http://www.silicon.com Results for bug en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721475p,00.htm While this appears to be a bug, it actually is due to the fact that Analysis Services caches query results and the imprecision that is associated with approximate data types. This white paper covers accuracy and precision considerations in SQL... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60690472p,00.htm In large software development projects, when a programmer is assigned a bug to x, she typically spends a lot of time searching (in an ad-hoc manner) for instances from the past where similar bugs have been debugged, analyzed and resolved. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:22:38 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39513407,00.htm The worm can be tough to catch, as Mullenweg explains: "It registers a user, uses a security bug (fixed earlier in the year) to allow evaluated code to be executed through the permalink structure, makes itself an admin, then uses JavaScript to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:08:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39506205,00.htm Jonathan Conradt, a Chrome engineering program manager, said in a blog post that programmers fixed a garbled text bug to make the browser compatible with Snow Leopard. Google released an update for Chrome to fix compatibility problems with Snow... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39481130,00.htm Given the sensitivity in Redmond around Windows 7 it's hardly a surprise that as soon as a few people started spreading the word online that the OS had a pretty hefty bug, the Microsoft PR machine swooped in to redress the issues. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39479725,00.htm Microsoft said on Wednesday it's looking into reports of a potential bug in the final version of Windows 7. Sinofsky wrote on the site: "While we appreciate the drama of 'critical bug' and then the pickup of 'showstopper' that I've seen, we might... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:30:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60642322p,00.htm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 provides many new features, bug fixes, and security improvements. As Red Hat's flagship product, it provides enterprise readiness and compatibility across updates. The preservation of compatibility is one of the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:21:13 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39475481,00.htm The attack was enabled by a memory corruption bug in all iPhone operating systems. Apple has plugged an SMS flaw that could enable an attacker to take complete control over an iPhone. Researchers Charlie Miller and Collin Mulliner said at the Black... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:31:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39475474,00.htm Microsoft's 200 million statistic doesn't include updates such as bug patches and security fixes. At about 8:00(PDT) on Friday, Firefox crossed the billion-download threshold - a notably large number for Mozilla's open-source web browser but one... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:54:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39465594,00.htm The bug used in the exploit has been around since December 2008. Adobe said Thursday that it will issue fixes next week for a critical hole in Flash that is being exploited in attacks against Adobe Reader version 9 on Windows. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:59:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39464260,00.htm The authors of the exploit have managed to take a bug and turn it into a reliable exploit using a heap spray technique," Patrick Fitzgerald writes on a Symantec Security blog post. The bug itself has been around since December 2008. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:37:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39453990,00.htm Other bug fixes include updates to the V8 JavaScript engine, updates to Google Gears, and getting forward and backward navigation to work even when site redirection is involved. New versions of Google Chrome are out, fixing bugs and patching... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:51:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39453987,00.htm An earlier Power Pack update, released last year, fixed an important data corruption bug. Microsoft has launched beta testing of a new update to its Windows Home Server product. In a blog post the software maker said Power Pack 3 - as the feature... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:27:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39452610,00.htm Authentication is needed to exploit the bug, but a successful attack could result in complete control of a database, Oracle said. Oracle has released fixes for 33 security flaws that affect hundreds of products across its range. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:40:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39450332,00.htm The second bug is an input validation problem with WebKit's handling of parent and top objects. Apple has released an update for its Safari 4 web browser, which fixes two serious vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to conduct a cross-site... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39443974,00.htm Another is a bug in WebKit that could permit websites to surreptitiously track users. Apple has patched nearly four dozen security holes in the iPhone and iPod Touch with its iPhone OS 3.0 release, made available on Wednesday. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39439934,00.htm The update makes a large number of bug-fixes for stability, tweaks the Mozilla JavaScript engine TraceMonkey, and improves support for the baked-in Ogg-based open audio and video standards. On the same day that Apple released the public version of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:08:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39438774,00.htm In fact, some people could play with nothing else as a result of a curious little bug in a certain browser. Bada Bing! Some more on Microsoft's latest attempt to catch up with Google in the search engine race - Bing. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:38:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39437240,00.htm The bug was ranked as "highly critical" in an advisory from independent security firm Secunia. RIM has warned of critical bugs in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software that could be used to shut down a server or... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:09:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60594535p,00.htm When a bug is reported, one needs to be able to identify and resolve it as efficiently as possible. An old maxim holds that every nontrivial computer program has bugs. As a developer, one wants to minimize the number and severity of the bugs that... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 29 May 2009 01:19:40 +0000