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07 May 2010 11:08

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Biz: “Flash Crash”: Senators set sights on automated trading

  • A computer glitch caused yesterday’s crash. High-speed algorithmic trading, which accounts for nearly 60 percent of all trading volume, is already under scrutiny by regulators due to the financial crisis. Now, thanks to yesterday’s buttcrack, some Senators are suggesting an investigation. Many are concerned that the automated system can fall out of the control of regulators, causing cluster#(&@s such as the one we saw yesterday. With good reason. source
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22 Apr 2010 20:43

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U.S.: Protip: Using black bar redactions on PDFs doesn’t really work

  • Mediaite broke it. DocumentCloud totally owned it. The Blago corruption court case hit a new high today after it was suggested that Obama might be implicated in the case. But this fact didn’t come out directly. It was actually redacted in this subpoena released today. However, a glitch in the PDF software they used to make the document made the redacted statement very easy to read. Which gave the boys at DocumentCloud a chance to show off their mad skillz. Check ’em out. They’re pretty awesome. source
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01 Mar 2010 22:08

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Tech: Understatement: Sony’s PS3 bug only affected a couple of machines

  • 20 million consoles screwed up by
    a stupid software glitch source
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01 Mar 2010 11:54

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Tech: Gamers whine about their busted PlayStation 3s on Twitter



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14 May 2009 22:03

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Tech: How many people were screwed by a #googlefail moment?

  • 14% of Google users couldn’t get on because of glitches source
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