Month: February 2018

Für die Android-App Motion Stills hat Google einen neuen AR-Modus vorgestellt. Dieser soll virtuelle Objekte besonders stabil und realistisch in echte Umgebungen einbinden, was in unseren Versuchen gut klappt. (Google, Smartphone)

Besitzer einer AMD-Grafikkarten können auf besseren Ton in neuen Spielen hoffen: True Audio Next wird mit Valves Steam Audio verknüpft, zudem gibt es Plugins für die Unity- und die UE4-Engine. Selbst die Fury X mit dediziertem True-Audio-DSP werden noch unterstützt. (Trueaudio, AMD)

Die Stimme der Unabhängigkeit ist verstummt: John Perry Barlow, Internetaktivist, Gründer der Organisation EFF und Texter von Grateful Dead, ist im Alter von 70 Jahren gestorben. (Nachruf, EFF)

Bose folgt dem Trend komplett kabelloser Bluetooth-Ohrstöpsel. Die Sound Sport Free richten sich an Nutzer, die keine lästigen Kabel mehr haben wollen. Ein Ladeetui gehört wie bei solchen Geräten üblich zum Lieferumfang. (Headset, Bluetooth)

Unter dem Projektnamen Yeti arbeitet Google an Spielestreaming sowie an einer Konsole und an Eingabegeräten für den Dienst, schreiben US-Medien. Unter anderem spricht eine hochrangige Personalie dafür, dass an der Sache was dran sein könnte. (Spiele-Streaming, Google)

Die Macher des Turing Phone, Turing Robotic Industries, haben Insolvenz angemeldet. Einer Nachricht des Firmenchefs zufolge soll das aber nicht das Ende des Sailfish-OS-Smartphones und seiner Nachfolger sein. Ebenfalls insolvent ist der britische Hersteller Wileyfox. (Smartphone, Android)

Nvidias Spielestreaming-Dienst Geforce Now unterstützt drei Plattformen und Hunderte von Titeln. Im Test haben uns auch Latenz und Bildqualität meistens überzeugt - Letztere aber wie erwartet nur mit einer recht schnellen Leitung. Ein Test von Marc Sauter (Geforce Now, Virtualisierung)

In August 2015, police in Denmark announced they had arrested a man in his thirties said to be the operator of a Popcorn Time-focused website. Popcorntime.dk was subsequently shut down and its domain placed under the control of the state prosecutor.

“The Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime is presently conducting a criminal investigation that involves this domain name,” a seizure notice on the site reads.

“As part of the investigation the state prosecutor has requested a Danish District Court to transfer the rights of the domain name to the state prosecutor. The District Court has complied with the request.”

In a circumstance like this, it’s common to conclude that the site was offering copyright-infringing content or software. That wasn’t the case though, not even close.

PopcornTime.dk was an information resource, offering news on Popcorn Time-related developments, guides, plus tips on how to use the software while staying anonymous.

PopcornTime.dk as it appeared in 2015

Importantly, PopcornTime.dk hosted no software, preferring to link to other sites where the application could be downloaded instead. That didn’t prevent an aggressive prosecution though and now, two-and-half years later, the verdict’s in and it’s bound to raise more than a few eyebrows.

On Wednesday, a court in Odense, Denmark, handed the now 39-year-old man behind PopcornTime.dk a six-month conditional prison sentence for spreading information about the controversial movie streaming service.

Senior prosecutor Dorte Køhler Frandsen from SØIK (State Attorney for Special Economic and International Crime), who was behind the criminal proceedings, described the successful prosecution as a first-of-its-kind moment for the entire region.

“Never before has a person been convicted of helping to spread streaming services. The judgment is therefore an important step in combating illegal streaming on the Internet and will reverberate throughout Europe,” Frandsen said.

According to a statement from the prosecutor, the 39-year-old earned 506,003 Danish Krone ($83,363) in advertising revenue from his website in 2015. In addition to forfeiting this amount and having his domain confiscated, the man will also be required to complete 120 hours of community service.

“The verdict is a clear signal to those who spread illegal pirate services. The film industry and others lose billions in revenue each year because criminals illegally offer films for free. It’s a loss for everyone. Also the consumer,” Frandsen added.

The convicted man now has two weeks to decide whether he will take his appeal to the Østre Landsret, one of Denmark’s two High Courts.

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In China hat Apple aufgrund der Marktmacht des Zahlungssystems Alipay erstmals einen Konkurrenten zum eigenen Apple Pay akzeptiert. Die chinesische Apple-Website, der iTunes und der App Store akzeptieren das System schon länger. (Apple Store, Apple)

The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending January 27, 2018 are in. The best selling new release decided to skip the UHD version and opted to release it in a 3D edition that almost nobody purchased. Find out which movie it was in our weekly DVD,Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats and analysis feature.