Software Integrity

Glitch Watch - Bingo cashier jailed for exploiting glitch

The quiet market town of Banbury, Oxfordshire in England is not a place you would expect to see in the news very often. But, according to the Banbury Guardian, a bingo cashier in the town’s Gala bingo hall was jailed this week for stealing app

Posted: May. 16, 2008 05:17 PM

Announcing Bugpedia

I’m excited to announce the launch of a new site, Bugpedia. Creating the Enerjy Index threw out a lot of fascinating data and I was frustrated that I didn’t really have anywhere to put it. For example, if you follow this blog you’ll

Posted: May. 13, 2008 03:21 PM

Glitch Watch - 250,000 cell phone subscribers without service

Approximately 250,000 cell phone subscribers lost service for most of Tuesday this week in Vermont and neighboring states. According to the Brattleboro Reformer, a “software issue” caused the problem, which caused the loss of Unicel̵

Posted: May. 9, 2008 04:04 PM

Video: New Features in Java 6

With JavaOne commencing this week, there will be much persuasion for those not yet upgraded to Java 6 to do so. Although not as rich in features as the move to Java 5 was, Java 6 still has benefits. My favorites include: - A scripting engine (Rhino)

Posted: May. 7, 2008 04:26 PM

Glitch Watch - Volvo recalls 65,000 cars

Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will recall 65,000 Volvo V70 and XC70 cars because of a problem with the software that controls the side-impact air bags. Apparently the recall applies only to cars in Europe. According to Volvo’

Posted: May. 2, 2008 08:00 AM

Book Review - Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash

Tom and Mary Poppendieck are two leading evangelists of Lean software development who share their experiences at conferences on a regular basis. Their first book was an excellent introduction to lean principles and tools, and this book continues the

Posted: Apr. 29, 2008 03:34 AM

Glitch Watch - Lower than low fares at Aer Lingus

Glitch Watch is a bit abbreviated this week by virtue of the fact that I am on the road which severely limits the amount of time I have available to sort through the mail bag. However, one story did catch my eye this week. Irish airline Aer Lingus

Posted: Apr. 25, 2008 11:55 AM

Video: Cease Inspections

When investigating Lean for the first time, books and articles that give an overview of the principles and tenets of Lean can appear to be contradictory. For example many managers may question how Cease Inspections can be advocated where a basic prin

Posted: Apr. 23, 2008 01:15 PM

Glitch Watch - Nuclear software fault goes undetected for 28 years

Stillwater, MN: the Stillwater Lift Bridge got stuck in the open position for more than two hours this week after its controlling computer got “confused”. According to Minnesota Department of Transportation spokeswoman Mary McFarland-Bro

Posted: Apr. 18, 2008 06:00 PM

Glitch Watch - TomTom gets lost in FLA

Problems with a new $3m automated trip reservation system caused difficulties last week for disabled users of Chicago’s paratransit system. Apparently, computerizing the dispatch system was supposed to make things better for the roughly 6,000

Posted: Apr. 11, 2008 02:54 PM

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	Wal-Mart To Sell $399 Ubuntu Linux-based Laptop with Google Operating System By James Hamilton anonymous coward wrote: For those wondering that's a system76 computer in the picture.
	Early Notes on GoogleApps By Dave Winer Google News Desk wrote: Now, what Google announced is really exciting! I'm not kidding. It's even better than I hoped. Yes, it's only Python, but IBM's PC-DOS was only BASIC and Pascal when it first came out, and it didn't matter. Yeah, I preferred C, but I coded in Pascal be...
	Tracking RIAs with Google Analytics and Unica NetInsight By Judah Phillips Georges wrote: Interresting article. Where do you enable "events" in Google Analytics? http://code.go ogle.com/apis/analytics/d ocs/eventTrackerOverview. html says it's only available to Beta participants.
	ASF Grants Synapse Separate, Top-Level Project Billing By Alex Fletcher Bobbi wrote: I found FAQ on this topic at the Servicemix web site to be pretty accurant about the differences between them (http://servicemix.apache .org/how-does-servicemix- compare-to-synapse.html). Only thing is Syanpse developers call it a ESB, I'm not sure if it really is (sq...
	DreamSpark Is Very, Very, Very Un-Microsoft-Like! By Kevin Hoffman DreamSpark News Desk wrote: It appears as though University and high school students will, at some point (I don't know the hardcore details) be able to receive free copies of Visual Studio, SQL server, and other development servers and enterprise servers.