Software Testing

Google has given great products to it's customers. But now Google has decided to shut down some of it's products.
Aardvark
Desktop
Fast Flip
Google Maps API for Falsh
Google Pack
Google Web Security
Image Labeler
Notebook
Sidewiki
Subscribed Links
The most important one is Google Buzz.

The designer and inventor of C language and Unix Mr. Dennis Ritchie died on 15-10-2011
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/131900698.html

Dennis M. Ritchie | Software pioneer, 70 | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/15/2011 Dennis M. Ritchie, 70, who helped shape the modern digital era by creating software tools that power everything from search engines such as Google to smartphones, was found dead Wednesday at his home in Berkeley Heights, N.J.

Problem in Blackberry Research in Motion
Blackberry users in Asia, Europe, Middle East and Africa are facing problems in using black berry Email, Browsing and Messaging Service. It is already losing market to Apple and Samsung smart phones. This problem will cause a very negative impact on Blackberry RIM smart phones. Blackberry said there was switching failure in its private network. But they are unable to analyze what might be the problem for a third consecutive day. They should find the answer for the problem as soon as possible. So that the users sentiments will not be affected.
Stephen Bates manager of Blackberry RIM UK said the problem was due to data corruption.They are working hard on it, and solve it as soon as possible.

Facebook commits mistake in its latest app for ipad.
A user find bugs in Facebook app for iPad. See testing is how much important for any organization. The organization may be a budding organization or it may be a top organization. Users feel that Facebook may have tested the app well before it's release to users. The cost of fixing a bug after it's release will be thousand times more before it's Prerelease fix. Every organization has to take care of it's resources and benefit from the resources to maximum extent.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15256901

Facebook app 'riddled with bugs' Hours after Facebook's release of its long-awaited iPad app, users have started reporting bugs.

11th Software Testing Conference in India
http://www.qaiglobalservices.com/minisites/stc_2011/index.htm

STC 2011

Microsoft is planning to take over Skype for a deal of 8.5 billion dollars.

Excellent motivational real life stories.
http://academictips.org/blogs/inspirational-videos/

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Good videos for learning Meditation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7NCfTo-xc&feature=related

1 of 5. How to Meditate, Yoga, Meditation http://www.youtube.com/EncognitiveVids http://www.encognitive.com New Age meditations are often influenced by Eastern philosophy and mysticism such as Yoga, ...

Failures due to improper testing
1. Microsoft’s Anti-Unix Site Crashes: Was not tested on different OS/Environments before switching from one environment to another.
2. Cisco Flaw Enables DoS Attack: Not properly tested for integration with different products other than that of the producer.
3. Computer Glitch Causes £22m Tax Error: Not properly tested the system as a whole. Lack of sufficient system testing to take care of data transfer aspects.
4. Yahoo Glitch strikes again: The system was not properly tested to see whether all its components successfully integrated before going live.
- all problems and failures due to lack of or ineffectiveness of testing effort.

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Hi All,

Techgig is conducting good Webinars on Software Testing, Project Management and Coding.

http://www.techgig.com/webinars.php

Webinars | Techgig Techgig.com provides the list of all the recently conducted webinars, bringing a chance to the Techies to listen to the Technology experts.