In his seminal work The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Eric Raymond put forward the claim that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” He dubbed this Linus’ Law, in honor of Linux creator Linus Torvalds. It sounds like a fairly self-evident statement, but as the Wikipedia page points out the notion has its detractors. Michael Howard and David LeBlanc claim in their 2003 book Writing Secure Code “most people just don’t know what to look for.” A new report from the Coverity Scan project today indicates that a great many people do know what to look for, and open source software is at least on par — if not better than! — proprietary software with respect to software defects. The Coverity Scan project evaluated selected open source projects and a number of anonymous proprietary codebases to identify “hard-to-spot, yet potentially crash-causing defects.” The results reinforce Linus’ Law.

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Sebastian Vettel posted the quickest time on the opening morning of Formula 1′s second pre-season test of 2012 at Barcelona. A late surge from the reigning champion established the Red Bull RB8 as the morning pace-setter, with Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg – who had been quickest for much of the morning – dropping to second. After a slow opening hour ? in which track activity mirrored the frosty conditions ? times steadily fell as the session wore on, with Hulkenberg the first to dip below the 1m24s bracket.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/vettel-tops-morning-session-at-barcelona/

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A couple of days ago, we told you about the new Sony PlayStation Vita.  Gaming gear can take a lot of abuse, and Decal Girl is ready with some skins to protect your Vita.  Decal Girl skins are made of premium automotive-grade cast vinyl; the adhesive resists the formation of air bubbles during application and [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/02/23/protect-your-new-sony-ps-vita-with-decal-girl-skins/

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Bahrain Grand Prix organisers have received a major boost after winning the support of a leading United Nations war crimes expert for this year’s race to go ahead.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/bahrain-secures-fresh-political-backing/

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Nico Hulkenberg’s morning efforts were enough to ensure Force India topped the second day of pre-season testing. With the sun at its zenith in the afternoon, teams opted to pursue long-run programmes rather than chase outright times, and there was therefore little change to the morning’s order

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hulkenberg-stays-on-top-at-barcelona/

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With Toshiba’s toes having already crossed the 560Mbps wireless transfer speed barrier, Sony is instead forced to emphasize that its new TransferJet chip has “industry-leading short-range sensitivity.” Crucially though, the miniaturised 6mm x 6mm device also boasts lower consumption compared to Sony’s previous offerings, making it suitable for smartphones and tablets rather than just cameras or laptops. The product should start appearing in devices some time after August and will sell to OEMs for ¥500 ($6) — which means it doesn’t beat Toshiba on price either.

Sony outs 350Mbps TransferJet chip for smartphones, tries not to stare at Toshiba originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/23/sony-outs-350mbps-transferjet-chip/

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In her latest blog, the actress’s daughter is testing her body’s limits at the playground – but Marie is always there to catch her when she falls.

Source: http://feeds.celebritybabies.com/~r/celebrity-babies/~3/k9KMpzbQDyc/

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Russian Sergey Sirotkin is to contest the Auto GP World Series with the Euronova Racing team of 1995 Formula 3000 International champion Vincenzo Sospiri.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/euronova-signs-sirotkin-for-auto-gp/

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Andreas Mikkelsen says he does not feel any extra pressure to perform now he is coming into the Intercontinental Rally Challenge season as defending champion.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/mikkelsen-calm-about-title-defence/

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Dodge, or rather SRT (we’re still getting used to it being its own brand), has been busy teasing us with the new Viper that will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April, but that doesn’t mean it’s completely done flaunting the performance capabilities of the old model. Only a few short months ago, SRT released a video of the Viper ACR reclaiming the lap record at the Nürburgring for a production car with a time of 7:12.13, taking the title away from the Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition.

Now the Viper Club of America has released a new video of the race-only Viper ACR-X tackling the Green Hell, and the result is even more impressive. The V10-powered spec racer lapped the circuit in just 7:03.058, more than nine seconds quicker than its roadgoing brother. It makes us wonder when we’ll start seeing six-minute lap times at the Nürburgring.

You can see a video of the impressive lap after the jump, including real-time stats like g-force and downforce included in the footage.

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SRT’s race-only Viper ACR-X laps Nürburgring in 7:03.058 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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