February 2017 – Page 93 – news.buyenne.com

Spielemesse: Allgemeiner Zugang zur E3 für 250 US-Dollar

Wem die Gamescom zu gewöhnlich ist, der kann sich in diesem Sommer ein exklusiveres Vergnügen leisten: Für 250 US-Dollar bekommt erstmals jeder Spieler Zugang zur Spielemesse E3 in Los Angeles. (E3, Gamescom)

Rojadirecta Ordered to Shut Down By Spanish Court

A court has ordered famous sports streaming site Rojadirecta to shut down. The ruling, which was handed down following a complaint from broadcaster Movistar+, requires Rojadirecta parent company Puerto 80 to pay damages. Broadcasters estimate the site cost them 500 million euros a year.

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When it comes to sports streaming sites, Rojadirecta is one of the best known and longest standing platforms on the planet. As a result, it has gained a loyal and international following.

Unlike most pirate sites that essentially lurk in the shadows, Rojadirecta is owned by a known company. Puerto 80 has been through several legal challenges over the years and Rojadirecta was even declared legal after two major lawsuits.

Now, however, Rojadirecta’s life at the top appears to be on life support after a local court ordered the platform to shut down its operations. The ruling from the Commercial Court of A Coruña follows a complaint by Telefónica-owned Movistar+ against the site and its owner Igor Seoane.

The company accused Rojadirecta of violating its intellectual property rights when it streamed sports content to the public without permission.

According to El Pais, Seoane previously argued that certain allegedly-infringing soccer streams had been added to the site by its users. As such, Rojadirecta acted as a mere intermediary enjoying certain legal protections. The judge disagreed.

“[The] cataloging and location in the corresponding sections of an index of contents was essential for the general public to access protected content,” he said.

Adding that the content should have been reserved for subscribers only, the judge found that Rojadirecta facilitated infringement and is therefore guilty of breaching Movistar+’s intellectual property rights.

“We did not agree on how this site was using our content and justice has been done,” a Movistar+ spokesperson said.

The order to shut down, which was issued on February 1 but was published this week, covers all of Rojadirecta’s domains. The site will also be required to pay damages, pending any appeal. The broadcasters estimate the site cost them 500 million euros in damages each year.

This is the second major setback for the site in recent months. Following a complaint from Mediapro and GolT, last November the Commercial Court of A Coruña ruled that Rojadirecta must cease linking to unauthorized streams of football events.

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Windows 10: Betriebssystem erhält Bild-in-Bild-Funktion

Microsoft hat ein neues Insider-Preview-Build von Windows 10 veröffentlicht. Das Betriebssystem erhält eine Bild-in-Bild-Funktion, um mehr Informationen im Blick zu behalten. Außerdem gibt es eine automatische Sperrmöglichkeit, die allerdings derzeit nicht ausprobiert werden kann. (Windows 10, Microsoft)

Ex-Verfassungsgerichtspräsident Papier: Die Politik stellt sich beim BND-Gesetz taub

Das neue BND-Gesetz ermöglicht dem Bundesnachrichtendienst einen vollen Zugriff auf Internetknoten. Im Interview mit Golem.de erläutert der frühere Verfassungsrichter Hans-Jürgen Papier, warum seine Richterkollegen in Karlsruhe dieses Gesetz nicht akzeptieren sollten. Ein Interview von Michael Kolain (BND, Datenschutz)

Android Wear 2.0: Keine neue Smartwatch für Deutschland

Google hat die fertige Version von Android Wear 2.0 veröffentlicht. Von LG wurden auch neue Smartwatches vorgestellt, die allerdings beide nicht für den deutschen Markt geplant sind. Außerdem gibt es Informationen dazu, welche Smartwatches das Update erhalten werden. (Android Wear, Google)

Manfrotto Xume: Magnetkraft für Kameraobjektive

Manfrotto hat mit Xume ein System für Kamerafilter angekündigt, das einen schnellen Wechsel ermöglicht. Die einzelnen Filter werden mit Magneten am Objektiv festgehalten. Möglich machen das magnetische Ringe, die an die Filter geschraubt werden. (Objektiv, Digitalkamera)

Brilliant Control: Der Wandschalter für das Smart Home

Das Smart Home wird häufig mit dem Smartphone oder der Stimme kontrolliert. Die Entwickler von Brilliant Control setzen dagegen auf einen Wandschalter mit Touch Display, der zahlreiche Geräte wie Philips Hue, Sonos oder Nest fernsteuert. (Smart Home, 802.11n)

Bürosoftware: Microsoft Office nutzt Touch Bar des Macbook Pro

Wie die Bürosoftware Microsoft Office für MacOS künftig mit der Touch Bar des Macbook Pro harmonieren soll, zeigt Microsoft in einer Vorabversion der Software, die kostenlos ausprobiert werden kann. (Office, OLED)

A Danish astronaut has captured the best ever images of rare, blue flashes

These transient features are so named because they last about 20 milliseconds.

ESA/NASA

Scientists don't know much about the mysterious, powerful electric discharges that sometimes occur in the upper levels of the atmosphere in conjunction with thunderstorms. The first photograph of the phenomenon—which can occur as high as about 90km above the surface of the Earth and are known variously as sprites, pixies, elves, or jets—was only taken from Earth in 1989.

Fortunately for scientists interested in these storms, the International Space Station offers an excellent vantage point at an altitude of about 400km. So Danish researchers devised a "Thor experiment"—named after the hammer-wielding Norse God—to study the phenomenon. As part of the experiment, an astronaut on board the station would image thunderstorms under certain conditions, and these observations would be correlated with data collected by satellites and ground-based radar and lightning detection systems.

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Mac malware is still crude, but it’s slowly catching up to its Windows rivals

A tale of two attacks that both target MacOS users.

Malicious Microsoft Word documents that abuse macros have long been the bane of Windows users. Now, security researchers have found what may be the first such real-world attack to infect Macs.

The attack was found in a Word file titled "U.S. Allies and Rivals Digest Trump's Victory - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace." When Mac users open the document in a Word application configured to allow macros and ignore a warning, an embedded macro automatically:

checks to make sure the LittleSnitch security firewall isn't running
downloads an encrypted payload from hxxps://www.securitychecking.org:443/index.asp
decrypts the payload using a hard-coded key and
executes the payload

The code contained in the macro is written in the Python programming language. It was taken almost verbatim from EmPyre, an open-source exploit framework for Macs. By the time the researchers found the booby-trapped document, the securitychecking.org was no longer serving the payload, so it wasn't possible to know precisely what it did. But the Empyre component the macro borrowed allowed for persistent infections that contained a wide range of capabilities, including monitoring webcams, stealing passwords and encryption keys stored in the keychain, and accessing browsing histories.

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