You think you know the story of the computer bug, don't you? A quaint anecdote from computing's early days, a simple moth ...

There is an interesting story from the history of technology behind the term "computer bug." Surprisingly, the word "bug" in this context originated not from a virus, but from an actual insect. The ...

NASA scientists are developing a software ‘checker program’ to find ‘bugs’ in spacecraft computer code more quickly and accurately to improve space mission safety. Ever since a moth crawled into an ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. American engineers have been calling ...

Members of the Legendary Computer Bugs Tribunal, honored guests, if I may have your attention? I would, humbly, submit a new contender for your esteemed judgment. You may or may not find it novel, you ...

A fix for a new computer bug could impact more than 20,000 websites, rendering them unreadable. WSJ's Jennifer Valentino-DeVries reports on MoneyBeat. Photo: iStock/mikkelwilliam ...

A new computer language designed to avoid unforeseen programming errors could prevent many computer security breaches, according to the US researchers behind the project. The language Cyclone is being ...

You can expect some computer bugs when dealing with laptops designed for students, but what about actual bugs? According to WRAL, families of students at Riverside High School in Durham, N.C. are ...

Microsoft is to expand its bug bounty scheme to reward people for finding high-risk security vulnerabilities that could impact the security of Microsoft’s online services. The company is extending its ...