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Submission + - F-35 radar bug mandates mid-flight system reboot

Submitted by Lisandro on Thursday March 10, 2016 @02:36PM

Lisandro writes: The F-35 program just can't seem to catch a break. Ars Techinca is reporting that its advanced AN/APG-81 AESA radar has a software problem that causes the radar to degrade and stop working. The solution? Rebooting the system while in the air.

Submission + - Java 7 ships with severe bug (lucidimagination.com)

Submitted by Lisandro on Friday July 29, 2011 @11:21AM

Lisandro writes: Lucid Imagination just posted an announcement about a severe bug in the recently released Java 7. Apparently some loops are miscompiled due to errors in the HotSpot compiler optimizator, which causes programs to fail. Apparently this bug impacts several Apache projects directly — Apache Lucene Core and Apache Solr have already raised an warning, noting that the bug might be present in Java 6 as well.

Submission + - EFL 1.0 is finally released (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Lisandro on Saturday January 29, 2011 @12:05PM

Lisandro writes: The Enlightenment crew has finally released the first version of the Enlightenemnt Foundation Libraries, which the E17 desktop are built on.

Submission + - Apple press release regarding iPhone 4 reception (apple.com)

Submitted by Lisandro on Friday July 02, 2010 @09:46AM

Lisandro writes: Apple has just releases a letter addressing the signal issues a lot of users seem to be having with their iPhone 4. They claim to have discovered the cause for the drop in bars, which is "both simple and surprising" — a wrong formula used to calculate how many bars are displayed for a given signal strength.

Submission + - What if Michael Bay did "The Dark Knight"?

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Lisandro

on Thursday August 21, 2008 @07:36PM

Lisandro writes: "We all know that Nolans' two takes on the caped avenger were excellent. But... what if Michael Bay wrote and directed "The Dark Knight"? The guys at Spill.com apparently got hold of a rejected Bay script for the film. This is not something to be missed."

Submission + - Superconductor imune to magnetism discovered

Submitted by Lisandro on Tuesday June 03, 2008 @09:16AM

Lisandro writes: Daily Tech reports that a research group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee has discovered a new unique class of superconductors which seem to be almost completely immune to magnetism. Possible applications of the new tech include ultra-efficient superconducting motors and power transmission lines.

Submission + - 640gb PCIe solid-state drive demonstrated

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Lisandro

on Friday September 28, 2007 @12:30PM

Lisandro writes: "Engadget.com reports tht Fusion-io has presented a 640gb solid-state flash hard on a PCIe card, with sustained data rates of 800Mb/sec for reading and 600Mb/sec for writing. The device will allegedly start shipping in several sizes (from 40GB up to 640GB) next quarter. Demonstration pictures, videos and interviews are available here."

Submission + - DreamWorks picks up Neil Gainmans' "Interworld

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Lisandro

on Monday June 18, 2007 @02:41PM

Lisandro writes: "Geeksofdoom.com reports that best-selling author Neil Gaiman has announced that DreamWorks Animation has optioned the film rights for his upcoming novel, "Interworld". Gaiman said that in 1996 he began working with Michael Reaves on the idea for a story 'about a boy who finds himself in the middle of a war between two equally powerful forces, who joins a super-team consisting of versions of himself from different alternate realities to try and maintain the cosmic balance.' Soon after, the idea was pitched to DreamWorks and other studios, but was turned down."

Submission + - Human blood may contain a cure for AIDS

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Lisandro

on Friday April 20, 2007 @10:39AM

Lisandro writes: "German scientists at the University of Ulm have identified a natural ingredient of human blood that prevents the HIV-1 virus from from infecting immune cells and multiplying. The molecule, which they call virus-inhibitory peptide (VIRIP), promises new types of effective treatment for HIV in the future."

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