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Inspired by my talks at Highload++ and DataFest Minsk 2019. For many today, email is an integral part of online life. It helps us conduct business correspondence, store various important information related to finances, hotel bookings, order placements, and much more. In mid-2018, we formulated a product development strategy for email. What should it be like […]
The release of Tcl/Tk 8.6.10 has been announced, a dynamic programming language distributed alongside a cross-platform library of basic graphical user interface elements. Although Tcl is primarily used for creating user interfaces and as an embedded language, it is also suitable for other tasks such as web development, creating network applications, system administration, and testing. In the new version: The implementation in Tk has been revamped […]
The new branch of the open-source platform webOS Open Source Edition 2, designed for smart device integration, has been presented. The platform is being developed in a public repository under the Apache 2.0 license, with the development supervised by a community following a collaborative management model. The Raspberry Pi 4 boards are considered as the reference hardware platform. The webOS platform was acquired by LG from Hewlett-Packard in 2013 and […]
Trustwave specialists, who work in the field of information security, reported the discovery of a large-scale spam campaign aimed at delivering ransomware to the PCs of victims disguised as updates for the Windows operating system. Microsoft never sends emails about the need to update Windows. Clearly, this new campaign to spread malware targets individuals who are not […]
Microsoft is discussing with both its own and third-party studios the creation of exclusive games for the cloud service Project xCloud. Company representative Kareem Choudhry confirmed this information at the X019 conference in London during an interview with Australian agencies, emphasizing: "For now, we are not ready to share details about specific projects. However, developing a new game and intellectual property requires […]
Biostar Product Manager Vicky Wang gave an interview to the Korean publication Brainbox, where she talked about the upcoming motherboards from the company featuring new AMD and Intel chipsets. Interestingly, shortly after the interview was published, Biostar stated that the information in it was incorrect, but did not specify what exactly was wrong. Brainbox also removed part of the interview regarding the future motherboards, but […]
You have probably heard that Telegram is planning to launch the blockchain platform Ton. But you might have missed the news that not so long ago, Telegram announced a competition for implementing one or more smart contracts for this platform. The Serokell team, with extensive experience in developing large blockchain projects, could not stay aside. We delegated five employees to the competition, and just a short while later […]
This article describes methods for self-diagnosing various hard drive malfunctions based on their symptoms, as well as relatively safe ways of cloning hard drives with minor issues. It covers various cases of data loss and a set of optimal actions that, without deep knowledge of file system structures, can help you recover your information using automatic recovery programs without external assistance. […]
I am deeply immersed in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), and now that WSL2 is available in Windows Insiders, it's a great time to truly explore the available options. A very interesting feature I've found in WSL is the ability to 'cleanly' transfer data between the worlds. This is not an experience you can easily get with full-fledged virtual machines, and it speaks to the close […]
The tablet from Kish (around 3500 BC) There is no doubt that reading is useful. However, the answers to the questions “What exactly is the benefit of reading fiction?” and “Which books are preferable to read?” vary depending on the sources. The text below is my version of the answer to these questions. I will start with the obvious thought that reading […]
After five months of development, the release of the Cinnamon 4.4 user environment has been formed, within which the Linux Mint distribution community develops a fork of the GNOME Shell, Nautilus file manager, and Mutter window manager, aimed at providing an environment in the classic GNOME 2 style with support for successful interaction elements from GNOME Shell. Cinnamon is based on GNOME components, but these components […]
The project developing the free automated circuit board design system KiCad has come under the wing of the Linux Foundation. Developers hope that growth under the Linux Foundation's aegis will attract additional resources for the project's development and provide the opportunity to develop new services that are not directly related to development. The Linux Foundation, as a neutral platform for interaction with manufacturers, will also help attract interest to the project […]