A Minnesota man accused of drunk driving has sued to see the source code of the Intoxilyzer 5000EN machine that busted him, and the state Supreme Court is allowing the request to go forward.
CNET also has a mention of the Intoxilyzer being based on the Z-80 microprocessor.
Daniel Kunkle can solve a Rubik's Cube in 26 moves. Or at least his computer can.
That's impressive!
Atlassian Software Systems today announced the acquisition of Cenqua, a supplier of market-leading software engineering tools Clover, FishEye, and Crucible. This acquisition combines two of the fastest growing producers of software development tools.
Mike tells me that there are many, many cool integrations coming up soon. Definitely something to keep an eye on.
In the real world I have a Porsche Carrera GT, I have a McLaren F1, and anybody that tells you they've taken those cars to 200mph is a liar. They haven't. Believe me. I did a couple of hundred laps at Talladega and the fastest I got to was 190mph — on a track. By myself. And it was scary. Nobody does those speeds on a public road. If you do, you should be in prison. The real-world fun of acceleration is between 40mph and 80mph…
How many time you've heard someone saying: "I was going over 200mph on the freeway." Now you know better.
