Author: ProHoster

The indestructible Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro goes on sale in Finland for 499 euros

Samsung presented in Finland, without much advertising noise, the secure Galaxy Xcover Pro smartphone, which will go on sale in the country on January 31 at a price of 499 euros. Galaxy Xcover Pro features a 6,3-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, supporting touch control with wet hands or gloves. The new product is based on an eight-core Exynos 9611 processor with a clock frequency of up to 2,3 […]

History of the transistor, part 3: multiple reinvention

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Corsair A500 CPU cooler is equipped with two fans

Corsair has announced the A500, a large-size cooling solution suitable for use with AMD and Intel processors. The solution includes an aluminum radiator with dimensions 137 × 169 × 103 mm. On its opposite sides there is one 120 mm ML120 PWM fan installed. The fan speed is adjustable in the range from 400 to 2400 rpm. The declared noise level does not exceed 36 […]

History of the transistor, part 2: from the crucible of war

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Internet History: ARPANET - Package

Diagram of the ARPA computer network for June 1967. An empty circle is a computer with shared access, a circle with a line is a terminal for one user Other articles in the series: History of the relay The method of “fast transmission of information”, or the Birth of the relay Long-range writer Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay Talking telegraph Just connect The forgotten generation of relay computers Electronic era History of electronic computers […]

History of the transistor: groping in the dark

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

The History of the Internet: Discovering Interactivity

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

New technological platform of the 20s. Why I disagree with Zuckerberg

I recently read an article in which Mark Zuckerberg made predictions about the next decade. I really like the topic of forecasts, I try to think along these lines myself. So, this article contains his words that every decade there is a change in the technology platform. In the 90s it was a personal computer, in the 10s it was the Internet, and in the XNUMXs it was a smartphone. On […]

History of the Internet: Core Network

Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]

Tesla Hack Payouts Increased in Pwn2Own 2020 and Ubuntu Hack Nomination Returned

The organizers of the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) have announced the Pwn2Own 2020 event, in which participants are invited to demonstrate working techniques for exploiting previously unknown vulnerabilities. The event will take place from March 18 to 20 as part of the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. The total prize pool in 2020 will be more than $4 million, not including the new Tesla Model 3 […]

Cable Haunt Attack to Take Control of Cable Modems

Security researchers from Lyrebirds have disclosed a vulnerability (CVE-2019-19494) in cable modems based on Broadcom chips that allows full control of the device. According to researchers, about 200 million devices in Europe, used by different cable operators, are affected by the problem. To check your modem, a script has been prepared that evaluates the activity of the problematic service, as well as a working prototype of an exploit for […]