Author: ProHoster

"Telegraph" - e-mail without the Internet

Good afternoon I'd like to share some interesting thoughts with the community about building a self-contained decentralized email and demonstrate how one existing implementation works in practice. Initially, the Telegraph was developed as an amateur means of communication between members of our small student community, one way or another dedicated to computing and communications. Nota Bene: The Telegraph is an amateur means of communication; […]

New nanoporous material promises to improve batteries and catalysts

The Belgian research center Imec announced the development of an inexpensive technology for the production of nanoporous material with outstanding qualities. The unique material in the form of a nanocellular structure has an extremely high porosity and an unprecedented surface to volume ratio. Imagine a small can of soda, 75% of which is empty, with a total surface area the size of a football field. At the same time, the production of the material is quite simple [...]

Chinese online retailer Gearbest has released a database with millions of personal data of buyers.

A hacking team at VPNMentor has discovered that Chinese e-commerce giant Gearbest stores customer data in easily accessible databases. The guys at VPNMentor discovered several insecure Elasticsearch databases (Indices) with millions of records containing customer personal data, order information, and payment data. All this goodness is supported and used by the Gearbest store, whose site is in the Top 250 […]

Which of the developers living in the same city earns more: working remotely or in the office?

At the end of 2018, we tried to test the common perception that in IT, the salary of a remote employee is, on average, lower than that of an office worker. And we saw that if we take all the salaries of Russian IT specialists, then remote employees, on average, earn 40% more than office ones. Looking in more detail, we found that the salary of remote IT workers is higher than […]

Flammable: HP recalls tens of thousands of laptop batteries

HP is forced to initiate another massive recall program for laptop batteries. Lithium-ion power supplies used in consumer laptops and mobile workstations are reportedly subject to the recall. Such batteries may overheat, resulting in a risk of fire or burns. Defective batteries shipped with HP ProBook laptops (64x G2 and G3 Series, 65x G2 and G3 […]

1. Check Point Getting Started R80.20. Introduction

Welcome to the first lesson! And we will start with the Introduction. Before starting a conversation about Check Point, I would like to first get on the same wavelength with you. To do this, I will try to explain a few conceptual things: What are UTM solutions and why did they come into being? What is Next Generation Firewall or Enterprise Firewall, how do they differ from [...]

Mutazione - An Adventure About Mutants and Music for PS4 and PC

Studio Die Gute Fabrik has announced a soap opera Mutazione, where local gossip is intertwined with the supernatural. Mutazione is a game where the personal drama is as important as the adventure part of the story. It draws on the storytelling format of well-known television shows such as Twin Peaks, Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Grey's Anatomy, and Lost. According to the plot […]

Checking FreeRDP with the PVS-Studio analyzer

FreeRDP is an open source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), a remote computer control protocol developed by Microsoft. The project supports many platforms, including Windows, Linux, macOS and even iOS with Android. This project was chosen as the first in a series of articles devoted to checking RDP clients using the PVS-Studio static analyzer. A bit of history The FreeRDP project came about after Microsoft […]

Microsoft is preparing a white "sci-fi" Phantom controller for Xbox One

Microsoft has made a new offer to those who need a new controller for their Xbox One console, PC, Windows 10 tablet, or Samsung Gear VR. Unfortunately, this is not the second version of the Elite manipulator that was rumored about, but only another special edition of the Phantom in white. The sides and top of the case have a translucent gradient that allows […]

Speeding up C/C++ file I/O without too much effort

Preface There is such a simple and very useful utility in the world - BDelta, and it so happened that it took root in our production process for a very long time (although we could not install its version, but it certainly was not the last one available). We use it for its intended purpose - the construction of binary patches. If you look at what's in the repository, it becomes a little […]

Acer will introduce a new brand - perhaps for gaming accessories

In the near future, Acer intends to announce a large number of new products and a new brand. This is reported by the DigiTimes resource, citing statements by the company's CEO Jason Chen (Jason Chen). It is known that the presentation will take place at a special event in New York (USA) in April. The new brand is expected to help Acer generate additional revenue streams in a shrinking market […]