February 2017 – Page 99 – news.buyenne.com

Der große Ultra-HD-Blu-ray-Test (Teil 2): 4K-Hardware ist nichts für Anfänger

Lohnt sich die teure Hardware für den Ultra-HD-Betrieb samt HDR? Im zweiten Teil unseres großen UHD-Blu-ray-Tests geht es um die Abspielgeräte, die Zukunft und eine Auswahl von Fernsehern. Bei dem Aufbau kann der Anwender viel falsch machen und die günstige Xbox One S nervt mit Bugs. Ein Test von Andreas Sebayang und Sebastian Grüner (UHD-Blu-ray, Display)

Bethesda: Fallout Shelter plattformübergreifend spielbar

Bethesda hat sein kurzweiliges Free-to-Play-Aufbauspiel Fallout Shelter nun auch für die Xbox One veröffentlicht. Der eigentliche Clou dabei ist die Unterstützung von Play Anywhere – also der Austausch mit der Version für Windows 10. (Games, Fallout)

Bethesda hat sein kurzweiliges Free-to-Play-Aufbauspiel Fallout Shelter nun auch für die Xbox One veröffentlicht. Der eigentliche Clou dabei ist die Unterstützung von Play Anywhere - also der Austausch mit der Version für Windows 10. (Games, Fallout)

Google Brain: Algorithmus macht Gesichter auf schlechten Bildern erkennbar

Der Traum der Kriminalisten: Googles Entwicklungsabteilung Google Brain hat einen Algorithmus geschaffen, der Inhalte aus niedrig aufgelösten Bildern hochrechnen kann. Für die Fahndung eignen sich diese Bilder allerdings kaum. (Bildbearbeitung, Google)

BiCS3: Flash Forward startet Fertigung von 512-GBit-Flash-Chips

Toshiba und Western Digital haben die Kapazität ihres BiCS3 genannten Flash-Speichers verdoppelt. Die Pilotproduktion von 512-GBit-Dies sei angelaufen, womit Flash Forward zeitlich einige Wochen vor Samsung liegen könnte. (Western Digital, Toshiba)

Tobis Tricks: Youtuber gibt Kampf gegen Bild.de auf

Der Youtuber Tobias Richter will nicht mehr gegen den Axel-Springer-Verlag kämpfen. Das gesammelte Geld ist weg – und das Landgericht Hamburg folgte Springers Argumentation zu wirksamen technischen Sperren und der Blockierung von “Javascripten”. (LG Hamburg, Video-Community)

Der Youtuber Tobias Richter will nicht mehr gegen den Axel-Springer-Verlag kämpfen. Das gesammelte Geld ist weg - und das Landgericht Hamburg folgte Springers Argumentation zu wirksamen technischen Sperren und der Blockierung von "Javascripten". (LG Hamburg, Video-Community)

Rockstar Games: Weitere 5 Millionen verkaufte GTA-5-Spiele in drei Monaten

Der Erfolg von GTA 5 hält an: Im Jahresendgeschäft 2016 hat das mehr als drei Jahre alte Spiel weitere 5 Millionen Exemplare geschafft. Auch für GTA Online sowie für Mafia 3 und Civilization 6 hat Publisher Take 2 nun Zahlen genannt. (GTA 5, Take-Two)

Search Engines & Copyright Holders Ready Voluntary Anti-Piracy Code

Google and other search companies are close to striking a voluntary agreement with entertainment companies to tackle the appearance of infringing content links in search results. Following roundtable discussions chaired by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office, all parties have agreed that the code should take effect by June 1, 2017.

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

For several years the entertainment industries have blamed companies like Google for not doing enough to prevent instances of Internet piracy. At times, Google has even been accused of fueling it.

The problem is with search results. Whether they’re presented by Google, Bing or Yahoo, copyright holders wish that more could be done to prevent the appearance of infringing links, particularly in the first crucial pages of results. To its credit, Google has taken a number of measures over the years but in the eyes of copyright holders, it’s never been enough.

Instead, Google has been flooded with a billion takedown requests in the last year alone, each demanding that links to infringing content be removed. When the notices are accurate, Google always complies but there have been rumblings in recent years, particularly in the UK, that search engines could find themselves on the end of legislation that forces them to do more.

With that eventuality a daunting prospect, companies like Google and representatives from the entertainment industries have been trying to reach some kind of voluntary agreement. Their meetings generally aren’t spoken about in public, but the UK government has played a strong role in bringing the groups together. What we now know is that a deal is extremely close to being signed.

This week, during a Digital Economy Bill committee, discussion again turned to the role of service providers when it comes to infringing content. For example, should they enjoy reduced safe harbors if they optimize the presentation and promotion of copyright-protected works?

A draft amendement to the bill would allow the government to impose a code of practice on search engines, forcing them to deal with infringement – a proposal has proven popular in parliament. However, when the matter was raised again this week it was revealed that the imposition of such a regime probably won’t be needed.

“Since the idea was last discussed in [parliament], Intellectual Property Office officials have chaired a further round-table meeting between search engines and representatives of the creative industries,” Baroness Buscombe said.

“While there are still elements of detail to be settled, the group is now agreed on the key content of the code and I expect an agreement to be reached very soon.”

According to Buscombe, all parties involved (that’s the search engines and entertainment industry companies) have agreed that the code should come into effect within four months.

“All parties have also agreed that the code should take effect, and the targets in it be reached, by 1 June this year,” the Baroness said.

With no such meetings ever documented in public by either the companies involved or the government, TorrentFreak reached out to Google – who are definitely at the hub of the agreement – with a few questions.

What companies are involved in the agreement, both from the search side and entertainment industries? What are the basics of the voluntary code and how will it affect the visibility of allegedly-infringing results? How will the agreement manifest itself to Google’s users come June 1?

At the time of publication, Google had not responded to our request for comment. However, without mentioning them by name, Baroness Buscombe was complimentary about Google and the other search engines involved, noting that cooperation with entertainment companies is ongoing.

“The search engines involved in this work have been very co-operative, making changes to their algorithms and processes, but also working bilaterally with creative industry representatives to explore the options for new interventions, and how existing processes might be streamlined,” she said.

“I understand that all parties are keen to finalize and sign up to the voluntary agreement, and so we believe there is no need to take a legislative power at this time.”

Noting that moving forward on a co-operative basis now is better than introducing legislation later, the Baroness said that other options could always be revisited in the future, should things not work out. At this stage, however, it seems unlikely that Google et al would prefer legislation over a voluntary code.

Due to the worldwide nature of the web, it will be extremely interesting to see how any UK-based agreement plays out overseas. It seems unlikely that Google will be able to implement strictly local measures without coming under pressure to follow suit in the United States, for example.If you can do it in the UK, you can do it everywhere, the company will be told.

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Freie Software: Gemeinnützigkeit-as-a-Service gibt es auch in Europa

Viele Open-Source-Projekte können oder wollen sich nicht selbst um rechtliche Verpflichtungen kümmern. Zum Glück gibt es dafür nun auch in Europa Menschen, die diese “langweilige” Arbeit als Dienstleistung übernehmen – im Interesse aller, auch der Nutzer. Von Sebastian Grüner (Fosdem 2017, Internet)

Viele Open-Source-Projekte können oder wollen sich nicht selbst um rechtliche Verpflichtungen kümmern. Zum Glück gibt es dafür nun auch in Europa Menschen, die diese "langweilige" Arbeit als Dienstleistung übernehmen - im Interesse aller, auch der Nutzer. Von Sebastian Grüner (Fosdem 2017, Internet)

A rash of invisible, fileless malware is infecting banks around the globe

Once the province of nation-sponsored hackers, in-memory malware goes mainstream.

Two years ago, researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab discovered their corporate network was infected with malware that was unlike anything they had ever seen. Virtually all of the malware resided solely in the memory of the compromised computers, a feat that had allowed the infection to remain undetected for six months or more. Kaspersky eventually unearthed evidence that Duqu 2.0, as the never-before-seen malware was dubbed, was derived from Stuxnet, the highly sophisticated computer worm reportedly created by the US and Israel to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program.

Now, fileless malware is going mainstream, as financially motivated criminal hackers mimic their nation-sponsored counterparts. According to research Kaspersky Lab plas to publish Wednesday, networks belonging to at least 140 banks and other enterprises have been infected by malware that relies on the same in-memory design to remain nearly invisible. Because infections are so hard to spot, the actual number is likely much higher. Another trait that makes the infections hard to detect is the use of legitimate and widely used system administrative and security tools—including PowerShell, Metasploit, and Mimikatz—to inject the malware into computer memory.

"What's interesting here is that these attacks are ongoing globally against banks themselves," Kaspersky Lab expert Kurt Baumgartner told Ars. "The banks have not been adequately prepared in many cases to deal with this." He went on to say that people behind the attacks are "pushing money out of the banks from within the banks," by targeting computers that run automatic teller machines.

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Matoi Imagno: Wenn die Holzklötzchen zu dir sprechen

Zunehmend müssen sich Eltern von Kleinkindern entscheiden: Traditionelles Holzspielzeug oder moderne Smartphone-App fürs Kind? Imagno will beide Welten zusammenführen. (Spielzeug, Games)