Intel has developed a simulation tool to test for so-called 'soft errors' that could occur in modern microprocessor technology. The chip giant hopes that by using a simulation and modelling process, the number of errors can be reduced.
For Windows XP Service Pack 1, which Microsoft released last month, the error reporting tool helped resolve 29 per cent of the errors related to Windows and about one-third of third-party applications.
HM Revenue and Customs, formerly the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, has repeated threats to take legal action against IT supplier EDS following further reports of tax credit botches and software errors amounting to £961m worth of write-offs.
One IT administrator for a California company, who asked not to be identified, said: "The upgrade locks people out and is causing Notes errors where we can not even restart Notes but need to reinstall.
But nearly 4,000 errors in requests were also reported within the same period between 1 January 2005 and 31 March 2006, according to a report from the Interceptions of Communications Commissioner (ICC).
Dr Nigel Raine, co-investigator on the project, said: "Previously we would use number plates to identify bees but it is error prone and would need someone sitting near each flower to visually identify each bee, limiting us to a very simple...
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