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ESET has published the results of a study on the security of mobile devices running Apple iOS operating systems. This concerns the iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets. It is reported that the number of cyber threats to gadgets from the 'apple' empire has significantly increased recently. In particular, in the first half of this year, experts discovered 155 vulnerabilities in Apple's mobile platform. This is on […]
Somewhat without special attention from the community, the news that the release of CentOS 8.0 has been postponed once again indefinitely was announced. Information about this appeared in the Updates section on the CentOS wiki page dedicated to the eighth release. The announcement states that work on the already prepared (again according to the wiki) release of CentOS 8.0 is being delayed due to […]
The release of CentOS 8.0 has once again been postponed indefinitely; this information appeared in the 'Updates' section on the CentOS wiki page dedicated to the preparation of the new branch. The statement mentions that work on the already prepared (according to the wiki) release of CentOS 8.0 is currently suspended due to the upcoming release of CentOS 7.7, and since the 7.x branch […]
Huawei has released for sale versions of the Matebook 13, MateBook 14, MateBook X Pro, and Honor MagicBook Pro laptops with pre-installed Linux. The Linux-equipped models are currently only available in the Chinese market and are limited to the basic configuration. The prices of the Matebook 13 and Matebook 14 with Linux are approximately $42 lower than the similar models with pre-installed […]
Avast's blog published the results of a study on the permissions requested by flashlight applications listed in the Google Play store for the Android platform. A total of 937 flashlights were found in the catalog, of which seven exhibited signs of malicious or undesirable activity, while the rest can be considered 'clean.' 408 applications requested 10 or fewer permissions, while 262 applications required […]
The Eclipse community has introduced the Jakarta EE 8 platform, which succeeds Java EE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition) after the specification development, TCK processes, and reference implementation were handed over to the nonprofit organization Eclipse Foundation. Jakarta EE 8 offers the same set of specifications and TCK tests as Java EE 8. The differences are limited to a name change and […]
After six months of development, the GNOME 3.34 desktop environment has been released. Compared to the previous release, around 24,000 changes were made, involving 777 developers. To quickly evaluate the capabilities of GNOME 3.34, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and Ubuntu have been prepared. Key innovations include the ability to group application icons into folders in the overview mode. For creating […]
Delaying a signature is common for any large company. The contract between Tom Hunter and an online pet store for thorough penetration testing was no exception. It was necessary to check both the website and the internal network, as well as the working Wi-Fi. It's no surprise that the urge to scan the site arose even before all formalities were settled. Just to scan the site just in case, unlikely […]
In modern museums and archives, ancient texts, manuscripts, and books are stored under specific conditions that allow their original appearance to be preserved for future generations. The most prominent example of eternal manuscripts is the Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran Scrolls), first discovered back in 1947 and dated to 408 BC. Some of the scrolls have survived only partially, but there are […]
Hello! In the last article, I reviewed the music writing capabilities of iOS, and today’s topic is drawing. I'm going to discuss Apple Pencil and other applications for working with raster and vector graphics, pixel art, and various forms of drawing. The focus will be on iPad applications, although some are available for iPhone as well. The iPad has become interesting […]
Today, September 12, 2019, after nearly six months of development, the latest version of the desktop environment — GNOME 3.34 — has been released. It includes about 26,000 changes, such as "visual" updates for several applications, including the desktop itself — for example, the settings for choosing the desktop background have been simplified, making it easier to change the default wallpaper […]
After nearly ten years since the last release, a new major version of the voice communication platform Mumble 1.3 has been launched. It is primarily focused on creating voice chats for players in online games and aims to reduce latency while ensuring high audio quality. The platform is written in C++ and distributed under the BSD license. It consists of two modules — the client […]