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computer glitch stories: 9 news summaries
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FAA Says Airport Computer Glitch Fixed

System broke down in both Atlanta and Salt Lake City

Nov 19, 09 9:56 AM CST
(AP) - FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again. The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta, which handle flight plans for air traffic throughout the country. More »

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FAA • Atlanta • Salt Lake City • airline delays • computer glitch • flight cancellation • Federal Aviation Administration • flight delays

 Computer Crash 
 May Have Doomed 
 Air France Flight 

Crash raises questions on if today's pilots can cope with computer failure

Jun 27, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators trying to piece together the fate of Air France Flight 447 in the absence of its black boxes are focusing on possible computer failures, the Wall Street Journal reports. The evidence suggests a problem with the sensors quickly snowballed into widespread computer outages, leaving the crew struggling to manage... More »

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black box • plane crash • aviation • computer glitch • Airbus A330 • Air France Flight 447 • flight computers

Google Flags Entire
Internet as Malware

Oops.

Jan 31, 09 12:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Anyone searching on Google for a short stretch early this morning got a rude awakening. Every result on the search giant turned up the warning, "This site may harm your computer,” ZDNet reports, and firewalls on personal PCs blocked them accordingly. Google blames the glitch—from 6:30am... More »

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Google • Internet • Firefox • search engine • malware • computer glitch

(Newser) - The so-called Cupertino effect has been creeping into major US newspapers and government reports, at times adding unintended humor to serious stories, BoingBoing reports. The effect—named after Microsoft Word 97's habit of replacing "co-operation" with "Cupertino" in its spellchecker—has slipped spell-checker-related gaffes into Reuters... More »

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Microsoft • software • computer glitch

Computer Crash Paralyzes London Trading

Dealers miss out
on millions in stock market surge

Sep 9, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A catastrophic computer crash shut out dismayed London traders from the market yesterday as stocks soared around the world in the wake of the US bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the Times of London reports. The seven-hour systems failure at the London Stock Exchange is estimated to have... More »

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stock market • London • financial markets • London Stock Exchange • trading • FTSE • computer glitch

ANALYSIS

FAA Delays:
Same Problem, No Solutions

Agency learned little—if that—from previous, too-similar failures

Aug 27, 08 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A software glitch that left thousands of passengers delayed or stranded at US airports yesterday is becoming a familiar problem with the Federal Aviation Administration, Kevin Kelleher writes in Portfolio. Pretty much the same thing—a cascade of overloaded servers—happened last week, and last year. "With 20-20 hindsight,... More »

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FAA • airline delays • computer glitch

updated

FAA Glitch Causes Widespread Flight Delays


Aug 26, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A computer glitch in an FAA computer system caused flight delays around the country today, the Wall Street Journal reports. The situation appeared to be easing this evening as airports—Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston were hardest hit—got back on track. The snag hit one of two FAA facilities that... More »

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FAA • airline industry • airline delays • air traffic controllers • travel delays • computer glitch

Netflix Deliveries Back On Track After Outage

Firm to give credit to millions of customers hurt by mystery glitch

Aug 16, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Netflix deliveries were returning to normal yesterday after a computer glitch caused a 3-day disruption, Reuters reports. The company plans to offer a 15% credit to the millions of movie lovers affected by the glitch, whose cause is still a mystery. The outage, the worst in Netflix history, is believed... More »

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DVD • Netflix • shipping • movie rentals • computer glitch

Computer Woes Slow Mars Craft

Soil photos lost in transmission 'not really critical,' but lander's mission delayed

Jun 19, 08 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenix Mars Lander stopped digging yesterday to give its memory a rest after a computer glitch caused the loss of photographs and scientific data, the AP reports. Scientists were alerted to the problem after the lander transmitted a single piece of information 45,000 times. "It's unfortunate to... More »

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NASA • space exploration • Mars • Phoenix Mars Lander • robotic arm • computer glitch • JPL • transmission

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