Author: ProHoster

Google Chrome will change the behavior of the back button

As the number one browser in the world, Chrome is constantly evolving, and Google itself is constantly looking for ways to improve the usability of the program. The level of security and performance of the application on all platforms is also increasing. And recently the company began working on a new feature that will prevent websites from blocking the back button. As you know, there are pages that make a back button in the browser […]

Today, many popular addons for Firefox stopped working due to certificate issues.

Hello, dear Khabrovites! I want to warn you right away that this is my first publication, so I ask you to immediately notify me of any problems, typos, and so on. In the morning, as usual, I turned on my laptop and began leisurely surfing in my favorite Firefox (release 66.0.3 x64). Suddenly, the morning ceased to be languid - at one beautiful moment, a message popped up that […]

How DNSCrypt solved the issue of expired certificates by introducing a 24 hour expiration date

In the past, certificates often expired due to the fact that they had to be renewed manually. People just forgot to do it. With the advent of Let's Encrypt and the automatic update procedure, it seems that the problem should be solved. But recent history with Firefox shows that it's actually still relevant. Unfortunately, the certificates continue to expire. If anyone missed this story, […]

Dummies Guide: Building DevOps Chains with Open Source Tools

Building your first DevOps chain in five steps for beginners. DevOps has become a panacea for too slow, disconnected and otherwise problematic development processes. But you need minimal knowledge in DevOps. It will cover concepts such as the DevOps chain and how to create one in five steps. This is not a complete guide, but only a "fish" that can be expanded. Let's start with history. […]

Redmi optimizes Snapdragon 855 flagship smartphone for gaming

Redmi brand CEO Lu Weibing continues to share information about the flagship smartphone, which will be based on the powerful Snapdragon 855 processor. Earlier, Mr. Weibing said that the new product will receive support for NFC technology and a 3,5 mm headphone jack. At the back of the body there will be a triple camera, which will include a 48-megapixel sensor. As the head of Redmi has now stated, […]

Production of processors for new iPhone smartphones has begun

Mass production of processors for the new generation of Apple smartphones will begin in the near future. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing informed sources who wished to remain anonymous. We are talking about Apple A13 chips. It is alleged that trial production of these products has already been organized at the enterprises of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). Mass production of processors will start before the end of this month, [...]

Google gives Chromebooks support for Linux

At the recent Google I/O developer conference, Google announced that Chromebooks released this year will be able to use the Linux operating system. This possibility, of course, existed before, but now the procedure has become much simpler and available out of the box. Last year, Google began providing the ability to run Linux on select laptops with […]

Cable TV networks for the little ones. Part 4: Digital component of the signal

We all know very well that the world of technology around us is digital, or is striving for it. Digital television broadcasting is far from new, but if you have not been specifically interested in it, the inherent technologies may be surprising to you. Contents of the series of articles Part 1: General architecture of the CATV network Part 2: Composition and shape of the signal Part 3: Analog component of the signal […]

Picreel and Alpaca Forms project code spoofing resulted in 4684 sites being compromised

Security researcher Willem de Groot reported that as a result of hacking the infrastructure, the attackers were able to introduce a malicious insert into the code of the Picreel web analytics system and the open platform for generating interactive web forms Alpaca Forms. Substitution of JavaScript code led to the compromise of 4684 sites using these systems on their pages (1249 - Picreel and 3435 - Alpaca Forms). Implemented […]

Super Mario Odyssey completed in less than an hour

There are hundreds of games that boast an active speedrunning community. Super Mario Odyssey is one of them. People started playing it at speed literally from October 27, 2017, when the game went on sale, and since then they haven’t stopped there. YouTube user Karl Jobst recently released a video in which he talked about speedrunning […]

Russian storage system AERODISK: load testing. Squeezing out IOPS

Hi all! As promised, we are publishing the results of a load test of a Russian-made data storage system - AERODISK ENGINE N2. In the last article, we broke the storage system (that is, we performed crash tests) and the crash test results were positive (that is, we did not break the storage system). Crash test results can be found HERE. In the comments to the previous article, wishes were expressed about […]

Wacom Updates Intuos Pro Small Inexpensive Tablet for Professionals

Wacom has introduced the updated Intuos Pro Small, a compact wireless drawing tablet designed for convenience and portability. The Intuos Pro Small is the latest in the Intuos Pro series to receive a design update; The Medium and Large versions, respectively, were re-released a few years ago with thinner bezels and an updated Pro Pen 2 with 8192 […]