Month: July 2017

Microsoft hat viele Pläne für das kommende Windows 10: Eine neue Preview lässt das Smartphone mit dem PC verbinden. Außerdem soll ein Computer per Sprachbefehl heruntergefahren werden können. Auch für Windows 10 Mobile gibt es Neuerungen. (Windows 10, Smartphone)

Mit dem Pro 7 und Pro 7 Plus hat Meizu zwei leistungsstarke Smartphones vorgestellt, die ein zusätzliches kleines Display auf der Rückseite haben. Außerdem kommen die Geräte mit Dual-Kameras und Mediateks erstem 10nm-SoC. (Meizu, Smartphone)

Earlier this year the Premier League obtained a rather special High Court injunction to assist in its fight against illegal football match streaming.

Similar in its aims to earlier blocking orders that targeted torrent sites including The Pirate Bay, the injunction enabled the Premier League to act quickly, forcing local ISPs such as Sky, BT, and Virgin to block football streams in real-time.

Although public results varied, the English Premier League (EPL) reports that under the injunction it was able to block 5,000 server IP addresses that were streaming its content. That appears to have encouraged the organization to apply for another injunction for the upcoming 2017-18 season.

According to a statement published on the EPL site, that has now been granted.

“This blocking order is a game-changer in our efforts to tackle the supply and use of illicit streams of our content,” said Premier League Director of Legal Services, Kevin Plumb.

“It will allow us to quickly and effectively block and disrupt the illegal broadcast of Premier League football via any means, including so called ‘pre-loaded Kodi boxes’.”

Although the details of the new injunction are yet to be published by the High Court, the EPL indicates that the injunction is very similar to the one obtained previously, which targets overseas servers streaming Premier League matches into the UK.

Upon notice from the Premier League, ISPs including Sky, BT, Virgin Media, Plusnet, EE and TalkTalk are required to block IP addresses quickly as matches are being streamed, all without any direct intervention from the court.

“The protection of our copyright, and the investment made by our broadcast partners, is hugely important to the Premier League and the future health of English football,” the Premier League said.

The injunction itself lists the Internet service providers as defendants but it’s important to note that most have a vested interest in the injunction being put in place. Sky, BT and Virgin Media all screen Premier League matches in some way so there’s no surprise that none put up a fight when confronted by the football organization.

Indeed, several of the ISPs appeared to have assisted the EPL in some pretty intimate ways, even going as far as sharing a certain level of customer traffic data with the organization.

It will be interesting to see what effect the new blocking efforts will have on stream availability when the new season begins. Saturday afternoons, when matches take place around the country but are prohibited from being screened due to the blackout, should be the main focal point. As previously suggested, the EPL will probably enjoy more success than last season with experience under their belts.

Finally, tabloids in the UK have been giving the injunction their usual dramatic coverage but a special mention must go out to The Sun. In an article titled “Closing the Net“, the paper said that under the injunction, “BRITS who illegally stream Premier League football matches could have their internet connection shut off.”

The way things are worded it suggests that people who watch streams could be disconnected by their ISP. That is not the case.

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

Bessere und schönere Autos durch den Einsatz von Virtual-Reality-Hightech: Hersteller wie Mercedes-Benz benutzen VR-Systeme schon seit langem für die Konstruktion ihrer Produkte. Golem.de hat mit VR-Solution-Scout Bianca Jürgens über den Stand der Technik gesprochen. Ein Interview von Peter Steinlechner (VR, Interview)

Nintendo's latest console, the Switch, is off to a solid start according to new data released by the company.

4.7 million Switch consoles have already been sold in the first four months of sales, making it one of Nintendo's best selling consoles to date.

The 4.7 million figure is still dwarfed by the 5.84 million Wii consoles sold during the same period or the 5.27 million units sold for the hugely popular DS handheld console, but it was substantially above the Wii U's 3.45 million.

The Wii U is considered by critics and gamers to be a relative failure for Nintendo, with the company bringing out the successor Switch much earlier than anticipated given the average lifespan of a game console.

The Switch, on the other hand, has been warmly received by critics and fans alike.

Game sales for the Switch was also strong, according to Nintendo. The most popular game so far, 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild' (which was originally a Wii U only release), managed to sell 3.92 million copies, ahead of the 3.54 million copies sold for 'Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'.

[via Rolling Stone]

US-Präsident Trump hat im Weißen Haus Verhandlungen mit Foxconn angekündigt. Das taiwanesische Unternehmen plant den Bau einer Fabrik für LC-Displays für Fernseher im US-Bundesstaat Wisconsin. Zuvor hatte Trump gesagt, Apple wolle drei Fabriken in den USA bauen. (Foxconn, Apple)

Was die USA jetzt im Luftverkehr einführen, ist in Europa längst Alltag: Kleine Geräte wie Tablets, Handhelds und E-Book-Lesegeräte müssen aus dem Gepäck genommen und einzeln geröntgt werden. (Luftfahrt, Kindle)

HTC is expanding its Vive line of virtual reality headsets with a new model that doesn’t need to be plugged into a computer. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, the new Vive headset should offer the kind of performance you’d get from a high-end smartphone… except that you don’t need to slide a phone […]

HTC’s first standalone Vive VR headset is coming to China is a post from: Liliputing

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Die Radeon Software 17.7.2 für AMD-Grafikkarten umfasst Verbesserungen für Chill, Frame Rate Target Control, Relive, Shader Cache sowie Wattman. Hinzu kommen noch das neue Enhanced Vsync und eine geringere Latenz bei älteren APIs. (Grafiktreiber, AMD)