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As the world's number one browser, Chrome is constantly evolving, with Google always seeking ways to enhance the user experience. The security and performance levels of the application are also improving across all platforms. Recently, the company started working on a new feature that will prevent websites from blocking the 'Back' button. As is well known, there are pages that make it difficult to return in the browser […]
At the recent Google I/O developer conference, Google announced that this year's Chromebooks will support the Linux operating system. This option existed before, but now the process is much simpler and available 'out of the box'. Last year, Google started providing the capability to run Linux on some laptops with […]
Security researcher Willem de Groot reported that in a recent infrastructure breach, attackers were able to inject malicious code into the web analytics system Picreel and the open platform for generating interactive web forms Alpaca Forms. The JavaScript code substitution led to the compromise of 4,684 websites using these systems on their pages (1,249 — Picreel and 3,435 — Alpaca Forms). The injected […]
The release of the free distribution of OpenIndiana 2019.04 is now available, which has replaced the binary distribution of OpenSolaris, whose development was discontinued by Oracle. OpenIndiana provides users with a working environment built on a fresh snapshot of the Illumos project codebase. The development of OpenSolaris technologies continues through the Illumos project, which enhances the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, as well as the basic set of user system utilities […]
The current 14nm manufacturing process will remain in operation at least until 2021. In Intel's presentations about the transition to new technologies, any processors and products are mentioned, but not desktop ones. Mass production of Intel products based on 7nm technology will not begin before 2022. All engineering resources will be shifted from the 14nm process to the 7nm process, and the 10nm process will […]
A new version of the KWin-lowlatency composite manager for KDE Plasma has been released, which includes patches to improve interface responsiveness. Changes in version 5.15.5: New settings have been added (System Settings > Display and Monitor > Compositor) that allow you to balance responsiveness and functionality. Support for NVIDIA graphics cards. Support for linear animation has been disabled (it can be enabled in the settings). Use of glXWaitVideoSync instead of DRM VBlank. […]
Today, I want to discuss what 'digital' means. Digital transformation, digital assets, digital products… These terms are everywhere today. In Russia, national programs are being launched, and even ministries are being renamed, but when reading articles and reports, you often come across vague phrases and unclear definitions. Recently, I attended a 'high-level' meeting at work, where representatives from a well-respected […]
A new version of the Russian distribution Astra Linux Common Edition (CE), release "Eagle," has been released. Astra Linux CE is positioned by the developer as a general-purpose OS. The distribution is based on Debian, and it uses its own Fly environment as the graphical interface. Additionally, there are many graphical utilities to simplify system and hardware configuration. The distribution is commercial; however, the CE edition is available […]
In the latest version of the messaging app Telegram, developers added many new features and improved existing ones. The main innovation is the ability to archive chats. A new design for the Android app was also introduced along with several other functions. Archiving Chats As the name suggests, this feature allows you to create archived copies of chats to remove them from the list if they are not needed but you want to keep […]
The Microsoft PowerToys utility set for Windows 95 and Windows XP is well-known among users. In its time, this suite allowed for easy customization of the operating system by adding new features to context menus, enhancing the Alt + Tab application switcher, syncing files and folders, and so on. Unfortunately, these utilities are no longer functional in newer OS versions. But, […]
I had a vision of the future. Out of nowhere, during a mundane meal of mashed potatoes, I was overwhelmed by a wave of clarity that stunned and disoriented me, and when the wave receded, I was left with several phantasmagorical images. To ensure I wouldn’t forget them, I immediately transferred them to a file, and now I’m revealing them. I eagerly await April 12, 2026 – […]
The release of the KWin-lowlatency 5.15.5 project has been announced, which includes a version of the composite manager for KDE Plasma 5.15, enhanced with patches to improve interface responsiveness and fix certain issues related to user action delays, such as input lag. The project's developments are distributed under the GPLv2 license. A ready PKGBUILD is available in AUR for Arch Linux. Inclusion in Gentoo […]