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The FreeDB project has announced its closure. Starting March 31, 2020, the website and all associated services will cease operations. It is worth noting that the FreeDB project developed tools and a database with information about artists and musical compositions supplied on compact discs. The database includes additional details about tracks covering more than two million music CDs. Similar […]
The upcoming year 2020 may become the year of foldable and dual-screen devices. Many companies, including Microsoft, are preparing such gadgets; previously, it presented the Surface Neo tablet based on Windows 10X and the Surface Duo smartphone on Android, both with two screens. Similar solutions are expected from the corporation's partners — HP, Dell, and Lenovo. Additionally, Windows 10X will make its appearance […]
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a new series of attacks against financial and telecommunications companies based in Europe. The primary goal of the attackers is to steal money. Furthermore, cybercriminals are attempting to penetrate data to access financial information of interest. The investigation revealed that criminals exploit a vulnerability in the VPN solutions implemented across all targeted organizations. This vulnerability allows for the acquisition of data from accounts […]
Disclaimer: this material contains only the author's subjective opinion, filled with stereotypes and conjectures. The facts in the material are presented in the form of metaphors, which may be distorted, exaggerated, embellished, or entirely fabricated. ASM Discussions are still ongoing about who originally started all this. Yes, I am referring to how people transitioned from normal communication […]
The Microsoft Teams client is the first Microsoft 365 application released for Linux. Microsoft Teams is a corporate platform that integrates chat, meetings, notes, and attachments into a workspace. Developed by Microsoft as a competitor to the popular corporate solution Slack, the service was introduced in November 2016. Microsoft Teams is part of the Office 365 suite and is distributed through corporate subscriptions. In addition to Office 365 […]
The third candidate for the Wine 5.0 releases, an open implementation of the Win32 API, is now available for testing. The codebase is currently in a freeze before the release, which is expected in early January 2020. Compared to the Wine 5.0-RC2 release, 46 bug reports have been closed and 45 fixes have been made. Bug reports related to the functioning of games and applications have been addressed, including Blood 2: […]
The application server release NGINX Unit 1.14 has been formed, which develops a solution for running web applications in various programming languages (Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Go, JavaScript/Node.js, and Java). Multiple applications in different programming languages can run simultaneously under NGINX Unit, with launch parameters that can be dynamically modified without needing to edit configuration files and restart. The code […]
The results of the general resolution (GR) vote among Debian developers involved in package maintenance and infrastructure support have been published, addressing support for multiple initialization systems. The second option ('B') won — systemd remains preferred, but support for alternative initialization systems is still allowed. The voting was conducted using the Condorcet method, where each voter ranks all options in order of their […]
Ampere Computing has announced the new generation 7nm ARM processor QuickSilver, designed for cloud systems. The new chip features 80 cores with the latest Neoverse N1 microarchitecture, more than 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes, and an eight-channel DDR4 memory controller supporting modules with speeds above 2666 MHz. Additionally, with CCIX support, two-processor platforms can be created. Together, all this should enable the new […]
On December 7, 2019, a vote was held among Debian developers regarding the status of initialization systems other than systemd. The options for the project to choose from were: F: Focus on systemd B: Systemd, but we support exploring alternative solutions A: Supporting many initialization systems is important D: Support systems other than systemd, but do not block […]
As of today, browsers based on Chrome and Chromium account for about 80% of the market. The only independent project is Firefox. Recently, there has been information that Apple may also transition its Safari browser to Google’s engine. This information is based on a proposal to include Intelligent Tracking Prevention in the upcoming version of Chromium 80. Given that IPT is a signature feature […]
Long holidays are ahead, which means it’s time to revisit your Read later bookmarks or reread important articles from the past year. In this post, we have compiled and prepared a list of the most interesting materials from our blog for 2019 and hope you find them useful. The past year has been interesting and […]
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