Month: March 2019

Lange war es nur eine Preview-Version, jetzt gibt es Skype for Web für alle Nutzer - vorausgesetzt, sie nutzen Windows, MacOS, Chrome oder Microsoft Edge. Die webbasierte Version ist bei den Funktionen dem Desktopprogramm sehr ähnlich. (Skype, Instant Messenger)

This week we have five newcomers in our chart.

Aquaman is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

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This week’s most downloaded movies are:

Movie Rank	Rank last week	Movie name	IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1	(10)	Aquaman	7.7 / trailer
2	(…)	Mary Poppins Returns	7.1 / trailer
3	(1)	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	8.6 / trailer
4	(…)	Captain Marvel (HDCam)	7.0 / trailer
5	(…)	Leaving Neverland (HDCam)	6.9 / trailer
6	(2)	Isn’t It Romantic	6.1 / trailer
7	(3)	Mortal Engines	6.3 / trailer
8	(4)	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	6.8 / trailer
9	(…)	Kursk	6.6 / trailer
10	(…)	The Lego Movie 2 (HDCam)	7.0 / trailer

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Der Großteil der Java-Nutzer verwendet immer noch die fünf Jahre alte Version 8. Auch ein Oracle-Entwickler bestätigt nun, dass Java 9 wohl viel kaputt gemacht hat. Die Veränderungen der Sprache seien aber notwendig gewesen. (Java, Oracle)

Microsoft hat seinen Zeitplan für den Verkauf der sogenannten Extended Security Updates weiter spezifiziert. Nur damit ist es möglich, ein abgesichertes Windows 7 auch noch nach dem Support-Ende weiterzuverwenden. (Windows 7, Microsoft)

Die ersten Brillen von Apple mit Augmented-Reality-Funktionen sollen erst 2020 auf den Markt kommen. Ohne angeschlossenes iPhone sollen die Geräte aber nicht funktionieren. (Head-Mounted Display, Apple)

Mit dem Galaxy S10e bietet Samsung auch ein kompaktes Modell seiner neuen Oberklasse-Smartphone-Serie an. Beim Gerät gibt es zwar ein paar Abstriche bei der Hardware, es liegt aber fantastisch in der Hand und macht super Fotos - für uns der klare Geheimtipp der neuen Reihe. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Samsung, Smartphone)

Sonos bringt eine überarbeitete Version des Lautsprechers One. Klanglich und vom Design her gibt es keine Änderungen. Das neue Modell bekommt vor allem mehr Speicher und einen schnelleren Prozessor. Bisher gibt es keine Unterschiede bei den Funktionen. (Sonos, Sound-Hardware)

Der autonom fahrende Bus Olli des Startups Local Motors hat eine simulierten Verkehrsunfall mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 40 km/h frontal gegen eine Wand überstanden. Damit will der Hersteller zeigen, dass auch gedruckte Strukturen stabil genug für den Praxiseinsatz sind. (Shuttle, Technologie)

More than seven years have passed since the file-storage empire of Kim Dotcom collapsed, with Megaupload being the prime target.

Since then, the New-Zealand based entrepreneur and several of his colleagues are still waiting to hear whether they will be extradited to the US.

During this time, US authorities initially held the iconic Megaupload.com domain name in their possession. However, the domain ended up in the hands of domain broker RegistrarAds last year, marking the end of an era.

By now, even the most die-hard Megaupload fans have moved on. While their files may still be stored in a backup somewhere in the US, to serve as evidence for a possible criminal trial, they took their losses and flocked to other sites and services.

This is totally understandable. It’s been more than seven years after all. However, not everyone is willing to let Megaupload.com go that easily. Ironically, some copyright holders still see it as a threat, an evil ghost of the past perhaps.

A quick glance through Google’s transparency report shows that “copyright infringing” Megaupload.com URLs are still being reported on behalf of several rightsholders. This, despite the fact that they are no longer listed in search results.

In February, more than 100 URLs of the defunct file-hosting service were targeted by the anti-piracy outfit Link-Busters. The company kindly requested Google to remove these links, which no longer exist.

These puzzling notices were all sent around the same time on behalf of a variety of copyright holders including game publisher Feral Interactive, book publisher Penguin Random House, and software developer AudioRealism.

What’s interesting is that Megaupload is not the only defunct file-hosting site that’s being targeted. The same notices also list thousands of links to Hotfile, FileServe, and FileSonic, which all folded years ago. 

Hotfile, for example, shut down in 2014 following an $80 million settlement with the MPAA, which later turned out to be $4 million. FileSonic went offline a few months after the Megaupload raid and FileServe is no longer around either.

Clearly, none of these defunct sites are a threat.

While the latest Megaupload.com URL was reported to Google roughly a month ago, Link-Busters’ notices continue to target Hotfile links as recent as this week.  

It’s unclear where the anti-piracy company found these URLs as they are no longer live or indexed by Google. Perhaps some old database was accidentally revived, or perhaps it’s a matter of nostalgia. In any case, it’s pretty pointless.

 

 

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Noch immer wirbt Tesla damit, dass alle Elektroautos ab Werk mit der Hardware für autonomes Fahren ausgestattet sind. Doch die Aussagen zur Verfügbarkeit der Funktionen lesen sich inzwischen deutlich anders. (Tesla Model 3, Technologie)