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The parole board has denied the request for the early conditional release of Hans Reiser, the creator of the ReiserFS file system. A new application can only be submitted in five years, in 2025. Hans's children are now 18 and 20 years old, and they refuse to contact him. Recall that in 2008, Hans was sentenced to life imprisonment.
One of the features of Google Chrome is that the browser displays only part of the URL in the address bar, rather than the full URL. The complete version is only shown when clicking on the address. This opens up broad opportunities for phishing and other abuses, as attackers can spoof the website address so that the user does not notice it. In some cases […]
The release of the cross-platform open-source build script generator CMake 3.17 has been announced, serving as an alternative to Autotools and used in projects such as KDE, LLVM/Clang, MySQL, MariaDB, ReactOS, and Blender. CMake is written in C++ and is distributed under the BSD license. It is notable for providing a simple scripting language, extensibility via modules, and minimal dependencies (no binding to […]
The release of the composite server Wayfire 0.4 has occurred, utilizing Wayland and allowing the formation of resource-efficient user interfaces with 3D effects in the style of 3D plugins for Compiz (screen switching via a 3D cube, spatial window arrangement, morphing effects while working with windows, etc.). Wayfire supports extensibility through plugins and offers a flexible configuration system. The project code is written in C++ and […]
Valve has released version Proton 5.0-5, based on the developments of the Wine project and aimed at enabling the launch of gaming applications created for Windows on Linux, available in the Steam catalog. The project developments are distributed under the BSD license. Proton allows Steam game applications provided only for Windows to run directly in the Linux client. The package includes an implementation of DirectX […]
Developers at Mozilla have announced their intention to remove support for the FTP protocol from their Firefox browser. This means that in the future, users of this popular web browser will not be able to upload files or view the content of any resources via the FTP protocol. 'We are doing this for security reasons. FTP is an insecure protocol, and there is no reason to make it more preferable for uploads […]
When Google released the first developer preview of Android 11 last month, researchers discovered a set of new gesture controls codenamed Columbus. It was found that double-tapping the back of the device can trigger Google Assistant, open the camera, and more. With the release of Android 11 Developer Preview 2, the list of available […]
Mozilla has decided to temporarily restore support for TLS 1.0/1.1 protocols, which were disabled by default in Firefox 74. Support for TLS 1.0/1.1 will be reinstated without releasing a new version of Firefox, through an experimentation system for testing new features. The reason given is that due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, people are forced to work from home and cannot […]
A new version of the LV2 effects package LSP Plugins has been released, designed for sound processing during mixing and mastering of audio recordings. The most significant changes include: The collection of plugins has been expanded with multiband expanders (LSP Multiband Expander plugin series). The DSP code has been significantly optimized for the use of SSE/AVX (i386, x86_64), NEON (ARM-32), and ASIMD (AArch64) instructions. The user interface now integrates support for localization in various languages with the possibility of […]
The Purism project team announced the Librem Mini, a compact desktop computer that uses Intel's hardware platform and an operating system based on the Linux kernel. The device is encased in a housing that measures just 128 × 128 × 38 mm. It is equipped with an Intel Core i7-8565U Whiskey Lake processor, featuring four compute cores capable of processing up to eight instruction threads. The nominal clock frequency is 1.8 GHz, with a maximum […]
Zola Bridges from Google proposed a patch with an implementation of SESES (Speculative Execution Side Effect Suppression) protection for the LLVM compiler set, which helps block attacks on the speculative execution mechanism in Intel CPUs, similar to LVI. The protection method is implemented at the compiler level and is based on adding LFENCE instructions, which are inserted before each read instruction by the compiler during machine code generation […]
Due to the widespread coronavirus epidemic, many organizations are transitioning employees to remote work from home and limiting office activities. In this regard, NordVPN cybersecurity expert Daniel Markuson provided tips for securing remote workspaces. According to Daniel, the top priority when working from home is ensuring the security of corporate data. To this end, the expert advises […]