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The history of educational software: the first personal computers, educational games and software for students

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Last time we talked about how attempts to automate the learning process led to the appearance in the 60s of the PLATO system, which was very advanced at that time. Many training courses have been developed for her in various subjects. However, PLATO had a drawback - only university students with special terminals had access to training materials. The situation changed with the advent of personal computers. […]

Dev 2.1

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Devuan is a Linux distribution created by Debian to provide alternative init software to systemd and alternative dependencies for the functions and libraries offered by systemd. The latest release of the project is Devuan 2.1, which makes it easier to choose between SysV init and OpenRC during installation. The distribution no longer offers ARM or virtual machine images, and the option to exclude proprietary firmware […]

Digital events in St. Petersburg from November 25 to December 1

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A selection of events for the week of ok.tech: Frontend Meetup #2 November 26 (Tuesday) Kherson 12-14 free On November 26, the St. Petersburg office of Odnoklassniki will host ok.tech: Frontend Meetup #2. Together with colleagues from Odnoklassniki, VKontakte and Hazelcast, we’ll talk about the new OK.RU frontend, made using the React + Graal combination, and discuss whether “Lifting State Up” – one of the twelve key […]

FreeELEC 9.2.0

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LibreELEC is a minimal Linux-based operating system that serves as the platform for the Kodi media center. LibreELEC runs on multiple hardware architectures and can run on both desktops and ARM-based single board computers. LibreELEC 9.2.0 improves driver support for webcams, runs on Raspberry Pi 4, and adds additional support for firmware updates. Release […]

RIPE has allocated the last free IPv4 block

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The regional Internet registrar RIPE NCC, which distributes IP addresses in Europe, Middle and Central Asia, announced the distribution of the last available block of IPv4 addresses. In 2012, RIPE began allocating the last /8 block of addresses (about 17 million addresses) and reduced the maximum allocated subnet size to /22 (1024 addresses). Yesterday the last block /22 was allocated and free […]

Julia 1.3 programming language release

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Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamically typed free programming language designed for mathematical computing. It is also effective for writing general-purpose programs. Julia's syntax is similar to MATLAB, borrowing elements from Ruby and Lisp. What's new in version 1.3: the ability to add methods to abstract types; support for Unicode 12.1.0 and the ability to use specific styles of digital characters […]

Release of the Devuan 2.1 distribution, a fork of Debian 9 without systemd

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A year and a half after the formation of the 2.0 branch, the release of the Devuan 2.1 “ASCII” distribution, a fork of Debian GNU/Linux supplied without the systemd system manager, was presented. The release continues to use the Debian 9 "Stretch" package base. The transition to the Debian 10 package base will be made with the Devuan 3 "Beowulf" release, which is currently under development. Live assemblies and installation ISO images have been prepared for download […]

Mozilla releases 2018 financial report

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Mozilla has published its financial report for 2018. In 2018, Mozilla's revenue decreased by $112 million and amounted to $450 million, while in 2017 Mozilla earned $562 million, in 2016 - $520 million, in 2015 - $421 million, in 2014 - $329 million dollars, […]

SuperData Digital Chart: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare shooter takes first place on consoles

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Analytics company SuperData Research has published a new report, according to which the best-selling launch of 2019 in digital stores was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Let us remember that the game was released on October 25, at the very end of the reporting period. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has sold approximately 4,75 million digital copies across consoles and PC, according to SuperData Research. […]

Microsoft received a license to supply Huawei with software

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Microsoft representatives announced that the corporation has received a license from the US government to supply its own software to the Chinese company Huawei. “On November 20, the US Department of Commerce approved Microsoft's request to grant a license to export mass market software to Huawei. We appreciate the Department's actions in response to our request,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in response to the issue. On […]

Taking care of the environment: the new Yandex.Taxi tariff will allow you to order a car on gas

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The Yandex.Taxi platform announced the introduction of the so-called “Eco-tariff” in Russia: it will allow you to order cars that use natural gas (methane) as fuel. Cars running on gas engine fuel cause much less harm to the environment than vehicles using gasoline or diesel fuel. Another advantage is cost savings for motorists. “Users will be able to consciously order a ride in a car that does not cause […]

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