Author: ProHoster

Games with Gold in April: The Technomancer, Outcast: Second Contact, Star Wars Battlefront II and Ghost Recon: AW 2

Microsoft has published a list of games that will be available through the Xbox Live Gold program in April. Subscribers to the service can look forward to The Technomancer (Xbox One), Outcast: Second Contact (Xbox One), Star Wars Battlefront II (Xbox One, Xbox 360) and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2. The Technomancer is an action RPG where you fear and respect. You - […]

Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab A Plus 2019 tablet with S Pen support

Tablet Monkeys has released images and detailed specs for Samsung's new mid-range tablet running Android 9 Pie. The device appears under the code designations SM-P200 and SM-P205. The first version will receive only Wi-Fi support, the second one will also support 4G/LTE. In the commercial market, the novelty is expected to debut under the name Galaxy Tab A Plus 2019 or […]

Attempt #3: Apple never fixed MacBook keyboard issues

Since April 2015, Apple has been using buttons with a butterfly mechanism (versus traditional scissors) in laptops (starting from the 12″ model), and since then they have been changed several times. The second generation of the mechanism (introduced in October 2016) improved usability and responsiveness, but found a problem with sticky keys, after which the company […]

Production of SSD GS Group with PCIe interface started in Russia

Microelectronics Development Center within GS Group - GS Nanotech - has started production of the first Russian SSDs with PCIe interface and NVMe protocol support. The development and production of new products are fully localized in Russia in the Technopolis GS innovation cluster (GS Group investment project in Gusev, Kaliningrad region). Previously, GS Nanotech has already launched the […]

"Gigs for detox": Beeline subscribers will receive additional traffic for giving up their mobile phone

VimpelCom PJSC (Beeline brand) introduced new services designed to stimulate the desire of Russians to improve their quality of life. Users of tariffs "VSEMOOE!" and All in One will now not only be able to exchange steps for Internet traffic, but will also be rewarded with additional traffic for 8 hours of sleep and refusal to use a mobile phone for 2 hours daily. In new promotions […]

Declassified "state employees" Samsung Galaxy A2 Core: 5″ screen and Android Go

About two weeks ago, press renders of the ultra-budget smartphone Samsung Galaxy A2 Core were at the disposal of network sources. And now the characteristics of this entry-level device are revealed. The basis is the Exynos 7870 processor, which contains eight ARM Cortex-A53 cores with a clock speed of up to 1,6 GHz, a Mali-T830 graphics controller and an LTE Category 6 modem that provides the ability to download data via […]

4. Check Point Getting Started R80.20. Installation and initialization

Welcome to lesson 4. Today, we finally “feel” Check Point. Naturally virtual. During the lesson, we will perform the following actions: Create virtual machines; Let's install the management server (SMS) and the security gateway (SG); Let's get acquainted with the disk partitioning process; Let's initialize SMS and SG; Learn what SIC is; Let's get access to the Gaia Portal. In addition, at the beginning […]

CRM systems in terms of cybersecurity: protection or threat?

March 31 is International Backup Day, and the week before is always full of security stories. On Monday, we already learned about the compromised Asus and "three unnamed manufacturers." Particularly superstitious companies are on pins and needles all week, making backups. And all from the fact that we are all a little careless in terms of safety: someone forgets to fasten their seat belt […]

Monobloc vs Modular UPS

A short educational program for beginners about why modular UPSs are cooler and how it happened. Based on their architecture, uninterruptible power supplies for data centers are divided into two large groups: monoblock and modular. The former belong to the traditional type of UPS, the latter are relatively new and more advanced. What is the difference between monoblock and modular UPSs? In monoblock uninterruptible power supply […]

iPhone mini could be the new name for Apple's "budget" smartphone

Rumors that the “budget” smartphone Apple iPhone SE will have a successor have been circulating for quite a long time. It was assumed that the device will be released under the name iPhone SE 2, but this has not yet happened. And now there is new information on this topic. Internet sources report that the novelty may be commercially called iPhone mini. In terms of frontal […]

Galax introduces new 2TB HOF series SSDs

Galax Microsystem is known to many for its graphics cards, but it also manufactures other products. For example, the other day a Chinese company introduced a couple of new SSDs in its HOF (Hall of Fame) series. Two new Galax HOF drives were presented at once, each with a capacity of 2 TB. Previously, only models up to 1 TB were available. One of the novelties is made […]

New article: Core i9-9900X vs. Core i9-9900K: the letter changes everything

The LGA2066 platform and the Skylake-X family of processors were introduced by Intel more than a year and a half ago. Initially, this solution was aimed by the company at the HEDT segment, that is, at high-performance systems for users who create and process content, because Skylake-X contained a significantly larger number of computing cores compared to the usual representatives of the Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake families. However […]