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First Halophile Potatoes Harvested 117

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 17, 2010 @03:36PM from the integrated-dill-is-the-next-step dept.

Razgorov Prikazka writes "A Dutch-based company from Groningen is trying to create a potato race that is able to survive in a saline environment. The first test-batch was just harvested (English translation of Dutch original) on the island Texel and seem to be in good shape. The company states that rising sea-levels will create a demand for halophile crops. I do wonder if one still has to put salt on ones potatoes when they are grown in salt water."

Wine 1.2 Released 427

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 16, 2010 @05:36PM from the pop-the-cork dept.

David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."

Intel Confirms Data Corruption Bug, Halts New SSDs 137

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 03, 2009 @06:00PM from the solid-state-death dept.

CWmike writes "Intel has confirmed that its new consumer-class X25-M and X18-M solid state-disk drives (SSDs) suffer from data corruption issues and said it has pulled back shipments to resellers. The X25-M (2.5-inch) and X18-M (1.8-inch) SSDs are based on a joint venture with Micron and used that company's 34-nanometer lithography technology. That process allows for a denser, higher capacity product that brings with it a lower price tag than Intel's previous offerings, which were based on 50-nanometer lithography technology. Intel says the data corruption problem occurs only if a user sets up a BIOS password on the 34-nanometer SSD, then disables or changes the password and reboots the computer. When that happens, the SSD becomes inoperable and the data on it is irretrievable. This is not the first time Intel's X25-M and X18-M SSDs have suffered from firmware bugs. The company's first generation of drives suffered from fragmentation issues resulting in performance degradation over time. Intel issued a firmware upgrade as a fix."

Comment When they fail (Score 1) 254

by rgrosz789 on Thursday November 16, 2006 @06:15PM (#16876810) Attached to: How Often Do You Replace Your Hard Drives?

I replace them only when they fail, which only happened once on a laptop several years ago. I use external drives for backups, and I have had MANY of those drives fail (IBM DeskStar, etc.)

My rule is that I replace BOTH of my backup hard drives when they get full, which usually takes about 2 years. And I always replace them with ones that are twice as big. I also ONLY buy drives that have at least a 3 year warranty.

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