However, some of the shine of the launch was removed by reports that a security firm had already found a flaw in the browser.

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That happened, the people said, after Bloomberg tested its computer system at an embargo procedure known as a "lockup" and found a flaw that could allow reporters to deliver data before the end of the embargo period.

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Dan Kaminsky, the security researcher who found a major flaw in the domain name system in 2008 and recently founded a new company devoted to securing Web applications, says that a rickety session management system combined with a record number of users led to the tangled logins.

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They found what they consider a flaw in the underlying formula: Pearson combined results from the two tests and used a theoretical shortcut to produce a final result.

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Now, a similar flaw has been found on the Galaxy S III that breaks the lock screen altogether, permitting full use of the phone.

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When Oracle released a patch, Security Explorations quickly found another flaw in the fix that would allow the new security measures to be bypassed.

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Interestingly, the effervescence commonly found in vinho verde was originally a result of fermentation that took place in the bottle, and was actually considered a flaw.

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