Author: ProHoster

Kotlin has become a priority programming language for Android

Google, as part of the Google I/O 2019 conference, announced in a blog for developers for the Android operating system that the Kotlin programming language is now the preferred language for developing applications for its mobile operating system, which means its primary support from the company in all tools and components and API compared to other languages. “Android development will […]

Space mecha action game War Tech Fighters will be released on consoles on June 27

Blowfish Studios and Drakkar Dev have announced that the mecha action game War Tech Fighters will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on June 27. A translation into Russian has been announced. The console version of the game will offer a special Archangel War Tech set, including the Glory Sword, Redemption Halberd and Faith Shield. These items will be available […]

Build, Share, Collaborate

Containers are a lightweight userspace version of the Linux operating system - in fact, this is the "bare" minimum. However, it is still a complete operating system, and therefore the quality of this container itself is just as important as a full-fledged operating system. That's why we've been offering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) images for a long time so that users can have certified, up-to-date […]

Alpine Docker images shipped with a blank root password

Security researchers from Cisco have disclosed a vulnerability (CVE-2019-5021) in Alpine builds for the Docker container isolation system. The essence of the identified problem is that the default password for the root user was set to an empty password without blocking direct login as root. Let us recall that Alpine is used to generate official images from the Docker project (previously official builds were based […]

Trident OS 19.04 release from TrueOS project and Lumina 1.5.0 desktop

The release of the Trident 19.04 operating system is available, within which, based on FreeBSD technologies, the TrueOS project is developing a ready-to-use graphical user distribution reminiscent of the old releases of PC-BSD and TrueOS. The size of the installation iso image is 3 GB (AMD64). The Trident project is also now developing the Lumina graphical environment and all the graphical tools previously available in PC-BSD, such as […]

ECS Liva Z2A: a silent nettop that fits in the palm of your hand

Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) has announced a new small form factor computer - the Liva Z2A device based on the Intel hardware platform. The nettop fits in the palm of your hand: dimensions are only 132 × 118 × 56,4 mm. The new product has a fanless design, so it does not produce any noise during operation. The Intel Celeron N3350 Apollo Lake generation processor is used. This chip contains two computing cores and a graphics […]

Render reveals design features of low-cost smartphone Moto E6

Internet sources have published a press render of the budget smartphone Moto E6, the upcoming release of which was announced at the end of April. As you can see in the image, the new product is equipped with a single rear camera: the lens is located in the upper left corner of the rear panel. An LED flash is installed under the optical block. The smartphone has a display with fairly wide frames. According to rumors, the device will receive a 5,45-inch HD+ screen with […]

Need for Speed ​​and Plants vs. will be released this year. Zombies

Electronic Arts announced during its report to investors that the new Need for Speed ​​and Plants vs. Zombies will be released this year. Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen told investors: "Looking forward, we are excited to launch Anthem... To improve Apex Legends and the Titanfall experience, to release new games [in the] Plants vs. franchise." […]

The share of the Pie platform on the Android market exceeded 10%

The latest statistics are presented on the distribution of various editions of the Android operating system in the global market. It is noted that the data is as of May 7, 2019. Versions of the Android software platform, the share of which is less than 0,1%, are not taken into account. So, it is reported that the most common edition of Android is currently Oreo (versions 8.0 and 8.1) with […]

Trailers Saints Row: The Third for Switch: aircraft hijacking and shooting of Professor Genka's mummers

Deep Silver has published new trailers for the action game Saints Row: The Third – The Full Package for Nintendo Switch. In them, the publisher recalls vivid tasks and situations that occur in the game. Previously, the publisher had already published a trailer related to the Stillwater National Bank robbery mission. The second trailer, titled "Free Falling", takes place after this unfortunate […]

Honor 20 Lite: a smartphone with a 32-megapixel selfie camera and a Kirin 710 processor

Huawei has introduced the mid-range smartphone Honor 20 Lite, which can be purchased at an estimated price of $280. The device is equipped with a 6,21-inch IPS display with Full HD+ resolution (2340 × 1080 pixels). There is a small cutout at the top of the screen - it houses a 32-megapixel front camera. The main camera is made in the form of a triple block: it combines [...]