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It’s been a while since we had truly large e-readers! After the ONYX BOOX MAX 2, we mainly talked about e-readers with screens up to 6 inches: for reading literature before bed, nothing beats them. However, when it comes to working with large-format documents, having more power (and a larger display) is a must. A 13-inch screen would probably be […]
tui-editor - WYSIWYG Markdown file editor. Productive and scalable. In this release, the following issues were fixed: an exception where the preview did not display; problems with line breaks in bulleted lists; the redo command not functioning; issues with line breaks when copying text into WWE; in preview mode, the second and subsequent commands are now hidden. <br> – instead, there are empty lines, [...]
Three issues (CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516) have been identified in the Nginx web server, which resulted in excessive memory consumption when using the ngx_http_v2_module and implemented from the HTTP/2 protocol. Affected versions range from 1.9.5 to 1.17.2. Fixes have been made in Nginx 1.16.1 (stable branch) and 1.17.3 (main branch). The issues were discovered by Jonathan Looney from Netflix. The 1.17.3 release included two additional fixes: […]
In the upcoming release of Firefox 70, scheduled for October 22, the methods of displaying HTTPS and HTTP protocols in the address bar have been revised. Pages accessed via HTTP will be marked with an unsafe connection icon, which will also be shown for HTTPS in case of certificate problems. The link for http will be displayed without the protocol 'http://', but for HTTPS, the protocol display will remain. In […]
Google has released Chrome OS 76, based on the Linux kernel, the upstart system manager, ebuild/portage build tools, open components, and web browser Chrome 76. The user environment of Chrome OS is limited to the web browser, and instead of standard applications, web applications are used; however, Chrome OS includes a full multi-window interface, desktop, and taskbar. The Chrome build […]
Nomination: For the development of contract theory in neoclassical economics. The neoclassical approach implies the rationality of economic agents, widely uses the theory of economic equilibrium and game theory. Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström. Contract. What is it? I am an employer, and I have several employees. I tell them how their salaries will be structured. Under what circumstances and what they will receive. These circumstances […]
A Python application with an interface for automatically connecting to one of the NordVPN servers of the desired type, in a specific country or to a chosen server. The server can be selected manually based on statistics for each of the available ones. Recent changes: added the ability to force quit; conducted a check for DNS leaks; added support for connections through Network Manager and openvpn; added […]
Google has decided to discontinue the separate indication of EV (Extended Validation) certificates in Chrome. Previously, for websites with such certificates, the name of the company verified by the certification authority was displayed in the address bar, but now these sites will show the same secure connection indicator as those with domain validation certificates. Starting with Chrome […]
In the release of Google Chrome 76, the company fixed a problem that allowed websites to track whether a visitor was using incognito mode. Unfortunately, the fix did not resolve the issue. Two other methods were discovered that can still be used to track the mode. Previously, this was accomplished using the capabilities of the Chrome file system API. In simple terms, if a site could access the API, […]
Today, after 4 years and 5 months of work, we are pleased to announce the release of Xfce 4.14, a new stable version that replaces Xfce 4.12. In this release, the main goal was to migrate all core components from Gtk2 to Gtk3, and from 'D-Bus GLib' to GDBus. Most components also gained support for GObject Introspection. Along the way, we completed work on […]
At the recently held Black Hat USA conference in Las Vegas, the Pwnie Awards 2019 ceremony took place, which highlighted the most significant vulnerabilities and absurd failures in the field of computer security. The Pwnie Awards are considered the equivalent of the Oscars and Razzies in computer security and have been held annually since 2007. Major winners and nominations: Best Server […]
Canonical has announced the availability of installing the Ubuntu 19.10 distribution using the ZFS file system on the root partition. This implementation is based on the ZFS on Linux project, which is provided as a module for the Linux kernel and has been included in the standard kernel package since Ubuntu 16.04. In Ubuntu 19.10, support for ZFS will be updated to version […]