An issue with the automaker's Vehicle Stability Assist system software has led to the recall of nearly 44,000 2012-2013 Honda Fit Sport cars
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Robotic surgery has been one of the most touted medical care developments in the past several years, but the technology has also invited its share of controversy. While advocates claim that robotic tools can increase the precision of surgical procedures and reduce recovery times, detractors have argued that the technology introduces a number of high risk of complications while increasing the cost of care
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A software error that could allow transmissions to switch unexpectedly from manual to automatic mode, removing engine braking, has led General Motors to recall certain model year 2013 Cadillac SRX crossovers and Buick LaCrosse large sedans
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Automakers are working to develop windshields that can display digital information on everything from road conditions to driving directions to social media updates.
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The technological barriers for putting self-driving cars on the road are becoming less significant - Google recently claimed that its autonomous vehicles have logged 300,000 miles without an accident - but the legal ramifications of introducing such cars are just beginning to become clear.
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BMW recently issued a recall affecting 45,500 cars due to a software problem that could leave certain models’ transmission in neutral rather than park when owners shut the car off
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If you’re an organization that cares about security and the repercussions that come with that, then you probably already know all about Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). CWE is a community project sponsored by the MITRE Corporation. As a software vendor providing security vulnerability detection, it’s important to be part of the CWE Compatibility Program. This program identifies vendors that are officially CWE-compatible. This means you can count on the vendor to provide guidance in their product with respect to CWE identifiers, including direct links to the wealth of information that is kept up to date
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In my previous post, It’s time to create a custom checker…, we looked at the considerations involved in deciding which checker to create–AST or path? In this post, we’re going to use a custom checker to enforce an internal coding standard that extends the default set of checkers in our source code analysis tool. To do this, I’ve called upon Steve Howard, our head of Partner Support in Europe, to get us started with an AST checker to accomplish our goal. Steve has coached many customers through the checker creation process. In his experience, the
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Recently I was at our European partner advisory board. This is a session where we all get together and talk about the current market, the upcoming release and anything else to help our partners be more successful. The most valuable sessions for myself is hearing from the partners on what works and what doesn’t. This ranges from commercial issues to technical issues with the product. One very clear message from all the partners was that our MISRA support was a huge plus. Here in North America we have seen small pockets of adoption, but in
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I just got back from a visit to the Valley and had an awesome week in San Jose/San Fran. I even had time to play a bit of the tourist this time (I ran the Golden Gate bridge/Presidio). All that was fun, but what I always enjoy is the conversations we had with customers and prospects at this year’s ESC SJ 2010 conference. It is always interesting listening to their successes and teasing out the trending topics and new issues that matter to development teams. Here are the top three themes that caught my ear this year
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