Author: ProHoster

Video: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt performs well on Nintendo Switch

Action role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released on Nintendo Switch only tomorrow, but some players have already been able to get their hands on a copy of the project. They shared how the third Witcher looks and works on a Nintendo console. A few days ago, an hour-long recording of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay was published on YouTube. The project was launched on Nintendo Switch […]

Harmony OS will be the fifth largest operating system in 2020

This year, the Chinese company Huawei launched its own operating system, Harmony OS, which could become a replacement for Android if the manufacturer can no longer use Google's software platform in its devices. It is noteworthy that Harmony OS can be used not only in smartphones and tablet computers, but also in other types of devices. Now online sources are reporting that [...]

Inhumans and Captain Marvel may appear in Marvel's Avengers

Not long ago, Marvel's Avengers developers from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal announced the appearance of Kamala Khan, also known under the pseudonym Ms. Marvel, in the game. This character is a fan of Captain Marvel, and the authors are still silent about the presence of the mentioned superhero in the project. Comicbook decided to ask Crystal Dynamics CEO Scott Amos about this, and […]

Acer Predator Helios 700 gaming laptop with slide-out keyboard went on sale in Russia

Acer has started sales in Russia of the gaming laptop Predator Helios 700 with a retractable HyperDrift keyboard at a price of 199 rubles. The laptop is equipped with a 990-inch IPS screen with Full HD resolution (17,3 × 1920 pixels), a refresh rate of 1080 Hz and a response time of 144 ms. The laptop supports NVIDIA G-SYNC adaptive technology, which synchronizes the display and graphics card refresh rates for maximum […]

Vulnerability in Sudo allows you to execute commands with superuser rights on Linux devices

It became known that a vulnerability was discovered in the Sudo (super user do) command for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows unprivileged users or programs to execute commands with superuser rights. It is noted that the vulnerability affects systems with non-standard settings and does not affect most servers running Linux. The vulnerability occurs when Sudo configuration settings are used to allow […]

Corsair One Pro i182 compact workstation costs $4500

Corsair has unveiled the One Pro i182 workstation, which combines relatively small dimensions and high performance. The device is housed in a housing with dimensions of 200 × 172,5 × 380 mm. A Mini-ITX motherboard based on an Intel X299 chipset is used. The computing load is assigned to the Core i9-9920X processor with twelve cores and the ability to simultaneously process up to 24 instruction threads. Basic clock […]

UK Chart: FIFA 20 holds on to the top spot for the third week in a row

Football simulator FIFA 20 holds the first place in the British charts for the third week in a row. The Electronic Arts game had a weaker-than-usual launch (if only the boxed release is counted) but maintains its position despite sales falling 59% week over week. The tactical online shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint also confidently holds on to second place. The success of the game […]

Live and learn. Part 5. Self-education: pull yourself together

Is it difficult for you to start studying at 25-30-35-40-45? Not corporate, not paid according to the “office pays” tariff, not forced and once under-received higher education, but independent? Sit down at your desk with the books and textbooks you have chosen, in front of your strict self, and master what you need or so wanted to master that you just have the strength […]

Network sharing of a cryptographic token between users based on usbip

In connection with changes in legislation regarding trust services (“About electronic trust services” Ukraine), the enterprise has a need for several departments to work with keys located on tokens (at the moment, the question of the number of hardware keys is still open). As a tool with the least cost (free of charge), the choice immediately fell on usbip. The server on Ubintu 18.04 started working thanks to the publication Taming […]

The book "How to manage intellectuals. Me, nerds and geeks"

Dedicated to project managers (and those who dream of becoming bosses). Writing tons of code is hard, but managing people is even harder! So you just need this book to learn how to do both. Is it possible to combine funny stories and serious lessons? Michael Lopp (also known in narrow circles as Rands) succeeded. Fictional stories await you [...]

Cockpit - simplifies typical Linux administrative tasks through a user-friendly web interface

In this article I will talk about the capabilities of the Cockpit tool. Cockpit was created to make Linux OS administration easier. In a nutshell, it allows you to perform most common Linux admin tasks through a nice web interface. Cockpit features: installing and checking system updates and enabling auto-updates (patching process), user management (creating, deleting, changing passwords, blocking, issuing superuser rights), disk management (creating, editing lvm, […]