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PostgreSQL Anonymizer 0.6, an extension for data anonymization in the DBMS

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A new release of the PostgreSQL Anonymizer project is available, providing an add-on to the PostgreSQL database management system that addresses the challenge of hiding or replacing confidential data or information that constitutes a trade secret. Data can be anonymized on the fly based on specially defined rules and user lists whose query responses need to be anonymized. The code is distributed under the PostgreSQL license. For example, using this add-on, access can be provided […]

Release of the 4MLinux 32.0 distribution

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The release of 4MLinux 32.0 has been published, a minimalist user distribution that is not a fork of other projects and uses a graphical environment based on JWM. 4MLinux can be used not only as a live environment for playing multimedia files and solving user tasks but also as a system for recovery after failures and a platform for running LAMP servers (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, and […

Announcement of the merger of FreeNAS and TrueNAS projects

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iXsystems has announced the unification of its products for the rapid deployment of Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The free distribution FreeNAS will be merged with the commercial project TrueNAS, which extends FreeNAS's capabilities for enterprises and is pre-installed on storage systems released by iXsystems. For historical reasons, FreeNAS and TrueNAS were developed, tested, and released separately despite the large amount of shared code. For […

Vulnerability in Timeshift that allows privilege escalation in the system

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A vulnerability (CVE-2020-10174) has been identified in the Timeshift application, allowing a local user to execute code with root privileges. Timeshift is a backup system that uses rsync with hard link installation or Btrfs snapshots to provide functionality similar to System Restore in Windows and Time Machine in macOS. The program is included in the repositories of many distributions and is used by default in PCLinuxOS […]

Release of Zorin OS 15.2

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The release of Zorin OS 15.2, based on the Ubuntu 18.04.4 package base, has been announced. The target audience for the distribution is beginner users accustomed to working in Windows. To manage the appearance, the distribution offers a special configurator that allows users to give the desktop the look typical of various Windows versions, and it includes a selection of programs similar to those familiar to Windows users. The size of the bootable ISO image […]

Release of Memcached 1.6.0 with support for external storage

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A significant release of the in-memory caching data system Memcached 1.6.0 has occurred, operating with key/value format data and known for its ease of use. Memcached is typically used as a lightweight solution to speed up high-load websites by caching access to databases and intermediate data. The code is distributed under the BSD license. In the new version, the implementation of the "extstore" storage has been stabilized, which can now be assembled […]

The patent for the SIFT object recognition algorithm has expired

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On March 8, the US6711293B1 patent expired, describing the SIFT (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) technique designed for detecting features in images. SIFT is applicable in areas such as object recognition in images, overlaying 3D models on real images in augmented reality systems, map matching, 3D space location determination, and panorama stitching. Previously, to use SIFT in […]

Release of Pygments 2.6.1

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The release of Pygments 2.6.1 has occurred. Pygments is a library for Python and a command-line utility for syntax highlighting of source code. It is used by various platforms such as Wikipedia, BitBucket, and Progopedia. It outputs the following formats: HTML, LaTeX, RTF, and syntax highlighting through ANSI sequences (in the console). In the new version (changes for version 2.6 are indicated; version 2.6.1 fixes packaging issues): Support for Python 2 has been removed. […]

Update KB4535996 has broken sleep mode in Windows 10.

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The infamous update KB4535996, released in February, has brought new issues. This time, users are reporting spontaneous waking of computers from sleep mode. Users claim that the problem occurs on the Surface Laptop 2 and some other laptops, as well as PCs, even when the lid is closed. In various cases, wake-ups are reported after several minutes or hours. Owners […]

Pleroma 2.0

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Almost a year after the first stable release, the second major version of Pleroma — a federated social network for microblogging written in Elixir and utilizing the standardized W3C ActivityPub protocol — has been presented on International Women's Day. It is the second largest network in the Fediverse. Unlike its closest competitor, Mastodon, which is written in Ruby and relies on […]

Release of Package Manager APT 2.0

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The release of the APT 2.0 (Advanced Package Tool) package management toolkit 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 branch incorporates changes accumulated during the development of the experimental 1.9.x branch. The new release is expected soon […]

Vivo has announced new plans for deploying Funtouch OS based on Android 10

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Vivo produces numerous smartphones with attractive designs, the latest hardware, features, and often innovative solutions. However, when it comes to rolling out updates, the company significantly lags behind competitors. Android 10 is no exception (though part of this can be attributed to the coronavirus outbreak). Vivo introduced Funtouch OS 10 back in December. The latest version of the company's interface is based on […]

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