Month: February 2016

As expected, Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones come in two sizes: the Galaxy S7 is a 5.1 inch smartphone with premium specs and design, while the Galaxy S7 edge has a 5.5 inch display with curved edges. Both phones run Android 6.0 software, feature 2560 x 1440 pixel Super AMOLED displays, and sport dual-lens 12MP rear […]

Samsung launches Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones is a post from: Liliputing

Samsungs neue Smartphones Galaxy S7 und Galaxy S7 Edge setzen die Designlinie der Vorgänger fort, bieten aber technisch einiges Neues: Die beiden Geräte haben eine Heatpipe für den Exynos-Prozessor, eine neu entwickelte, blitzschnelle Kamera - und den schmerzlich vermissten Speicher-Slot. (MWC 2016, Smartphone)

Mit der Gear 360 hat Samsung seine erste 360-Grad-Kamera vorgestellt, die sich einfach mit einem Smartphone verbinden lässt. Im ersten Test gefallen uns die Ergebnisse und die technischen Möglichkeiten der kleinen Kugel. (MWC 2016, Digitalkamera)

Klingt nach Notebook, ist aber ein Tablet mit optionaler Tastatur: Huawei hat mit dem Matebook sein erstes Windows-10-Tablet vorgestellt. Die Namensgebung verwirrt aber auch aus anderen Gründen. (Tablet, Notebook)

It’s no secret that the Windows operating system is one of the most widely pirated pieces of software in the world.

Microsoft is not happy with this fact as it costs the company millions in lost revenue, but new research suggests that Linux adoption is being hurt as well.

New findings published by Norwegian economics researcher Arne Rogde Gramstad show that software piracy significantly decreases the adoption of desktop Linux distributions.

In a paper titled “Software Piracy and Linux Adoption” Gramstad examines the relationship between local software piracy rates (based on BSA’s data) and the use of Linux as a desktop operating system, while controlling for potentially interfering factors such as the gross domestic product per capita and local anti-piracy efforts.

This results in a model which predicts that more people would use Linux if software piracy in general was less prevalent in a country.

“I find that an increase in the piracy rate by 1% in a country is expected reduce the user share of Linux by around 0.5%. Although there is some level of uncertainty on the exact estimate, the direction is negative with a high level of statistical certainty,” Gramstad explains to TorrentFreak.

This means that if all piracy was to disappear the number of Linux users would increase by 50%. While that’s an impressive number, the relative impact is modest. In most countries Linux is used by roughly 1% of desktop users, which would increase to 1.5%.

It does bring up an interesting issue though, as it suggests that Microsoft’s dominant position is actually reinforced through piracy.

“I think the results highlight that there are costs to software piracy besides losses to corporate profits,” Gramstad tells TF

“For operating systems, piracy has contributed to Windows’ dominant position, which in effect has undermined competition from open-source alternatives like Linux.”

More research is needed to see how other external factors may influence the relationship between piracy and Linux adoption, but Gramstad is confident that the direction of the results is stable.

While it’s doubtful that Microsoft is going to start encouraging piracy, the results show that the effect of software piracy is not always as straightforward as one would think.

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

HP’s next smartphone is more than just a phone… it’s also capable of powering a desktop or notebook experience. The HP Elite x3 is a Windows 10 smartphone with high-end specs that you can use as a mobile device on the go. But it’s also designed to work with an optional Mobile Extender which lets […]

HP Elite x3 smartphone for business is also a Windows laptop… or desktop is a post from: Liliputing

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Steam VR ist günstiger als erwartet: HTCs Vive samt Controllern und Lighthouse kostet 800 Euro, lässt sich ab dem 29. Februar 2016 vorbestellen und wird ab Anfang April ausgeliefert. (Vive, Steam)

Mit dem G5 hat LG nicht nur einfach ein neues Topsmartphone vorgestellt, vielmehr gibt es für das Gerät innovative Neuerungen: ansteckbares Zubehör und einen ganzen Fuhrpark an Peripherie-Geräten, darunter eine VR-Brille und eine 360-Grad-Kamera. (MWC 2016, Smartphone)