Month: October 2021

Google is officially launching the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro on October 19th. But thanks to a series of recent leaks, there’s not much mystery surrounding the phones. While official pricing details may have to wait, we have a pretty good idea of what to expect unofficially. And now thanks to a few more leaks, we also know most of the phones’ key selling points and specs. We even know how to completely disassemble and reassemble the upcoming phones, thanks to leaked service manuals and videos aimed at technicians.

In other recent tech news from around the web, Walmart’s cheap 4K Android TV media streamer is now even cheaper, Lenovo has a new 16 inch notebook set to launch soon in China, retro gaming utility ScummVM turns 25 this weekend and celebrates with a new release, and if you’re not happy with the way the new Windows 11 context menus look, there’s a simple app that will make them more Windows 10-like.

More Pixel 6 promo materials leaked [@evleaks]

UK retailer Carphone Warehouse appears to have published its product pages for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro a little early. The pages have since been removed, but not before folks saved screengrabs. 

Pixel 6 repair manual leaked [/r/GooglePixel]

Following an earlier leak with an instructional video showing how to assemble/disassemble a Pixel 6 smartphone, the complete repair manuals have now been posted online.

onn 4K UHD Android TV media streamer for $20 [Walmart]

Walmart’s Onn 4K UHD media streamer with Android TV was already cheap when it launched in June for $30. Now it’s selling for just $20. (There’s also an unofficial LineageOS 18.1 build for folks that want a custom ROM with root access and an ad-free UI). 

ScummVM 2.5.0 released 20 years after version 0.0.1 [ScummVM]

ScummVM turns 20 this weekend, providing a game engine for classic point-and-click games. Since then it’s grown enormously, with support for 250+ games including Sierra On-Line and LucasArts classics. Latest additions including Grim Fandango and Myst 3.

Lenovo Yoga 16s [Lenovo/Weibo]

Lenovo teases the Yoga 16s 2022 laptop in China, with a 16 inch, 2560 x 1600 HDR, 500-nit, slim-bezel display. There’s no word on pricing, global availability, or processor yet.

Windows 11 Classic Context Menu v1.0 [Sordum]

Windows 11 includes new, more modern-looking right-click context menus. But they’re also less info-dense. Prefer the Windows 10 versions? There’s a registry hack for that – or use Win11 Classic Context Menu, a free one-click app.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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Google is officially launching the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro on October 19th. But thanks to a series of recent leaks, there’s not much mystery surrounding the phones. While official pricing details may have to wait, we have a pretty good idea of what to expect unofficially. And now thanks to a few more leaks, we also know most of the phones’ key selling points and specs. We even know how to completely disassemble and reassemble the upcoming phones, thanks to leaked service manuals and videos aimed at technicians.

In other recent tech news from around the web, Walmart’s cheap 4K Android TV media streamer is now even cheaper, Lenovo has a new 16 inch notebook set to launch soon in China, retro gaming utility ScummVM turns 25 this weekend and celebrates with a new release, and if you’re not happy with the way the new Windows 11 context menus look, there’s a simple app that will make them more Windows 10-like.

More Pixel 6 promo materials leaked [@evleaks]

UK retailer Carphone Warehouse appears to have published its product pages for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro a little early. The pages have since been removed, but not before folks saved screengrabs. 

Pixel 6 repair manual leaked [/r/GooglePixel]

Following an earlier leak with an instructional video showing how to assemble/disassemble a Pixel 6 smartphone, the complete repair manuals have now been posted online.

onn 4K UHD Android TV media streamer for $20 [Walmart]

Walmart’s Onn 4K UHD media streamer with Android TV was already cheap when it launched in June for $30. Now it’s selling for just $20. (There’s also an unofficial LineageOS 18.1 build for folks that want a custom ROM with root access and an ad-free UI). 

ScummVM 2.5.0 released 20 years after version 0.0.1 [ScummVM]

ScummVM turns 20 this weekend, providing a game engine for classic point-and-click games. Since then it’s grown enormously, with support for 250+ games including Sierra On-Line and LucasArts classics. Latest additions including Grim Fandango and Myst 3.

Lenovo Yoga 16s [Lenovo/Weibo]

Lenovo teases the Yoga 16s 2022 laptop in China, with a 16 inch, 2560 x 1600 HDR, 500-nit, slim-bezel display. There’s no word on pricing, global availability, or processor yet.

Windows 11 Classic Context Menu v1.0 [Sordum]

Windows 11 includes new, more modern-looking right-click context menus. But they’re also less info-dense. Prefer the Windows 10 versions? There’s a registry hack for that – or use Win11 Classic Context Menu, a free one-click app.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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Intersolar-Messe in München stimmt optimistisch: Die Branche könnte in Deutschland bald wieder boomen

Der Streit um Tatsachenwahrheiten führt oft zu nichts. Hannah Arendt hat in "Wahrheit und Politik" erklärt, warum (Teil 2 und Schluss)

In 2019, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota sentenced Paul Hansmeier to 14 years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release.

Hansmeier was a key player in the Prenda Law firm, which pursued cases against people who were suspected of downloading pirated porn videos via BitTorrent.

Hansmeier and fellow attorney John Steele went a step further though. Among other things they lied to the courts, committed identity theft, and concocted a scheme to upload their own torrents to The Pirate Bay, creating a honeypot for the people they later sued over pirated downloads.

Appeal Fails

Both attorneys pleaded guilty but Hansmeier reserved the right to appeal his failed motion to dismiss. The former attorney hoped for a better outcome. However, earlier this year the United States Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling, including the $1.5 million in restitution for the victims of the piracy honeypot scheme.

This setback wasn’t the end of the road though. Hansmeier continued to push back and filed several lawsuits, listing several federal defendants including U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota Anders Folk, among others.

With these cases, Hansmeier attempts to legitimize the honeypot scheme, which he actually restarted from prison to make his point. In addition, he asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal.

Supreme Court

Hansmeier petitioned the Supreme Court in July. According to the filing, there is a split among the lower courts on an important “materiality” issue that’s central to his mail fraud and wire fraud conviction.

While the former Prenda attorney doesn’t deny that he trapped copyright infringers and failed to disclose crucial information to courts, the petition questions whether this can be qualified as an actionable scheme to defraud.

This week, the Supreme Court decided not to take on the case. Hansmeier’s petition was denied without further comment, which effectively closes this appeal option.

The denial is another setback for Hansmeier, who continues to push back. In the civil cases, he accuses the authorities of actively hindering his legal efforts to challenge the criminal mail fraud, wire fraud, and extortion statutes

In several filings, written from prison, the former attorney accuses the federal defendants of retaliating by putting him in administrative detention.

Apparently, Hansmeier was thrown in “the hole” soon after he targeted several federal defendants in a series of lawsuits a few months ago. These restrictions prevent him from properly serving all defendants.

“Within one week, Bureau of Prison officials placed Hansmeier in administrative detention, a/k/a the ‘Hole’, while BOP officials ‘investigated’ the above-captioned cases. Hansmeier has remained in administrative detention of 96 days and counting, while this ‘investigation’ continues,” Hansmeier informed the court two weeks ago.

“As a result of the foregoing illegal retaliation, Hansmeier has been unable to further his service efforts. As an administrative detainee, Hansmeier has access to food, water, a legal pad, a 4-inch pen, and not much else.”

Hansmeier asks for more time to serve all defendants. At the time of writing, the court has yet to respond to this request. However, it’s clear that the convicted attorney is not giving up easily.

Steele Prepares for Release

The above stands in sharp contrast with how Hansmeier’s former colleague John Steele approached the matter. Steele cooperated with the authorities from the start and received a reduced prison sentence of five years.

According to recent court records, Steele is already planning for his release, which is less than three years away. His request for a supervised release in Arizona, where he will first be transferred to a halfway house when the time comes, was granted last month.

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