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PATH: BS | Business | Merchandising | Faulty Products Buggy Software Costs Government $12B Annually Posted by Pile (8396 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] Every year the Government Accountability Office issues a report that gives a brief summary of the status of major weapons acquisition programs. And every year the reports say that many, if not most, of those acquisition programs are experiencing cost overruns and schedule delays in their software development segments. The problem is huge. In fiscal 2006, the Defense Department will spend as much as $12 billion on reworking software - 30 percent of its estimated budget of $40 billion for research. There you have it. Is the United States spending taxpayer money to develop the next generation stealth fighter or anti-missile technology? Nope, they're probably trying to keep their F18s' software from crashing. READ MORE Dude, You're Gettin' A Fireman Posted by Pile (9056 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] A person attending a conference in Japan sat just feet away from a Dell laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident. "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". Should you witness such an event, his advice is, "Don't try anything courageous/stupid, stay away, away, away!" Imagine this happening on a plane? Imagine them banning laptops from airplanes. READ MORE Military Researches Bizarre Chemical Bombs Posted by Pile (8347 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] The US military investigated building a "gay bomb", which would make enemy soldiers "sexually irresistible" to each other, government papers say. Other weapons that never saw the light of day include one to make soldiers obvious by their bad breath. The US defense department considered various non-lethal chemicals meant to disrupt enemy discipline and morale. The 1994 plans were for a six-year project costing $7.5m, but they were never pursued. READ MORE eBay Scammer Gets Payback Posted by Pile (10752 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] Hello. My name is Amir Massoud Tofangsazan and i live in Barnet. I'm 19 but pretend to be a lot older and like to pretend that I'm a big businessman when I'm not actually that clever. on 29th November 2005 I sold a laptop on eBay. Amir thought he was being clever by ripping off someone online, selling them a non-working laptop. Unfortunately, the buyer wasn't merely satisfied with being ripped off, so he scoured the hard drive and found lots of interesting and potentially incriminating pictures and other documents and decided to put up his own web page in homage to his scammer... READ MORE | 1 comment since 2006-06-17 22:56:34 | Comment on this Article Ionic Air Purifiers Hurt Human Lungs Posted by Pile (8816 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] I've known this for quite some time after doing research into these monstrosities when a friend tried to hawk some high-priced air purifier on me from his network marketing club. Ozone is the byproduct of these devices, like what you see at Sharper Image, and ozone is also a principal component of "smog" and air pollution. It also doesn't get along well with organic materials like human flesh. Read on for the science. READ MORE Medication For Your Car? Posted by Pile (16207 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] One of the latest ads sweeping the Internet is a "gas pill" marketed by Fuel Freedom International. Fuel Freedom International says dropping a $2 MPG-Cap in your tank with every fill up will increase mileage by 10 percent or 20 percent. When expert with AAA checked out the pill, the results were not as advertised. READ MORE | 3 comments since 2007-06-28 00:07:52 | Comment on this Article Sony Rootkit Class Action Settlement Posted by Pile (8556 views) [E-Mail link] [Get-Rich-Quick] [Faulty Products] We previously reported on Sony's hidden spyware bundled with albums they sold. Well, the EFF has engaged in a class action lawsuit over the issue and YOU may be entitled to free money and music. Of course, the downside is you might have to admit you actually purchased a Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, Velvet Revolver, Babyface or Brittney Spears album. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Malfunctioning BMW Becomes 120mph Death Trap Posted by Pile (10129 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] A motorist was trapped in his car driving at almost 130mph for 60 miles after the accelerator jammed. Boy those fancy computer-controlled cars now sure are cool! READ MORE Sony Cutting Back On PSP Movies Posted by Pile (9453 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] [Movies] Sony's PlayStation Portable isn't turning out to be the hot new movie platform many in the biz had hoped. With sales falling below expectations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video are cutting back on movie releases for the PSP. What? You mean there wasn't a rush of people running out to buy movies to watch on a four inch LCD? Maybe they've moved over to watching movies on their cell phones? READ MORE Let Yours (Or Someone Else's) Fingers Do the Paying Posted by Pile (8099 views) [E-Mail link] [Faulty Products] Buying groceries with the touch of a finger could be closer than you think, if new research touting the benefits of biometric payment for retail giants like Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco is anything to go by. The report, by Sanford Bernstein analyst Emme Kozloff, found that the use of so-called "electronic wallets" reduces the potential for fraud and identity theft, speeds up the checkout process, and most importantly, lowers transaction processing fees for retailers, improving their bottom line. Unfortunately, this highly-paid analyst didn't mention in the Fortune article that a finger made out of Play Doh can fool these machines 90% of the time. READ MORE 10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

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