Some interesting resources available on the web:

This Microsoft site provides a complete overview on globalization and all related activities:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/getWR/steps/testing/test_l10n_test.mspx

A good introduction on the different aspects of testing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing#Software_testing_certification_types

Hundreds of testing tools listed in alphabetical order: http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Software_Testing/Products_and_Tools

Almost everything about testing. Strangely localization testing is overlooked:
http://www.softwareqatest.com

More technical than the previous one. Includes a thorough overview on platform specific testing technologies: http://www.aptest.com/resources.html

On this site there are over 390 Open Source tools waiting to be downloaded. Being open source means that they can be used and modified freely: http://www.opensourcetesting.org/

The American testing mag Software Test & Performance – with spoofs and funnies – also many white papers and tools to download: http://www.stpmag.com

A list of resources for testing professionals: http://www.io.com/~wazmo/qa

Here’s an extract from the section on notorious bugs.
"Ariane 5, June 1996. The maiden launch of the Ariane 5 rocket blew up 40 seconds from liftoff. The rocket and its four satellites were uninsured and worth $500 million. The proximate cause of the crash was an overflow error due to an attempt to convert a 64 bit floating point value into a 16 bit integer. This error occurred in code that was non-functional after liftoff, when the error occurred. The Inquiry Board report provides details regarding the software failure and the design policies that lead to it. A note in the Risks Digest indicates that a complete system test would have found the problem but was vetoed for budgetary reasons."

An excellent overview on the Software life cycle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process

The main localization industry magazine. Many articles and reviews about tools, the industry and its main events – many free downloads: http://www.multilingual.com

One of the main regular events in the localization industry:
http://www.localizationworld.com

And finally the site of the Localization Industry Standard Association:
http://www.lisa.org/Overview.1001.0.html