Category: Internet News

Release of the project management system Calligra Plan 3.2

The release of the project management system Calligra Plan 3.2 (formerly KPlato) has been announced, which is part of the Calligra office suite developed by the KDE team. Calligra Plan allows for coordinating task execution, defining dependencies between ongoing work, planning completion times, tracking the status of various development stages, and managing resource allocation in large projects. New features include: the ability to move items using drag & drop and […]

A tale of how a girl in IT decided

"But you’re a girl, what do you know about programming?" — this phrase became my guiding light into the world of information technology. It was spoken by a close person in response to my impulsive expression of overwhelming feelings. But if I had listened to him, there would have been neither this tale nor this progress. Activity indicator on the educational platform My story: the futility of old knowledge and the desire […]

The application of RPA in scientific and engineering calculations

Introduction In school, to reinforce our knowledge, we were given many similar examples to solve. We often wondered: what’s valuable about this? Just plug in two or three values into a formula and get an answer. Where's the room for creative thinking? The reality proved to be harsher than school. Now, I work as an analyst in IT. Before entering the IT field, I worked as a thermal engineer, a CNC programmer, and participated in research projects. […]

The Birth of Educational Software and Its History: From Mechanical Machines to Early Computers

Today, educational software is a collection of applications aimed at developing specific skills in students. However, the first such systems appeared more than a hundred years ago — engineers and inventors have traveled a long path from imperfect mechanical 'educational machines' to the first computers and algorithms. Let’s dive into this in more detail. Photo: crabchick / CC BY The first experiments — both successful and unsuccessful […]

The release of F-Stack 1.13 has taken place.

Tencent has released a new version of F-Stack 1.13, a framework based on DPDK and FreeBSD TCP/IP stack. Linux is the primary platform for the framework. The code is distributed under the BSD license. The framework allows applications to bypass the operating system's stack and instead use a user-space stack that communicates directly with network hardware. Among the stated features of the framework are: Full loading […]

Release of the F-Stack 1.13 network stack, implemented in user space

After a year and a half of development, the release of F-Stack 1.13 has occurred, advancing a high-performance networking stack that operates in user space, based on the DPDK framework and FreeBSD TCP/IP stack (F-Stack is not tied to FreeBSD and considers Linux as its primary application platform). The project is utilized in various products and services by Tencent, China's largest telecommunications company. The code is distributed under […]

Stanford University - visit and overview

I had the opportunity to visit Stanford University, one of the most prestigious and highly ranked educational institutions in the world, as well as one of the most advanced in the IT field. The campus and academic buildings are impressive! While I was exploring the buildings, I felt inspired and became interested in the opportunities for international students (why not?). I decided to share information and prepared an overview. The history of Stanford's establishment […]

Who’s Who in IT?

At the current stage of software development, we can observe a variety of production roles. Their number is increasing, and the classification is becoming more complex each year, which naturally complicates the processes of selecting specialists and working with the personnel potential. Information technology (IT) is a field of highly qualified labor resources and labor shortages. Here, the process of nurturing talent and the need for systematic work with the personnel potential can be […]

The standard C library PicoLibc 1.1 is available

Keith Packard, an active Debian developer, leader of the X.Org project, and creator of numerous X extensions including XRender, XComposite, and XRandR, has announced the release of the new standard C library PicoLibc 1.1, which is being developed for use on embedded devices with limited persistent storage and memory. During development, some code has been borrowed from the newlib library of the Cygwin project and AVR Libc, which has been developed […]

Debian 10.2 Release

The second correction update for the Debian 10 distribution has been released, which includes accumulated package updates and fixes for issues in the installer. The release includes 67 updates to address stability issues and 49 security updates. Notable changes in Debian 10.1 include updates to the latest stable versions of the flatpak, gnome-shell, mariadb-10.3, mutter, postfix, spf-engine, ublock-origin, and vanguards packages. […]

Google will help pronounce complex words correctly

Google aims to simplify the process of learning word pronunciation. To this end, a new feature has been integrated into the Google search engine, which will allow users to practice the pronunciation of difficult words. Users will be able to listen to the correct pronunciation of a given word. They can also speak the word into their smartphone's microphone, and the system will analyze the pronunciation and suggest what needs to be changed for optimal results. […]

Release of the Linux distribution PCLinuxOS 2019.11

The release of the custom distribution PCLinuxOS 2019.11 has been announced. The distribution was founded in 2003 based on Mandrake Linux (later Mandriva), but later branched off into an independent project. PCLinuxOS reached its peak popularity in 2010, when, according to a survey by Linux Journal, it was only surpassed in popularity by Ubuntu (in the 2013 ranking, PCLinuxOS already ranked 10th). […]

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