March 2016 – Page 143 – news.buyenne.com

Samsung: Warum dem Galaxy S6 der Steckplatz für Speicherkarten fehlt

Einen befürchteten Leistungseinbruch nennt Samsung als Grund dafür, dass die Modelle der Galaxy-S6-Reihe keinen Steckplatz für Speicherkarten haben. Beim Nachfolgemodell hatte Samsung hingegen keine solchen Bedenken mehr. (Galaxy S6, Smartphone)

Displayport 1.4 für 8K-HDR-Displays: Vesa setzt sich dank Kompression von HDMI ab

Die Vesa hat Displayport 1.4 freigegeben. Der reguläre Displayport-Standard setzt erstmals auf Kompression und erreicht mit alten Kabeln 8K-Auflösungen. Aktuell bleibt es dennoch bei Version 1.2. Wir hatten die Gelegenheit, uns für ein Video den USB-C Alternate Mode via Displayport und Thunderbolt anzusehen. (DP, Display)

No coal: Solar, wind, gas dominate new US generating capacity in 2016

First new nuclear plant in 20 years is only 4% of the nation’s additions.

(credit: EIA)

Today, the US Energy Information Administration released data on planned additions to the US power grid this year. The year is notable because it will see the first new nuclear plant brought online in 20 years, contributing 1.1 GigaWatts to the grid. But that contribution will be dwarfed by renewable power sources, which together will account for nearly two-thirds of 2016's new capacity. And these numbers only count utility-scale solar, ignoring commercial and residential installations.

Part of the boom in renewables came because the tax incentives for their installation were in danger of expiring, so utilities rushed to get projects through the pipeline ahead of the end of the year. (The incentives have since been extended in the most recent budget deal.) This led to a phenomenal boom in solar, with 9.5GW of capacity expected to come online—more than the past three years combined.

Last year saw 8.4GW of distributed solar installed in the US (compared to 3.1GW of utility scale); given the continued slide in solar panel prices, that figure is likely to grow as well. Thus, the actual solar capacity installed next year may be double the EIA's estimates. California will see the most installations, with 3.9GW of capacity, followed by North Carolina (1.1GW), Nevada (0.9GW), Texas (0.7GW), and Georgia (0.7GW).

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Microsoft: Free-to-Play-Ableger von Forza 6 erscheint für Windows 10

Bislang ist das Rennspiel Forza Motorsport 6 nur für die Xbox One erhältlich, nun kündigt Microsoft einen kostenlos spielbaren Ableger für Windows 10 an. Parallel kündigt der Publisher eine Reihe von aktuellen Neuveröffentlichungen und Umsetzungen an. (Xbox One, Spieletest)

“People will fall for it like a drug”—Game devs on the future of VR

Industry luminaries discuss the promise and pitfalls of impending headsets with Ars.

Sam Machkovech

Say hello to the HTC Vive Pre—the near-final version of the VR system. The headset comes complete with two tracking wands and two laser-tracking stations.

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Nine years ago, when the first iPhone was about to debut, not many people envisioned a revolution that would fundamentally change the shape of the game industry (for good or for ill). Today, as we await the impending release of high-end consumer virtual reality headsets from the likes of Oculus, Valve, and Sony, it feels like we're at a similar crossroads.

Unlike the slow, quiet dawn of smartphone gaming, the hype around VR has been building to a relentless, deafening pitch for years. Yet despite this hype, the industry and those watching it seem relatively split on the eventual impact of VR gaming. It could be a smartphone-level technological change—the biggest the gaming industry has seen in years—or it could be a quickly irrelevant fad on the order of the Wii or Kinect.

The answer to that question will determine the state of the video game market for years to come. So as many of the industry's biggest names gathered for the DICE Summit and Awards ceremony in late February, I asked everyone I could get my hands on what they thought virtual reality gaming would look like a decade from now. The range of responses shows just how unsettled, and unsettling, the fate of the latest virtual reality boom really is.

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Community: Tele Columbus und Primacom starten offenes 10-MBit/s-WLAN

Tele Columbus und Primacom haben heute ein offenes WiFi mit 50.000 Hotspots gestartet. Mitmachen dürfen aber nur Internetkunden mit einer gebuchten Datenrate von 60 MBit/s. (WLAN, Kabel Deutschland)

Hound voice assistant for iOS, Android launches (exits beta)

Last year SoundHound introduced an early version of a voice assistant app for smartphones that works a bit like Siri or Google Voice Search. It’s called Hound, and it leverages SoundHound’s expertise in audio recognition to provide quick responses to your queries. SoundHound, by the way, was one of the first apps that allowed you […]

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Computerhändler: K&M Computer übernimmt Atelco-Filialen und Website leitet um

Der insolvente Computerhändler Atelco hat seine restlichen acht Filialen an K&M Computer abgetreten, die Webseite leitet auf deren Mutterkonzern – die Bora Computer Gruppe – um. (Wirtschaft, PC-Hardware)

Der insolvente Computerhändler Atelco hat seine restlichen acht Filialen an K&M Computer abgetreten, die Webseite leitet auf deren Mutterkonzern - die Bora Computer Gruppe - um. (Wirtschaft, PC-Hardware)

Playstation 4: “Offline” als neue Funktion in Firmware 3.50

Wer beim Spielen seine Ruhe haben will, kann sich auf der Playstation 4 mit Firmware 3.50 künftig als “offline” markieren – selbst wenn er online ist. Diese und weitere neue Funktionen testet Sony ab morgen im geschlossenen Betatest. (Playstation 4, Sony)

Wer beim Spielen seine Ruhe haben will, kann sich auf der Playstation 4 mit Firmware 3.50 künftig als "offline" markieren - selbst wenn er online ist. Diese und weitere neue Funktionen testet Sony ab morgen im geschlossenen Betatest. (Playstation 4, Sony)

Record Labels Sue Radionomy Over DIY ‘Pirate’ Internet Radio

A group of prominent U.S. record labels have filed a lawsuit against the DIY online radio platform Radionomy, which also own Winamp and Shoutcast. In their complaint the labels accuse Radionomy of promoting and facilitating mass copyright infringement by hosting ‘pirate’ radio stations of its users.

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cassette In recent years the music industry‘s battle against piracy mostly focused on torrent sites, cyberlockers and unauthorized MP3 indexes.

However, those are certainly not the only ‘threats’ it faces. Online radio stations, often operated by hobbyists, also remain a concern.

This has prompted a coalition of record labels to file a lawsuit against Radionomy, a platform that allows users to start their own online radio stations.

In their complaint filed at a California federal court Arista Records, LaFace Records, Sony Music Entertainment and Zomba Recording accuse the service of several forms of copyright infringement.

Radionomy, which also owns Winamp and Shoutcast, offers between 30,000 and 50,000 radio stations which are controlled by its users. These stations are freely broadcasted online through a variety of sites and apps.

“Defendants operate an online music service through which users can listen to music stations, or create stations, that Defendants stream to listeners worldwide,” the complaint reads (pdf).

“To program music stations on Defendants’ service, users can upload music from their own collection or use music from Defendants’ library of popular music and podcasts.”

In addition to picking tracks from the Radionomy library, users can also upload their own tracks and stream these online. Listeners from all over the world can then tune in by searching for stations by theme, genre or even artists.

While many users and listeners enjoy the service, the record labels point out that Radionomy fails to pay the proper licenses. As such, they argue that it’s promoting and facilitating widespread copyright infringement.

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The labels list hundreds of tracks that were used without permission on Radionomy including work from Adele, Bob, Dylan, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Elvis Presley, John Mayer, Michael Jackson, One Direction, Pink Floyd and Shakira.

“On January 12, 2016 a station on Defendants’ service, named ‘One Direction The Radio,’ played the recordings ‘Nobody Compares’ and ‘Something Great’ by One Direction, both of which are Plaintiffs’ owned or exclusively licensed copyrighted works,” one of the examples reads.

As an example, the labels further mention that Radionomy encourages its users to start popular stations offering rewards for the number of listeners they attract, while canceling the least popular stations.

“Defendants encourage users to include popular copyrighted recordings in programmed stations by offering to ‘reward’ users with cash payments if they create a station that reaches a large audience and threatening to deactivate users that fail to reach ‘minimum audience’ requirements,” the complaint reads.

Late last year the labels reached out to Radionomy, which is owned by the entertainment industry mogul Vivendi, who reportedly admitted that they had not paid royalties to SoundExchange since 2014. Despite these talks, no agreement was reached on the issue.

The music companies now hope to get help from the court and are requesting a permanent injunction against the radio service, as well as damages which can easily add up to dozens of millions of dollars.

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