Tokyo Stock Exchange Crashed in 2005: A 4.5-Hour Software Bug
On Nov 1, 2005, the Tokyo Stock Exchange sat idle for 4.5 hours because of a latent bug. What the Fujitsu case teaches …
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Information security in plain English: scams, hardening and privacy — plus retrogaming, games and geek culture.
Windows XP Turns 25: The Security Lesson It Left Behind
Windows XP hit stores on Oct 25, 2001. Worms like Blaster and Sasser forced SP2 in 2004, and the 2014 end of support …
Venera 4 Turns 59: The Probe That Sampled the Air of Venus
On Oct 18, 1967, Venera 4 sent data from inside the atmosphere of Venus. It measured heat and pressure, and an altitude …
Apollo 7 Turns 58: The Test Flight That Led to the Moon
On October 11, 1968, Apollo 7 put three astronauts in orbit and proved the spacecraft worked. Head colds, live TV and a …
Sputnik Turns 69: The Beep That Led to ARPA and the Internet
On October 4, 1957, an 83.6 kg sphere beeped over the Earth. Sputnik 1 started the space race and led to the creation of …
Super Mario Bros. turns 41: the level that saved gaming
On 13 September 1985 the Famicom got the game that resurrected an entire industry. Forty-one years on, World 1-1 is …
Project Gutenberg: how the first ebook appeared in 1971
On 6 September 2011 Michael Hart died — the student who typed up the Declaration of Independence in 1971 and created the …