Software defects

Both Wired and IEEE Software have interesting articles this month about software defects and failures. The Wired articles even include animations of race conditions and buffer overruns.

Wired articles:

• "History's Worst Software Bugs" includes the infamous Therac-25 and the more recent problems in Panama. Make sure you click on the "top 10" list.
  
• "Battling Bugs: A Digital Quagmire", including Dijstra's famous quote about testing.
  

IEEE Software article: "High-tech Disasters" about Katrina and New Orleans.