Month: October 2016

This week we have three newcomers in our chart.

Mechanic: Resurrection is the most downloaded movie for the second week in a row.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

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Ranking	(last week)	Movie	IMDb Rating / Trailer
torrentfreak.com
1	(1)	Suicide Squad	6.7 / trailer
2	(…)	Don’t Breathe	7.5 / trailer
3	(9)	Lights Out	6.6 / trailer
4	(2)	Star Trek Beyond	7.4 / trailer
5	(…)	Captain Fantastic	8.0 / trailer
6	(3)	Mechanic: Resurrection	5.8 / trailer
7	(4)	Captain America: Civil War	8.1 / trailer
8	(4)	Independence Day: Resurgence	5.4 / trailer
9	(…)	Mr. Church	7.3 / trailer
10	(5)	The Infiltrator	7.2 / trailer

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SK Broadband kombiniert verschiedene Techniken von Nokia, um Höchstwerte für private Haushalte anzubieten. Alle Kunden sollen nun 10 GBit/s bekommen. (Nokia, Glasfaser)

Laserbasierte Geräte faszinieren viele, auch Bastler. Ihre grundsätzliche Funktionsweise macht sie aber auch gefährlich. Was taugt ein billiger Lasergravierer? Wir haben es ausprobiert. (CNC, Technologie)

Kein Horrorfilm-Szenario, sondern Alltag in Ruanda: Drohnen der Firma Zipline werden für die Lieferung von Blut und Blutprodukten genutzt, weil schlechte Straßen den Transport verzögern. (Drohne, Technologie)

Die Fluglinie Virgin America versteigert für einen guten Zweck Turnschuhe mit WLAN-Hotspot und Display. Die Funktionen zeigen, was den Nutzer in der ersten Klasse der Airline erwartet. (WLAN-Hotspot, Technologie)

Apple hat in iOS 10 eine Notfallfunktion integriert, falls der elektronische Home-Button des iPhone 7 oder des iPhone 7 Plus kaputtgeht. So lässt sich das Smartphone weiterhin nutzen. (iPhone 7, Apple)

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With more than half of its population living in “absolute poverty,” Nigeria is one of the world’s poorest countries.

The economy has been growing in recent years but unfortunately, not all people reap the rewards. This is also true for those in the film industry.

With close to a billion U.S. dollars in box office revenue, “Nollywood” appears to be doing well. Still, not all actors and filmmakers are rich, as some people falsely assume.

According to Nigerian Pastor Joshua Iginla, piracy is one of the main problems, and he urges the local government to tackle this menace.

“The level of piracy in this country is serious; I hope government will do something about it,” Iginla says.

The pastor has been preaching this anti-piracy message for quite some time. He believes that Nollywood’s actors and actresses are Nigeria’s ambassadors, showing the world a positive image of the country.

However, he warns that the threat of piracy is real, noting that it has already caused several early deaths.

“Many [people] have died prematurely because they are hardworking but piracy has crippled them. We enjoy watching their films but we watch them when they are helpless with none to help them,” he says.

The public at large believes that all actors and actresses are rich, but the pastor says that this is a misunderstanding. This is something he personally experienced when actor Ayo Emmanuel contacted him with a call for help.

“I wept when Ayo Emmanuel sent me a text a few weeks back that he was sick and needed financial assistance,” Iginla says.

The pastor, who is known for his philanthropy, decided not to sit idly by. During the Sunday service at Champions Royal Assembly at City of Wonders last week, he generously donated a brand new Peugeot 301 to the sick actor.

Emmanuel was floored by the generous surprise gift, as the picture below fittingly illustrates.

Emmanuel’s response

The actor reportedly suffers from “spiritual and depression” related problems. While a car might not help him to cope with these challenges, he no longer needs a bus to get to church.

A full photo-op of the giveaway ceremony was posted on the pastor’s Facebook page, including one in which Emmanuel, popularly known as “Nollywood Policeman”, poses with a handwritten sign in front of his new car.

Emmanuel’s new car

The pastor is often criticized for giving away expensive gifts while so many others don’t have enough food to feed their families. However, Iginla stresses that actors have it rough too and that it’s up to him to decide where his money is spent.

While he has helped a lot of poor people, Nollywood actors and actresses are among his favorites.

Over the past several years he has donated dozens of luxury cars to Nollywood celebrities, including a Hummer Jeep, Mercedes G-Wagon, and Mercedes CLS 550.

The fortunate pastor clearly has enough money in the bank. In addition, he’s also seen a prophet by some. In 2016 several of his “prophecies” came true, although one publication notes that he’s not always right.

How exactly he acquired his fortune remains a mystery though, just like his gift of predicting the future.

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After raising nearly half a million dollars to fund a pocket-sized Windows 10 desktop computer called the Sirius B last year, Ockel is back with a new Indiegogo campaign for a tiny computer called the Sirius B.

It’s basically a compact desktop with a wedge-shaped design, a 6 inch touchscreen on top, and an Intel Atom Cherry Trail processor.

The Ockel Sirius A looks a lot like the Gole1 mini PC I reviewed this summer.

Continue reading Ockel Sirius A mini PC is like a Gole1 with better specs, higher price (crowdfunding) at Liliputing.