Author: ProHoster

Acer unveils Predator XB3 monitors with up to 4K resolution and up to 240Hz

Acer's range of gaming monitors has been expanded with new models of the Predator XB3 series: 31,5-inch XB323QK NV, 27-inch Predator XB273U GS and Predator XB273U GX, as well as 24,5-inch Predator XB253Q GZ. All monitors in the series support Acer AdaptiveLight (automatically adapts the screen backlight according to ambient light), as well as RGB LightSense. The latter provides a range of color-adjustable lighting effects, [...]

Dell G7 Gaming Laptops Get Thinner, Get 10th Gen Intel Processors

The Dell G7, the company's most budget-friendly gaming laptop, will get a new design and will be equipped with 10th generation Intel Core processors. The model will be presented in both 15-inch and 17-inch versions. The starting price for both options starts at $1429, with the 17-inch model going on sale today and the 15-inch model on June 29. The Dell G7 tried […]

Dell introduces new 27-inch gaming monitors with 144 and 165 Hz frequencies

Dell today announced two new 27-inch monitors. The Dell S2721HGF and Dell S2721DGF models are aimed primarily at the gaming audience, and are sold abroad at a price of $280 for the 1080p/144Hz version and $570 for the 1440p/165Hz version, respectively. Dell has tried to cover as wide a spectrum of the gaming market as possible, hoping to satisfy the needs of both serious gamers and those who […]

Suspicious types

There is nothing suspicious in their appearance. Moreover, they even seem to you well and for a long time familiar. But that's only until you check them out. This is where they will show their insidious essence, working in a completely different way than you expected. And sometimes they throw out something that just makes your hair stand on end - […]

Connect. Successfully

Traditional data transmission channels will perform their function properly for many more years, but they become affordable only in densely populated buildings. In other conditions, other solutions are needed that can provide reliable high-speed communication for reasonable money. In this article, you will learn how to solve communication problems where traditional channels are expensive or unavailable. Which classes […]

Modern infrastructure: problems and prospects

At the end of May, we held an online meetup on the topic "Modern Infrastructure and Containers: Problems and Prospects". We talked about containers, Kubernetes and orchestration in general, criteria for choosing an infrastructure, and much more. Participants shared cases from their own practice. Participants: Evgeny Potapov, CEO of ITSumma. More than half of its customers are either already moving or looking to move to Kubernetes. Dmitry Stolyarov, […]

Grocery chain "Magnit" plans to provide cellular services

Magnit, one of Russia's largest retail grocery chains, is considering the possibility of providing communication services using the model of a virtual cellular operator (MVNO). The Vedomosti newspaper reported on the project, citing information received from knowledgeable persons. It is said that discussions on the possibility of forming a virtual operator are underway with Tele2. Currently, negotiations are at an early stage, so talk about any […]

AMD Radeon Pro 5600M closes in on GeForce RTX 2060 in gaming tests

Apple has recently offered the new AMD Radeon Pro 16M mobile graphics card, which combines the Navi 5600 (RDNA) graphics processor and HBM12 memory, as an exclusive option for the MacBook Pro 2 laptop. To install it, you will have to pay an additional $700 to the base price of the laptop. Not cheap, but in this case the buyer will receive a real gaming monster. Previously […]

Nettop Zotac Zbox CI622 nano with Intel Comet Lake chip is priced at $400

We have started accepting orders for the Zotac Zbox CI622 nano small form factor computer, offered as a Barebone system without installed RAM modules and storage devices. The nettop is based on the Intel Comet Lake hardware platform represented by the Core i3-10110U processor. The chip contains two computing cores with the ability to process four instruction threads and an Intel UHD graphics accelerator. Nominal clock frequency […]

Support for Russian Baikal T1 processors has been added to the Linux kernel

Baikal Electronics announced the adoption of code to support the Russian Baikal-T1 processor and the BE-T1000 system-on-chip based on it into the main Linux kernel. Changes to implement support for Baikal-T1 were transferred to the kernel developers at the end of May and are now included in the experimental release of the Linux kernel 5.8-rc2. Review of some changes, including device descriptions […]

Release of Flatpak 1.8.0 self-contained package system

A new stable branch of the Flatpak 1.8 toolkit has been published, which provides a system for building self-contained packages that are not tied to specific Linux distributions and run in a special container that isolates the application from the rest of the system. Support for running Flatpak packages is provided for Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Mageia, Linux Mint and Ubuntu. Flatpak packages are included in the Fedora repository and are supported […]