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RSS gaffePeter Cochrane's Blog: Government gaffe
Comment Written at and dispatched to silicon.com from the Institute of Directors' Pall Mall office via a private wi-fi site, within an hour of arriving by train in London I'm not generally moved to make political comment or even extend my... [25 Sep 2008]
WIN: Tickets for England v West Indies
News All you have to do to win is send us your funniest story about a job interview gaffe which you have suffered, witnessed or heard of from a friend or colleague. Fancy spending the weekend basking in the sun* as England... [12 Jun 2007]
HP: Spying row was a "wake-up call"
News The gaffe's silver lining is that a host of "tighter processes and controls" are now in place, said Jonathan Hoak, the company's chief ethics and compliance officer, at a luncheon meeting in Washington, DC with a small... [02 Mar 2007]
Word up! Explore the lexicon of tech
News The blogosphere was buzzing with news of President Bush's latest gaffe" Do you know any CrackBerry addicts who relax at the weekend with a spot of sordid toothing? Do they worry what might happen if word reaches the... [24 Nov 2006]
Microsoft fixes faulty IE patch
News The developer responsible for the gaffe can expect to be held accountable, he added. Microsoft has released an updated version of a faulty Internet Explorer patch to fix a serious security flaw introduced by the original... [25 Aug 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.03.06
Round-Up The Round-Up mentions this because the outspoken words of another exec this week drew some comparison with Ratner's gaffe - though it seems it's the difference between mocking your own company and being brutally honest... [03 Mar 2006]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News The issue affects a different set of CDs than the ones involved in the copy-protection gaffe that led Sony to recall 4.7 million CDs last month, and which has triggered several lawsuits against the record label. [07 Dec 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: 3G disappointments
Comment What might be the industry's next great gaffe - real-time TV and video-on-demand on the move? Written whilst flying from Crete to London Gatwick and dispatched via free Wi-Fi service on the Coventry UK Science Park. [04 Nov 2005]
Blunder in Word shows government terror doubts
News Joe Fantuzzi, CEO of document security firm Workshare, said today's gaffe is just the latest example of how changes and amendments which get saved into a document's meta data can come back to haunt the sender. [16 Sep 2005]
Who's a silly boy then?
News McNealy shouldn't feel too bad about his gaffe; he has good company. Sun CEO taken in by Photoshop Oracle OpenWorld: While busy taking swipes at his hosts, Scott McNealy fell victim to an Internet myth, using a faked... [09 Dec 2004]
Revenue no closer to solving deleted tax records gaffe
News The Inland Revenue is no closer to discovering how many tax records were accidentally deleted as part of a routine housekeeping process last year, and has admitted that it is not a high priority. The software error led to taxpayer... [08 Dec 2004]
eBay sued for overcharging
News In mid-June, eBay General Manager Jeff Jordan told attendees at its user conference that the company had discovered the double-billing issue, fixed the problem and was in the process of addressing credit issues that resulted from the... [07 Jul 2004]
€28 PCs for sale in Dell web pricing blunder
News Word of the pricing gaffe spread quickly over the internet. Dell has revealed that a pricing blunder at its Irish online store led to it inadvertently selling PCs for €100 or less. The company said that on Thursday human... [28 Nov 2003]
Digital Blunders: 'My son's filthy email to granny' and other howlers...
News My worst ever gaffe was when I was at University. Here is the latest selection of gaffes and howlers - though a word of warning, while the last one is among the funniest we've seen so far you shouldn't read it if bad... [01 Sep 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Another management gaffe
Comment Remember all those workshops about empowering staff, unleashing their every talent? Well Peter Cochrane is dismayed by the direction some companies have taken. Over the past 40 years I have witnessed and been subjected to many management... [19 Mar 2003]
