Author: ProHoster

John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 release with FPGA support

A new version of the oldest supported password cracker John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 has been released (the project has been under development since 1996). 1.8.0 years have passed since the release of the previous version 1-jumbo-4.5, during which more than 6000 changes (git commits) from more than 80 developers were made. Thanks to continuous integration, which includes a preliminary check of each change (pull request) on many platforms, during this […]

Sony Xperia 20: a mid-range smartphone appeared in renderings

High-quality renderings of the mid-range smartphone Sony Xperia 20 have been published on the Internet, the official presentation of which is expected during the IFA 2019 exhibition in Berlin. It is reported that the new product will have a 6-inch screen. The aspect ratio of this panel will apparently be 21:9. The front camera will be located in a fairly wide area above the display. At the back of the case you can see a dual main camera [...]

$450: First 1TB microSD card goes on sale

The SanDisk brand, owned by Western Digital, has begun selling the most capacious microSDXC UHS-I flash memory card: the product is designed to store 1 TB of information. The new product was presented at the beginning of this year during the mobile industry exhibition Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019. The card is designed for top-level smartphones, 4K/UHD video recorders and other devices. The solution complies with the App Performance Class specification […]

Cloudflare, Mozilla and Facebook develop BinaryAST to speed up JavaScript loading

Engineers from Cloudflare, Mozilla, Facebook and Bloomberg have proposed a new BinaryAST format to speed up the delivery and processing of JavaScript code when opening sites in a browser. BinaryAST takes the parsing phase to the server side and supplies an already formed Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). Upon receiving BinaryAST, the browser can immediately go to the compilation stage, bypassing the parsing of the JavaScript source code. […]

Effie 3D Platformer - Magic Shield, Cartoon Graphics, and a Return of Youth Story

Developers from the independent Spanish studio Inverge presented their new game Effie, which will be released on June 4 exclusively on PS4 (a little later, in the third quarter, it will also come to PC). This, we are promised, will be a classic 3D adventure platformer. The main character Galand, a young man cursed by an evil witch to premature old age, strives to regain his youth. In the adventure, a big […]

Video: World War 3's major update brings new maps, weapons and tons of improvements

We already wrote about update 0.6 for the multiplayer shooter World War 3, which was originally scheduled for release in April and was delayed during testing. But now the independent Polish studio The Farm 51 has finally released a major update, Warzone Giga Patch 0.6, to which it dedicated a cheerful trailer. The video demonstrates the gameplay on the new maps “Polar” and “Smolensk”. These big and [...]

Meeting of system operators of points of the network "Medium" in Moscow, May 18 at 14:00, Tsaritsyno

May 18 (Saturday) in Moscow at 14:00, Tsaritsyno Park, a meeting of system operators of points of the Medium network will take place. Telegram group The following questions will be raised at the gathering: Long-term development plans for the Medium network: discussion of the network development vector, its key features and comprehensive security when working with the I2P and / or Yggdrasil network? Proper organization of access to I2P network resources […]

Positive press response for Tropico 6 trailer

Tropico 6 was released back on March 29, and now the publishing house Kalypso Media and the developers from Limbic Entertainment have decided to sum up some results by collecting positive responses from the foreign press in a special trailer. In addition to the testimonials themselves, the video includes clips of gameplay in which players take on the role of El Presidente, creating their own tropical paradise. IGN staff, for example, described the game as a tropical vacation […]

French regulator warns about the dangers of LED lamps for the eyes

"Blue light" emitted from LED lighting can cause damage to the sensitive retina and disrupt natural sleep rhythms, the French Food, Environment, Health and Safety (ANSES) agency, which assesses risks, said this week. for food, environmental and occupational health. The results of the new study confirm earlier […]

Motorola One Vision smartphone: 6,3″ screen, 25 MP front and 48 MP rear cameras

As expected, at an event in Brazil, Motorola announced One Vision, a new smartphone running the Android One reference platform. It received a 6,3-inch CinemaVision LCD screen with Full HD+ resolution (1080 × 2520) and an aspect ratio of 21:9 with a round cutout for the front camera with f/2 aperture and a 25-megapixel Quad Bayer sensor (1,8 microns at association […]

New article: Review of the Viewsonic VX3258-2KC-mhd WQHD gaming monitor: a worthy representative of the segment

There are still fewer large gaming monitors on sale than among models with more modest diagonals, but monitor manufacturing trends suggest that the situation will change in the near future. Matrix manufacturers have found a successful combination of characteristics that has allowed their partners to produce models that are worthy of overall prices, capabilities and quality. We are talking, first of all, of course, about displays on *VA panels, […]

Vostochny Cosmodrome is preparing for the first launch in 2019

The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that the Fregat upper stage has arrived at the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the upcoming launch campaign. The first launch this year from Vostochny is scheduled for July 5. The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle should launch the Meteor-M No. 2-2 Earth remote sensing satellite into orbit. As noted, the blocks of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket and the space warhead are now in storage […]