Author: ProHoster

Zeiss CEO: Smartphone cameras will always be severely limited

“Over the years, smartphone cameras may have changed the way we take pictures, but there is a limit to what a phone camera can achieve,” says Zeiss Group President and CEO Dr. Michael Kaschke. This man knows what he’s talking about, because his company is one of the leading players in the optical systems segment and produces […]

How to compact up to 90% backup storage in object storage

Our Turkish clients asked us to properly configure backup for their data center. We are doing similar projects in Russia, but here the story was more about researching how best to do it. Given: there is local S3 storage, there is Veritas NetBackup, which has acquired new advanced functionality for moving data to object storage, now with support for deduplication, and there is a problem with […]

Mysterious Xiaomi 5G smartphone spotted on regulator website

Information about a mysterious Xiaomi smartphone has appeared on the website of the Chinese Telecommunications Equipment Certification Authority (TENAA). The device appears under the code name M1908F1XE. The technical characteristics of the device, unfortunately, are not disclosed. But it is said that the device will be able to function in fifth generation mobile networks (5G). Observers believe that the flagship smartphone Mi Mix 4 may be hidden under the specified code. This device is attributed […]

StealthWatch: deployment and configuration. Part 2

Hello colleagues! Having determined the minimum requirements for deploying StealthWatch in the last part, we can begin deploying the product. 1. Methods for deploying StealthWatch There are several ways to “touch” StealthWatch: dcloud – cloud service for laboratory work; Cloud Based: Stealthwatch Cloud Free Trial – here Netflow from your device will be sent to the cloud and StealthWatch software will be analyzed there; On-premise POV […]

Samsung comes up with a smartphone with two hidden displays

The LetsGoDigital resource has discovered Samsung patent documentation for a smartphone with a very unusual design: we are talking about a device with multiple displays. It is known that the patent application was sent to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) about a year ago - in August 2018. As you can see in the images, Samsung offers to equip the smartphone with two […]

Parkinson's Law and how to break it

“Work fills the time allotted for it.” Parkinson's Law Unless you are a British official from 1958, you don't have to follow this law. No work has to take up all the time allotted for it. A few words about the law Cyril Northcote Parkinson is a British historian and brilliant satirist. An essay published by […]

Deploying your MTProxy Telegram with statistics

“I inherited this mess, starting with the unscrupulous Zello; LinkedIn and ending with “everyone else” on the Telegram platform in my world. And then, with a hiccup, the official hastily and loudly added: “But I will restore order (here in IT)” (...). Durov rightly believes that it is authoritarian states that should be afraid of him, the cypherpunk, and Roskomnadzor and golden shields with their DPI filters […]

CMake and C++ are brothers forever

During development, I like to change compilers, build modes, dependency versions, perform static analysis, measure performance, collect coverage, generate documentation, etc. And I really love CMake because it allows me to do everything I want. Many people criticize CMake, and often deservedly so, but if you look at it, it’s not all that bad, and recently […]

Air Attack game! — our first development experience in VR

We continue the series of publications about the best mobile applications of SAMSUNG IT SCHOOL graduates. Today – a word from young developers from Novosibirsk, winners of the VR application competition “SCHOOL VR 360” in 2018, when they were first-year students. This competition concluded a special project for graduates of the “SAMSUNG IT SCHOOL”, where they taught development in Unity3d for Samsung Gear VR virtual reality glasses. All gamers are familiar with [...]

SQL. Entertaining puzzles

Hello, Habr! For more than 3 years now I have been teaching SQL in various training centers, and one of my observations is that students master and understand SQL better if they are given a task, and not just told about the possibilities and theoretical foundations. In this article, I will share with you my list of tasks that I give […]

Linux in Action book

Hello, Khabro residents! In the book, David Clinton describes 12 real-life projects, including automating your backup and recovery system, setting up a Dropbox-style personal file cloud, and creating your own MediaWiki server. You'll learn virtualization, disaster recovery, security, backup, DevOps, and system troubleshooting through interesting case studies. Each chapter ends with an overview of practical recommendations […]