
Month: May 2016
Moto G4 Plus im Hands On: Lenovos sonderbare Entscheidung
Mit dem Moto G4 Plus macht sich Lenovo selbst Konkurrenz. Die Smartphone-Neuvorstellung ähnelt dem Moto X Play auffallend – ist aber teurer. Ein paar Kaufgründe gibt es trotzdem. (Moto G, Smartphone)

100 MBit/s: EU-Kommission bezweifelt Nutzen von Vectoring für Versorgung
Allo: Google ist KI wichtiger als Nutzersicherheit
Google wollte einen Whatsapp-Konkurrenten vorstellen. Leider hat man sich in Mountain View nicht getraut, was im wenige Kilometer entfernten Palo Alto offenbar kein Problem war. Denn die Verschlüsselung deckt nur einen Teil der Gespräche ab. (Google, Instant Messenger)

Take 2: GTA 5 knackt die 65-Millionen-Marke
Weitere 13 Millionen Exemplare von GTA 5 hat Rockstar Games innerhalb des letzten Jahres verkauft – von einem Spiel, das inzwischen fast drei Jahre alt ist. Für die nahe Zukunft plant der Mutterkonzern Take 2 eine Reihe von Neuvorstellungen. (GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption)

Elitebook 1030 G1: HPs Core-M-Notebook soll 13 Stunden durchhalten
Einen Anschluss mehr und ein bisschen größer: HPs Elitebook 1030 nutzt ein 13,3-Zoll-Display und einen USB-Type-C-Port. Ansonsten entspricht es weitestgehend dem 12,5-Zoll-Modell Elitebook 1020. Der Skylake-Chip im Inneren wird ohne Lüfter gekühlt. (Business-Notebooks, USB 3.0)

Ransomware: Teslacrypt-Macher sagen Sorry und veröffentlichen Masterkey
Kriminelle bitten um Entschuldigung und stellen den Betrieb ihrer Ransomware ein. Was nach einem Traum klingt, ist wirklich passiert. Mit dem Masterschlüssel können jetzt alle Opfer von Teslacrypt ihre Dateien kostenfrei entschlüsseln. (Ransomware, Verschlüsselung)

Googles Neuvorstellungen: Alles nur geklaut?
Das kommt uns doch irgendwie bekannt vor: Mit VR wie beim Oculus, einem Messenger wie Whatsapp und Anwendungen fürs Wohnzimmer hat Google zwar für sich neue Bereiche erschlossen, aber nicht für die Nutzer. Trotzdem könnten die Neuvorstellungen des Konzerns der Branche einen Schub geben. (Google I/O, Google)

KickassTorrents Blocking Case Suspended By Music Industry
In order to save time and costs, a case aimed at blocking access to KickassTorrents in Australia has been suspended by the music industry. Record labels including Universal, Sony and Warner will now wait for matters in a parallel case brought by film studios against The Pirate Bay and several other sites to reach its conclusion.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Last month, members of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Australasian collecting society APRA AMCOS teamed up to file the music industry’s first ‘pirate’ site blocking application Down Under.
Filed at the Federal Court under section 115A of the Copyright Act 1968, member labels Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony Music and J Albert & Son demanded that leading torrent site KickassTorrents (KAT) should be blocked by the country’s ISPs.
“Online infringement continues to be a major threat to the sustainability of the Australian music industry. Illegal offshore sites like Kickass Torrents show a complete disrespect for music creators and the value of music,” said Jenny Morris OAM, Chair of the APRA Board.
But now, exactly one month later, the case has been temporarily suspended in an effort to cut down on costs. The problem lies with two other key cases already underway in Australia, both of which involve similar requests to block ‘pirate’ sites. All three are likely to become bogged down with the same problems.
The first involves a case brought by TV giant Foxtel which targets The Pirate Bay, Torrentz, isoHunt and TorrentHound. The second features the movie division of Village Roadshow, Roadshow Films, taking on streaming portal Solarmovie.
In those cases ISPs including TPG (including subsidiary iiNet), Optus, Telstra and M2 say they don’t intend to oppose the studios’ requests for a blockade. However, there is a dispute over who will pay for the blocks to be put in place. The ISPs feel they are innocent parties and shouldn’t be forced to finance the operation, the studios disagree. There is also a dispute over how the blocks will be carried out from a technical perspective.
With these problems in mind, the record labels appeared in court yesterday with a request for their case against KickassTorrents to be suspended until after the other cases have been settled. The labels see little point in going over the same ground in parallel and feel that agreement in the other cases will provide a template for theirs.
“Given that the form of relief is a major component of the dispute between Roadshow and Foxtel and the ISPs, and there’s been a considerable amount of time spent between the applicants and respondents negotiating forms of orders and final relief in an attempt to standardize the forms of order sought by the applications,” counsel for the music industry said.
“We propose deferral of consideration of the relief elements for this proceeding until after determination of the Foxtel and Roadshow applications.”
A delay, which would save time and money, was also endorsed by the Internet service providers.
“We want to minimize the costs that are expended. In that light it’s certainly prudent to come back after that other hearing,” Optus counsel said.
Justice Katzmann agreed to the delay and ordered a case management hearing for July 11 to take place after the film studios’ hearing next month. A final hearing will take place in October following a judgment in the film studios’ cases.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Microspines: Drohne krallt sich an der Decke fest
Eine kleine Drohne kann sich nicht lange in der Luft halten und eignet sich deshalb schlecht als Beobachtungsplattform. Wer die Natur kennt, weiß eine Lösung: Krallen. Damit hängen sich energiesparende Drohnen nun an die Wand und spähen trotzdem. (Drohne, Technologie)

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