TomTom has blamed a "leap year bug" for a fault causing some of its satellite navigation devices to malfunction. The firm said that a problem with its global positioning system firmware - code embedded into the devices - was causing "a limited number of models" to fail to identify their location.
Read the full story here: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17599701
Tom Tom Leap Year Bug
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Re: Tom Tom Leap Year Bug
zamad wrote:TomTom has blamed a "leap year bug" for a fault causing some of its satellite navigation devices to malfunction. The firm said that a problem with its global positioning system firmware - code embedded into the devices - was causing "a limited number of models" to fail to identify their location.
Read the full story here: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17599701
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