The release of the package management tool Apt 1.9 (Advanced Package Tool), developed by the Debian project, has been prepared. In addition to Debian and its derivatives, Apt is also used in some distributions based on the rpm package manager, such as PCLinuxOS and ALT Linux. The new release will soon be integrated into the Debian Unstable branch and the package base of Ubuntu 19.10. […]
On June 18, the release of the HestiaCP control panel for VPS/VDS servers version 1.00.0-190618 took place. This panel is an enhanced fork of VestaCP and is developed exclusively for Debian-based distributions: Debian 8, 9 and Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 LTS. Like its parent project, it is named after the ancient Greek goddess Hestia, rather than the Roman version. Among the advantages of our project over VestaCP, we can highlight the following: Numerous […]
The release of GNU nano 4.3 has been announced. Changes in the new version include: Restored ability to read and write to FIFO. Startup time reduced as full syntax parsing is now performed only when necessary. Accessing help (^G) while using the –operatingdir option no longer causes a crash. Reading a large or slow file can now be interrupted with […]
A CVE-2019-11707 vulnerability has been discovered in the Firefox browser, reportedly allowing an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code using JavaScript. Mozilla states that the vulnerability is already being exploited by attackers. The issue lies in the implementation of the Array.pop method. Further details have not been disclosed. The vulnerability has been patched in Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1. Consequently, it can be confidently stated that all versions are vulnerable […]
I am called the King. If you use familiar labels, I am a consultant. More precisely, I am the owner of a modern consulting firm. I have devised a scheme whereby my company reliably earns a decent amount of money, while, oddly enough, benefiting the client. What do you think the essence of my business scheme is? You will never guess. I sell factories their own programmers, and […]
Prologue The Boys from Missouri Joseph Carl Robert Licklider made a strong impression on people. Even in his early years, before he got involved with computers, he had a way of making everything clear to others. "Lick was perhaps the most intuitively gifted genius I have ever known," later stated William McGill in an interview, which was […]
This book is recommended by Alan Kay. He often says the phrase, "The computer revolution has not yet happened." But the computer revolution has begun. More accurately — it has been initiated. It was started by certain individuals, with specific values, and they had a vision, ideas, and a plan. What assumptions did the revolutionaries have when they created this plan? For what reasons? Where did they intend to lead humanity? At what stage are we […]
Hedy Lamarr was not only the first to appear nude in film and portray an orgasm on camera, but she also invented a frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system. "I think people's minds are more interesting than their appearance," said Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in 1990, ten years before her death. Hedy Lamarr was a captivating actress of the 1940s […]
Almost always we create our problems with our own hands… our worldview… our inaction… our laziness… our fears. It becomes quite convenient then to float in the public current of sewage templates… since it is warm and fun, while the rest is irrelevant – we can just indulge. But after a major failure comes the realization of a simple truth – instead of generating an endless stream of excuses, pity for […]
An automated medical center utilizes a variety of devices that must be managed by a medical information system (MIS), as well as devices that do not accept commands but need to relay their operational results to the MIS. However, all devices have different connection options (USB, RS-232, Ethernet, etc.) and ways to interact with them. Supporting all of them within the MIS is practically impossible, […]
Corrective releases of Firefox 67.0.3 and 60.7.1 have been published, addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-11707) that could cause the browser to crash when executing malicious JavaScript code. The vulnerability is caused by a type handling issue in the Array.pop method. Access to detailed information is currently restricted. It is also unclear whether the issue is limited to the reported crash or could potentially be exploited for arbitrary code execution by an attacker. Additional information: […]
Two years after the cessation of the formation of 32-bit installation images for the x86 architecture, the developers of Ubuntu have decided to fully end the lifecycle of this architecture in the distribution. Starting with the autumn release of Ubuntu 19.10, packages in the repository for the i386 architecture will no longer be created. The last LTS branch for users of 32-bit x86 systems will be Ubuntu 18.04, the support for which will last […]