Author: ProHoster

Heptapod public hosting announced for open source projects using Mercurial

The developers of the Heptapod project, which develops a fork of the open collaborative development platform GitLab Community Edition, adapted to use the Mercurial source control system, announced the introduction of public hosting for Open Source projects (foss.heptapod.net) using Mercurial. Heptapod's code, like GitLab, is distributed under the free MIT license and can be used to deploy similar code hosting on its servers. […]

Critical vulnerabilities in the Magento e-commerce platform

Adobe has released an update to the open platform for organizing e-commerce Magento (2.3.4, 2.3.3-p1 and 2.2.11), which occupies about 10% of the market for systems for creating online stores (Adobe became the owner of Magento in 2018). The update eliminates 6 vulnerabilities, of which three are assigned a critical level of danger (details have not yet been announced): CVE-2020-3716 - the ability to execute attacker code when executing […]

LibreOffice 6.4 office suite release

The Document Foundation presented the release of the office suite LibreOffice 6.4. Ready-made installation packages are prepared for various distributions of Linux, Windows and macOS, as well as an edition for deploying the online version in Docker. In preparation for the release, 75% of the changes were made by employees of the companies supervising the project, such as Collabora, Red Hat and CIB, and 25% of the changes were added by independent enthusiasts. Key innovations: […]

Linux 5.6 kernel adopts code supporting VPN WireGuard and MPTCP (MultiPath TCP) extension

Linus Torvalds included in the repository in which the future branch of the Linux 5.6 kernel is being formed, patches with the implementation of the VPN interface from the WireGuard project and initial support for the MPTCP (MultiPath TCP) extension. Previously, the cryptographic primitives required for WireGuard to work were moved from the Zinc library to the standard Crypto API and included in the 5.5 kernel. With WireGuard's features you can […]

The developers of the "medieval GTA" Rustler are preparing to go on Kickstarter and ask for donations "minted coin"

Jutsu Games is preparing to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the “medieval GTA” Rustler. This unofficial name was invented by the developers themselves due to the similarity of their future project with the first part of the Grand Theft Auto series. In anticipation of the start of the crowdfunding campaign, the authors released a funny teaser. The published video shows a bard walking through the streets of a medieval city and performing a converted […]

XCP-ng, a free variant of Citrix XenServer, is part of the Xen project

The developers of XCP-ng, which is developing a free and free replacement for the proprietary cloud infrastructure management platform XenServer (Citrix Hypervisor), announced that they are joining the Xen project, which is being developed as part of the Linux Foundation. Moving under the wing of the Xen Project will allow XCP-ng to be considered as a standard distribution for deploying virtual machine infrastructure based on the Xen hypervisor and XAPI. Merging with Xen Project […]

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Ultimate Edition is out on PS4 and Xbox One

Publisher Versus Evil and developers from Obsidian Entertainment announced the release of console versions of the party role-playing game Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition. Today the game became available on PS4 and Xbox One. You can purchase it both on physical media and in digital stores: in the PlayStation Store it costs 3499 rubles, in the Microsoft Store - $59,99. Except […]

“After all, this is your nightmare”: a blogger revealed the unused lines of the Minister of Blood from Bloodborne

As promised, ahead of the new video about the secrets of PT, blogger and modder Lance McDonald published a video about the cut content of the PS4 exclusive Bloodborne. This time on the agenda is the mysterious Minister of Blood, whose presence in the release version of the game is limited to the introductory video. With this character, the main character enters into a contract for a Yharnam blood transfusion. […]

The developers of Dauntless lost their independence - the studio was acquired by Garena

The gaming division of the Singaporean corporation Sea Limited, Garena, announced the acquisition of Phoenix Labs, which last year released the online role-playing action game Dauntless. Together, Garena and Phoenix Labs plan to drive Dauntless's continued growth and "explore new opportunities in the global and mobile markets." The transaction amount is not disclosed. The existing management will continue to set the direction of the studio's development. By […]

Australian scientists come up with a flexible nano-thin touchscreen

Touch screens of smartphones and displays have become a part of our lives. All that remains is to make them even better - brighter, stronger, more flexible, more reliable and cheaper. As it turned out, scientists from Australia can offer improvements on each of the points listed above. A team of Australian scientists from the University of New South Wales, Monash University and the ARC Center of Excellence in Technology […]

The Division 3 Episode 2 Story Trailer Showcases Coney Island

Next month, Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will release an update called Coney Island: The Hunt. As part of it, the developers will continue to develop the game and tell stories that unfold after the completion of the main plot. On this occasion, Ubisoft presented a new trailer. This will be the fourth and final major update in the first year of support for the co-op action RPG. Besides […]