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In the market for some cheap computers, and don’t mind buying refurbished products that come with a 90-day warranty rather than one that lasts for 12 months? Then you might want to check out Newegg’s refurbished device sale.
The retailer is offering deep discounts on a wide range of products. Some notebooks, tablets, and 2-in-1s are going for as little as $100.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (5-09-2016) at Liliputing.
In the market for some cheap computers, and don’t mind buying refurbished products that come with a 90-day warranty rather than one that lasts for 12 months? Then you might want to check out Newegg’s refurbished device sale.
The retailer is offering deep discounts on a wide range of products. Some notebooks, tablets, and 2-in-1s are going for as little as $100.
Here are some of the day’s best deals.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (5-09-2016) at Liliputing.
Antimicrobial metal, already in medical and athletic garb, gets in people’s pants.
(credit: Organic Basics)
If the heroes of Tolkien’s books went looking for some undies to go with their mithril armor, they may have sought something similar to a new product touted by Danish fashion company, Organic Basics.
The company has designed “silvered” cotton drawers that protect the groin and bum from being invaded by stinky microbes. The light-weight shields have such potent antimicrobial powers that they can fend of funk even after being worn in battle for a week straight, the designers say.
Silver has long been known to be antimicrobial. The metal sheds ions that pierce through bacterial walls and thrash cellular components, such as DNA and critical proteins. Clothing manufacturers are already adding silver nanoparticles to hospital gowns and athletic wear.
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Wie kann die Vorratsdatenspeicherung gestoppt werden? Der Verband der Internetwirtschaft und der ISP Spacenet versuchen es jetzt mit einer ungewöhnlichen Klage. (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Datenschutz)
Wie kann die Vorratsdatenspeicherung gestoppt werden? Der Verband der Internetwirtschaft und der ISP Spacenet versuchen es jetzt mit einer ungewöhnlichen Klage. (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Datenschutz) HBO is not only taking action against people who download pirated copies of Game of Thrones, the company is also targeting those who predict what’s going to happen in future episodes. YouTube user Frikidoctor has had several videos taken down due to copyright complaints, including one where no infringing video or sound was used.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
As one of its hottest properties, HBO has become very protective of Game of Thrones.
In recent weeks thousands of pirates have received warnings in their mailboxes, and the company is also fervently trying to take down links to pirated copies of the show, with some success.
Besides from actual copies of episodes, HBO also appears to have an eye on those who talk about what may happen during the rest of the season. The Internet is littered with spoilers which HBO doesn’t like, including those posted in Spanish by YouTube user Frikidoctor.
Unlike many others, Frikidoctor is remarkably accurate with his predictions, and claims to have a source close to the fire who feeds him information. HBO doesn’t like this and has pulled several of his videos, arguing that they are infringing their copyrights.
This also happened to the video featuring several episode three spoilers which was uploaded a few days ago.
“I uploaded the video and two hours later HBO decided to take it down on YouTube [claiming] copyright infringement,” Frikidoctor says, responding to the surprise takedown.
Frikidoctor admits that he used snippets of trailers and other promotional material in earlier videos that were removed, but says that the video with the episode three “predictions” didn’t include any HBO audio or video.
“In the last two videos they took down I had some frames from teasers and trailers they decided to share with everyone for promotional purposes. This time the video did not have a single frame or sound that belongs to HBO,” he says.
Instead, the video was just him dressed up in a Mexican wrestler costume, discussing what would happen in the upcoming episode.
“So, they think that me dressed as a Mexican wrestler talking about predictions for episode three of Game of Thrones is their property. That it’s copyrighted material that belongs to them,” Frikidoctor notes.
“Isn’t that misuse of the DMCA?” he adds.
Frikidoctor has appealed the takedown with YouTube and also contacted a lawyer to discuss what steps to take next. While he sees it as a violation of his right to free speech, he’s not sure whether he’s willing to take the issue to court just yet.
For now, however, he will refrain from posting any predictions, to keep the pressure off.
If Frikidoctor did indeed pursue a claim against HBO he would have a good chance of winning. Merely talking about newsworthy information obtained from a source is generally something that would fall under fair use.
It certainly isn’t something to be struck down easily with a copyright complaint.
‘Bogus’ YouTube takedown have become a hot topic in recent months. Earlier this year close to 100,000 people voiced their concerns about potential abuse of copyright takedowns.
The campaign, spearheaded by Fight for the Future and popular YouTube channel ChannelAwesome, stressed that copyright holders are too often censoring free speech with dubious or false takedown claims.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Before Siri was a virtual assistant built into the operating system that powers iPhone and iPads, the software was a standalone app developed by a team including Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. Apple bought the company and the rest is history… except that Kittlaus and Cheyer weren’t finished coming up with new ways for your device to act as a digital assistant.
Today the two introduced a new tool called Viv, which can do many of the things Siri can… and much more.
Continue reading Viv is a new virtual assistant from creators of Siri at Liliputing.
Before Siri was a virtual assistant built into the operating system that powers iPhone and iPads, the software was a standalone app developed by a team including Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. Apple bought the company and the rest is history… except that Kittlaus and Cheyer weren’t finished coming up with new ways for your device to act as a digital assistant.
Today the two introduced a new tool called Viv, which can do many of the things Siri can… and much more.
Continue reading Viv is a new virtual assistant from creators of Siri at Liliputing.
Viele Nutzer sperren ihr Smartphone mit einer Geste. Sicher ist das aber nicht. Ein Roboter aus Lego kann diesen Schutz umgehen. (Security, Roboter)
Move comes as Silicon Valley publicly battles the US intelligence agencies.
An illustration of Dataminr's data-mining of Twitter (credit: Dataminr)
In another sign that tensions between Silicon Valley and the US government are strong, Twitter is now barring US intel agencies from a service that analyzes the micro-blogging service's entire feed.
San Francisco-based Twitter has informed business partner Dataminr to cut off access to the CIA, NSA, and other government surveillance outfits. Twitter was concerned about the "optics" of appearing too cozy with the US intel community, The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday.
In a statement to Ars, Twitter downplayed the development. "Dataminr uses public Tweets to sell breaking news alerts to media organizations such as Dow Jones and government agencies such as the World Health Organization, for non-surveillance purposes," Twitter said. "We have never authorized Dataminr or any third party to sell data to a government or intelligence agency for surveillance purposes. This is a longstanding Twitter policy, not a new development."
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Der Streit zwischen Paramount/CBS und den Machern des Star-Trek-Fanfilms geht weiter: Die Rechteinhaber wollen den Unterstützungsbrief der Sprachgesellschaft LCS ausschließen lassen – er sei in mehrfacher Weise unpassend. Beide Seiten werfen mit früheren Urteilssprüchen um sich. (Star Trek, Urheberrecht)
Der Streit zwischen Paramount/CBS und den Machern des Star-Trek-Fanfilms geht weiter: Die Rechteinhaber wollen den Unterstützungsbrief der Sprachgesellschaft LCS ausschließen lassen - er sei in mehrfacher Weise unpassend. Beide Seiten werfen mit früheren Urteilssprüchen um sich. (Star Trek, Urheberrecht) 
Ruckus Wireless stellt WiFi-Hotspots her, die auch in großer Kälte oder Hitze funktionieren sollen. Auch die WLAN-Technik in öffentlichen Hotspots in New York kommt von Ruckus Wireless, hier gehört Google zu den Betreibern. Wir haben uns mit dem Europachef unterhalten. (
Viele Nutzer sperren ihr Smartphone mit einer Geste. Sicher ist das aber nicht. Ein Roboter aus Lego kann diesen Schutz umgehen. (
Die PC-Version von Doom verwendet erst OpenGL, später soll das Actionspiel aber auch mit Vulkan klarkommen. Das hat id Software gesagt - und sein nächstes Werk im Video mit 200 fps auf einer der neuen Grafikkarten von Nvidia gezeigt. (
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