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Microsoft once announced that it would use about 7 GB of user hard drive space to store update files. The advantage of this approach is that it ensures that space does not run out during the middle of an update. The downside is simple — inexpensive tablets and laptops may simply not have enough space. If earlier the minimum requirement […]
The TrueOS project has announced the testing of experimental builds of FreeBSD 12-STABLE and FreeBSD 13-CURRENT, in which the monolithic base system has been transformed into a set of interconnected packages. The builds are developed within the pkgbase project, which provides tools for using the native package manager pkg to manage the packages that make up the base system. Delivering it as separate packages significantly simplifies the process of updating the base […]
The Apache Foundation has announced the completion of its integration with GitHub and the migration of all its Git services to GitHub. Initially, two version control systems were offered for Apache project development: the centralized version control system Subversion and the decentralized system Git. Since 2014, read-only mirrors of Apache repositories have been launched on GitHub. Now […]
The presentation by Dell, which the well-known Dutch website referenced when discussing Intel's upcoming announcements of new processors, initially focused on the mobile and commercial product segment. As independent experts rightly pointed out, the timeline for new product releases from Intel could differ in the consumer segment, and yesterday this notion was confirmed in a new publication on the pages of Tweakers.net. The title of the slide […]
Intel's CEO Robert Swan frequently mentioned the shortage of manufacturing capacity during the recent quarterly earnings conference, in the context of rising costs and a shift in the processor lineup towards more expensive models with more cores. Such changes allowed Intel to increase the average selling price of processors by 13% in the mobile segment in the first quarter and […]
Mozilla is developing a new mobile browser called Fenix. It will soon be available in the Google Play Store, replacing Firefox for Android. Additionally, some details have emerged about how the transition to the new browser will take place. Sources report that Mozilla has made decisions regarding the future of the Firefox browser for Android and […]
Approximately 2.24 million records containing passport data, employment information of Russian citizens, and SNILS numbers are publicly available. This conclusion was drawn by Ivan Begtin, chairman of the Data Market Participants Association, based on a study titled 'Leaks of Personal Data from Open Sources. Electronic Trading Platforms.' The study examined data from the largest electronic trading platforms in the Russian Federation, focusing on […]
Koei Tecmo reported in its financial statement that shipments of the fighting game Dead or Alive 6 totaled 350,000 copies as of March 31, 2019. This figure includes versions for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Dead or Alive 6 was released on March 1, 2019, achieving this number in just one month. Not […]
Spoiler from the report title: "The number of strong authentication use cases has increased due to threats from new risks and regulatory requirements." The research company "Javelin Strategy & Research" published the report "The State of Strong Authentication 2019" (the original pdf can be downloaded here). This report details the percentage of American and European companies using passwords (and why passwords are currently […]
A new version of the Windows 10 operating system — May 2019 Update, version 1904 — will be released soon. Developers from Redmond are already preparing fresh Insider builds for 2020. It has been reported that Windows 10 Build 18 885 (20H1), which is available to testers and early access participants, now supports several new smartphones based on the Android operating system. […]
A number of industry publications report on a new phishing attack method targeting Chrome browser users on mobile devices. Developer James Fisher has found a relatively simple exploit for the web browser, capable of tricking the user or compelling them to forcefully navigate to a fake page. And very little is needed for this. The essence is that in the mobile version of Chrome, when scrolling […]
The release of the Linux distribution Clonezilla Live 2.6.1 is available, designed for fast disk cloning (only used blocks are copied). The tasks performed by the distribution are similar to the proprietary product Norton Ghost. The size of the ISO image of the distribution is 260 MB (i686, amd64). The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses code from projects such as DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast. Booting from […]