The Chinese company ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has introduced the first energy-efficient LPDDR5 memory chips developed locally and also revealed in which products these chips will be used. Image source: CXMT Source: 3dnews.ru
Nextcloud GmbH, which develops the open platform Nextcloud for creating cloud storage and organizing collaborative work for enterprises and teams, has announced the acquisition of the Roundcube email client. Financial details of the deal are undisclosed, but it is stated that Roundcube will continue to evolve as a standalone email client that can be used independently of the Nextcloud platform. The direct merging of the Roundcube codebases […]
The release of SBCL 2.3.11 (Steel Bank Common Lisp), a free implementation of the Common Lisp programming language, has been announced. The project's code is written in Common Lisp and C, and is distributed under the BSD license. In the new release: Minor incompatibilities: Streams with the external-format parameter set using ":REPLACEMENT" will apply the replacement data to the stream information only once, leading to errors […]
On November 27, 2023, a scheduled change of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses took place for one of the 13 root DNS servers that support the operation of the DNS root zone. For the server B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET, the IP address 199.9.14.201 has now been replaced by 170.247.170.2, and instead of 2001:500:200::b, now 2801:1b8:10::b is in use. Despite the changes in the root DNS server list, the old addresses will continue to accept requests at least until November 27, 2024 […]
Daniele Antonioli, a Bluetooth security researcher who previously developed the BIAS, BLUR, and KNOB attack techniques, has identified two new vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-24023) in the Bluetooth session negotiation mechanism. These affect all Bluetooth implementations that support the 'Secure Connections' and 'Secure Simple Pairing' secure pairing modes, as defined in the Bluetooth Core specifications from 4.2 to 5.4. To demonstrate the practical application of these vulnerabilities, six attack variations have been developed, […]
Following tradition, Microsoft annually releases its so-called 'ugly' Christmas sweaters related to Windows operating systems and their applications. Last year, the company released a sweater dedicated to the 'Clippy' (virtual assistant for Microsoft Office), and prior to that — sweaters inspired by the game 'Minesweeper', Windows 95, and other software developments. The theme of the 2023 'ugly' Christmas sweater […]
According to plans announced by Carlos Soriano Sanchez, the graphical server X.org and related components will be removed from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 is scheduled for 2025, while CentOS Stream 10 is set for 2024. XWayland will be used to ensure compatibility for applications that require X11. Thus, by 2029 […]
The release of the specialized Tails 5.20 distribution (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), which is based on the Debian package base and designed for anonymous web access, has been finalized. Anonymous browsing in Tails is facilitated by the Tor network. All connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored with encryption in saved user data mode between sessions. […]
After seven months of development, the release of Comentario 3.0.0 has been published, which continues the free comment server for web pages, branching off from the now-abandoned Comment server. Comentario allows users to quickly integrate commenting functionality into their website or blog by adding a JavaScript file called comentario.js, approximately 20 KB in size, to their pages. It supports threaded discussion organization, Markdown format, authentication via social networks, and the assignment of […]
After seven months of development, a major update of the Comentario comment server 3.0.0 has been released. Comentario is a fast and powerful free comment server for web pages, written in Go and Angular. It originally emerged as a fork of Commento, a popular comment server that is now abandoned. Notable changes in the new version include a completely redesigned database structure and support for PostgreSQL versions 10 […]
A vulnerability has been discovered in the graphapi plugin application: the URL "owncloud/apps/graphapi/vendor/microsoft/microsoft-graph/tests/GetPhpInfo.php" becomes accessible. This address calls the phpinfo function, revealing PHP configuration details. This information includes all web server environment variables. If installed in a container, these variables may contain sensitive data such as the ownCloud administrator password, mail server credentials, and other information. All system administrators […]
Red Hat has announced the plan to discontinue support for the X.org server in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 distribution. Initially, the X.org Server was declared deprecated and set for removal in a future RHEL branch a year ago in the RHEL 9.1 release notes. The ability to run X11 applications in a Wayland session enabled by the XWayland DDX server will be preserved. The first release of the branch […]