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Submission + - Toyota pedal issue highlights move to electronics (wsj.com) 1

Submitted by cyclocommuter on Sunday January 31, 2010 @03:11PM

cyclocommuter writes: From the article: The gas pedal system used Toyota Motor Co.'s recall crisis was born from a movement in the auto industry to rely more on electronics to carry out a vehicle's most critical functions.

The intricacy of such systems, which replace hoses and hydraulic fluid with computer chips and electrical sensors, has been a focus as Toyota struggled to find the cause for sudden acceleration of vehicles that led the company to halt sales of eight models this week.

Submission + - Ten years of .NET - did Microsoft deliver? (theregister.co.uk) 2

Submitted by cyclocommuter on Thursday December 17, 2009 @09:17PM

cyclocommuter writes: Interesting snippet from this article from The Register: "If the goal of .NET was to see off Java, it was at least partially successful. Java did not die, but enterprise Java became mired in complexity, making .NET an easy sell as a more productive alternative. C# has steadily grown in popularity, and is now the first choice for most Windows development. ASP.NET has been a popular business web framework. The common language runtime has proved robust and flexible."

The article also continues: "Job trend figures here show steadily increasing demand for C#, which is now mentioned in around 32 per cent of UK IT programming vacancies, ahead of Java at 26 per cent."

Submission + - Sudden acceleration due to Toyota computer glitch? (go.com)

Submitted by cyclocommuter on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @09:50AM

cyclocommuter writes: Some Toyota owners are up in arms as they suspect the accidents have been caused by some kind of glitch in the electronic computer system used in Toyotas that controls the throttle. Refusing to accept the explanation of Toyota and the federal government, hundreds of Toyota owners are in rebellion after a series of accidents caused by what they call "runaway cars."

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