IT Hiccups of the Week: Lie Detector Lies?
No-swipe payment system swipes customers’ money; Big Apple worries that e-voting will take a bite out of mayoral election
IT Hiccups of the Week: Programming Error Rejects Unsuspecting Oregon Trimet Riders' Credit and Debit Cards for 5 Years
Austrian utilities suffer unexplained “software failure,” GM and Chrysler issue recalls, Atmos Energy customers charged too much
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Another Excuse For Why Tennessee Will Make State IT Workers Reapply for Their Jobs
North Carolina and Ohio also struggle with government IT projects
IT Hiccups of the Week: Online Testing Problems Spread
Lingering after-effects of Chicago Options Exchange and H&R Block tech issues
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Can Avatars Help Close the Doctor-Patient Communication Gap?
HealthCorpus aims to enhance healthcare communication
The Hacked Tweet That Took Down Wall Street
A rogue AP tweet roils Wall Street; algorithmic trading on machine readable news partially to blame
Face Recognition Failed to Find Boston Bombers
Facial recognition software didn't spot the Boston Marathon bombers; armchair "investigators" found too much
Intel Versus the Dwindling PC Market
Questions about the company's mobile push and its business model again take center stage
IT Hiccups of the Week: Excel Spreadsheet Error Heard Around the World
H&R Block sued over refund delays, Minnesota math test hit by server issue, and NH MMIS has problems after all
IT Hiccups of the Week: New NHS 111 Helpline Needs to Call 999
Alberta’s ERCB computer system falls and can’t get up, Georgia’s DDS out again, everyone placed on detention in New Zealand
This Week in Cybercrime: Tax-related ID Thefts Hit 1.8M in 2012
Plus: Who is behind the South Korea cyberattack? And more warnings on infrastructure vulnerabilities
NTSB: Texting While Flying Contributed to 2011 Helicopter Crash
Texting and cellphone calls distracted pilot from making good decisions
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IT Hiccups of the Week: Computer Technology Upgrade Sours Small Michigan County
Computer problems greatest UK niggle, blunder at Hong Kong racetrack, New Hampshire Medicaid System passes first tests
First Portable Telephone Call Made 40 years Ago Today
Walking down a Manhattan sidewalk, Motorola’s Martin Cooper called his rival at AT&T Bell Labs
IT Hiccups of the Week: Expect Problems with New Medicaid System New Hampshire Warns
Also: RBS irritates customers second time in a month; USS Guardian finally off Philippine reef
Drone Manufacturers Whine That They Are Misunderstood
Americans need to be better educated on benevolent uses of UAVs, they say
IT Hiccups of the Week: Red Bull Racing Gets Apology from McLaren Over ECU Software Issues
GM recalls Cadillacs and Buicks, Panama Canal containers stack up at port, Verizon erroneously bills customers in Midwest
This Week in Cybercrime: What Do We Know about the South Korean Cyberattack?
Plus: BitTorrent sites on the hook for copyright infringement
Computer Technology Impact on 2013 Society as Predicted in 1962 and 1988
Stand-in brains, sophisticated real-time games, electronic mapping system for cars, and household robots
IT Hiccups of the Week: Hundreds of Thousands Hit By U.S. Tax Filing Glitches
Monteal Métro outage, another Tesco pricing error, and glitch household items for sale
Encryption Chip Fights Off Sneak Attacks
Processor obscures characteristics that enable side-channel attacks in cloud computing
IT Hiccups of the Week: Royal Bank of Scotland Angers Customers Yet Again
DMV glitches in three U.S. states, Subarus start themselves and the SimCity server overload
U. S. Electronic Health Record Initiative: A Backlash Growing?
EHR vendors’ overpromises and under-delivery
IT Hiccups of the Week: NASA Rover Curiosity Placed Into Safe Mode
Amazon Kindle bug annoys Apple device owners, T-shirt maker outrages women and BB&T scares its customers
West Virginia Taken to the Cleaners by Cisco
State massively overpays for unnecessary Cisco routers using federal stimulus money
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IT Hiccups of the Week: At least 17.4 Million U.S. Medication Errors Avoided by Hospital Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems
Microsoft loses cloud, ISS comms go out, parking lot glitches and Facebook thinks everyone is under 100 years old
Déjà Vu All Over Again: California’s DMV IT Project Cancelled
EDS acquisition bites HP's hand again
IT Hiccups of the Week: U.K. O2 Mobile Customers Told To Be Careful What They Say
India’s National ID snafu, IBM cloud problem in New Zealand, and Sarah Palin’s new job offers
California’s Payroll Project Debacle: Another $50 Million Up in Smoke
Also: IT projects ablaze at the UN and U.S. Army; USAF and Marin County play with matches again