Author: ProHoster

Rostelecom has decided on suppliers of 100 thousand smartphones on the Russian OS

The Rostelecom company, according to the network publication RIA Novosti, has selected three suppliers of cellular devices running the Sailfish Mobile OS RUS operating system. Let us recall that in the first quarter of last year, Rostelecom announced a deal to purchase the Sailfish OS mobile platform, which can be used on smartphones and tablet computers. It is assumed that mobile devices based on Sailfish Mobile […]

Card RPG SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech Coming to PC at the End of the Month

Image & Form Games has announced that the role-playing card game SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech will no longer be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch console at the end of May. On May 31, the PC version of the game will premiere, directly on Windows, Linux and macOS. The release will take place on the Steam digital store, where a corresponding page has already been created. The minimum system requirements are also published there (though […]

Video: space simulator In The Black will receive ray tracing support

The team at Impeller Studios, which includes the developers of games like Crysis and Star Wars: X-Wing, has been working on creating a multiplayer space simulator for some time. Recently, the developers presented the final title of their project - In The Black. It is deliberately somewhat ambiguous and symbolizes both space and profit: the name can be translated either “Into the Darkness” or “Without […]

Intel: You Don't Need to Disable Hyper-Threading to Protect Against ZombieLoad

If the previous news about ZombieLoad has you panicking about how to disable Intel Hyper-Threading to prevent exploitation of a new vulnerability similar to Specter and Meltdown, then take a deep breath - official Intel guidance actually doesn't recommend doing this for most cases. ZombieLoad is similar to previous side-channel attacks that force Intel processors to open […]

RedmiBook will be the first Xiaomi Redmi laptop

Not long ago, information appeared on the Internet that the Redmi brand, created by the Chinese company Xiaomi, could enter the laptop computer market. And now this information has been confirmed. A laptop called RedmiBook 14 has received certification from the Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group). It is expected to become the first portable computer under the Redmi brand. It is known that the laptop […]

The space observatory "Spektr-R" can be completely switched off in the fall

The State Commission will make a final decision on whether it is necessary to continue attempts to restore control of the Spektr-R radio telescope within a month. TASS reports this, citing statements by the head of the Astrospace Center of the Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences (AKC FIAN), head of the Radioastron project Nikolai Kardashev. Let us recall that “Spectrum-R” is a key element of the international project of fundamental astronomical research “Radioastron”. The observatory was launched back […]

2019: Year of DEX (Decentralized Exchanges)

Is it possible that the cryptocurrency winter became a golden age for blockchain technology? Welcome to 2019, the year of decentralized exchanges (DEX)! Everyone who has anything to do with cryptocurrencies or blockchain technology is experiencing a harsh winter, which is reflected in the price charts of popular and not so popular cryptocurrencies like icy mountains (note: while we were translating, the situation has already changed a little...). The hype has passed, the bubble […]

12 years in the cloud

Hey Habr! We are reopening the MySklad company techblog. MySklad is a cloud service for trade management. In 2007, we were the first in Russia to come up with the idea of ​​transferring trade accounting to the cloud. My Warehouse recently turned 12 years old. While employees younger than the company itself have not yet begun to work for us, I will tell you how we started and what we came to. My name is Askar […]

Acer's new 27″ gaming monitor delivers sub-1ms response time

Acer has expanded its range of monitors by announcing the XF270HCbmiiprx model, which is based on a 27-inch diagonal TN matrix. The panel has a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels, which corresponds to Full HD format. 72% coverage of the NTSC color space is claimed. Horizontal and vertical viewing angles are up to 170 and 160 degrees, respectively. The new product features AMD FreeSync technology, providing […]

Video: Lenovo showed the world's first bendable PC

Foldable smartphones are already starting to be promoted as promising, but still experimental devices. Regardless of how successful this approach turns out to be, the industry has no plans to stop there. For example, Lenovo showed off the world's first foldable PC: a prototype ThinkPad laptop that uses the folding principle we're already familiar with from phone examples, but on a larger scale. Curious, […]

Fujitsu Lifebook U939X: convertible business laptop

Fujitsu has announced the Lifebook U939X convertible laptop, aimed primarily at corporate users. The new product is equipped with a 13,3-inch diagonal touch display. A Full HD panel with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels is used. The cover with the screen can be rotated 360 degrees to switch the device to tablet mode. The maximum configuration includes an Intel Core i7-8665U processor. This chip […]

The Council developers create an RPG in the Vampire universe: The Masquerade

Publisher Bigben Interactive has announced that Big Bad Wolf is working on a new role-playing game in the Vampire: The Masquerade universe. Now production is at an early stage, the authors took on the project only three months ago. You shouldn't expect a release within the next two years. So far, Bigben Interactive has not provided any details, only vaguely hinted at the concept - the authors […]