Author: ProHoster

The book "Vkusvill: How to make a revolution in retail by doing everything wrong"

The book contains 37 rules and experience in their application. I will note the rules that I personally paid attention to and would apply, and partially have already applied. Such as: the importance of metrics and tests at all stages of the life of a company or product; wait for the first crisis in a year, it will straighten your brains and this is great; any direction is launched with “pilots”; drive […]

Third-generation Amazon Echo smart speaker will delight you with sound quality

Amazon unveiled a slew of new products at an event in Seattle on Wednesday, including a new version of its Echo smart speaker with Alexa built-in. The company said the third-generation Echo smart speaker has achieved much higher sound quality, thanks in large part to neodymium drivers "borrowed" from the existing Echo Plus model, as well as a three-inch low-frequency woofer. How […]

Nodersok malware infected thousands of Windows computers

According to online sources, thousands of Windows computers have been infected with a new type of malware that downloads and installs a copy of the Node.js infrastructure, transforming the infected systems into proxy servers used to carry out fraudulent transactions. The malware, named Nodersok in the Microsoft report and Divergent in the Cisco Talos report, was discovered this summer. They spread from [...]

Mini arcade games. Without advertising. Study

Hello! We would like to start developing a number of mini-arcade games for mobile devices, but we need to do research to do this. First of all, what is meant by the word “mini-arcade”? In this concept we mean the simplest, Tetris-type games (usually with endless progress). There will be no accounts, the game will be played offline, in general, so that anywhere in the world [...]

33+ Kubernetes security tools

Note transl.: If you are wondering about security in Kubernetes-based infrastructure, this excellent review from Sysdig will be an excellent starting point for a quick look at the current solutions. It includes both complex systems from well-known market players and much more modest utilities that solve a particular problem. And in the comments we […]

Duke Nukem 3D composer sues Gearbox and Valve for using his music

Bobby Prince, the composer of Duke Nukem 3D, claims that his music was used without permission or compensation in the game's re-release. Prince's lawsuit stems from the 2016 release of Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour, an enhanced remake of Duke Nukem 3D released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. It had eight new levels, updated resources […]

The ABC of Security in Kubernetes: Authentication, Authorization, Auditing

Sooner or later, in the operation of any system, the issue of security arises: ensuring authentication, separation of rights, auditing and other tasks. Many solutions have already been created for Kubernetes that allow you to achieve compliance with standards even in very demanding environments... The same material is devoted to the basic aspects of security implemented within the built-in mechanisms of K8s. First of all, it will be useful to those who [...]

Adidas and Zound Industries launch a new line of wireless earbuds for sports fans

Adidas and Swedish audio manufacturer Zound Industries, which produces devices under the Urbanears and Marshall Headphones brands, announced a new series of Adidas Sport headphones. The series includes the FWD-01 wireless in-ear headphones, which can be used for running and while working out in the gym, and the RPT-01 full-size wireless headphones. Like many other sports brand products, new items were created […]

Patent lawsuit against the GNOME Foundation

The GNOME Foundation announced the start of legal proceedings on a patent lawsuit. The plaintiff was Rothschild Patent Imaging LLC. The subject of the dispute is a violation of patent 9,936,086 in the Shotwell photo manager. The above patent from 2008 describes a technique for wirelessly connecting an image capture device (phone, web camera) to an image receiving device (PC) and then selectively transmitting images filtered by date, […]

Zimbra Open-Source Edition and automatic signature in emails

Automatic signature in emails is perhaps one of the most frequently used functions by businesses. A signature that can be configured once can not only permanently increase the efficiency of employees and increase sales, but in some cases increase the level of information security of the company and even avoid lawsuits. For example, charities often add information about various ways to […]