Author: ProHoster

Micro DECT headset Snom A150 - overview

Hello our beloved readers! The review will again be devoted to the micro DECT headset, this is the Snom A150 model. The headset will give the user even more freedom compared to the model from the previous review, since the connection with this headset is not made through the base station. But first things first. DECT standard In the previous review, we talked about the DECT standard in […]

3. FortiAnalyzer Getting Started v6.4. Working with logs

Welcome to the third lesson of the FortiAnalyzer Getting Started course. In the last lesson, we deployed the layout needed to complete the lab. In this lesson, we will look at the basic principles of working with logs on FortiAnalyzer, get acquainted with event handlers, and also look at log protection mechanisms. The theoretical part, as well as the full recording of the video lesson, are under the cut. In order to […]

HBO TV channel will shoot a mini-series about Elon Musk's SpaceX company

It has become known that the HBO channel is filming a mini-series about the American space company SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk. Variety reported this, noting that the story of SpaceX will be told in six episodes. The series will be based on a book by Ashlee Vance called “Elon Musk. Tesla, SpaceX and the road to the future." Among other things, the series […]

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will not be released in Russia on discs

A representative of Activision Blizzard told DTF that the upcoming shooter Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will not be released on disc in Russia. As it turns out, only a digital release is planned for November 13, 2020. Activision Blizzard also did not sell the previous part of the shooter series - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - on discs in Russia. But […]

520 New Packages Included in Linux Patent Protection Program

The Open Invention Network (OIN), which aims to protect the Linux ecosystem from patent claims, announced an expansion of the list of packages that are covered by a non-patent agreement and the possibility of free use of certain patented technologies. The list of distribution components that fall under the definition of a Linux System (“Linux System”), which is covered by the agreement between the OIN participants, has been expanded to […]

Firefox Update 81.0.2

A maintenance release of Firefox 81.0.2 has been published, which fixes the Twitter incompatibility that was reported as a workaround last week. The problem manifests itself by displaying an error about a network protocol failure when trying to open Twitter and without editing the browser code, it can be solved by removing the handler associated with the site on the “about:serviceworkers” page. Additionally, we can note the appearance in the nightly builds of Firefox [...]

KDE Plasma Desktop Release 5.20

A release of the KDE Plasma 5.20 custom shell is available, built using the KDE Frameworks 5 platform and the Qt 5 library using OpenGL/OpenGL ES to speed up rendering. You can evaluate the performance of the new version through a Live build from the openSUSE project and builds from the KDE Neon User Edition project. Packages for various distributions can be found on this page. Key improvements: Significantly […]

LLVM 11

A set of GCC-compatible LLVM development tools has been released. In particular, as an experiment, it included Flang, a front-end for the Fortran language. From the significant: The migration of the assembly system towards using Python 3 has begun. The 2nd version of the language, however, is still supported as a “fallback” option. Support for AST recovery, which makes it easier to find errors in the code, [...]

How to increase read speed from HBase up to 3 times and from HDFS up to 5 times

High performance is one of the key requirements when working with big data. We, in the data loading management at Sberbank, are pumping almost all transactions into our Hadoop-based Data Cloud and therefore we are dealing with really large information flows. Naturally, we are always looking for ways to increase productivity, and now we want to tell you how […]

New object storage metrics

Flying Fortress by Nele-Diel The Mail.ru Cloud Storage S3 object storage team translated an article about what criteria are important when choosing an object storage. Below is the text from the author. When it comes to object storage, people tend to think of only one characteristic - price per TB/GB. Of course, this metric is important, but it makes the approach one-sided and equates […]

ERP-system: what is it, why to implement it and whether your company needs it

When implementing ready-made ERP systems, 53% of companies experience serious difficulties that require changes in business processes and organizational approaches, and 44% of companies face significant technical problems. In a series of articles, we break down what an ERP system is, why it is beneficial, how to determine the need for its implementation, what you need to know when choosing a platform provider and how to implement it. The concept […]