July 2017 – Page 52 – news.buyenne.com

Casey Hudson: Mass-Effect- und KOTOR-Leiter kehrt zu Bioware zurück

Er arbeitete bereits an Klassikern wie Mass Effect und Knights of the Old Republic, verließ 2014 aber Bioware. Drei Jahre später kehrt Casey Hudson als Chef des Studios zurück – und damit vielleicht die Hoffnung für dessen angeschlagenen Ruf. (Bioware, Microsoft)

Er arbeitete bereits an Klassikern wie Mass Effect und Knights of the Old Republic, verließ 2014 aber Bioware. Drei Jahre später kehrt Casey Hudson als Chef des Studios zurück - und damit vielleicht die Hoffnung für dessen angeschlagenen Ruf. (Bioware, Microsoft)

IPTV Service Raided By Police & Shutdown, Operator Arrested

A UK-based IPTV service appears to have shut down as a result of police action. After doing business for two years, BulkyIPTV’s service went dark yesterday. Shortly after the service’s owner sent out an email saying that the ride was over. “Today I was arrested. Everything has been shut down,” he said.

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

As torrents and regular streaming continue in the background, premium IPTV services are becoming increasingly popular.

Available for a few pounds, dollars or euros per month, these products offer a TV viewing service to rival and even beat those put out by the world’s leading entertainment distribution groups.

For an outlay of less than £8 in the UK, for example, it’s possible to receive more TV channels than Sky, Virgin and BT Sport have to offer – combined – and then much more on top.

The main providers (wholesalers, for want of a better term) cascade their products/channels down to smaller providers who act as retailers with direct contact with the public. These kinds of businesses are on the rise and often sell their products locally, via websites and social media, Facebook in particular.

Yesterday it appears that one of these ‘retailers’ found out what it’s like to be the low-hanging fruit in the piracy chain. During the course of the day, visitors to BulkyIPTV’s forums began complaining that the system had gone down.

“Is the bulkyiptv server down at the minute? If so can anyone tell me how long this is likely to take?” posted one.

“Yes mine is down too, v annoying. Also the website is redirecting to partycabs!” said another.

Indeed, the main website for BulkyIPTV had stopped offering various IPTV and similar TV-focused products and begun redirecting to a company offering a white London taxi cab experience for partygoers.

How BulkyIPTV looked before its disappearance

Questions on third-party forums went unanswered too.

“Hi guys, any one know what’s happened tonight? Facebook page gone,” a user asked.

A disappearing Facebook page in any ‘pirate’ setting is rarely a good sign. Many IPTV ‘companies’ use the social platform to interact with existing customers and generate new sales. When a page is deleted, many providers can do neither and that’s hardly compatible with good business.

But while the Facebook page may have been deleted, that didn’t happen before the owner of BulkyIPTV and other ‘Bulky’ branded services (including a hosting company and sites that sold other ‘unofficial’ TV products) had made a post detailing why there are problems. A post shared with TF by a member revealed all.

“Hi all. Today I was arrested. Everything has been shut down,” it read.

“They took everything – phone, laptop, PC and cash, as well as other stuff to gather evidence against me. I’m sorry it has come to this but i’m looking at a stretch inside.”

The Facebook post

The person, who is a regular poster to the Bulky Facebook page, has a name and credentials that match the WHOIS details on various ‘Bulky’ domains, plus matching photos posted elsewhere on social media, signed off with a note saying: “I’m not one to bullshit.”

With no announcement yet from the police, it’s unclear where the arrest took place but TF sources indicate the site owner is from the Derbyshire region of the UK. That was relatively easy to confirm using a number of publicly available sources.

Perhaps surprisingly, there appears to have been zero effort to stay anonymous online. The operator’s real name can be found across his business ventures ‘helpfully’ accompanied by detailed postings not only on Facebook but also Twitter and various image storage sites.

TorrentFreak’s requests for comment from the operator of the service remain unanswered.

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

Update: Googles Newsfeed wird persönlicher

Mit dem neuen Newsfeed der Google-App will Google dessen Inhalt besser an die Interessen der Nutzer anpassen: Neben angesagten Themen in der Umgebung zeigt die Nachrichtenübersicht jetzt auch mehrere unterschiedliche Quellen zu einer News an, zudem können Nutzer Themen abonnieren. (Google, Android)

“Post-Ebola syndrome” is something else to keep you up at night

Researchers only beginning to understand this and may now have monkey model.

After the ghastly symptoms subside, Ebola may not be done; it may just shift to a clever stealth mode, a new study suggests.

Examining archived tissue samples from infected monkeys, researchers found that Ebola can create a cryptic viral reservoir in certain immune cells and hide in corners of the body where the rest of the immune system has little reach. The study, published this week in Nature Microbiology, echoes the reports from human Ebola survivors, who complain of lingering symptoms and complications that researchers have struggled to understand.

Overall, the evidence of persistent infections—which threaten to relapse and spark new outbreaks—adds extra concern for an already alarming pathogen. But researchers are hopeful that the study also provides a way forward for research into defeating this stage of infection.

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Norwegian Air Shuttle: Kostenlose Internetverbindung auf Transatlantik-Flügen

Der europäische Low Cost Carrier Norwegian plant offenbar auch auf seinen Langstreckenflügen kostenloses Internet per WLAN. Geflogen werden die Strecken mit dem modernen Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 und 787-9. Neben dem angenehmen hohen Luftdruck gibt es allerdings auch eine hohe Packungsdichte an Passagieren. (Internet im Flugzeug, WLAN)

Mobilfunk: Mobilcom-Debitel darf Gebühr für Nichtnutzung nicht behalten

Mobilcom-Debitel hatte 420.000 Euro mit einer AGB-Klausel verdient, nach der Kunden inaktiver Mobilfunkverträge 5 Euro Strafe zahlen müssen. Das Geld muss die Firma jetzt abführen. (Verbraucherschutz, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)

EU-Transparenz: EuGH bekräftigt nachträglichen Zugang zu Gerichtsakten

Teilerfolg für den Piratenpolitiker Breyer: Die EU-Kommission kann Dokumente zu Gerichtsverfahren nicht prinzipiell unter Verschluss halten. Doch für Breyer hat das EuGH-Urteil einen Haken. (Politik/Recht, Vorratsdatenspeicherung)

Gaming-Monitor Viewsonic XG 2530 im Test: 240 Hertz, an die man sich gewöhnen kann

Viewsonics Spieler-Monitor XG 2530 zeigt bis zu 240 Bilder pro Sekunde ohne grobe Einbußen bei der Bildqualität. Ernsthafte Spieler bekommen mit dem Modell eine interessante neue Alternative. Ein Test von Michael Wieczorek (Display, Server)

Raumfahrt: US-Abgeordneter fragt nach Marsmenschen

Fragen muss erlaubt sein: In einer Anhörung im US-Repräsentantenhaus hat ein Abgeordneter die Anwesenden irritiert. Er fragte die anwesenden Nasa-Wissenschaftler nach Marsmenschen. (Mars, Nasa)

Many-to-Many-Kommunikation: Bluetooth macht sich für den Gebäudeeinsatz bereit

Bluetooth für den Einsatz in der Gebäudeautomation und in Smart Homes ist eigentlich keine gute Idee. Zentrale Anlaufstellen und Reichweiten von 10 und in seltenen Fällen 100 Metern sind nicht genug. Das hat auch die Bluetooth Special Interest Group erkannt und will auf 2,4 GHz ein Mesh-Netzwerk aufbauen. (Bluetooth, Netzwerk)