Jim Whitehead and Sung Kim looked at the source control logs from large software projects, and used the information to predict when a code check-in will have bugs. They gave a talk at Google on their work, and there a video available.
You can save a copy formatted for iPods and PSP, versions less dodgy (on Safari) than Google’s Flash Player.
Google’s put several of these tech talks online. Michael Schwartz’s presentation on auctions for internet advertising looks interesting as well.
