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On the first day of the second Formula One preseason test, the Marussia team saw its 2014 car complete only three laps around the track because some witless oaf in the team garage downloaded a "Trojan-type virus" onto its computer system. Whoops.

On the first day of the second Formula One preseason test, the Marussia team saw its 2014 car complete only three laps around the track because some witless oaf in the team garage downloaded a "Trojan-type virus" onto its computer system. Whoops.

""Graph TV," the latest project by data viz virtuoso Kevin Wu, lets you visualize IMDb's massive database of user ratings. Type in the name of a show and the site gamely spits out a graph of every episode, helpfully color coding seasons and drawing a linear regression line for each. No longer will your TV arguments be founded solely on vague recollections and long-held grudges. This is cold hard data."

"When do you use a spreadsheet, and when do you need a database? Both application types are used for managing data. How do you decide which would be more practical?"

"The cool kids these days are spinning vinyl discs on antique record players, and the analogue fightback may have made its way to the very top, according to a report that says the Kremlin is returning to typewriters in an attempt to avoid damaging leaks from computer hardware."