Month: January 2017

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Auch Lenovo will bei smarten Assistenten für zu Hause mitmischen: Auf der CES hat der Hersteller einen eigenen Lautsprecher mit Amazon-Alexa-Anbindung vorgestellt. Im Grunde kann der Smart Assistant nicht mehr als Amazons Echo, ist aber auch in einer Version mit Harman-Kardon-Speakern erhältlich. (CES 2017, Lenovo)

Kompakter, USB Type C, Kaby-Lake-Chip, längere Akkulaufzeit: Das Thinkpad X1 Carbon v5 gefällt uns, denn anders als beim Macbook gelingt der Kompromiss zwischen alten und neuen Anschlüssen. (X1 Carbon, Lenovo)

Der Anonymous-Aktivist und Hacker Lauri Love soll an die USA ausgeliefert werden. Dort drohen ihm wegen des unberechtigten Veränderns von Webseiten und Hacking fast 100 Jahre Haft. Wenn wir Lauri nicht retten können, können wir uns auch nicht selbst retten, warnen Aktivisten. (Lulzsec, Anonymous)

Microsoft has been promising for a few months that device makers would soon launch VR headsets that are compatible with Windows 10 Holographic for about $299 and up… which is a lot cheaper than the $3,000 you’d need to pay to get a Microsoft HoloLens development kit.

Companies including Acer, Asus, Dell, and HP are all working on headsets. But it loos like Lenovo is the first to start showing one off.

The folks at The Verge got an early look at a prototype of Lenovo’s upcoming headset.

Continue reading Lenovo unveils a $300(ish) VR headset for Windows Holographic at Liliputing.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks of this week, and as usual, it provides a great chance to put my personal gear to the test. I write about mobile tech on a daily basis, but the one week out of the year when I most rely on it is when I’m running around Las Vegas trying to cover this sprawling tech show.

As in past years, I’m trying to travel light: my reporting kit basically consists of a laptop, a phone, and a camera.

Continue reading Brad’s mobile reporting kit for CES 2017 at Liliputing.

Late 2015 a Virginia federal jury ruled that Internet provider Cox Communications was responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers.

The ISP was found guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement and ordered to pay music publisher BMG Rights Management $25 million in damages.

Last November Cox filed its appeal arguing that the district court made several errors which may ultimately restrict the public’s access to Internet services.

One of the crucial factors in the case is whether Cox has safe harbor protection under the DMCA. In order to qualify, the company is required to terminate accounts of repeat infringers, when appropriate.

According to a 65-page reply brief just filed by BMG, the Internet provider failed to satisfy this burden as it willingly kept serving some customers, even after they had received over a dozen infringement notices.

“… Cox ignores its burden and points to no evidence that it adopted or implemented such a policy. Indeed, the undisputed evidence shows that Cox’s claim to terminate repeat infringers was an elaborate sham,” BMG writes (pdf).

“Though the precise mechanism changed in the Fall of 2012, Cox’s actual policy throughout the entire time period covered by the complaint was not to terminate repeat infringers because ‘for DMCA – we don’t want to lo[]se the revenue’.”

BMG notes that from 2010 until the Fall of 2012, Cox had a “policy” under which it purported to terminate accounts of repeat infringers. However, these were instead swiftly reactivated to keep customers on board and generate more revenue.

“Over and over, Cox failed to terminate flagrant repeat infringers, including one who admitted to ‘years of doing this’ and whom Cox abuse employees regarded as ‘well aware of his actions’,” BMG writes.

In its appeal, Cox mentioned that it doesn’t believe that one-sided piracy complaints are enough to warrant account terminations. In addition, the ISP noted that several of the infringement notices BMG sent via Rightscorp contained serious errors.

However, BMG believes that this is a red herring which didn’t warrant the decision to disregard hundreds of thousands of infringement notices.

“Cox claims that BMG’s notices are ‘littered with flaws.’ But Cox was able to identify errors in a tiny handful of the 1.8 million BMG notices at issue. The evidence showed that Rightscorp’s system was ‘well over 99%’ accurate.”

In addition to the repeat infringer issue, the music group also maintains that the ISP is liable for contributory infringement. Also, it disputes Cox’s argument that the jury instructions were incorrect on several points.

With the appeal, Cox hopes to reverse the judgment or at least have the opportunity of a new trial, but BMG asks the court to keep the district court ruling intact instead.

The outcome of the case, which may go all the way to the Supreme Court, will be crucial in determining what obligations ISPs have when it comes to repeat copyright infringers. As such, we can expect some more fireworks later in the year, as the case moves forward.

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

Google’s Tango platform for augmented-reality enables phone and tablet makers to leverage Google’s technology for games, home decorating and repair, and other applications that use the phone’s cameras and sensors to blur the lines between digital and real-life environments.

Lenovo launched the first commercially-available Tango phone in 2016. Now Asus is getting ready to launch what may be the second. The Asus Zenfone AR is a Tango-enabled phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, which makes this phone a more powerful option than the Snapdragon 652-powered Lenovo Phab 2 Pro.

Continue reading Asus Zenfone AR is a Google Tango phone with Snapdragon 821 (leaked a bit early) at Liliputing.

Do you remember the appblaster from AppToyz from last year? The company has manufactured the second version of this toy and now it’s on sale at online store. So, what’s new in this version 2.0? Based on a quick overview, AppBlaster Version 2.0 is coming with a new coloring, as well as allow gamers to […]

Wo Stadtwerke sind, hat man gute Chancen, Glasfaser bis ins Haus gelegt zu bekommen. Privatkunden kommen mit bis 500 MBit/s Download und 50 MBit/s Upload ins Internet. (Glasfaser, Fritzbox)