Category: Internet News

Release Electron 5.0.0, an application development platform based on the Chromium engine

The release of the Electron platform 5.0.0 has been prepared, providing a self-sufficient framework for developing cross-platform user applications based on components of Chromium, V8, and Node.js. The significant change in version number is due to the update to the Chromium 73 codebase, Node.js 12 platform, and V8 7.3 JavaScript engine. The previously expected discontinuation of support for 32-bit Linux systems has been postponed, and the 5.0 release in […]

Xiaomi Mi ART TV: 65-inch picture frame TV with a thickness of 13.9 mm

Xiaomi has introduced the first television in the new ART TV series (or Mural TV): a 65-inch 4K panel made with a Samsung display. The TV is only 13.9 mm thick. Thanks to its flat back, the panel can be pressed flush against the wall, mimicking a painting. In standby mode, the Mi ART TV can display artworks from 45 authors in 22 […]

Everything in-house: the first SSD controller based on the Chinese Godson architecture has been unveiled

For China, mass production of SSD controllers is as crucial as establishing domestic production of NAND flash memory and DRAM. Limited production of 32-layer 3D NAND and DDR4 chips has already begun in the country. But what is the situation with controllers? According to EXPreview, about ten companies in China are developing SSD controllers. All of them utilize that or […]

Release of OpenBSD 6.5

The release of the free, cross-platform UNIX-like operating system OpenBSD 6.5 has come to light. The OpenBSD project was founded by Theo de Raadt in 1995 after a conflict with developers of NetBSD, which resulted in Theo being denied access to the NetBSD CVS repository. After that, Theo de Raadt and a group of like-minded individuals created a fork based on the NetBSD source code tree […]

The NetBeans development environment has achieved Apache top-level project status

The Apache Software Foundation has announced the awarding of primary project status to the integrated development environment NetBeans. In the fall of 2016, Oracle decided to transfer the project under the auspices of the Apache Foundation, after which it handed over 4 million lines of code and rights to all related source texts for NetBeans, as well as the 'NetBeans' trademark, the domain 'netbeans.org,' and some elements […]

Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator: what is it used for

To provide IaaS (Virtual Data Center) services, we at Rusonyx use the commercial orchestrator Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator (FCO). This solution features a rather unique architecture that distinguishes it from the well-known OpenStack and CloudStack. For compute node hypervisors, KVM, VMware, Xen, Virtuozzo 6/7, and containers from Virtuozzo are supported. The supported storage options include local, NFS, […]

Freelancer immigration: what you need to know

The popularity of freelancing is growing year by year. This approach to organizing work comes with a myriad of advantages: flexible hours, no attachment to a specific workplace, opportunities for international collaboration, and greater freedom in choosing projects. All these advantages together form a solid foundation for freelancers to relocate to another country, since they won't have to change jobs or their work style. […]

Cable Television Networks for the Little Ones. Part 1: General Architecture of the CATV Network

Regardless of how enlightened the community criticizes television for its negative impact on consciousness, television signals are nonetheless present in almost all residential (and many non-residential) spaces. In large cities, it is almost always cable television, even if everyone around habitually refers to it as an 'antenna.' And while the system for receiving broadcast television is quite straightforward (although it can also be […]

Video: Journey through the Mysterious Island in the Story Campaign of Sea of Thieves

Rare studio has presented the debut trailer for the Tall Tales – Shores of Gold expansion for Sea of Thieves. Its main feature is the first chapter of a full-fledged story campaign. Users will embark on a mysterious island and attempt to uncover all of its secrets. The trailer showcases characters from the story as well as the exploration process of the island. A voiceover notes that this land lies beyond the […]

Chrome 74 has been released: a controversial dark theme and security optimizations

Google has released Chrome 74 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android users. The main new feature in this version is the introduction of Dark Mode support for Windows users. A similar function has been available on macOS since the release of Chrome 73. Interestingly, there is no toggle for themes within the browser itself. To activate the dark theme, it is necessary to […]

Release of QEMU 4.0 emulator

The QEMU 4.0 project release has been created. As an emulator, QEMU allows you to run a program compiled for one hardware platform on a system with a completely different architecture, for example, executing an ARM application on an x86-compatible PC. In virtualization mode, QEMU's code execution performance in an isolated environment is close to that of a native system by directly executing instructions on the CPU and utilizing […]

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