An anonymous reader writes: It may come as a surprise to many, but the 20-year-old Compaq LTE 5280 still plays a vital role in maintaining multi-million dollar McLaren F1s. Jalopnik recently visited McLaren's Special Operations workshop where it found several of Compaq's old laptops serving their masters. Why do they rely on these dated computers, you ask? A McLaren Special Operations staff explains, "The reason we need those specific Compaq laptops is that they run a bespoke CA card which is installed into them. The CA card is an interface between the laptop software (which is DOS based) and the car. We are currently working on a new interface which will be compatible with modern laptops as the old Compaqs are getting less and less reliable and harder to find." For those wondering, the Compaq LTE 5280 comes with a 120MHz Intel Pentium processor, up to "80MB" of RAM, and up to 16MB of HDD.

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Greenpeace campaign group publishes 248 pages of confidential documents online to "shine a light" on so-called TTIP.

Greenpeace campaign group publishes 248 pages of confidential documents online to "shine a light" on so-called TTIP.

Foxes pull off a miracle after Chelsea come from two goals down to hold second-placed Tottenham.

Foxes pull off a miracle after Chelsea come from two goals down to hold second-placed Tottenham.

Company said to be heavily in debt lays off foreign workers and also intends to cut 12,000 jobs held by Saudi nationals.

Company said to be heavily in debt lays off foreign workers and also intends to cut 12,000 jobs held by Saudi nationals.

Examining al-Qaeda founder's impact on how American policymakers and Western countries deal with the Middle East.

Examining al-Qaeda founder's impact on how American policymakers and Western countries deal with the Middle East.

Reader itwbennett writes: In September 2014, Nvidia sued both Samsung and Qualcomm, asking for shipments of Galaxy phones and tablets with graphics processors from Qualcomm, ARM and Imagination Technologies to be blocked. Samsung fired back, suing Nvidia for patent infringement, and for supposedly false claims by Nvidia that its Tegra K1 was the world's fastest mobile processor. Now, in an agreement announced today, Nvidia and Samsung have agreed to 'settle all outstanding IP litigation'. Under the agreement, the companies will license 'a small number' of patents to each other, though they said there's no broad cross-license agreement. There's also no financial payment. And no mention was made of Qualcomm.

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