Heading: Administration

How to Completely Disable Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows 10

Windows 10 has built-in Windows Defender Antivirus (β€œWindows Defender”), which protects your computer and data from unwanted programs: viruses, spyware, ransomware, and many other types of malware and hackers. And although the built-in security solution is sufficient for most users, there are situations in which you may not want to use this program. For example, if you […]

VRAR in service with digital retail

β€œI created OASIS because I felt uncomfortable in the real world. Didn't know how to get along with people. I've been afraid all my life. Until I realized that the end was near. It was only then that I realized that while reality can be brutal and scary, it remains the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality […]

Qemu.js with JIT support: stuffing can still be turned back

A few years ago, Fabrice Bellard wrote jslinux, a PC emulator written in JavaScript. After that there was at least Virtual x86. But all of them, as far as I know, were interpreters, while Qemu, written much earlier by the same Fabrice Bellard, and, probably, any self-respecting modern emulator, uses JIT compilation of guest code into […]

QEMU.js: now in a serious way and with WASM

Once upon a time, for fun, I decided to prove the reversibility of the process and learn how to generate JavaScript (or rather, Asm.js) from machine code. QEMU was chosen for the experiment, some time later an article was written on Habr. In the comments, I was advised to remake the project on WebAssembly, and somehow I didn’t want to abandon the almost completed project myself ... The work was going on, but […]

Docker container for managing HP servers via ILO

You may probably wonder - why is Docker here? What's the problem with accessing the ILO web interface and setting up your server properly? So I thought when they gave me a couple of old unnecessary servers that I had to reinstall (what is called reprovision). The servers themselves are overseas, the only thing available is the web [...]

How Compression Works in Object-Oriented Memory Architecture

A team of engineers at MIT developed an object-oriented memory hierarchy to work with data more efficiently. In the article we understand how it is arranged. /stock /PD As you know, the performance growth of modern CPUs is not accompanied by a corresponding decrease in latency when accessing memory. The difference in the change in indicators from year to year can be up to 10 times (PDF, […]

SaaS vs on-premise, myths and reality. Stop chilling

TL; DR 1: a myth may be true in some conditions and false in other TLs; DR 2: I saw a holivar - take a closer look and you will see people who do not want to hear each other Reading another article written by biased people on the specified topic, I decided to give my point of view. Maybe someone will be useful. Yes, and it’s more convenient for me to give a link to […]

If there is already a knock on the door: how to protect information on devices

Several previous articles on our blog were devoted to the security of personal information that is sent using instant messengers and social networks. Now it's time to talk about precautions regarding physical access to devices. How to quickly destroy information on a flash drive, HDD or SSD Often the easiest way to destroy information is if it is nearby. We are talking about the destruction of data from […]

3CX V16 Update 1 Beta - New Chat Features and Call Flow Service for Programmatic Call Control

After the recent release of 3CX v16, we have already prepared the first 3CX V16 Update 1 Beta. It includes new corporate chat capabilities and an updated Call Flow Service that, together with the Call Flow Designer (CFD) development environment, allows you to create complex voice applications in C#. Updated corporate chat The 3CX Live Chat & Talk communication widget continues […]

The developer of the popular Linux distribution plans to enter the IPO and go into the "cloud"

Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu, is preparing for a public offering. She plans to develop in the field of cloud computing. / photo NASA (PD) - Mark Shuttleworth on the ISS Talk about Canonical's IPO has been going on since 2015 - then the founder of the company, Mark Shuttleworth, announced a possible public offering of shares. The purpose of the IPO is to raise funds that will help Canonical […]

Toolbox for Researchers - Edition One: Self-Organization and Data Visualization

Today we are opening a new section in which we will talk about the most popular and accessible services, libraries and utilities for students, scientists and professionals. In the first issue, we will talk about the basic approaches that will help you work more efficiently, and the corresponding SaaS services. Also, we will share tools for data visualization. Chris Liverani / Unsplash The Pomodoro Method. This is a time management technique. […]

Apache Kafka and Data Streaming with Spark Streaming

Hey Habr! Today we will build a system that will process Apache Kafka message streams using Spark Streaming and write the processing result to the AWS RDS cloud database. Imagine that a certain credit institution sets us the task of processing incoming transactions "on the fly" for all its branches. This can be done in order to quickly calculate the open currency […]