Qantas A380 fly-by-wire control system didn't cause engine failure

  The Long View (Computerworld)

When discussing QF31, we need more science and less hyperbolic linkbait. Cooler heads should prevail.
This week brought us the so-called "engine explosion" and "crash landing" of a Rolls-Royce-powered, Qantas Airbus A380 double-deck superjumbo, at Singapore's Changi airport. Predictably, the media is full of uninformed speculation about what happened. Some are even blaming the aircraft's computerized, fly-by-wire control systems. Let's take a step back from all the hyperbole, and see what we actually know so far about the Qantas QF31 A380 engine failure emergency, in The Long View...

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Hurrah! Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman lose!

  The Long View (Computerworld)

So Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman both lost in yesterday's mid-terms (albeit unofficially, so far). I say: good. This is not a political opinion, though. Just plain old common sense, as is normal for The Long View...

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Enterprise Developers: Don't stop believing in Microsoft Silverlight

  The Long View (Computerworld)

Is Microsoft really ditching Silverlight for HTML5? Really? It was Microsoft's Professional Developer's Conference last week. What conclusions should enterprise developers draw? Let's dig deeper, in The Long View...

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iPhone daylight-saving bug: fall back to late alarms

  The Long View (Computerworld)

These are the dog days of DST, people: get ready to fall back. And prepare for an insidious bug in iOS, where alarms go off late. If you rely on your iPhone to get you up after the time change, you may be in trouble. The daylight saving bug may make Fall 2010 alarming, once you go back to Standard time. Let's see what's up, in The Long View...

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