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Tuesday, 18 July 2017 18:32
Game of Grovelling as Foxtel’s Thrones snafu explained: unprecedented pressure
Foxtel has explained that while it certainly anticipated “heavy usage” for last night’s Game of Thrones, the traffic that eventuated far exceeded expectations, necessitating an “unreserved apology".
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 16:36
Kogan offers free shipping post -$46k+ whoopsie
Oops: It's been a day of expensive humble pie for Ruslan Kogan as he decides to honour hundreds of massively discounted orders made thanks to a 'web bug', but in an additional gesture of goodwill is making free shipping available until midnight.
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Home Tech
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 11:58
A new first for Kogan: no further comment post-site snafu
Normally happy to shout from the rooftops, Kogan has instead made a statement post his first major money-sucking site snafu and says he is 'not available for further comment'.
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Home Tech
Monday, 17 January 2011 16:22
Sophos comments on the latest Facebook privacy snafubar
Never able to stay out of the news, Facebook is in our faces yet again with more privacy smashing hoopla, announcing that developers can access the names and mobile phone numbers of users 'programmatically', as Sophos puts it.
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Home Tech
Tuesday, 01 December 2009 06:37
Once Microsoft goes black, can it ever go back?
Reports that Microsoft’s latest updates are causing the users to
experience a “black screen of death” have surfaced alongside a free fix
by security company Prevx, which can even be applied as a black,
icon-less screen tries to stare you down, with Microsoft yet to provide
any official solution beyond acknowledging they’re investigating the
issue.
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Fuzzy Logic
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:56
Optus broadband slowdown snafu strikes
The power of alert users and the press has uncovered an Optus contract
snafu surrounding slowdown speeds when broadband limits are reached,
with Optus only delivering half of what was promised. Will Optus ever
get it right?
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Monday, 14 July 2008 21:29
1m iPhone 3Gs sold, 10 million apps and millions of frustrated customers
So, the iPhone 3G sold 1 million units by Sunday US time after
launching in 21 countries, and 10 million apps via the App Store, but
iTunes activation, MobileMe and firmware update snafus left millions of
customers fuming, too.
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Mobility
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 16:19
Er... Microsoft delays XP SP3 web rollout... stuffs up AGAIN?!
In what is becoming a rather comical comedy of comedic errors for
Microsoft, the news that XP SP3 is being temporarily delayed is clearly
the punch line to a joke, right? No, it’s yet another delay, due to a
‘compatibility issue’, this time with the Microsoft Dynamics Retail
Management System.
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Sunday, 27 April 2008 18:38
Windows Vista SP1 automatic updates have started - if you're lucky
The Windows Vista Team Blog has announced that automatic updates of
Vista SP1 have started for qualifying Vista owners – but tough luck for
you if you don’t qualify. You can just keep on waiting!
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Friday, 18 April 2008 13:27
Is Acer's Gemstone Blue a true 1080p notebook or not? Answers here!
A kerfuffle has emerged over whether Acer’s Gemstone Blue ‘true HD
1920x1080p’ notebook can only output at 1080i – or the claim of true HD
1080p. Despite an email from Acer quoted in another publication
suggesting the Gemstone Blue’s screen is only 1080i, the truth is out
there, and we have it. Read on.
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 20:43
Vista SP1 released, but I can't download it - can you?
Yesterday was the day that Vista SP1 finally became available to
download via Windows Update – but incredibly, driver issues still some
otherwise qualifying users from getting the SP1 update. Guess what? I
have some of the affected drivers, including a Logitech webcam – so the
SP1 wait continues for me. Thank you yet again, Microsoft!
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Fuzzy Logic
Tuesday, 18 March 2008 21:31
Windows Vista SP1: are we there yet?
Well, it’s “Mid-March”, the expected timeframe for the first release of
Windows Vista SP1 to the masses, so it should be arriving any moment
now - but it's not here yet!
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Fuzzy Logic
Friday, 14 March 2008 12:30
Is Microsoft's newest 'Ultimate Extra' of UltimatePC.com the ultimate insult?
Stung by bad publicity over the lack of a whole swag of ‘Ultimate
Extras’ for users of Windows Vista Ultimate, Microsoft has launched a
beta version of the ‘UltimatePC.com’ site. Designed to extol the
benefits of the existing Ultimate Extras and offer ‘Ultimate Exclusive’
offers to Vista Ultimate users, the site is little more than an ad, and
for now, a waste of cyberspace.
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Fuzzy Logic
Monday, 25 February 2008 05:01
Early Vista SP1 64-bit installs causing new problems
Has the fallout already begun from Microsoft’s serious snafu of
releasing Vista SP1 early to users of 64-bit Vista? We’ve just received
a report that shows two new problems we haven’t heard of before, as we
unofficially rename SP1 to ‘Snafu Pack 1’.
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Fuzzy Logic
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