Bugs may be resistant to genetically modified corn

[ via Tehran Times ] 1 January

The genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected.

The U.S. food supply is not in any immediate danger because the problem remains isolated. But scientists fear potentially risky farming practices could be blunting the hybrid's sophisticated weaponry.

A scientist recently sounded an alarm throughout the biotech industry when he published findings concluding that rootworms in a handful of Bt cornfields in Iowa had evolved an ability to survive the corn's formidable defenses.

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iOS 5.0.2 Release Date delayed due to Memory Leaks In Code [Rumor]

Full Story: Chip Hazard / Wahaab JB 23 Nov

There are rumors in the air that iOS 5.0.2 that was likely to be released this week with bug fixes that prevailed in iOS 5.0.1, has been delayed. According to a German website, issues like memory leaks in code are going to require further testing which might delay the update.

Apple is reportedly trying to fix all the problems in iOS 5.0.2 to avoid another minor fix releases to solve issues which are big.

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VMWare to fix Leopard and Snow Leopard Accidental Virtualization Bug

Full Story: Chip Hazard 22 Nov

It was previously reported that VMWare’s new version of Fusion (4.1)  release came up with the ability to virtualize non-server version of Leopard and Snow Leopard by the users which was a violation of Apple’s OS X licensing terms.

But whenever a Fusion user tried to virtualize the above mentioned OS, a dialog would appear which left the legality decisions to be made by the users which appeared to be an intentional decision by VMware. But  that was apparently a bug that VMWare is probably going to fix.

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