An error that occurs when calculated data cannot fit within the designated field. The result field is usually left blank or is filled with some symbol to flag the error condition.
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- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
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- Almeza MultiSet Automatic Software Installer (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- RapidDowner (exe)
- RapidDowner is a download manager for Rapidshare Services. Along with link management and image recognition. Use this program to by pass the 110 minute waiting time limit and make it in a few minutes. Built on the .net framework and forum supported. Make Rapidshare your free hosting service. This is...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Nil Registry Error (exe)
- Nil Registry Error is easy-to-use registry optimizer that can boost your windows performance by removing errors from your PC. The scanning is fast and reliable, your computer will be more stable and fast. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Laser-aided software for tunnel construction
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- Guest post: An ode to the humble spreadsheet
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- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Remote code execution flaw in VLC Media Player
- Researchers at Secunia have found a "highly critical" vulnerability that puts users of the cross-platform VLC Media Player at risk of remote code execution attacks. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.8.6h on Windows. Prior versions may also be affected. A patch is expected soon from...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- PCI-DSS 1.1 points to outdated OWASP Top 10
- OK, I'm not going to freak out about this too bad... I've already pointed out enough problems with PCI, but I did find it morbidly entertaining. My good friend Jeremiah Grossman pictured at right blogged today about the PCI-DSS 1.1 section 6.5, which covers "prevention of common coding vulnerabilities in...
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- PSTUPGrade (exe)
- PST Upgrade Tool is a PST Conversion utility to convert PST files of MS Outlook. Using PST Conversion tool one can upgrade ANSI PST files with Unicode PST files and convert Unicode PST File. Software efficiently performs conversion of ANSI PST to Unicode PST and Conversion of Unicode PST to...
- Software downloads 2008-07-02
- Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught
- Microsoft's search plan apparently revolves around semantics. The software giant picked up Powerset, a natural language search provider for an undisclosed sum. Will it be enough to close its yawning Google and even Yahoo search gap? Probably not, but Powerset could give Microsoft a little leapfrog ability...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Why computers fail
- Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Why computers fail
- Good failure data for PCs is hard to find: who knows how many times PC users are told to reinstall Windows? But in a recent paper, Bianca Schroeder and Garth Gibson of CMU found some surprising results in 10 years of large scale cluster system failures at Los Alamos National...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Apple plugs 25 Mac OS X security vulnerabilities
- Apple has shipped another Mac OS X monster update to fix a total of 25 documented vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution attacks. With Security Update 2008-004, Apple fixes code execution flaws in Launch Services, SMB File Server, System Configuration, VPN and WebKit. ...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
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- Some mobile software is flashy and fun while others just get the job done. Spb Backup 2.0 is one of those software solutions that is essential to Windows Mobile and gets the job done. One of the first utilities I look for on Windows Mobile is a...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
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- Every weekend I return home from traveling the country working at the 10,000 foot level of enterprise architecture for Fortune 500 customers, there is at least a fifty percent chance that I may be called upon to do some in the trenches desktop support work. Such drudgery...
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
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