Author: ProHoster

Intel's next-generation discrete graphics solutions to launch mid-next year

It is not entirely correct to call discrete graphics solutions of the Xe family the first for Intel, since the company has already made attempts to gain a foothold in the discrete graphics market. In the nineties of the last century, it produced gaming video cards with varying success, and at the beginning of this century it tried to return to this market segment, but in the end it turned the “Larrabee project” into Xeon computing accelerators […]

Global strategy Crusader Kings II became free on Steam

Publisher Paradox Interactive has made one of its most successful global strategies, Crusader Kings II, free. The project can already be downloaded by anyone on Steam. However, you must purchase add-ons, of which there are a decent amount for the game, separately. On the occasion of the approaching PDXCON 2019 event, all DLC for the mentioned project is sold with discounts of up to 60%. Paradox company […]

NPD Group: NBA 2K20, Borderlands 3 and FIFA 20 dominated September

According to research firm NPD Group, consumer spending on video games in the United States continued to decline in September. But this does not concern fans of NBA 2K20 - the basketball simulator immediately confidently took first place in sales for the year. “In September 2019, spending on consoles, software, accessories and game cards was $1,278 billion, […]

Huawei's revenue grew by 24,4% in the first three quarters of 2019

Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, blacklisted by the US government and under enormous pressure, reported that its revenue rose 24,4% in the first three quarters of 2019 to 610,8 billion yuan (about $86 billion), compared with the same year. period 2018. During this period, over 185 million smartphones were shipped, which also […]

Python 2.7.17 release

A correction release of Python 2.7.17 is available, which reflects the bug fixes made since March of this year. The new version also fixes three vulnerabilities in expat, httplib.InvalidURL and urllib.urlopen. Python 2.7.17 is the penultimate release in the Python 2.7 branch, which will be deprecated in early 2020. Source: opennet.ru

First release of Pwnagotchi, WiFi hacking toys

The first stable release of the Pwnagotchi project has been presented, developing a tool for hacking wireless networks, designed in the form of an electronic pet resembling a Tamagotchi toy. The main prototype of the device is built on the Raspberry Pi Zero W board (firmware is provided for booting from an SD card), but it can also be used on other Raspberry Pi boards, as well as in any Linux environment that […]

Development of Xfce 4.16 has begun

The Xfce desktop developers have announced the completion of the planning and dependency freezing phases, and the project is moving to the development stage of a new branch 4.16. Development is planned to be completed in the middle of next year, after which three preliminary releases will remain before the final release. Upcoming changes include the end of optional support for GTK2 and an overhaul of the user interface. If, when preparing a version [...]

Confirmed: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will have quality and speed modes on XB1X and PS4 Pro

After many years of rumors, announcements, released trailers and game videos, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (in Russian localization - “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”) is ready to hit the market. There is less than a month left until the announced date of November 15th. Recently, journalists from the WeGotThisCovered resource had the opportunity to evaluate the almost final build of the game and were quick to share some impressions and news. The game is not [...]

PlayStation video story about Hideo Kojima's visit to Moscow

At the beginning of October, a special guest at the IgroMir exhibition was Japanese game developer Hideo Kojima, known for the cult Metal Gear series. The game designer also visited the “Evening Urgant” program and presented the Russian dubbing of his game Death Stranding, which will soon be released exclusively on PS4. Somewhat belatedly, Sony on its Russian-language PlayStation channel shared a video story about visiting […]

Full multi-tenancy in Zimbra OSE with Zextras Admin

Multitenancy is one of the most effective models for providing IT services today. A single instance of the application, running on one server infrastructure, but which is at the same time accessible to many users and enterprises, allows you to minimize the cost of providing IT services and achieve their maximum quality. The Zimbra Collaboration Suite Open-Source Edition architecture was originally designed with the idea of ​​multitenancy in mind. Thanks to this, […]

Launch of the Otus.ru project

Friends! The Otus.ru service is a tool for employment. We use educational methods to select the best specialists for business tasks. We collected and categorized the vacancies of major players in the IT business, and created courses based on the requirements received. We have entered into agreements with these companies that our best students will be interviewed for relevant positions. We connect, we hope, [...]

OTUS. Our Favorite Mistakes

Two and a half years ago we launched the Otus.ru project and I wrote this article. To say that I was wrong is to say nothing at all. Today I would like to summarize and talk a little about the project, what we have achieved so far, what we have “under the hood”. I’ll start, perhaps, with the mistakes of that very article. […]