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  • March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10

    Microsoft loses appeal on Office XML patent dispute with i4i

    Microsoft has lost an appeal in its dispute with i4i over XML support in Office 2003/2007, following a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

  • February 24, 2010 24 Feb'10

    Chinook Mk2's safety-critical backup system was faulty

    Software supplier EDS found so many anomalies in fuel-control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter that it became concerned that the Ministry of Defence and RAF would ignore the potential importance of each flaw because of the high volume of ...

  • February 22, 2010 22 Feb'10

    What was the 'dangerous' flaw in safety-critical Chinook system?

    Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre.

  • January 12, 2010 12 Jan'10

    Senior airmen question safety of Chinook software

    Three fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society have questioned whether the Chinook Mk2, of the type which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, was airworthy.