Author: ProHoster

Google Hire recruiting service to close in 2020

According to network sources, Google intends to close the employee search service, which was launched just two years ago. The Google Hire service is popular and has integrated tools that make it easier to find employees, including selecting candidates, scheduling interviews, providing reviews, etc. Google Hire was created primarily for small and medium-sized businesses. Interaction with the system is carried out […]

Microsoft to add exFAT support to Linux kernel

One of the Microsoft engineers announced in a blog post that support for the exFAT file system has been added to the Linux kernel. Microsoft has also published a specification for exFAT for developers. Source: linux.org.ru

Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 distribution release

Proxmox, known for developing the Proxmox Virtual Environment distribution kit for deploying virtual server infrastructures, has released the Proxmox Mail Gateway 6.0 distribution kit. Proxmox Mail Gateway is presented as a turnkey solution for quickly creating a system for monitoring mail traffic and protecting the internal mail server. The installation ISO image is available for free download. Distribution-specific components are open under the AGPLv3 license. For […]

Thunderbird 68.0 mail client release

A year after the publication of the last significant release, the Thunderbird 68 email client was released, developed by the community and based on Mozilla technologies. The new release is classified as a long-term support version, for which updates are released throughout the year. Thunderbird 68 is based on the codebase of the ESR release of Firefox 68. The release is available for direct download only, automatic updates […]

Sway 1.2 custom environment release using Wayland

The release of the composite manager Sway 1.2 has been prepared, built using the Wayland protocol and fully compatible with the i3 mosaic window manager and the i3bar panel. The project code is written in C and is distributed under the MIT license. The project is aimed at use on Linux and FreeBSD. i3 compatibility is provided at the command, configuration file and IPC levels, allowing […]

6D.ai will create a 3D model of the world using smartphones

6D.ai, a San Francisco startup founded in 2017, aims to create a complete 3D model of the world using only smartphone cameras without any special equipment. The company announced the start of cooperation with Qualcomm Technologies to develop its technology based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform. Qualcomm expects 6D.ai to provide better understanding of the space for Snapdragon-powered virtual reality headsets and […]

RFID News: Sales of chipped fur coats hit… ceilings

It is strange that this news did not receive any coverage either in the media or on Habré and GT, only the website Expert.ru wrote a “note about our boy.” But it’s strange, because it is “signature” in its own way and, apparently, we are on the threshold of grandiose changes in trade turnover in the Russian Federation. Briefly about RFID What is RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) and […]

corporate elephant

- So, what do we have? – asked Evgeny Viktorovich. – Svetlana Vladimirovna, what’s the agenda? During my vacation, I must have fallen far behind in my work? — I can’t say that it’s really strong. You know the basics. Now everything is according to protocol, colleagues make short reports on the state of affairs, ask each other questions, I set instructions. Everything is as usual. - Seriously? […]

Applications for e-books on the Android operating system (part 3)

In this (third) part of the article about applications for e-books on the Android operating system, the following two groups of applications will be considered: 1. Alternative dictionaries 2. Notes, diaries, planners Brief summary of the previous two parts of the article: In the 1st part, the reasons were discussed in detail , for which it turned out to be necessary to conduct massive testing of applications to determine their suitability for installation on […]

Selection: 9 useful materials about "professional" emigration to the USA

According to a recent Gallup study, the number of Russians wishing to move to another country has tripled over the past 11 years. Most of these people (44%) are under the age group of 29 years. Also, according to statistics, the United States is confidently among the most desirable countries for immigration among Russians. I decided to collect in one topic useful links to materials about [...]

Talk about DevOps in plain language

Is it difficult to grasp the main point when talking about DevOps? We have collected for you vivid analogies, striking formulations and advice from experts that will help even non-specialists get to the point. At the end, the bonus is Red Hat employees’ own DevOps. The term DevOps originated 10 years ago and has gone from a Twitter hashtag to a powerful cultural movement in the IT world, a true […]

The easier the task, the more often I make mistakes

This trivial task arose one Friday afternoon and should have taken 2-3 minutes of time. In general, as always. A colleague asked me to fix the script on his server. I did it, handed it to him and inadvertently said: “Time is 5 minutes fast.” Let the server handle the synchronization itself. Half an hour, an hour passed, and he still puffed and […]