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HTC and Samsung both introduced new phones this week that are dressed to the 9s… or at least with the number 9 in their names. The HTC One X9 and the Samsung Galaxy A9 are upper mid-range smartphones with some premium touches. And they’re both launching first in China. It’s unclear if we’ll see either phone […]
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HTC and Samsung both introduced new phones this week that are dressed to the 9s… or at least with the number 9 in their names. The HTC One X9 and the Samsung Galaxy A9 are upper mid-range smartphones with some premium touches. And they’re both launching first in China. It’s unclear if we’ll see either phone […]
HTC One X9, Samsung Galaxy A9 launch in China is a post from: Liliputing
Wearables are going mainstream—what worked, what didn’t, and what’s in between?
Enlarge / The Fossil Q smartwatch. (credit: Valentina Palladino)
It has been a big year for wearables. The Apple Watch was born (finally), Google Glass died (finally), and bands that track everything from steps to mood changes have grown up and become not terrible (finally!). While wrist-bound devices have cemented themselves as the face of wearables, we started to see other forms of wearable technology grow in popularity, like smart scales, textiles, and jewelry. There were hits and misses in 2015, and trends are emerging that indicate where these devices will go in the coming year. Here are some of the wearables that stood out in 2015—for better and for worse.
Fitbit has been the king of fitness trackers since 2013, and it's keeping that title this year by making the best tracker for the money: the Fitbit Charge HR. It does everything you'd want a fitness tracker to do and has the right mix of extras to make it worth the $150 price tag. It monitors steps, distance, calories, floors climbed, and sleep and has a continuous heart rate monitor to use throughout the day, whether during workouts or just sitting around. It also delivers call notifications to your wrist, and now with software updates, the SmartTrack feature will automatically know when you're doing some type of workout and record it to the app.
Fitbit's Charge HR is easily the best all-around fitness tracker in terms of features, design, and price.
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Fitbit has one of the most extensive lines of fitness trackers available, and the Charge HR is easily the most cost-effective way to monitor your activity. It's a no-brainer choice for anyone in need of a tracker but not sure where to start, as it provides the simplicity of the more affordable Fitbits with the heart rate monitor and exercise tracking software similar to the $250 Fitbit Surge. Overall, Fitbit remains the top fitness tracker company because its devices are versatile enough (and priced well enough) to appeal to people with all kinds of lifestyles—from coach potato to marathoner to anyone in between.
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Nach Fujitsu und Sony zieht sich ein weiterer japanischer Notebook-Hersteller aus Europa als Endkundenmarkt zurück. In Zukunft wird es nur noch Geschäftskunden-Notebooks mit dem Toshiba-Logo geben. Immerhin will sich Toshiba nun verstärkt selbst um Design und Produktion seiner Notebooks kümmern. (Toshiba, Notebook) 
Nach Fujitsu und Sony zieht sich ein weiterer japanischer Notebook-Hersteller aus Europa als Endkundenmarkt zurück. In Zukunft wird es nur noch Geschäftskunden-Notebooks mit dem Toshiba-Logo geben. Immerhin will sich Toshiba nun verstärkt selbst um Design und Produktion seiner Notebooks kümmern. (Toshiba, Notebook) 
Six new novels and four classics that will make your imagination explode.
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The winter holidays are looming, and many of you will soon be spending time in terrible places like airplane seats or the homes of relatives who want to lecture you about something deeply annoying. You need to escape. Never fear—we've got a bunch of recommendations for science fiction novels that will fill your brain with other realities.
These are books for binge-reading, so I've tried to include lots of series (just in case you need distraction for a prolonged period). The majority of these recommendations are for books that came out in 2015 or for trilogies whose final book came out this year, but there are a smattering of less-recent ones just to top you off.
I'm sure there are lots of books that you love but that I did not include. Recommend them in the comments!
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Autofahren und Nahkampf im frei zugänglichen Hongkong: Das war die Idee hinter Triad Wars, einem Free-to-Play-Ableger von Sleeping Dogs. Nun geben die Entwickler die Einstellung des von Square Enix finanzierten Projektes bekannt. (Square Enix, Server) 
Autofahren und Nahkampf im frei zugänglichen Hongkong: Das war die Idee hinter Triad Wars, einem Free-to-Play-Ableger von Sleeping Dogs. Nun geben die Entwickler die Einstellung des von Square Enix finanzierten Projektes bekannt. (Square Enix, Server) 
Heiligabend 1968 erreichten die ersten Menschen den Mond. Eine strapaziöse Reise mit Belohnung: dem Anblick der Erde, wie sie über dem Mond aufgeht. Und einem besonderen Moment, als die Astronauten zu Weihnachten die Genesis aus der Bibel vorlesen – live im Radio für die Zuhörer auf der Erde. (Raumfahrt, Internet) 
Heiligabend 1968 erreichten die ersten Menschen den Mond. Eine strapaziöse Reise mit Belohnung: dem Anblick der Erde, wie sie über dem Mond aufgeht. Und einem besonderen Moment, als die Astronauten zu Weihnachten die Genesis aus der Bibel vorlesen - live im Radio für die Zuhörer auf der Erde. (Raumfahrt, Internet) 
Salesforce kauft ein Startup, um die Quote-to-Cash-Technologie zu erhalten. Salesforce Ventures hatte bereits in Steelbrick investiert. (CRM, Cloud Computing)
Salesforce kauft ein Startup, um die Quote-to-Cash-Technologie zu erhalten. Salesforce Ventures hatte bereits in Steelbrick investiert. (CRM, Cloud Computing) 
Apple wird im Januar 2016 noch das längst aus dem Support genommene Mac OS X 10.6 alias Snow Leopard aktualisieren. Grund sind neue Zertifikate, die für Apps verwendet werden, und das Auslaufen eines Intermediate Certificate im Februar 2016. Endanwender müssen sich aber keine Sorgen machen, so Apple. (Mac OS X, Apple) 
Apple wird im Januar 2016 noch das längst aus dem Support genommene Mac OS X 10.6 alias Snow Leopard aktualisieren. Grund sind neue Zertifikate, die für Apps verwendet werden, und das Auslaufen eines Intermediate Certificate im Februar 2016. Endanwender müssen sich aber keine Sorgen machen, so Apple. (Mac OS X, Apple) 
A DRM system popular in the high-end audio creation market appears to have been cracked. iLok2, the successor to iLok, had remained secure since its release but a flood of software during the past few days points to its demise. Perhaps unsurprisingly, some users are declaring that Christmas has come early.
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With the majority of all commercially available software slushing round on the Internet in pirate form, companies have always sought secure anti-piracy mechanisms to protect their products.
One such solution is iLok from security company PACE. Now on its second generation, iLok2 is a relatively cheap proprietary USB dongle that acts as a license storage device for software protected by PACE Anti-Piracy. While iLok1 allows customers to carry up to 118 licenses, iLok2 can carry up to 500.
“Once a license is delivered to an iLok account, your user simply downloads the license to their iLok. It’s as simple as dragging and dropping,” the company explains.
“The license is stored safely and securely inside the solid-state iLok smart key and can then be used to provide the authorization for protected software to run on any computer where that software is installed.”
Over time, iLok appears to have gained a lot of traction within the pro-audio community, those individuals using sophisticated and often very expensive software such as Avid’s Pro Tools to create music. Licenses are managed from within the iLok License Manager, as illustrated in the image below.
However, after remaining somewhat secure iLok2 – and by extension all of the software development companies that use PACE’s system – appear to have a problem on their hands. During the past several days dozens of pieces of software that use the iLok system have started to appear online.
The releases come courtesy of cracking group AudioUTOPIA who explain with their Pro Tools release how their technique completely negates the need for the iLok system to be in place.
“Pro Tools setup will install the iLok driver however it’s not necessary for the release to work, you can disable it by pressing Windows key+R then typing services.msc, find “PACE License Services” right click and choose stop,” the group explains.
“Additionally you can removed the entire thing by going to Windows programs and features and uninstalling “PACE License Support Win64.”
Whether AudioUTOPIA’s crack represents a permanent defeat of the iLok system remains to be seen but currently pirates are celebrating a flood of software just in time for the festive season.
“Oh boy! Awesome fuckin release!” declared one. “I stopped believing in Santa a long time ago but I may just have to re-evaluate that assessment.”
The reverse could very well be the case in the PACE household this Christmas.
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Weihnachtsgeschenk für Fans von George, Paul, Ringo und John: Ab sofort sind alle wichtigen Alben der Beatles im Portfolio der gängigen Streaminganbieter zu finden. (
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