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Video: impressive costumes of superheroes in the announcement of the VR action movie Avengers: Damage Control

Marvel Studios has enlisted the help of developers from ILMxLAB and announced the game Avengers: Damage Control. This is a VR action game in which users will have to fight side by side with a variety of superheroes from the known universe. Actress Letitia Wright took part in the announcement of the project as Shuri, the princess of Wakanda from Marvel films. This character has an important role in Avengers: […]

Release of Caliber 4.0 e-book collection management system

The release of the Caliber 4.0 application is available, automating the basic operations of maintaining a collection of e-books. Caliber allows you to navigate through the library, read books, convert formats, synchronize with portable devices on which you read, and view news about new products on popular web resources. It also includes a server implementation for organizing access to your home collection from anywhere on the Internet. […]

Russians are increasingly becoming victims of stalker software

A study conducted by Kaspersky Lab suggests that stalker software is rapidly gaining popularity among online attackers. Moreover, in Russia the growth rate of attacks of this type exceeds global indicators. So-called stalker software is special surveillance software that claims to be legal and can be purchased online. Such malware can operate completely unnoticed [...]

Paid Windows 7 upgrades will be available to all companies

As you know, on January 14, 2020, support for Windows 7 will end for regular users. But businesses will continue to receive paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) for another three years. This applies to the editions of Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise, and companies of all sizes will receive them, although initially we were talking about large corporations with large volumes of orders for operating systems […]

Ubisoft removes microtransactions from Ghost Recon: Breakpoint to speed up account leveling

Ubisoft has removed sets of microtransactions with cosmetics, skill unlocks and experience multipliers from the shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint. As a company employee reported on the forum, the developers accidentally added these kits ahead of time. A Ubisoft representative emphasized that the company wants to maintain in-game balance so that users do not complain about the impact of microtransactions on gameplay. “On October 1st, some […]

Samsung closes its last smartphone factory in China

According to online sources, the last plant of the South Korean company Samsung, located in China and producing smartphones, will be closed at the end of this month. This message appeared in the Korean media, to which the source refers. The Samsung plant in Guangdong province was launched at the end of 1992. This summer, Samsung reduced its production capacity and implemented […]

Google Chrome will block "mixed content" downloaded over HTTP

Google developers are committed to improving the security and privacy of Chrome browser users. The next step in this direction will be changing the security settings. A message appeared on the official developer blog saying that soon web resources will be able to load page elements only via the HTTPS protocol, while loading via HTTP will be automatically blocked. According to […]

Until the end of October, the announcement of the Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro smartphone with a 108-megapixel camera is expected

At the beginning of July, the Chinese company Xiaomi announced the Mi CC9 and Mi CC9e smartphones - mid-level devices aimed primarily at young people. Now it is reported that these devices will have a more powerful brother. The new product, according to rumors, will hit the market under the name Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro. There is no information about the characteristics of the display yet. The Full panel will probably be applied […]

Microsoft accused Iranian hackers of attacking accounts of American officials

Microsoft said a hacker group believed to be linked to the Iranian government carried out a campaign that targeted the accounts of people associated with one of the US presidential candidates. The report says that Microsoft specialists have recorded “significant” activity in cyberspace from a group called Phosphorous. The hackers' actions were aimed at hacking the accounts of current […]

A Brief Introduction to Customize

Note transl.: The article was written by Scott Lowe, an engineer with extensive experience in IT, who is the author/co-author of seven printed books (mainly on VMware vSphere). He now works for its VMware subsidiary Heptio (acquired in 2016), specializing in cloud computing and Kubernetes. The text itself serves as a concise and easy-to-understand introduction to configuration management […]

Sharp showcases flexible 12,3-inch AMOLED panel for automotive systems

Sharp demonstrated a flexible AMOLED display with a diagonal of 12,3 inches and a resolution of 1920 × 720 pixels, intended for use in automotive systems. To manufacture the flexible display substrate, IGZO's proprietary technology using indium, gallium and zinc oxide is used. The use of IGZO technology reduces response time and pixel size. Sharp also claims that IGZO-based panels […]