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Numbers, please: Jean-Philippe Baratier – the short life of a “child prodigy”

Exactly to the day before 50 years ago the Huguenot son Jean-Philippe Baratier was born in Schwabach. He was the first “child prodigy” of the Enlightenment. He was able to read at the age of three, and at the age of six he argued in German, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Chaldean, Syriac and Arabic… Read more

Wind farms in the North Sea produce more electricity than ever

The wind power plants in the North Sea delivered more electricity than ever before. Overall, the amount produced increased by , 4 percent on 22, 60 Terawatt hours (TWh), such as the network operator Tennet in Bayreuth communicated. In addition there were 4, which remained practically unchanged compared to 2019, 13 TWh from the Baltic… Read more

ownCloud Infinite Scale: Go instead of PHP, microservices instead of LAMP

In a quiet little room, ownCloud has been working on the new version of its software for over a year and is now showing its new Infinite Scale project for the first time – but the developers are not slow, they have big plans. Up to and including ownCloud X, the software is a classic… Read more

Samsung SSD 870 EVO in the test: The new SATA standard

Side 1: Samsung SSD 870 EVO in the test: The new SATA standard Whether last with the SATA 870 QVO or the NVMe 980 PRO – even if Samsung’s solid state drives of the recent past have always been able to convince in the overall package, the immense expectations of the industry leader were usually… Read more

Watch out for these old Cisco routers – they have 74 vulnerability bugs, which won't be fixed

RV routers 110 W, RV 130, RV 130 W, and RV 215 W of Cisco are plagued by numerous vulnerabilities, some of which would allow an attacker to take control. Support ended in December 2020: the company recommends replacing them by Alberto Falchi published the 19 January 2021 , at 13: 21 in the Security… Read more

Thermaltake divides the side parts of the Divider series

One thing is particularly noticeable about Thermaltake’s new Divider housing series: that the side panels are divided into two. This not only provides a certain variety in terms of looks, but also at least one model for more flexibility. The Divider series was announced with four models and a whole range of model variants. The… Read more

TeamViewer takes over Austrian start-up Xaleon for several million

The German software company TeamViewer has taken over the start-up for customer engagement software Xaleon, which is based in Linz, Austria, for an unspecified “low” double-digit million amount. It was agreed not to disclose the exact purchase price, TeamViewer announced on Tuesday in Göppingen. Screen sharing and customer engagement TeamViewer is particularly interested in the… Read more

CloudLinux announces AlmaLinux, to pick up the CentOS legacy

Farewell to CentOS as a version free and community driven by Red Hat Enterprise Linux has upset the balance of the market. A void that is filled by other distributions such as AlmaLinux by Riccardo Robecchi published 19 January 2021 , at 08: 01 in the Innovation channel Linux With the CentOS project that has… Read more

heise + | Adobe Photoshop 2021 and Lightroom: New Features in Practice

Photoshop 2021, Camera Raw and Lightroom have new features. We take a look at the highlights for photographers and check them for practicality. Adobe Photoshop 2021 and Lightroom: New functions in practice Focus on neural filters Color Grading instead of partial toning Better choice for motifs like hair and sky Neural Filters Color Grading The… Read more

FireEye: Rising Security Operation Center Costs Drives Automation and XDR Investments

A FireEye report highlights the increasing costs and complexity of SOC solutions and growing dissatisfaction of security experts, which even salary increases cannot fill. The solution is to focus on automation by Alberto Falchi published 18 January 2021 , at 17: 59 in the Security channel FireEye FireEye , in collaboration with Ponemom Institute ,… Read more

Seagate FireCuda 120 SATA SSD Review: Fast, Expensive, and Enduring

Our Verdict Seagate’s FireCuda 120 is a costly but fast and reliable SATA 6 Gbps SSD that features high endurance, five years of warranty coverage, and three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services. For Reliable and responsive architecture Appealing aesthetics Capacities up to 4TB Five-year warranty Three years of Rescue Data Recovery Service Software package… Read more

Atlas Achromatic cables promise high-end performance to match high-end price

Home News (Image credit: Atlas) Atlas has expanded its new interconnect and speaker cable range called Achromatic, which means ‘no colour’ – a fitting name for a component designed to carry audio signals without adding colouration. First up is the Atlas Ailsa Achromatic RCA interconnect (above), which has been “designed from the ground up” and… Read more

Samsung smartphone repairs may be hindered by the manufacturer. Koreans are walking the path of Apple

Repairs of smartphones carried out in other than authorized points are much cheaper than in services “anointed” by the manufacturer of the device. Nevertheless, repairs using poor-quality replacements or the wrong tools often result in damage to the phone or deterioration of its usability. For this reason, Apple applies a rather aggressive policy that effectively… Read more

Skimming: Damage from data theft at ATMs at a record low

The damage caused by data theft at ATMs in Germany fell to a record low for the full year 2020. The Frankfurt facility Euro Kartensysteme puts the gross amount of the damage at around 1, million euros by so-called “skimming”, i.e. the spying out of card data and secret number (PIN). 2019 the “skimming” damage… Read more

First details about the new iMac with M1 chip – and a revived cube

There is a leak in Apple’s hardware department: After the first detailed information about the new MacBook Pro, details about the group’s new desktop computers have now also leaked. The most concrete information relates to the iMac, which has been in the same guise for many years. According to the well-known Apple reporter Mark Gurman… Read more