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Microsoft Finds Root for WP7 SMS Bug, Promises Fix for It

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the latest flavor of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, was recently discovered to suffer from a security issue, one that resulted in the handset to crash when a specific message was received. Microsoft has been hard at work during the past few weeks to find the cause for this issue, ...

28 December 2011
16:01 GMT

Nintendo Ready to Fix Game Breaking Skyward Sword Bug

Video game publisher Nintendo seems to be ready to send out a solution for those players affected by The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword bug that makes the main quest impossible to complete.The Japanese division of the company says that it will offer a downloadable fix for those who have their Nintendo Wii consoles co...

16 December 2011
02:50 GMT

Fix Windows 7 SP1 ‘Error 633’ and Failed Dial-up Connections

Customers running Windows 7 RTM and Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) can have issues establishing a dial-up connection after they wake their computers from sleep or hibernation. Microsoft has officially confirmed the issue, and published KB 2618301, offering additional details to users impacted by this problem. Acc...

27 October 2011
08:11 GMT

Toshiba Thrive Sleep Problems Solved by Update

Toshiba did not let itself stay too far behind the other companies with tablets up for sale, though its own product had some issues to contend whith, some which, fortunately, have supposedly been fixed at last.The media tablet market is one that most definitely took the IT industry by storm, at least as far as the l...

4 August 2011
07:29 GMT

Windows 7 SP1 Fix Allows the Deletion of URLs Longer than 425 Characters from Browsing History

Microsoft has confirmed an issue in which customers running Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are prevented from deleting long URLs stored in Internet Explorer’s browsing history. According to the software giant, affected are not only users running the RTM Builds of the two operating systems, but also those...

30 June 2011
04:17 GMT

Fix Blurry/Fuzzy Font Problem in IE9 on Windows 7 SP1

Microsoft is finally addressing an issue that users have been reporting for a while now, providing a fix for a font rendering problem affecting some of those running Internet Explorer 9. The software giant confirmed that text displayed in some core fonts can appear blurred in IE9. This is a browser related glitch, a...

29 June 2011
04:48 GMT

Fix for Illegally Updated (Walshed) Windows Phones Now Available

A few weeks ago, Redmond-based software giant started the delivery of a software update for its mobile phone users, one that brought Copy&Paste functionality on Windows Phone devices, called NoDo. Soon after the company started the delivery of this update, a tool that enabled the “illegal” update of some...

14 May 2011
05:35 GMT

How to Fix Bulletstorm PC Graphics Issues

Barely has Bulletstorm been launched and already PC users are encountering a wide array of issues with their version, including 16-bit jaggy shadows, lighting issues or bad overall graphics performance even if they have a powerful PC.On our own playthrough, Bulletstorm has been running smoothly, with all the details ...

24 February 2011
05:50 GMT

What to Do if Your Mac Has Video Problems

Most Mac owners have heard of people that have or had problems with their Apple computer’s display. Some Macs have problems with their internal displays while others will have issues when connected to external displays that are not necessarily Apple approved material. Some Macs might also have problems with bot...

20 January 2011
07:21 GMT

Fix Windows 7 LG Notebooks "Consider Replacing Your Battery" Error Messages

Upgrading their LG notebook to Windows 7 has left some customers scrambling for new batteries after the new operating system suggested they needed to replace their old one, and scratching their heads when the "Consider replacing your battery" persisted. Microsoft confirmed that users were seeing a warning message im...

12 January 2011
02:57 GMT

Google Says Fixes for Android SMS Bugs Coming Soon

Android, Google's mobile operating system, should soon taste a series of fixes, some of which are meant to solve issues that many users of the platform signaled in regard to the SMS application on their devices. As previously reported, some Android phones were sending text messages to the wrong recipients, whic...

6 January 2011
13:51 GMT

What to Do if You Can't Turn Your iPod On

There are times when nothing works as it should and your iPod is no exception. You may want to contradict me but all iPods will, eventually, experience one or more of the issues presented in this article. Your iPod may not power on at all, it may display the battery logo and refuse to respond to any of your commands,...

30 July 2010
12:51 GMT

Nexus One 3G Issues Might See a Fix Shortly

Nexus One by HTC is the first mobile phone that became available for purchase with Google's Android 2.1 operating system on board, and also the first device to be sold directly via Google's own web store. The handset is available for purchase in the US since early January, and users can shag it either free...

26 January 2010
03:38 GMT

Three Important Snow Leopard Troubleshooting Tips

You have just finished installing your Snow Leopard copy on your Mac and you are getting ready to know it better when… you end up with a Tiger or Leopard desktop or, even worse, with a gray screen. If that has not happened to you, how about not being able to install Snow Leopard on your Mac at all? What can yo...

13 November 2009
12:01 GMT

Here's How You Can Install Prototype on the PS3

The PlayStation 3 has always been hyped up by Sony for having some big hard drives come with the different versions of the console. This made a lot of developers create a mandatory install in order to speed up the loading times from the Blu-ray disc that was inserted into the console. Prototype is one of the latest ...

11 June 2009
03:02 GMT

iPhone 2.2.1 Fixes SMS Issue, Users Report

Several Apple Discussions posters are reporting that updating to the latest version of the iPhone firmware (2.2.1) has resolved a widespread glitch with text messaging. Interestingly, Apple did not mention including such a fix with the release of the new software update.By connecting their devices to iTunes, users ar...

29 January 2009
04:12 GMT

The First Patch for Far Cry 2 Has Been Launched

Far Cry 2 is one of the most expected games this year, being the successor to one of the most breath taking games in the pretty big portfolio of French company Ubisoft. Although the first game was developed by CryTek, which have recently launched the Crysis series, this second Far Cry title was developed by the team ...

6 November 2008
12:01 GMT

VLC Player Not Safe!

Among all the media players that are available on the market, VLC is known to be one of the best for two reasons. First, it comes with a wide variety of video codecs, thus being the ideal tool for opening any file format, and second, it is free. Some philosopher from olden days said wine should have three qualities: ...

20 March 2008
13:06 GMT

No Fix for the NFS ProStreet Corrupting Patch, Yet

In case you didn't know, EA's December patch for Need for Speed ProStreet manages to do one important thing: it corrupts your PS3 or PC version of the game. There's no fix from the game's producer yet, but seemingly they're sorry for the issue and they're trying to solve it. Here's...

9 January 2008
08:09 GMT

Google Listens to Its Users

In a continuous attempt to make its users happy, Google decided to step up its support response to those in dire need of assistance and began taking every service at a time to solve the most outstanding problems reported.Today, it is the Official Blogger Buzz from Blogger reporting that some of the features that had ...

21 December 2007
06:07 GMT

New PS3 Firmware Arrives with System Issues

Updating your firmware has become an obligation nowadays, even if we're talking about a PS3 console of iPhone. Sony's next-gen gaming device has just benefited from a firmware update and people have already started complaining about the issues it causes. According to Destructoid the PS3 owners who have ins...

14 November 2007
10:53 GMT

Yahoo Messenger Fix: No More 40-Characters Status

A few days ago, numerous consumers reported an annoying bug in Yahoo Messenger which apparently limited most of the users' statuses to no more than 40 characters. Until now, all the users who installed the application were able to set a status of a maximum of 250 characters which makes the limitation pretty anno...

9 October 2007
09:25 GMT

Fix Your Xbox 360 "Red Ring of Death" Issue Now!

It appears that a group of skilled gamers have found a way to fix the Xbox 360's greatest issue, the "Red Ring of Death", which has troubled many console owners. A fixing guide was made available, but it's not free, so you'll spend $24.95 for a PDF document that teaches you how to repair your gaming d...

21 September 2007
04:13 GMT

Skype Updated and Waiting for Your Download

If you're one of the numerous Skype users, you should really update your application to the latest version because the producers improved the program with several abilities. In an email sent to the registered users, Skype informed the users that a new version is waiting for their downloads, the new release being...

11 September 2007
09:15 GMT

How to Unbrick a PSP. Bad Mods Can Be Fixed!

Yes, I know that modding your PSP is illegal, but is fixing it after a failed modding attempt illegal too? After all, it's just a second shot given to those noobs that bricked their PSP consoles... The bottom line is that now there's hope for every bricked PSP in the world as a group of hard-working homebr...

24 August 2007
08:46 GMT

YouTube Bug? Not Anymore!

Every once in a while, the YouTube team discovers bugs, errors or just simple glitches that affect the experience of viewing the online clips. Recently, it was reported that there was a bug in the subscriber count system that caused the technology to crash so no new subscriber was recorded. Because sometimes it is v...

20 August 2007
06:53 GMT


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