Author: ProHoster

New episode of 'Friends' to be exclusive to HBO Max streaming service

A new episode of the hit comedy series Friends will premiere this May with the launch of the HBO Max streaming service. Information about this was published on the official website of WarnerMedia Corporation, which is the owner of the HBO television network. The report states that more than 15 years after the end of the series, the main characters will once again unite to please […]

ASUS improved VivoStick TS10 keychain computer

Back in 2016, ASUS introduced a miniature computer in the form of a VivoStick TS10 key fob. And now this device has an improved version. The original mini-PC model is equipped with an Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor of the Cherry Trail generation, 2 GB of RAM and a flash module with a capacity of 32 GB. Operating system: Windows 10 Home. New modification of the device (code TS10-B174D) […]

A team of scientists from Russia and the UK solved the mystery on the way to optical processors

Despite the widespread use of optical communication lines with transceivers and lasers, all-optical data processing remains a closely guarded mystery. A new study by a team of scientists from Russia and Great Britain, which has uncovered one of the fundamental mysteries of the strong interaction between light and organic molecules, will help advance this path. Organics have interested scientists for a reason. The evolution of earthly organisms is inextricably linked with [...]

Huawei will show the new MateBook at an online presentation on February 24

Huawei was expected to unveil a whole slew of new products at MWC 2020, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese manufacturer will show new products at its own presentation, which will be held online on February 24. Now Huawei has shared a new poster that hints at the release of a new device in the MateBook family, despite the fact that the company has not yet announced plans […]

Rating of Libraries Requiring Special Security Checks

The Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative, which brings together leading corporations to support open source projects in key areas of the computing industry, has conducted its second Census study to identify open source projects that need priority auditing. security. The second study focuses on the analysis of shared open source […]

New version of monitoring system Monitorix 3.12.0

Presented is the release of the monitoring system Monitorix 3.12.0, designed for visual monitoring of the operation of various services, for example, monitoring CPU temperature, system load, network activity and responsiveness of network services. The system is controlled via a web interface, the data is presented in the form of graphs. The system is written in Perl, RRDTool is used to generate graphs and store data, the code is distributed under the GPLv2 license. […]

Release of the Linux sound subsystem - ALSA 1.2.2

The release of the ALSA 1.2.1 audio subsystem has been presented. The new version affects the update of libraries, utilities and plugins that work at the user level. Drivers are developed in sync with the Linux kernel. Among the changes, in addition to numerous fixes in drivers, we can note the provision of support for the Linux 5.6 kernel, the expansion of the topology API (the method for drivers to load handlers from user space) and the integration of the fcplay utility, which allows […]

How OpenShift is changing the organizational structure of an IT organization. Evolution of organizational models in the transition to PaaS

While PaaS (Platform as a Service) solutions alone cannot change the way individuals and teams interact, they often serve as a catalyst for organizational change in response to increased IT agility. In fact, maximum return on PaaS investments can often only be achieved by changing organizational roles, responsibilities (tasks), and relationships. Fortunately, PaaS solutions […]

RedHat study: open source is pushing proprietary software out of the corporate segment

Open source software is slowly but surely conquering the corporate segment, as evidenced by a study by the RedHat team (PDF). The company conducted a survey among 950 executives of IT companies around the world. Of these, 400 people work in the USA, 250 in Latin America, 150 in the UK, and another 150 in English-speaking companies in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the results of a RedHat survey […]

Logging in a .Net microservice environment in practice

Logging is a very important developer tool, but when creating distributed systems, it becomes a stone that needs to be laid right into the foundation of your application, otherwise the complexity of developing microservices will quickly take its toll. .Net Core 3 added a great feature to pass correlation context in HTTP headers, so if your applications use direct HTTP calls for inter-service communication, then […]

IGN releases nine minutes of DOOM Eternal gameplay on one of the master levels

The English-language publication IGN published a 9-minute demonstration of DOOM Eternal gameplay on the Master Level Cultist Base. Journalist James Duggan talked about the implementation of master levels and the use of weapons on them. Master levels will be available to users regardless of the difficulty level selected. In them, players will have to fight various hordes of demons. At the same time, at the initial master levels you can meet monsters […]

ASUS and Google to preinstall Stadia client on ROG Phone 3

Google's cloud gaming service Stadia received a lot of negative attention at launch. This is mainly due to the lack of announced features, which is why the service felt more like a beta version than a finished product. Since then, Google has continually updated the platform, improving it month after month. The search giant recently announced support for more smartphones, including many popular Samsung and […]