February 2019 – Page 68 – news.buyenne.com

Sigfox: Noch ein IoT-Netz unter vielen veröffentlicht

Die Spezifikationen von Sigfox sind öffentlich. Es handelt sich dabei um ein energiesparendes Funkprotokoll für IoT-Sensoren. Allerdings ist es proprietär und damit eines von vielen Funknetzen für das Internet der Dinge. (IoT, Server)

Old GPS devices may stop working properly in April

If you use your smartphone for GPS navigation, or pretty much any other GPS receiver released in the past decade you can probably ignore the rest of this article. But if you have an older GPS receiver, it may malfunction on or around April 6, 2019. Tha…

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Luftfahrt: Airbus stellt den A380 ein

Weil immer weniger Fluglinien den Airbus A380 kaufen wollen, stellt der europäische Luft- und Raumfahrtkonzern den Bau des Großraumflugzeugs ein. Der letzte A380 soll in zwei Jahren ausgeliefert werden. (Airbus, Technologie)

Amazon caught selling counterfeits of publisher’s computer books—again

Bill Pollock says Amazon is printing them—and even the product photo is fake.

At left, a counterfeited No Starch book. At right, the real deal.

Bill Pollock, the founder of the tech how-to book publisher No Starch Press, called out Amazon on February 13 for selling what he says are counterfeit copies of his company's book, The Art of Assembly Language—copies that Amazon apparently printed.

Just discovered today a new case of copyright infringement directly by AMAZON'S CREATESPACE. Not the first time! This is obviously NOT printed by No Starch. Kindly report any other cases to us. Please RT and share. @amazon @nostarch pic.twitter.com/ayjebwTiOI

— Bill Pollock (@billpollock) February 2, 2019

One of the Amazon printed fakes. Note the poor spine wrapping. @nostarch pic.twitter.com/3pcm0BYVHN

— Bill Pollock (@billpollock) February 12, 2019

Even the photo for the book's main listing on the Amazon marketplace is of a fake, showing a misaligned spine image.

After Pollock's post on Twitter on Wednesday, other people posted pictures of other No Starch books that had been counterfeited through Amazon, including books that had pages poorly cut. What's even crazier is that this isn't the first time this has happened.

In 2017, Pollock got reports of Amazon selling counterfeit copies of Python for Kids, a popular children's introduction to programming. The books were easy to distinguish from No Starch's production runs because of the poorer quality of the paper and binding, changes likely resulting from Amazon's print-on-demand production.

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Google: Chromebooks bekommen virtuelle Arbeitsflächen

Nach allen anderen üblichen Betriebssystemen und Desktopumgebungen soll künftig auch Chrome OS mehrere virtuelle Arbeitsflächen unterstützen. Der erste Code dafür ist nun öffentlich, ein Zeitplan aber noch nicht. (Chrome OS, Google)

Citing lack of demand, Airbus cancels A380 superjumbo aircraft

“What we’re seeing here is the end of the large, four-engine aircraft.”

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced today that it will halt production on its enormous A380 superjumbo passenger airliner.

The news was delivered by Airbus CEO Tom Enders at the company's headquarters in Toulouse, France. Enders cited a lack of orders as the key reason behind the cancellation of what is currently the world's largest airliner. Airbus expects the cancellation to potentially affect thousands of employees in the UK currently working on A380 production, though the company hopes to reassign as many of those employees as possible to other roles.

Efficiency remains king

The writing has been on the wall for the A380 for quite some time, and sales of the enormous jet never really reached the levels Airbus had hoped. The proverbial straw that broke the camel's back, according to The Guardian's report, was an order reduction from Emirates, the A380's largest buyer.

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