Month: November 2015

The results and analysis for Blu-ray (and DVD) sales for the week ending 14th November 2015 are in. Terminator: Genisys was the week's best seller on Blu-ray.

You can read the rest of the stats and analysis here

The Infinity laptop from One Education is a low-cost computer designed for schools and young students. It’s also designed to be easy to repair or upgrade, thanks to a modular design that lets you quickly replace components including the camera, battery, screen, or other parts. One Education introduced the Infinity modular laptop earlier this year, and has […]

One Education’s modular laptop for kids hits crowfunding site Indiegogo is a post from: Liliputing

Asus recently launched the first PC stick to ship with Google’s Chrome OS as its operating system. The Asus Chromebit is a tiny device that looks a bit like a USB flash drive, but which plugs into the HDMI port of your monitor or TV to turn nearly any display into a Chrome OS computer. Now […]

Now you can buy an Asus Chromebit for $85 is a post from: Liliputing

Android 6.0 Marshmallow gives users more control over permissions used by apps, the ability to treat microSD cards like internal storage, support for Google Now on Tap, and much more. But only a handful of smartphones and tablets currently ship with Android 6.0 and if you don’t have a Nexus device you might have to wait […]

CyanogenMod 13 nightlies bring Android 6.0 to some phones, tablets is a post from: Liliputing

Shuttle recently launched the XPC nano NC01U line of tiny desktop computers, starting with a $160 barebones model featuring an Intel Celeron Broadwell processor. While that’s a pretty attractive price for an entry-level computer, the barebones model doesn’t include memory, storage, or an operating system. Now Shuttle has a model that comes with Windows 10 […]

Shuttle launches XPC nano Windows 10 mini PC for $279 is a post from: Liliputing

Kano offers a DIY computer kit designed to teach kids to code and work with computers. The company’s first product was a kit that kids can put together featuring a Raspberry Pi, case, keyboard, and software. Now Kano is also offering a DIY 10 inch display kit. Kano’s computer is relatively easy to assemble, but it […]

Kano’s DIY HD Screen Kit goes with its kid-friendly DIY computer is a post from: Liliputing

Following a ruling from a Virginia federal court that Cox is not protected by the safe-harbor provisions of the DMCA, the Internet provider must now deal with another setback.

Beazley, a high risk insurance underwriter for Lloyds, is refusing to cover legal costs related to the “repeat infringer” case which goes to trial next week.

It’s a crucial case that could define how Internet providers must handle copyright infringement complaints. At the moment it’s rare for ISPs to disconnect pirating users but the case has the potential to alter the landscape.

The case also exposes Cox to dozens if not hundreds of millions in potential piracy damages plus substantial legal fees. The Internet provider hoped to cover some of the costs under an insurance policy at Lloyd’s but the insurer is refusing to cooperate.

In a request for a declaratory judgment (pdf) Lloyd’s underwriter asks the court to rule that it doesn’t have to cover the costs, which have already exceeded $1 million in legal fees alone.

In the complaint Beazley states that Cox was well aware of the potential liabilities. Rightscorp, the company that sends the copyright infringement notices, had already warned the ISP over its precarious position several years ago.

“By letter dated January 9, 2012, Cox was advised by an agent of copyright holders that if it did not forward those notices to its customers, it would be exposed to claims of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement,” the insurer writes.

Cox, however, refused to forward the millions of notices as they were bundled with settlement demands, which are seen by some as extortion. This refusal eventually lead to the lawsuit filed by music rights companies BMG and Round Hill.

“Cox continued to intentionally ignore the notices and did not forward them to its customers,” the complaint notes.

In light of the above, Beazley argues that the lawsuit is the result of an intentional business policy rather than the act of rendering Internet services, which is what the insurance policy covers.

“…the BMG Claim arose out of Cox’s policy and practice of ignoring and failing to forward infringement notices and refusing to terminate or block infringing customers’ accounts, not acts in rendering internet services.”

In addition Beazley point out that the piracy lawsuit was filed November last year, several days before the December 1, 2014 date the insurance policy began.

If the court grants Beazley’s request for declaratory judgment then Lloyd’s policy will not cover any of the costs related to the lawsuit. This will be a costly setback for the ISP if it loses the piracy lawsuit.

Source: TorrentFreak, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

BMW sei in einer guten Position bei der Elektromobilität. Allerdings würden Elektroautos nicht einfach Dieselfahrzeuge ersetzen können. Die sieht BMW-Produktmanagerin Hildegard Wortmann zu Unrecht in der Kritik. (BMW, Technologie)

Das beliebte Blog-CMS Wordpress bekommt eine neue Verwaltungsoberfläche. Viele Nutzer dürften sie aber aufgrund der technischen Anforderungen kaum nutzen können - oder mangels neuer Funktionen nutzen wollen. (Wordpress, PHP)

Offenbar gibt es eine weitere von Dell bereitgestellte Software, die ein Root-Zertifikat samt privatem Schlüssel installiert. Das Tool namens Dell System Detect ist schon früher als Sicherheitsrisiko aufgefallen. (Dell, Sicherheitslücke)