Gav has done some sums and thinks the Citroen AX GT is a very worthwhile alternative to the Peugeot 205 GTI……

noahfecks writes “It seems that the GCC developers are taking steps to roll out significant improvements after CLANG became more competitive. ‘Among the highlights to look forward to right now with GCC 4.9 are: The Undefined Behavior Sanitizer has been ported to GCC; Ada and Fortran have seen upgrades; Improved C++14 support; RX100, RX200, and…

Australian aviation authorities tell fools with toys to stop buzzing water-bombers……

theodp writes “That there’s no easy way for her to get timely, affordable access to taxpayer-funded research that could help her patients leaves speech-language pathologist Cortney Grove, well, speechless. ‘Cortney’s frustration,’ writes the EFF’s Adi Kamdar, ‘is not uncommon. Much of the research that guides health-related progress is funded by taxpayer dollars through government grants,…

schwit1 sends this quote from the NY Times “The Justice Department for the first time has notified a criminal defendant that evidence being used against him came from a warrantless wiretap, a move that is expected to set up a Supreme Court test of whether such eavesdropping is constitutional. The government’s notice allows the defendant’s…