Category: Blog

The release of the open microarchitecture MIPS R6 has been presented.

In December of last year, Wave Computing, which acquired the developments and patents of MIPS Technologies after the bankruptcy of Imagination Technologies, announced its intention to make the MIPS 32- and 64-bit instruction set, tools, and architecture open and free of licensing fees. Wave Computing promised to provide access to developer packages within the first quarter of 2019. And they made it […]

Google Photos will be able to align and enhance document photographs.

Google has simplified the task of photographing bills and other documents on a smartphone. Continuing the development of the intelligent feature introduced last year in Google Photos, which offers automatic image processing, the company has introduced a new capability called 'Crop and Adjust' for images of printed documents and text pages. The operation principle is very similar to recommended actions in Google Photos. After photographing, the platform will identify the document […]

92.7% make backups, data losses have increased by 30%. What's wrong?

In 2006, at a major Russian conference, a Doctor of Technical Sciences gave a presentation on the growing information space. Using beautiful diagrams and examples, the scientist explained that in 5-10 years, information in developed countries would be delivered to each person in quantities that they would not be able to fully comprehend. He spoke of wireless networks, available at every turn […]

A selection of books on how to learn, think, and make effective decisions

On our blog on Habr, we not only share stories about the developments from the ITMO University community but also photo excursions — for example, to our robotics lab, cyber-physical systems lab, and DIY coworking FabLab. Today, we have gathered a selection of books that explore opportunities for enhancing work and study efficiency from the perspective of thinking patterns. Photo: g_u / Flickr / CC […]

Intel has laid off hundreds of IT administrators

According to several sources within Intel, the company laid off a significant number of IT workers across various departments this week. The number of layoffs reportedly reached hundreds, according to informants. Intel confirmed the layoffs but declined to explain the reasons for the cuts or specify the number of people who lost their jobs. "The changes in our workforce are driven by the needs and priorities of the business that we continually assess. We […]

Mozilla Unveils Ability to Use WebAssembly Outside the Browser

Experts from Mozilla have introduced the WASI (WebAssembly System Interface) project, which aims to develop an API for creating regular applications that run outside the browser. The focus is initially on cross-platform capabilities and a high level of security for such applications. As noted, they run in a special "sandbox" and have access to files, file systems, network sockets, timers, and so on. Meanwhile, […]

Backups Ready: Debunking Myths in Celebration

Backup is not a trendy technology that everyone is shouting about. It is simply a must-have in any serious company, and that's it. In our bank, we back up several thousand servers — it's a complex and interesting job, and I want to talk about some of the nuances of it, as well as common misconceptions about backups. This topic […]

Open Rack v3: What to Expect from the New Standard in Rack Architecture

It will find application in hyperscale data centers. / photo Not4rthur CC BY-SA Why the specification was updated Engineers from the Open Compute Project (OCP) presented the first version of the standard back in 2013. It described a modular and open rack design for data centers with a width of 21 inches. This approach allowed the rack's effective space utilization ratio to increase to 87.5%. In comparison, […]

WavesKit — A PHP Framework for Working with the Waves Blockchain

I like PHP for its development speed and excellent portability. It's very handy to have a ready-to-use tool in your pocket for solving tasks. It was quite disappointing that when I got acquainted with the domestic blockchain Waves Platform, there was no ready-made SDK available for PHP. Well, I had to write one. Initially, I had to use nodes for signing transactions. So, […]

How to Build an SDN — Eight Open Source Tools

Today we have prepared a selection of SDN controllers for our readers, which are actively supported by GitHub users and large open-source foundations like the Linux Foundation. / Flickr / Johannes Weber / CC BY OpenDaylight OpenDaylight is an open modular platform for automating large-scale SDN networks. Its first version appeared in 2013 and later became part of the Linux Foundation. In March of this […]

Cluster storage for small web clusters based on drbd+ocfs2

What we will cover: How to quickly deploy a shared storage solution for two servers based on drbd+ocfs2. Who will find this useful: This tutorial will be helpful for system administrators and everyone choosing a storage implementation method or wanting to try a solution. What solutions we discarded and why: We often encounter situations where we need to implement a small […]

A rhinoceros inside a cat — we launch the firmware in the Kopycat emulator

During the meeting on February 16 in Nizhny Novgorod at DC7831 DEF CON, we presented a report on the basic principles of binary code emulation and our own development — the Kopycat hardware platform emulator. In this article, we will describe how to launch device firmware in the emulator, demonstrate interaction with the debugger, and perform a small dynamic analysis of the firmware. Background A long time ago in a […]

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