Apple "fiasco" leaves customers out of pocket
News The fact Apple still offered the same camera elsewhere on its site led many to believe the company had actually cancelled the sales because the offer price was a blunder. Some customers claim Apple staff even told them the camera was no longer... [06 Jan 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.01.06
Round-Up And even if it wasn't a pricing blunder - which still seems the likeliest option - the company is guilty of confirming sales it couldn't honour and failing to remove an unavailable item from its website. [06 Jan 2006]
Leader: Bungling Apple must explain itself
Leader "This week we have seen yet another pricing blunder on the web.so began a silicon.com leader written back in 2003 which cited the likes of Amazon, Argos and Thai Airways who have all sold goods or services online, only to later renege on the deal... [05 Jan 2006]
Apple pricing 'blunder' caught on camera
News Plus: Read our leader on Apple's camera pricing blunder. However, one unhappy shopper has contacted silicon.com to say Apple subsequently reneged on an email confirmation of his order - which even confirmed a £420 discount - claiming the sale had... [04 Jan 2006]
Blunder in Word shows government terror doubts
News Fantuzzi said it is all the more incredible that this latest blunder shows the government didn't learn from the red faces it suffered over the infamous dodgy dossier. The letter, sent via email as a Word document to members of the opposition... [16 Sep 2005]
EDF Energy system bills customer 18 months late
News Back in early 2004 silicon.com exposed a seriously botched IT systems migration at utility firm EDF Energy and this week has discovered some customers are still being held back by the blunder some 18 months after the original glitch struck. [27 Apr 2005]
