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Who is watching what?

We draw a portrait of the modern viewer in different parts of the world. Feel the difference between the United States and Latin America in the BROADVISION analysts' report. Who is he - the modern viewer? Who gathers with family and friends in the evenings to watch the broadcast of a match or their favorite show. Do you know your subscribers well? We collected data on audiences around the world […]

Internet Archive Plans to Keep Public Posts of Google+ Closing

Google's social network didn't take off in the same way that its previous social service, Wave, did. Of course, the reasons for the failure are slightly different, but the fact remains that Google+ is shutting down. And although much fewer users communicated in this social network than on Facebook, there is still valuable information there. Realizing this, the Internet Archive team decided to […]

Linux kernel 5.1 - what is known about the changes

The anniversary version of the Linux 5.0 kernel was released in early March. But work on kernel 5.1 is already underway. In this article we will look at a number of innovations that you can expect in this version. / Flickr / ayu oshimi / CC BY-SA Support for a.out is being discontinued Linux has supported ELF binaries since the first version of the kernel. 25 years later, a.out are planning […]

"Telegraph" - e-mail without the Internet

Good afternoon I'd like to share some interesting thoughts with the community about building a self-contained decentralized email and demonstrate how one existing implementation works in practice. Initially, the Telegraph was developed as an amateur means of communication between members of our small student community, one way or another dedicated to computing and communications. Nota Bene: The Telegraph is an amateur means of communication; […]

Debate: Will DNA Storage Become Massive?

DNA storage facilities are not yet ready to reach the masses, but some experts believe that the situation will change in the near future. More and more companies are starting to address this issue. Photo by University of Michigan / Flickr / CC BY Why DNA storage is being used According to Cambridge Consultants, drives will soon no longer cope with the changing requirements for storage and operation [...]

Checking FreeRDP with the PVS-Studio analyzer

FreeRDP is an open source implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), a remote computer control protocol developed by Microsoft. The project supports many platforms, including Windows, Linux, macOS and even iOS with Android. This project was chosen as the first in a series of articles devoted to checking RDP clients using the PVS-Studio static analyzer. A bit of history The FreeRDP project came about after Microsoft […]

How to integrate Zimbra Collaboration Suite with Active Directory

Many enterprises, especially in the CIS, already have an established IT infrastructure in which a tool such as Active Directory from Microsoft is often used to manage and authenticate users. And often for such enterprises, when they begin to plan the implementation of the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, the question arises as to whether ZCS can fit well into their infrastructure and use Microsoft AD […]

Automatic creation of accounts from AD in Zimbra Collaboration Suite

In one of our previous articles, we talked about how you can make friends between Zimbra and MS Active Directory, which is used in most Russian enterprises to manage user accounts. In it, we suggested that Zimbra users take advantage of the simplest and most secure way to create mailboxes in Zimbra based on data from AD called LAZY Mode. […]

Performance Orchestra

It would hardly be wrong to say that the best of men find their joy through suffering. Ludwig van Beethoven I'm Sergey, I work at Yandex.Money in the performance research team. I want to tell you the beginning of the story about our journey to using orchestration - how we chose the instruments and what we took into account. All events from the article take place in real time, […]

Access to linux server using Telegram bot in Python

Quite often there are situations when access to the server is needed here and now. However, connecting via SSH is not always the most convenient way, because you may not have an SSH client, server address, or user/password combination at hand. Of course, there is Webmin, which simplifies administration, but it also does not give instant access. So I decided to implement a simple but […]

Application of Waves smart accounts: from auctions to bonus programs

Blockchain is often associated only with cryptocurrencies, but the scope of DLT technology is much wider. One of the most promising areas for the use of blockchain is a smart contract that is executed automatically and does not require trust between the parties that have concluded it. RIDE is a language for smart contracts Waves has developed a special language for smart contracts called RIDE. Its full documentation is here. And here is the article […]

Applying Waves Smart Accounts and Smart Assets to Financial Instruments

In the previous article, we looked at several use cases for smart accounts in business, including auctions and loyalty programs. Today we will talk about how smart accounts and smart assets can increase the transparency and reliability of financial instruments such as options, futures and bills. Option An option is an exchange contract that gives the buyer the right to buy an asset at a certain price or up to a certain […]