July 2017 – Page 41 – news.buyenne.com

TLS-Zertifikate: Symantec fällt auf falschen Key herein

Wenn ein privater Schlüssel von einem Webseitenzertifikat offen im Netz landet, sollten Zertifizierungsstellen das entsprechende Zertifikat zurückziehen. Symantec tat dies nun auch bei einem privaten Schlüssel, der überhaupt nicht echt war. (Symantec, Technologie)

Christopher Nolan Prefers Blu-ray over Netflix, Not Fan of ‘Direct to Streaming’

Acclaimed director Christopher Nolan has criticized Netflix’s distribution model, and at the same time, waded into the disc vs streaming debate on the side of physical media.Nolan, the director of the critically acclaimed ‘Dunkirk’ and a vocal proponen…

Acclaimed director Christopher Nolan has criticized Netflix's distribution model, and at the same time, waded into the disc vs streaming debate on the side of physical media.

Nolan, the director of the critically acclaimed 'Dunkirk' and a vocal proponent of the "big" movie experience (many of Nolan's films are shot in 70mm for IMAX presentation), was speaking at a promotional event for the movie and made it very clear that he is not a fan of Netflix's "straight to streaming" model.

Netflix's ever growing list of "original movies" has caused concern for theater chains as well as those in traditional Hollywood circles. Netflix original movies, such as 'Okja', are simultaneously released in theaters and on Netflix for all subscribers. This, according to Nolan, is "pointless".

"Netflix has a bizarre aversion to supporting theatrical films," Nolan told IndieWire. "They have this mindless policy of everything having to be simultaneously streamed and released, which is obviously an untenable model for theatrical presentation. So they're not even getting in the game, and I think they're missing a huge opportunity."

Not missing any opportunities, Nolan says, is Amazon, who also produces their own movies including award favourite 'Manchester by the Sea'. But instead of making them available on their own streaming platform, Amazon gives their movies a 90 day theatrical window, a move that earned Amazon praise from Nolan.

But given the choice of any streaming platform and good old discs, in particularly Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Nolan says it's an easy choice. The director says he "rarely" uses streaming, and instead, goes to discs whenever he can.

[via Indiewire, Home Media Magazine, Vanity Fair]

Shipito: Mit wenigen Mausklicks zur US-Postadresse

Trotz allem per Onlinehandel direkt in den USA kaufen? Wir haben es ausprobiert und hatten als Ausländer schnell eine funktionierende Adresse in Nevada. Doch die Paketboten in Deutschland machten uns Probleme. Von Achim Sawall (Onlineshop)

Ausprobiert: JPEGmini Pro komprimiert riesige JPEGs um bis zu 80 Prozent

Die Mac- und Windows-Software JPEGmini Pro kann Bilder mit bis zu 128 Megapixeln verkleinern, ohne dass es zu optischen Qualitätsproblemen kommen soll. Günstig ist das Tool jedoch nicht. Ein Hands on von Andreas Donath (Bildbearbeitung, Grafiksoftware)

Aufstecksucher für TL2: Leica warnt vor Leica

Bei der Verwendung der 2.000 Euro teuren Leica TL2 in Kombination mit dem externen elektronischen Sucher Visoflex von Leica kann es zu einem Ausfall der Systemkamera kommen. (Digitale Fotografie, Digitalkamera)

Autonomes Fahren: Continental will beim Kartendienst Here einsteigen

Der Autoindustriezulieferer Continental will sich mit etwa acht bis zehn Prozent am Kartendienstleister Here beteiligen. Here ist von einem Konsortium von Autoherstellern vor zwei Jahren für 2,8 Milliarden Euro von Nokia übernommen worden. (Here, Technologie)

Arduino 101: Intel stellt auch das letzte Bastler-Board ein

Intels Ausflug in die Bastlerszene scheint vorerst beendet: Das Mikrocontroller-Board Arduino 101 wird eingestellt. Es ist das letzte, noch verbliebene Mikrocontroller-Board von Intel gewesen, das sich besonders an Bastler und Anfänger richtete. (Arduino, Intel)

Electronic music superhero Aphex Twin unearths massive, free music vault

Includes hours of never-before-released beats over past 20-plus years.

Many of the modern era's greatest electronic musicians also happen to be legitimate computer and technology geeks. Richard D. James, aka Aphex Twin, is no exception. The 46-year-old British musician has spent decades making music with an incredible range of analog and digital synthesizers (more details here), and one of his most impressive albums, Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments, was made by programming robots to play live instruments to his exact specifications.

I can go on about James' nerd cred (including his decision to initially announce his 2014 "comeback" record Syro via deep-web links), but his lengthy, diverse, and weird collection of music does the talking—and now you have an easier way to access it than ever. A month-long countdown at the official Aphex Twin site concluded on Thursday, and with it came a near-complete vault of James' recording output since 1991. It includes a full store where fans can buy uncompressed FLAC and compressed MP3 versions of his albums, EPs, and even myriad side projects recorded under weird aliases (AFX, Polygon Window, The Tuss, etc).

"CIRKLON3," a 2016 Aphex Twin single. It's a good starting point for anybody new to his sound, as it strikes a decent balance between his early '90s ambient output, his later "dancier" output, and his knack for weirdness.

Should you be short on cash, James still lets you use the site's embedded streaming audio player for unlimited listening to his entire catalog. This is notable for a few reasons, but the biggest is that James' new shop includes hours of previously unreleased material from pretty much every phase of his career. His breakout 1995 album ...I Care Because You Do has been bolstered with a whopping seven new, lengthy tracks (and they're quite good), while most of his albums, EPs, and singles now include additional demo recordings and isolated-element remixes. (The original template for his single "Windowlicker" is a fascinating newbie, for example, though certainly not as weird as its eventual version—which received a bizarre music video (probably NSFW) with James' face slapped onto bikini-clad, water-soaked models.)

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Microsoft 4Q17: Office 365 revenue surpasses traditional licenses

Cloud remains strong, and Windows was surprisingly up, too.

(credit: Julien GONG Min)

In the fourth quarter of its 2017 financial year, Microsoft posted revenue of $23.3 billion, up 13 percent on a year ago, with an operating income of $5.3 billion (up 73 percent), a net income of $6.5 billion (up 109 percent), and earnings per share of $0.83 (up 112 percent on the same quarter last year).

For the full 2017 financial year, revenue was $90.0 billion (up 5 percent on 2016), operating income was $22.3 billion (up 11 percent), net income was $21.2 billion (up 26 percent), and earnings per share were $3.31 (up 29 percent).

Microsoft currently has three reporting segments: Productivity and Business Processes (covering Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, and Dynamics), Intelligent Cloud (including Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, and Enterprise Services), and More Personal Computing (covering Windows, hardware, and Xbox, as well as search and advertising).

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Gigabyte launches single-board PC with Apollo Lake CPU, upgradeable memory and storage

Most computer motherboards from companies like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte feature sockets that let you connect any compatible CPU as well as slots for adding memory, storage, and other components. Meanwhile, single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi tend to have both the processor and the RAM soldered to the system board. And then there’s the […]

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