August 2017 – Page 28 – news.buyenne.com

Soziales Netzwerk: Facebook bringt Nutzern noch mehr Erinnerungen

Neben den “An diesem Tag”-Erinnerungen vergangener Erlebnisse möchte Facebook seine Nutzer in Zukunft auch an die Ereignisse eines ganzen Monats und von Jahreszeiten erinnern. Gleichzeitig soll verhindert werden, dass User nicht gewünschte Erinnerungen angezeigt bekommen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Neben den "An diesem Tag"-Erinnerungen vergangener Erlebnisse möchte Facebook seine Nutzer in Zukunft auch an die Ereignisse eines ganzen Monats und von Jahreszeiten erinnern. Gleichzeitig soll verhindert werden, dass User nicht gewünschte Erinnerungen angezeigt bekommen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Court: Locating suspect via stingray definitely requires a warrant

But, judge rules in Ellis, cops didn’t need warrant due to “exigent circumstances.”

A federal judge in Oakland, California has ruled against the suppression of evidence derived from warrantless use of a cell-site simulator. The simulator, a device often referred to as a stingray, was used to locate the lead defendant in an ongoing attempted murder case.

In the 39-page ruling, US District Judge Phyllis Hamilton notably found that the use of stingray to find a man named Purvis Ellis was a "search" under the Fourth Amendment—and therefore required a warrant. However, in this case, the judge also agreed with the government’s assertion that there were exigent circumstances, along with the "good faith exception" to the warrant requirement. In other words, use of the stingray was wholly justified.

"Cell phone users have an expectation of privacy in their cell phone location in real time and that society is prepared to recognize that expectation as reasonable," Judge Hamilton wrote, citing an important Supreme Court decision from 1967 known as United States v. Katz.

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Purism Librem 13 v2 Linux laptop review

At first glance, the Purism Librem 13 v2 looks like a lot of other laptops on the market. It’s a compact notebook that measures about 0.7 inches thick, weighs about 3.3 pounds, and which has a 13.3 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a backlit keyboard, and a large touchpad. But take a closer look […]

Purism Librem 13 v2 Linux laptop review is a post from: Liliputing

Vive: HTC soll über Verkauf seiner VR-Sparte nachdenken

Insidern zufolge soll HTC in Verhandlungen über einen Verkauf seiner VR-Sparte stehen – einer der möglichen Interessenten soll Alphabet sein. Auch ein vollständiger Verkauf HTCs soll im Raum stehen, ein Käufer für das komplette Unternehmen dürfte sich aber schwerer finden lassen. (HTC, Wirtschaft)

Insidern zufolge soll HTC in Verhandlungen über einen Verkauf seiner VR-Sparte stehen - einer der möglichen Interessenten soll Alphabet sein. Auch ein vollständiger Verkauf HTCs soll im Raum stehen, ein Käufer für das komplette Unternehmen dürfte sich aber schwerer finden lassen. (HTC, Wirtschaft)

Internet und Telefon: Telekom-Nutzer melden deutschlandweit Störungen

Nutzer des Internet- und Telefonangebotes der Deutschen Telekom melden aktuell verstärkt Probleme: Besonders in Ballungsgebieten können viele User nicht ins Internet gehen oder telefonieren. Dem Netzanbieter ist das Problem bekannt, genaue Details gibt es aber noch nicht. (Telekom, T-Online)

Darkwood Creators Share Game on The Pirate Bay, For Those Who Can’t Pay

Acid Wizard Studio, the creators of the popular Darkwood game, have shared a copy on The Pirate Bay. The developers want to help out people who don’t have the financial means to buy a legal copy of the game and also prevent them from going to unauthorized key sharing sites.

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

Online piracy is an issue that affects many industries, and indie game development is certainly no exception.

While some developers see piracy as an evil that needs to be rooted out as soon as possible, others are more open to the motivations behind it.

The average game fan may not have the financial means to try out all the new titles that come out every month, for example. While these people are not by any means entitled to a free copy, sometimes the human element resonates with developers.

Acid Wizard Studio, the three college friends from Poland behind the horror game Darkwood, started thinking about this when they recently received an email from a desperate young fan.

The person in question wasn’t a pirate. However, he did request a refund because he was worried that his parents would not like the extra spending.

“When we read the explanation from someone who wrote that he needed the refund because he didn’t want his parents to be stressed out when seeing the bill at the end of the month… well, it made us feel quite bad,” they explain on Imgur.

Acid Wizard Studio

The developers realized that this person wasn’t alone. Many people had already pirated the game, often for a similar reason, while others use unauthorized key reselling platforms.

How they decided to respond is quite unique though. They uploaded a free copy on The Pirate Bay.

“So we decided to do something about it! If you don’t have the money and want to play the game, we have a safe torrent on the Pirate Bay of the latest version of Darkwood (1.0 hotfix 3), completely DRM-free.

“There’s no catch, no added pirate hats for characters or anything like that.”

Below is a copy of the official torrent on The Pirate Bay. Just a few hours after the upload it has gained the attention of thousands of people, who are happily sharing it with others.

The official Darkwood torrent

The developers stress that anyone is welcome to grab a free copy. That said, they encourage people who like it and have the means, to buy it later. In any case, people should stay away from key sharing sites, referring to them as the “cancer” of the industry.

“We have just one request: if you like Darkwood and want us to continue making games, consider buying it in the future, maybe on a sale, through Steam, GOG or Humble Store. But please, please, don’t buy it through any key reselling site. By doing that, you’re just feeding the cancer that is leeching off this industry.”

People who are into horror games can download a copy of the game here, or buy it here. The Imgur post with the full story of the developers, spotted via PC Gamer, is well worth a read too.

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

Wirtschaftssimulation: Aufbau-Alternativen zu Anno 1800

Bei den meisten Aufbauspielern dürfte Anno 1800 oben auf der Wunschliste stehen. In Köln waren aber noch mehr Genrevertreter zu sehen – die besonders für Fans von Pizzen, Eisenbahnen und Diktatoren interessant sein könnten. (Aufbauspiel, Anno)

Bei den meisten Aufbauspielern dürfte Anno 1800 oben auf der Wunschliste stehen. In Köln waren aber noch mehr Genrevertreter zu sehen - die besonders für Fans von Pizzen, Eisenbahnen und Diktatoren interessant sein könnten. (Aufbauspiel, Anno)

Algobrix: Programmieren lernen mit Bauklötzchen

Die Roboter von Algobrix werden nicht nur aus Lego-kompatiblen Klötzchen gebaut, sondern mit ihnen auch programmiert. Die Crowdfunding-Kampagne hat innerhalb eines Monats ihr Ziel bereits um das Zehnfache übertroffen. (Lego, Roboter)

Cloud Imperium Games: Star Citizen animiert Spielergesichter in Echtzeit

Der Typ im Weltraum zieht die gleiche Grimasse wie der Spieler vor dem Monitor: Star Citizen will künftig derartige Echtzeit-Animationen unterstützen – ohne spezielle Motioncapture-Ausrüstung. (Star Citizen, Games)

Der Typ im Weltraum zieht die gleiche Grimasse wie der Spieler vor dem Monitor: Star Citizen will künftig derartige Echtzeit-Animationen unterstützen - ohne spezielle Motioncapture-Ausrüstung. (Star Citizen, Games)

We say happy birthday to Goldeneye 007 by looking at my 20-year-old review

My decades-old text didn’t age quite as well as the Rare FPS classic.

Hours of sniping through snow and low frame rates, along with grenade-launcher game slowdowns and shouts of "Temple shotties," turn 20 years old today. N64 first-person shooter classic Goldeneye 007 launched in the United States on August 25, 1997, and it's hard to turn in any direction on the Internet today without finding someone posting an appreciation for it.

But how many of those appreciations are as old as the game?

Behold: my very first employer, the Dallas Morning News, celebrated the occasion today by republishing my own launch-week review of Goldeneye 007. In August 1997, I was a junior in high school who had been contributing to the paper's "Electronic Adventures" column for about a year, which was chock full of high school and college students willing to accept ridiculously low pay in exchange for early access to modern games.

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