Rubric Internet news
Kaspersky Lab has summed up the results of a study on the spread of stalker malware in our country. So-called stalker software is special surveillance software that claims to be legal and can be purchased online. Such malware can operate completely unnoticed by the user, and therefore the victim may not even be aware of the surveillance. It is reported that in 2019 […]
A statistical report by AdDuplex has been published, analyzing the market situation and the operating system's share. Windows 10 for February 2020. According to the report, Windows 10 The November 2019 Update (version 1909) accounts for 22,6%, up 7,4% from the previous month. According to the source, users who have installed Windows 10 October 2018 Update […]
According to online sources, Microsoft is planning to update the Start menu in Windows 10, removing the tiled interface that had been widely used in the corporation's operating systems for several years. It is expected that the tiled interface will be replaced by the Start menu displaying the applications that the user interacts with most frequently. Currently, Windows 10 By default, the Start menu is used, which contains […]
Lenovo introduced updated ThinkPad T-series laptops equipped with tenth generation Intel Core processors. According to the manufacturer itself, the “T” series is the basis for the entire family of professional laptops of the company. The updated line includes three models: T14, T14s and T15. The first two laptops will receive 14-inch matrices, with resolutions up to 4K. T15 will receive a diagonal increased to 15 inches. […]
Today marks the 65th birthday of Steve Jobs. In 1976, he, along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, founded the now world-famous Apple company. In the same year, the first Apple computer was released - Apple 1, from which it all began. Real success came to Apple with the Apple II computer, released in […]
Nightly builds of Firefox, which will form the basis for the release of Firefox 75, scheduled for April 7, have updated the design of the address bar. The most noticeable change was the cessation of displaying the https:// protocol and the “www” subdomain in the drop-down block of links displayed while typing in the address bar (for example, https://opennet.ru and https://www.opennet differ in content. ru will become indistinguishable). The http:// protocol will continue to appear in […]
Damien Riehl, a lawyer, programmer and musician, teamed up with musician Noah Rubin to try to stop future copyright infringement lawsuits related to allegations of music plagiarism. To implement this idea, a huge array of MIDI melodies was generated, copyrights were obtained for these automatic melodies, and then the melodies were transferred into the public domain. […]
The Free Software Foundation has announced its intention to create a new code hosting facility that supports collaborative development tools and meets previously established ethical criteria for free software hosting. The new platform will complement the existing hosting of the year Savannah, the support of which will continue without changes. The purpose of creating a new hosting is the desire to solve the problem with the open source software development infrastructure. Currently, many [...]
Hello everyone! I continue my review of free and open source software news (and a little hardware). All the latest news about penguins and more, in Russia and around the world. In issue #4 for February 17-23, 2020: RedHat Research: Open Source Displacing Proprietary Software in the Enterprise Segment. Clear's Big Review Linux From Intel. MyPaint 2.0 is a major release. What's new in […]
At a recent online conference, representatives from the Chinese company Huawei not only unveiled new products but also highlighted the success of its own mobile app ecosystem, which is ultimately intended to become a full-fledged alternative to Google's proprietary apps and services. It was noted that Huawei's app ecosystem currently includes 1,3 million developers worldwide. More than 3000 engineers […]
Publisher Another Indie and Coffee Addict Game Studio have announced a joint project—the adventure game Hazel Sky for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch. In the description on Hazel Sky's Steam page, the developers call their creation "a heartfelt adventure about a young engineer who confronts fate and his own desires." Gideon, a native of the city in the clouds, […]
The March GTC 2020 event is raising hopes for potential NVIDIA announcements, but some sources believe these are in vain. A real revival of the company's activity in this area is expected only by the end of August. The German resource Igor's LAB is attempting to forecast NVIDIA's new product announcement schedule, based on an already compiled business travel plan for specialists traditionally attracted […]