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Pekka Lundmark, the new CEO of Finnish Nokia, didn't put off the transformation. The telecom company announced a partnership with Intel to accelerate the transition to fifth-generation cellular network equipment. Interestingly, this came just the day after the announcement of a similar deal with Marvell Technology, also stated to be aimed at […]
When making any strategically important decision for a company, employees go through a basic defense mechanism, well known as the 5 stages of change response (authored by E. Kübler-Ross). The eminent psychologist once described emotional reactions, identifying five key stages of emotional response: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and, finally, acceptance. We have prepared a series of articles dedicated to ISO 27001 certification, where […]
In the article “PoE Technology in Questions and Answers,” we talked about new Zyxel switches designed for building video surveillance systems and other segments of IT infrastructure using power via PoE. However, just buying a good switch and connecting the appropriate devices is not everything. The most interesting thing may appear a little later, when this farm will have to be serviced. […]
The article, in a popular question-and-answer form, talks about the key points when using power via PoE (Power over Ethernet). The differences between the standards are given, information is provided on protecting devices from surges and other useful things. What is PoE? PoE (Power over Ethernet) is a technology for supplying power to a client device via a twisted pair Ethernet cable (usually […]
14 years of development of a fan remake of the original shooter Half-Life culminated in the launch of the final version of the game - Black Mesa 1.0. The Crowbar Collective team will, of course, continue to work on their brainchild, but overall the project can be considered completed. On this occasion, a new trailer was also presented. The video includes cutting scenes in the engine (usually non-game ones - from non-standard […]
Story-driven adventure The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day, set in a post-apocalyptic world of robots, has become free on Steam. Developers from the ComonGames studio announced that everyone can not only download the adventure completely free of charge, but also save it forever. The only condition is to arrive before March 9 at 9 a.m. Moscow time before the promotion ends. […]
MIPT, together with the Foundation for the Development of Physics and Technology Schools, with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund, has opened enrollment for a free online course “Quick Start in Sports Programming” for junior students of technical specialties, as well as for anyone who has basic programming skills. The open course is the first stage of the RuCode intensive training project for sports programming. You can register for it until March 15. […]
The GeForce NOW catalog continues to explode. NVIDIA announced that 2K Games games have left the service. “We are working with 2K Games to re-include its games in the future,” the company said. 2K Games is the publisher of games such as XCOM 2, Borderlands 3, Sid Meier's Civilization VI and NBA 2K. They all left GeForce NOW immediately after […]
The Min 1.13 web browser was released, offering a minimalistic interface built around manipulation of the address bar. The browser is created using the Electron platform, which allows you to create stand-alone applications based on the Chromium engine and the Node.js platform. The Min interface is written in JavaScript, CSS and HTML. The code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. Builds are created for Linux, macOS and Windows. Min supports navigation […]
A vulnerability has been identified in the pppd package (CVE-2020-8597), which allows its code to be executed by sending specially crafted authentication requests to systems using the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) or PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) protocol. These protocols are usually used by providers to organize connections via Ethernet or DSL, and are also used in some VPNs (for example, pptpd and openfortivpn). To check the exposure of your […]
Former Google employee Anthony Levandowski (pictured below) filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after a court ordered him to pay Google a $179 million fine for breach of contract. Levandowski left Google in 2016 to start his own self-driving truck company, which was soon acquired by Uber for $680 million. […]
This may be hard for many to believe, but the PlayStation 2 is 20 years old, the console that turned millions of people into forever gamers. For many people, the PlayStation 2 became the first DVD player - it was perhaps the cheapest way to get such a player and at the same time justify the purchase of a new game console. Sony has released the successor to its original PlayStation in Japan […]