Author: ProHoster

Rumors: Tales from the Borderlands re-release will be released this year and will offer new content

A Reddit user who has already deleted his account posted in the rumors and leaks section a screen recording of the trailer for Tales from the Borderlands Redux, an alleged re-release of the serial adventure from Telltale Games. The video was posted by an informant in two parts (the Imgur service only offers 60-second videos) and looks unfinished: most of the fonts are completely unpresentable. Both halves of the trailer have already been reunited by craftsmen […]

The ship of the Sea Launch complex arrived in Primorye

The assembly and command vessel of the Sea Launch floating cosmodrome arrived from the United States to Russia: it will be moored at the Slavyansk Ship Repair Plant (SRZ). RIA Novosti reports this, citing information received from representatives of the enterprise. The process of transferring Sea Launch from the American port of Long Beach in California to the Slavyansky Shipyard in Primorye began at the end of February. Now in our country [...]

Microsoft closes retail stores worldwide due to coronavirus outbreak

Microsoft announced the closure of all Microsoft Store retail stores due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The company has more than 70 stores in the United States, seven in Canada and one each in Puerto Rico, Australia and England. “We know that families, remote workers and businesses are under unprecedented pressure at this time, and we are still here to serve you online […]

Amazon will increase the staff by 100 thousand people due to increased demand for its services

The spread of coronavirus, quite expectedly, has increased the demand for distance trading and delivery services. Internet giant Amazon is already facing a shortage of resources and is ready to increase its workforce by one hundred thousand people, as well as raise wages for its part-time employees. Subscription to Amazon Prime services has recently ceased to guarantee delivery of orders from the online store of the same name for […]

Chrome 81 release delayed as Google employees move to work from home

Due to changes in employee work schedules, Google has suspended publication of the Chrome 81 and Chrome OS 81 releases scheduled for March 17 and 24. It is noted that the main goals are to ensure the stability, security and reliability of Chrome. Vulnerability updates will continue to be prioritized and, if necessary, delivered as an update for Chrome 80. In […]

OBS Studio 25.0 Live Streaming Release

OBS Studio 25.0 project release is available for streaming, streaming, compositing and video recording. The code is written in C/C++ languages ​​and is distributed under the GPLv2 license. Assemblies are generated for Linux, Windows and macOS. The goal of developing OBS Studio is to create a free analogue of the Open Broadcaster Software application, not tied to the Windows platform, supporting OpenGL and extensible through plugins. The difference […]

WordPress and Apache Struts lead web platforms in the number of exploit vulnerabilities

RiskSense published the results of an analysis of 1622 vulnerabilities in web frameworks and platforms identified from 2010 to November 2019. Some conclusions: WordPress and Apache Struts account for 57% of all vulnerabilities for which exploits are prepared for attacks. Next come Drupal, Ruby on Rails and Laravel. The list of platforms with exploitable vulnerabilities also includes Node.js […]

NOTE Studio 25.0

A new version of OBS Studio, 25.0, has been released. OBS Studio is open and free software for streaming and recording, licensed under GPL v2. The program supports various popular services: YouTube, Twitch, DailyMotion and others that use the RTMP protocol. The program runs under the most popular operating systems: Windows, Linux, macOS. OBS Studio is a significantly redesigned version of Open […]

Free proxy server for enterprise with domain authorization

pfSense+Squid with https filtering + Single sign-on technology (SSO) with filtering by Active Directory groups Brief background The enterprise needed to implement a proxy server with the ability to filter access to sites (including https) by groups from AD so that users would not no additional passwords were entered, and administration could be done from the web interface. Not a bad application, not true [...]

Magnetic core memory in the Saturn 5 rocket

The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) played a key role in the Apollo moon program, controlling the Saturn 5 rocket. Like most computers of the time, it stored data in tiny magnetic cores. In this article, Cloud4Y talks about an LVDC memory module from Steve Jurvetson's luxury collection. This memory module was improved in the mid-1960s […]

OpenID Connect: authorization of internal applications from custom to standard

A few months ago I was implementing an OpenID Connect server to manage access for hundreds of our internal applications. From our own developments, convenient on a smaller scale, we moved to a generally accepted standard. Access through a central service significantly simplifies monotonous operations, reduces the cost of implementing authorizations, allows you to find many ready-made solutions and not rack your brains when developing new ones. In this […]