One of the most impressive new products presented at the annual CES 2019 was the 219-inch Samsung The Wall display. Sony developers decided not to be left behind and created their own giant Micro LED display 17 feet (5,18 m) high and 63 feet (19,20 m) wide. The fantastic display was unveiled at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas. The huge display supports […]
The Fedor robot, developed by Androidnaya Tekhnika NPO, has been handed over to Roscosmos. This was announced in his Twitter blog by the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin. Fedor, or FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research), is a joint project of the National Center for the Development of Technologies and Basic Elements of Robotics of the Advanced Research Foundation and the Android Technology NGO. The robot can repeat the movements of the operator in a special exoskeleton. At […]
Hello habrausers. Today I want to talk about how to write your own simple NTP client. Basically, the conversation will turn to the structure of the packet and how the response from the NTP server is processed. The code will be written in python, because, in my opinion, there is simply no better language for such things. Connoisseurs will pay attention to the similarity of the code with the ntplib code […]
We have already reported that Google is designing the next generation of smartphones - the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL devices. Now there is a new piece of information on this topic. Information found on the Android Open Source Project website reveals codenames for devices under development. It is reported, in particular, that the Pixel 4 model is internally called Coral (“Coral”), and the Pixel 4 XL […]
Preface Quite often, users, developers and administrators of MS SQL Server DBMS encounter performance problems of the database or the DBMS as a whole, so MS SQL Server monitoring is very relevant. This article is an addition to the article Using Zabbix to monitor a MS SQL Server database and it will cover some aspects of monitoring MS SQL Server, […]
What band is this antenna for? I don't know, check. — WHAT?!?! How to determine what kind of antenna you have in your hands if there is no marking on it? How to understand which antenna is better or worse? This problem has plagued me for a long time. The article describes in simple terms a method for measuring the characteristics of antennas, and a method for determining the frequency range of an antenna. Experienced radio engineers […]
This morning, April 14, users around the world are experiencing problems with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. The main resources of Facebook and Instagram are reported to be unavailable. Some do not update news feeds. You can't send or receive messages either. According to the Downdetector resource, problems have been recorded in Russia, Italy, Greece, Great Britain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Israel and the United States. It is reported […]
As part of the annual press conference, Acer announced the imminent appearance of an updated gaming computer Predator Orion 5000 (PO5-605S). The basis of the novelty under consideration was the 8-core Intel Core i9-9900K processor paired with the Z390 chipset. Dual-channel DDR4 memory configurations up to 64 GB are supported. The system is complemented by a GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card with NVIDIA Turing architecture. The closed power supply is equipped with a removable filter […]
On Thursday night, Tesla announced a number of important changes to the configuration, cost, and sales of Tesla vehicles in the US, as well as the introduction of a car rental service without the right to buy, but for a small amount. First, autopilot is becoming a mandatory feature for all manufacturer's vehicles. This will increase the cost of the machines by $2000, but will be cheaper than […]
Focus Home Interactive spoke about its upcoming plans. We have already reported that she will again collaborate with the authors of Vampyr and Life is Strange, Dontnod Entertainment, but that's not all. Focus Home Interactive will team up with Crackdown 3 developer Sumo Digital to create an "uncompromising multiplayer experience." In particular, the publishing house will collaborate […]
Sharp Corporation at a special presentation in Tokyo (the capital of Japan) introduced a prototype of its first 31,5-inch monitor with a resolution of 8K and a refresh rate of 120 Hz. The panel is made using IGZO technology - indium gallium and zinc oxide. Devices of this type are distinguished by excellent color reproduction and relatively low power consumption. It is known that the monitor has a resolution of 7680 × 4320 pixels and a brightness of 800 cd/m2. […]
Network sources report that Microsoft has developed a prototype of the Surface tablet, which is based on the Qualcomm hardware platform. This is an experimental Surface Pro device. Unlike the Surface Pro 6 tablet, which comes with an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 chip, the prototype is powered by a Snapdragon processor. There have been speculations that Microsoft is experimenting with […]
