Month: November 2015

Der chinesische Drohnenhersteller DJI hat sich bei Hasselblad eingekauft. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Minderheitsbeteiligung und eine Partnerschaft. DJI will ins Profisegment der Luftbildfotografie vorstoßen. (DJI, Hasselblad)

High-end smartphones seem to keep getting bigger and bigger, and while some companies put out “mini” versions of their flagship phones, the smaller models usually skimp on the specs. That’s kind of true with the new Meizu Pro 5 Mini. It doesn’t quite have all the same hardware as the Meizu Pro 5 that launched in […]

Meizu Pro 5 Mini packs high-end specs into a 4.7 inch phone is a post from: Liliputing

Pebble’s classiest looking smartwatch to date has been available for pre-order for a few months. Starting November 8th you’ll be able to walk into a retail store and buy one. Pebble will start shipping Pebble Time Round watches to customers who placed pre-orders at about the same time. The Pebble Time Round features a round, always-on […]

Pebble Time Round smartwatch is available November 8th for $250 and up is a post from: Liliputing

This week the MPAA ended the mystery surrounding the unexpected shutdown of the torrent site YTS.to and its associated release group YIFY.

While the announcement answered a lot of questions it also raises a few more.

The alleged mastermind behind the operation, a New Zealand citizen, was facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit. However, the dispute was already settled before the case got properly underway.

Sources have informed TorrentFreak that the operator and the movie studios reached a private agreement. It’s unclear what the terms are but judging from previous deals it’s likely to involve a damages payment as well as some type of information sharing

The news of a quick resolution is corroborated by local MPAA representatives who informed the NZ Herald that the case against the YTS/YIFY operator was settled out of court.

To many this deal comes as a surprise, as the MPAA previously preferred to send a strong and deterring message. In this case, however, other factors may have weighed stronger.

It could be that the operator has very valuable information to trade. It’s also possible that the MPAA wanted to avoid another piracy case besides Megaupload in New Zealand. Or they might simply want to settle the case without incurring large legal fees.

Whatever the case, the settlement is unprecedented when compared to other MPAA cases that dragged on for years, including the ones against isoHunt, Hotfile and TorrentSpy.

It also stands in sharp contrast to the criminal referrals the MPAA made against Megaupload, NinjaVideo and the IMAGiNE release group.

Since YTS/YIFY was both a release group and a major torrent site, it was certainly just as big of a target as the aforementioned, if not bigger.

TF contacted the MPAA for information on the decision to settle as well as further details on the agreement. The movie group said it couldn’t comment.

Thus far the YTS operator has remained silent. Perhaps we’ll hear the true story from him one day a few years from now…

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

Nach zwei Jahren Diskussion setzen Union und SPD ein Versprechen ihres Koalitionsvertrags um: Nutzer sollen künftig ihren Router selbst auswählen dürfen. (Router, DSL)

Motorola’s Moto G line of smartphones have built a reputation for offering high-quality hardware at a low-to-mid range price. The latest model available in the US has a 5 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor. But Motorola has just unveiled a more powerful version which will be available soon in […]

Moto G Turbo hits Mexico with a 5 inch FHD display is a post from: Liliputing

You don’t need an expensive virtual reality headset to experience VR: a cheap cardboard headset and a decent smartphone will do the trick. But what can you do with that headset? There are a handful of VR apps and games, including some that turn your smartphone into a virtual movie theater display. But now an […]

YouTube adds support for virtual reality, Google Cardboard is a post from: Liliputing

There are billions of smartphones in the wild and most of them are running Google Android while a smaller (but still huge) number are iPhones powered by Apple’s iOS software. They’re not the only mobile operating systems, but they’re certainly the most popular: earlier this year IDC estimated that all the other smartphone operating systems […]

Tizen is now more popular than BlackBerry OS, which isn’t saying much is a post from: Liliputing

Mit dem Fahrradhelm unter dem Arm kam der frühere Bundesrichter Graulich im NSA-Ausschuss an. Dort musste er einen Hagel kritischer Fragen zu seinem Selektorenbericht über sich ergehen lassen. (NSA, Urheberrecht)

Rundumblick und Video: Lytro hat eine neue Lichtfeldkamera vorgestellt. Damit lassen sich 360-Grad-Videos aufnehmen. Allerdings ist die Lytro Immerge nicht für den Endkunden gedacht. (Lytro, Head-Mounted Display)