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Three years since the previous release, a new version of the DeaDBeeF audio player has been released. According to the developers, it has become quite mature, which was reflected in the version number. Changelog added Opus support added ReplayGain Scanner added correct tracks + cue support (in collaboration with wdlkmpx) added/improved MP4 tag reading and writing added embedded loading […]
The second (0.2) version of transport from Jabber to the Telegram network has been released. What is this? — This transport allows you to communicate with Telegram users from the Jabber network. An existing Telegram account is required.— Jabber transports Why is this needed? — For example, if you want to use Telegram on any device where there is no official client (for example, the Symbian platform). What can transport do? — Log in, including [...]
Zhabogram is a transport (bridge, gateway) from the Jabber network (XMPP) to the Telegram network, written in Ruby, successor to tg4xmpp. This release is dedicated to the Telegram team, which decided that third parties have the right to touch the correspondence history located on my devices. Dependencies: Ruby >= 1.9 ruby-sqlite3 >= 1.3 xmpp4r == 0.5.6 tdlib-ruby == 2.0 and compiled tdlib == 1.3 Features: […]
ASUS has prepared for release a professional monitor, ProArt PA27UCX, equipped with a 27-inch display based on a high-quality 4K IPS matrix. The new product features Mini LED backlight technology, which uses an array of microscopic LEDs. The panel received 576 separately controllable backlight zones. There is talk of support for HDR-10 and VESA DisplayHDR 1000. Peak brightness reaches 1000 cd/m2. The monitor has a resolution of 3840 × 2160 […]
The researchers who discovered plutoid 2007 OR10, which is the largest unnamed dwarf planet in the Solar System, decided to assign a name to the celestial body. The corresponding message was published on the website of the Planetary Society. The researchers selected three options that meet the requirements of the International Astronomical Union, one of which will become the name of the plutoid. The celestial body in question was discovered in 2007 by planetary scientists Megan […]
The NixOS 19.03 distribution was released, based on the Nix package manager and providing a number of its own developments that simplify system setup and maintenance. For example, NixOS uses a single system configuration file (configuration.nix), provides the ability to quickly roll back updates, supports switching between different system states, supports installation of individual packages by individual users (the package is placed in the home directory), simultaneous installation of […]
An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API, Wine 4.6, is available. Since the release of version 4.5, 50 bug reports have been closed and 384 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added an initial implementation of the backend to WineD3D based on the Vulkan graphics API; Added the ability to load Mono libraries from shared directories; Libwine.dll is no longer required when using Wine DLL […]
Publisher Gaijin Entertainment and developers from StarGem studio announced the release of update 1.6.2 “Evolution. The Path to the Top" for its multiplayer space action movie Star Conflict. On the occasion of Cosmonautics Day, information screens at space stations have been temporarily updated, and satellites are flying in space instead of drones. Pilots can complete a special achievement and take advantage of special holiday rockets. In addition, limited […]
After six months of development, Cisco has released Snort 2.9.13.0, a free attack detection and prevention system that combines signature matching techniques, protocol inspection tools, and anomaly detection mechanisms. Main innovations: Added support for reloading rules after updating them; A script has been implemented to add a package to the blacklist with a guarantee that a new session will be allowed; […]
Hugin is a set of programs designed for stitching panoramas, converting projections, and creating HDR images. It is built around the libpano library from the panotools project, but significantly expands its functionality. Includes a graphical user interface, a batch manager, and a number of command line utilities. Major changes since version 2018.0.0: Added the ability to import source images from RAW files to TIFF using external […]
New details have been published about the hacking of the infrastructure of the decentralized messaging platform Matrix, which was reported this morning. The problematic link through which the attackers penetrated was the Jenkins continuous integration system, which was hacked on March 13. Then, on the Jenkins server, the login of one of the administrators, redirected by an SSH agent, was intercepted, and on April 4, the attackers gained access to other infrastructure servers. […]
Sisvel has announced the creation of a patent pool covering technologies that overlap with the free AV1 and VP9 video encoding formats. Sisvel specializes in intellectual property management, collecting royalties and filing patent lawsuits (a patent troll, due to whose activities the distribution of OpenMoko builds had to be temporarily suspended). Although AV1 and VP9 formats do not require patent royalties, […]