Welcome to the this week’s Quotes of the Week: The F-35 is delayed further, a software bugs means cheap taxis in India and more.
Pentagon Extends F-35 Software Testing to Fix Flaws
“the software “will finish with deficiencies remaining that will affect operational units.””
The costliest U.S Systems ever designed to date, the F-35 has been delayed further although the Marine Corps is expecting to announce its version as ready for combat by July. The software issues of the flight have meant that the new plane has been in development for a number of years. Flight tests were supposed to be completed last month after a four month delay. Read More here
Report on the Future of Software Testing
A report has been produced on the future of software testing which predicts that the industry will grow by 11% up to 2018. Read More here
A Software bug means Cheaper Taxis in India
“Like any technology company, we progressively issue updates which include bug fixes from time to time. We urge users to update their apps to the latest version”
Bugs have been exposed in a app in India that is similar to Halo. A number of software programmers using the app have found ways to expose vulnerabilities in the app that allows regular customers to avail of offer available to only new customers as well as hire a taxi and charge it to another customers account. The company said ther were addressing the issues. Read More here.
Open source can mean more secure Software
“Given that all software has gaping security flaws, the best software will be that which enables a community of interested, capable developers to fix it.”
Despite the recent issues with a number of bugs appearing on Open Source software recently, Matt Asay argues that Open Source is the most secure and most likely to have bugs fixed quickly than any other form of software. Read More here.
Android Bug Creeps up on Users
“Researchers with security firm Palo Alto Networks are warning Android users about a widespread vulnerability which could expose their devices to malware”
A discovery has been made in January 2014 on an bug in Android that means malware can be installed on a users phone. The software can only be installed if users install software from a third-party app store so installing from Google Play is safe. The latest version of Android has been updated but anyone using the old version of Android are still exposed. Read More here
