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Blood: Fresh Supply Coming to Linux

One of the classic games that hitherto had neither official nor artisanal versions for modern systems (with the exception of an adaptation for the eduke32 engine, as well as a Java (sic!) port from the same Russian developer), remained Blood, a popular "shooter" from first person. And here's Nightdive Studios, known for "remastered" versions of many other old games, some of which […]

Renders of the cover show a large cutout in the display of the ASUS Zenfone 6 smartphone

The Slashleaks resource has published renders of one of the ASUS Zenfone 6 family smartphones in a protective case: the announcement of the novelty is expected in a week. Previously, it was said that the Zenfone 6 series will feature a device with a completely frameless display without a cutout or hole. This device is likely to receive a selfie camera in the form of a periscope that extends from the top of the case. The renders now presented speak of […]

GitHub Launches a Package Registry Compatible with NPM, Docker, Maven, NuGet and RubyGems

GitHub announced the launch of a new Package Registry service, within which developers are given the opportunity to publish and distribute packages with applications and libraries. It supports the creation of both private package repositories, available only to certain groups of developers, and public public repositories for the delivery of ready-made assemblies of their programs and libraries. The presented service allows you to organize a centralized process of delivering dependencies […]

TSMC to offer improved 2021nm process in 5

According to Intel's management, when the first 7nm products of the microprocessor giant debut in two years, they will compete with Taiwanese TSMC's 5nm products. Yes, not so. Taiwanese sources, citing anonymous representatives of the island industry, are quick to clarify that in 2021, Intel will have to deal with TSMC's improved 5nm process technology. It will be the N5+ process technology or […]

Video: PS4 MediEvil Remake Story Trailer and Game Release Date

At the State of Play digital event, inspired by Xbox Inside and Nintendo Direct, Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled a story trailer for action-adventure MediEvil for PlayStation 4 and announced a release date for the game. “Already familiar adventures - on the PlayStation 4. The game loved by many has been completely updated (on the principle of “fixed everything that was dug up”). Classic gameplay enriched with […]

Release of the Russian distribution Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12.13

NPO RusBITech has published the release of the Astra Linux Common Edition 2.12.13 distribution kit, built on the Debian GNU/Linux package base and supplied with its own Fly desktop (interactive demo) using the Qt library. ISO images (3.7 GB, x86-64), binary repository and package source are available for download. The distribution is distributed under a license agreement, which imposes a number of restrictions on users, for example, […]

WhatsApp can no longer be used on Windows Phone and older versions of iOS and Android

From December 31, 2019, that is, in just over seven months, the popular WhatsApp messenger, which celebrated its tenth anniversary this year, will stop working on smartphones with the Windows Phone operating system. The corresponding announcement appeared on the official blog of the application. Owners of older iPhones and Android devices are a little more fortunate - they will be able to continue chatting in WhatsApp on their […]

What do you hear on the radio? Radio amateurs/Ham radio

Hello Habr. In the first part of the article about what is heard on the air, it was told about service stations on long and short waves. Separately, it is worth talking about amateur radio stations. Firstly, this is also interesting, and secondly, anyone can join this process, both for reception and transmission. As in the first parts, the emphasis will be on […]

SaaS vs on-premise, myths and reality. Stop chilling

TL; DR 1: a myth may be true in some conditions and false in other TLs; DR 2: I saw a holivar - take a closer look and you will see people who do not want to hear each other Reading another article written by biased people on the specified topic, I decided to give my point of view. Maybe someone will be useful. Yes, and it’s more convenient for me to give a link to […]