Author: ProHoster

Bittium Announces "Ultra-Secure" Smartphone Tough Mobile 2

The Finnish company Bittium announced the release of the “ultra-secure smartphone Bittium Tough Mobile 2.” According to a press release, “the core of the information security of Bittium Tough Mobile 2 is a multi-level security structure based on the enhanced Android 9 Pie operating system, unique hardware solutions, and features protection of information and software integrated into the source code.” Multi-level information protection, as stated […]

Computex 2019: ASUS, in honor of its 30th anniversary, introduced the ZenBook Edition 30 laptop with leather and gold trim

During the Computex 2019 exhibition, ASUS, in honor of its 30th anniversary, introduced the ZenBook Edition 30 laptop in a white leather case with 18-karat gold inlay. The ZenBook Edition 30 features an 18-karat gold "A" monogram on the back cover, designed by the ASUS Design Center, symbolizing the company's values ​​and history, as well as ASUS' focus on […]

Computex 2019: ASUS ROG Strix XG17 portable monitor with 240Hz refresh rate

ASUS presented a very interesting new product at the Computex 2019 IT exhibition - the ROG Strix XG17 portable monitor, created for game lovers. The device is made on an IPS matrix measuring 17,3 inches diagonally. A panel with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels is used, which corresponds to the Full HD format. The ROG Strix XG17 is said to be the world's first portable monitor with […]

AMD to reveal plans to support ray tracing in games in two weeks

The head of AMD, Lisa Su, at the opening of Computex 2019, clearly did not want to focus on the new gaming video cards of the Radeon RX 5700 family with Navi architecture (RDNA), but the press release published next on the company’s website brought some clarity to the features of the new graphics solutions. When Lisa Su demonstrated the 7nm Navi architecture GPU on stage, the monolithic […]

Computex 2019: ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQX Monitor G-SYNC Ultimate Certified

At Computex 2019, ASUS announced the advanced ROG Swift PG27UQX monitor, designed for use in gaming systems. The new product, made on an IPS matrix, has a diagonal size of 27 inches. The resolution is 3840 × 2160 pixels - 4K format. The device uses Mini LED backlight technology, which uses an array of microscopic LEDs. The panel received 576 separately controlled […]

ASUS TUF Gaming VG27AQE: Monitor with 155Hz refresh rate

ASUS, according to online sources, has prepared for release the TUF Gaming VG27AQE monitor, intended for use as part of gaming systems. The panel measures 27 inches diagonally and has a resolution of 2560 × 1440 pixels. The refresh rate reaches 155 Hz. A special feature of the new product is the ELMB-Sync system, or Extreme Low Motion Blur Sync. It combines blur reduction technology […]

Ansible 2.8 "How Many More Times"

On May 16, 2019, a new version of the Ansible configuration management system was released. Major changes: Experimental support for Ansible collections and content namespaces. Ansible content can now be packaged into a collection and addressed via namespaces. This makes it easier to share, distribute and install related modules/roles/plugins, i.e. rules for accessing specific content through namespaces are agreed upon. Detection […]

Krita 4.2 is out - HDR support, over 1000 fixes and new features!

A new release of Krita 4.2 has been released - the first free editor in the world with HDR support. In addition to increasing stability, many new features have been added in the new release. Major changes and new features: HDR support for Windows 10. Improved support for graphics tablets in all operating systems. Improved support for multi-monitor systems. Improved monitoring of RAM consumption. Possibility of canceling the operation [...]

Video of the Day: Lightning strikes a Soyuz rocket

As we have already reported, today, May 27, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Glonass-M navigation satellite was successfully launched. It turned out that this carrier was struck by lightning in the first seconds of flight. “We congratulate the command of the Space Forces, the combat crew of the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the teams of the Progress RSC (Samara), the NPO named after S.A. Lavochkin (Khimki) and the ISS named after academician M.F. Reshetnev (Zheleznogorsk) on the successful launch of the GLONASS spacecraft! […]

Computex 2019: Acer unveils ConceptD 7 laptop with NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 graphics

Acer unveiled the new ConceptD 2019 laptop at Computex 7, part of the new ConceptD series announced in April at the next@Acer event. Acer's new line of professional products under the ConceptD brand is expected to soon include new models of desktops, laptops and displays. ConceptD 7 mobile workstation with the latest NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 graphics card - […]

Preparation of a rocket for the first launch in 2019 from Vostochny began

The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that preparations for launch of the components of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle have begun at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Region. “In the installation and testing building of the launch vehicle of the unified technical complex, a joint crew of representatives of the rocket and space industry enterprises began work on removing the pressure seal from the blocks, external inspection and transfer of the launch vehicle blocks to the workplace. In the near future, specialists will begin [...]

Release of Flatpak 1.4.0 self-contained package system

A new stable branch of the Flatpak 1.4 toolkit has been published, which provides a system for building self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and run in a special container that isolates the application from the rest of the system. Support for running Flatpak packages is provided for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, Linux Mint and Ubuntu. Flatpak packages are included in the Fedora repository and are supported […]