November 2016 – Page 104 – news.buyenne.com

Jon S. von Tetzchner: Ein halbes Leben für zwei Browser

Browser sind sein Leben – Jon S. von Tetzchner war erst für den Opera-Browser verantwortlich und hat danach mit Vivaldi einen neuen erschaffen, der demnächst um einen vollwertigen E-Mail-Client ergänzt werden soll. Wir haben mit dem Vivaldi-Chef über seine weiteren Pläne gesprochen. (Jon von Tetzchner, Browser)

Browser sind sein Leben - Jon S. von Tetzchner war erst für den Opera-Browser verantwortlich und hat danach mit Vivaldi einen neuen erschaffen, der demnächst um einen vollwertigen E-Mail-Client ergänzt werden soll. Wir haben mit dem Vivaldi-Chef über seine weiteren Pläne gesprochen. (Jon von Tetzchner, Browser)

Amazon Prime: Jahresabo wird 20 Euro teurer

Amazon erhöht den Preis für den Prime-Dienst auf 69 Euro. Bestandskunden erhalten das Abo noch zum alten Preis. Neukunden können ebenfalls noch eine Weile sparen. Erstmals gibt es Prime auch mit einer monatlichen Laufzeit. (Amazon Prime, Amazon)

Trollino Hydrogen: Solaris liefert Oberleitungsbusse mit Brennstoffzelle

Lettlands Hauptstadt Riga bekommt besondere elektrische Oberleitungsbusse: Ein Dieselmotor fehlt den Fahrzeugen, stattdessen arbeiten die Busse mit einem Range Extender auf Basis einer Brennstoffzelle und einem Akku. Die Reichweite liegt zwischen einer Diesel-APU und einer Akkulösung. (Brennstoffzelle, Solaris)

Ausgabegeräte: Youtube unterstützt Videos mit High Dynamic Range

Youtube spielt nun auch Videos mit High Dynamic Range (HDR) ab. Dafür sind allerdings spezielle Geräte erforderlich. Bis sich HDR durchsetzt, werden daher noch viele Jahre vergehen. (HDR, Video-Community)

Stromtankstelle: Tesla macht Schluss mit Supercharger-Flatrate

Die Supercharger-Ladestationen, an denen Tesla-Elektroautos schnell wieder aufgeladen werden, sind für Neukunden nicht mehr kostenlos nutzbar. Tesla verschenkt noch 400 kWh im Jahr, danach muss bezahlt werden. (Elektroauto, GreenIT)

Tolino Vision 4 HD: E-Reader mit zeitabhängiger Beleuchtung

Der neue E-Reader Tolino Vision 4 HD verfügt über eine Hintergrundbeleuchtung, deren Weißton verändert werden kann. Wer will, kann das dem Gerät überlassen, das nach Uhr- und Jahreszeit differenziert. (Tolino, E-Book)

Anti Software Piracy Group Caught Abusing Copyright License

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has been caught failing to observe the correct copyright practices on its website, according to a report from TorrentFreak.

In a campaign in which the BSA is asking people to dob in their own employers for using unlicensed software, the page in which people can submit their reports appears to be using code that fails to adhere to the code's licensing conditions.

The page uses custom builds of the JavaScript libraries jQuery and jQuery Mobile. While the jQuery license allows for modified use of the code freely, one still has to follow the provisions set out in the license, and one of the easiest to follow is to include the original license text. This is what the BSA's site failed to do.

While this may have been a simple oversight by the site's developers, or the text was removed to optimize page loading speed, but this is also the kind of mistake that the BSA, ironically, might go after businesses for.

The BSA's informant campaign currently gives up to a $20,000 personal reward for notifying the anti-piracy group of suspected software piracy. It's unknown if reporting the BSA's own errors would net informants any monetary reward.

[via TorrentFreak]

Fix for critical Android rooting bug is a no-show in November patch release

Linux users already got a fix for “Dirty Cow.” Android users aren’t so fortunate.

Android users waiting for a fix for a newly discovered flaw that allows apps to bypass key operating-system security protections will have to wait at least another month. The just released patch batch for November, inexplicably, won't include it.

The so-called escalation-of-privilege vulnerability dubbed Dirty Cow was introduced into the core of the Linux kernel in 2007, shortly before Google engineers incorporated the open-source operating system into Android. That means the bug, formally indexed as CVE-2016-5195, affects every version of Android since its inception. The flaw remained hidden from public view until October 19, when it was disclosed under a coordinated release that was designed to ensure a fix was ready before most people knew about it. The Android Security Bulletin scheduled to be automatically pushed to select handsets sometime this month, however, won't fix the flaw.

"It's a pretty big deal because it's very easy to exploit," Daniel Micay, a developer of the Android-based CopperheadOS for mobile phones, told Ars. "Unlike a memory corruption bug, there are not really any mitigations for it. [Google] can't claim that mitigations stand in the way of easy exploitation for this bug (that's a dubious claim when they do make it, but for this they can't do it)."

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New challenges surface for VW, including a possible new defeat device in Audis

And in the US, VW given until the end of November to find a fix for 3.0L diesel cars.

Last week was touchy for Volkswagen Group and its profitable Audi brand.

Yesterday, the German magazine Bild Am Sontag reported that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) had discovered that unspecified Audi vehicle models were running illegal software to bring carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions within legal limit under laboratory conditions. The software, according to Bild Am Sontag, also killed CO₂ emissions controls while the Audis were driven under normal conditions, much like the defeat device scandal involving VW, Audi, and Porsche vehicles that was exposed last September.

This illegal software was apparently found in both gas and diesel Audi models produced up until May 2016. Neither Audi nor CARB has confirmed the reports to any outlet, including Ars Technica.

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iFixit tears apart Google Home, finds Chromecast parts inside

Google Home is a $129 smart home speaker that can answer questions, play games, and stream media to a Chromecast device in your house. Under the hood, it also seems to have many of the same parts as a Chromecast.

The folks at internet repair shop iFixit have disassembled a Google Home to see what makes it tick… and discovered that it’s basically the same hardware that makes Google’s $35 media streamer work.

Continue reading iFixit tears apart Google Home, finds Chromecast parts inside at Liliputing.