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RSS blundersPricing blunders: Enough is enough... it's time to pay up
Comment If companies are running any promotion of this kind, then the onus is on them to ensure no pricing blunders occur for the duration of the offer. This week we have seen yet another pricing blunder on the web. [02 May 2003]
Digital Blunders: 10 million missing mobiles
News Over 18 per cent of respondents to silicon.com's digital blunders survey confessed they have lost their mobile phone, while a further 15 per cent said they know somebody else who has lost their phone. [20 Jul 2001]
Dear silicon.com... DNA database, lie detector tech, sat-nav blunders...
Comment Sat-nav blunders spawn warning signs 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. [07 Sep 2007]
Digital Blunders: email misbehavin' is rife
News Over 75 per cent of the 1,500 respondents to silicon.com's Digital Blunders survey said they've sent emails to avoid either telephone or face-to-face contact. Companies should also be concerned about privacy, reminded... [20 Jul 2001]
Digital Blunders 2: How funny is that?!
Comment We first ran a Digital Blunders feature two years ago, asking to hear your tech howlers and we were inundated with tales of woe. We will be touching on some of these issues during our Digital Blunders 2... [27 Aug 2003]
Digital Blunders 2: Text pain and sex on the brain
News The Digital Blunders are still pouring in, and they are keeping us highly-amused. But we're a caring sharing team here at silicon.com, so here for your reading pleasure are the latest pick of the bunch... [26 Aug 2003]
Digital Blunders 2: "Duck sounds a bit like..."
News Since asking you to send in your Digital Blunders, silicon.com has received dozens of tales of email woe. To give you an idea of what we are after, here are just three of the better tales to reach us this past week -... [18 Aug 2003]
Data security bill seeks to tackle corporate blunders
News Spurring politicians along has been series of security blunders involving firms including ChoicePoint - which claims to have fixed its problems - Bank of America, payroll provider PayMaxx, and Reed Elsevier Group's... [30 Jun 2005]
Digital Blunders: 'My son's filthy email to granny' and other howlers...
News The silicon.com Digital Blunders 2 special report is well under way now and your hilarious confessions are keeping us all amused in the office. Here is the latest selection of gaffes and howlers - though a word of... [01 Sep 2003]
Top five most embarrassing digital blunders... ever!
Comment Promises of bubbly notwithstanding, silcon.com's news desk presents its personal favourite digital blunders so far: To date, 1,025 of you in the UK - and close to another 2,000 across France and Germany - have filled out... [19 Jul 2001]
Digital Blunders 2: Return of the howler
News Two years ago silicon.com ran a feature called Digital Blunders. It's time for Digital Blunders 2. To give you an idea of what we're after here is some of the feedback we had with the original Digital... [01 Aug 2003]
silicon.com Classics: Digital Blunders
News silicon.com's classic Digital Blunders series highlighted some of the tech howlers and tales of woe that can all too easily result from failing to engage your brain before sending an email or using a mobile phone. [11 Feb 2008]
Digital Blunders 2: These can't be true...
News While we've been running our Digital Blunders feature over the past month we've been inundated with your email howlers, voicemail gaffes and text message nightmares. And by and large we've taken you at your word. [16 Sep 2003]
Who is to blame for Digital Blunders?
News This week we've revealed two interesting findings from our Digital Blunders survey: 52 per cent of us have committed one and 32 per cent of employers would sack somebody for committing a serious one which offended a... [03 Sep 2003]
Digital Blunders: Caution - may cause offence
News Since launching our Digital Blunders special report we've been inundated with your email and SMS howlers. Here are four of the best we've received this week - all of which might be likely to cause offence.so don't say... [08 Sep 2003]
