Owncloud-Fork: Nextcloud-Community forciert erste stabile Veröffentlichung

Nur zwei Wochen nach dem Fork von Owncloud ist Nextcloud 9 erschienen. Das Team um Frank Karlitschek wollte sich dafür eigentlich mehr Zeit lassen, doch Community und Kunden drängten zu stark. Nextcloud 9 soll schon jetzt Funktionen bieten, die das Projekt von Owncloud absetzen. (Nextloud, Applikationen)

Nur zwei Wochen nach dem Fork von Owncloud ist Nextcloud 9 erschienen. Das Team um Frank Karlitschek wollte sich dafür eigentlich mehr Zeit lassen, doch Community und Kunden drängten zu stark. Nextcloud 9 soll schon jetzt Funktionen bieten, die das Projekt von Owncloud absetzen. (Nextloud, Applikationen)

PlayStation VR coming October 13th for $399 (or more)

PlayStation VR coming October 13th for $399 (or more)

Sony has revealed that its PlayStation VR virtual reality headset will be available starting October 13th.

First unveiled in March, the headset is priced at $399, making it significantly cheaper than the $599 Oculus Rift or $799 HTC Vive. But unlike those headsets, which are designed to work with high-end gaming PCs, the PlayStation VR plugs into a Sony PlayStation 4 game console, which could make Sony’s entry into the virtual reality space one of the most affordable high-end VR options.

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PlayStation VR coming October 13th for $399 (or more)

Sony has revealed that its PlayStation VR virtual reality headset will be available starting October 13th.

First unveiled in March, the headset is priced at $399, making it significantly cheaper than the $599 Oculus Rift or $799 HTC Vive. But unlike those headsets, which are designed to work with high-end gaming PCs, the PlayStation VR plugs into a Sony PlayStation 4 game console, which could make Sony’s entry into the virtual reality space one of the most affordable high-end VR options.

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Redmi 3S: Xiaomis neues Smartphone kostet umgerechnet 95 Euro

Xiaomi hat ein neues Smartphone im Einsteigersegment vorgestellt: Das Redmi 3S kommt mit 5-Zoll-Display, Snapdragon-SoC, 13-Megapixel-Kamera und Fingerabdrucksensor. Die günstige Version kostet umgerechnet 95 Euro, die vom Speicher her besser ausgestattete 120 Euro. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Xiaomi hat ein neues Smartphone im Einsteigersegment vorgestellt: Das Redmi 3S kommt mit 5-Zoll-Display, Snapdragon-SoC, 13-Megapixel-Kamera und Fingerabdrucksensor. Die günstige Version kostet umgerechnet 95 Euro, die vom Speicher her besser ausgestattete 120 Euro. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

After Microsoft’s Xbox Scorpio was Sony playing catch up at E3 2016?

Video: New hardware is great, but Sony still impressed us with stellar games lineup.

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Microsoft went into this year's E3 with something to prove. Since the launch of the Xbox One it has been dogged with criticism from players that the system isn't powerful enough, with its rival Sony enjoying smooth 1080p performance on the PlayStation 4 instead of the 900p they were often lumbered with. That's not to mention that, while beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the Xbox One is simply too big and bulky for many people, particularly with that large external power brick.

The new Xbox One S and the upcoming Project Scorpio address both of these issues. The former is a shrunken version of the existing Xbox One that ditches the power brick and includes a vertical stand, making it easier to slot into an entertainment centre. The latter promises to become the fastest console available—although we've yet to see what Sony has in store with the PlayStation Neo—thanks to a new GPU and CPU with 6 teraflops of processing power. With that kind of hardware under the hood, Scorpio should handle 4K games and VR with little trouble.

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Xiaomi launches $106 Redmi 3S with fingerprint sesnsor, Snapdragon 430

Xiaomi launches $106 Redmi 3S with fingerprint sesnsor, Snapdragon 430

Chinese device maker Xiaomi is updating its line of low-cost smartphones with a new model featuring a 5 inch display, a metal body, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, a hefty 4,100 mAh battery and a fingerprint scanner.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3S is launching in China for a starting price of 699 Yuan (about $106).

The entry-level model has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, but there’s also an 899 Yuan ($136) model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

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Xiaomi launches $106 Redmi 3S with fingerprint sesnsor, Snapdragon 430

Chinese device maker Xiaomi is updating its line of low-cost smartphones with a new model featuring a 5 inch display, a metal body, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor, a hefty 4,100 mAh battery and a fingerprint scanner.

The Xiaomi Redmi 3S is launching in China for a starting price of 699 Yuan (about $106).

The entry-level model has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, but there’s also an 899 Yuan ($136) model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

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Kritische Sicherheitslücke: Angreifer können Adminrechte in Oxid-E-Shop erlangen

Eine Sicherheitslücke im E-Shop-System Oxid ermöglicht Angreifern den Zugriff auf das Admininterface, es kann auch Code ins Frontend injiziert werden. Aktuelle Versionen werden mit einem Patch abgesichert, für ältere existiert lediglich ein Workaround. (Security, Sicherheitslücke)

Eine Sicherheitslücke im E-Shop-System Oxid ermöglicht Angreifern den Zugriff auf das Admininterface, es kann auch Code ins Frontend injiziert werden. Aktuelle Versionen werden mit einem Patch abgesichert, für ältere existiert lediglich ein Workaround. (Security, Sicherheitslücke)

Crucial MX300 im Test: Erster 3D-Flash-Versuch gelungen

Crucial bringt die MX300-SSD mit einer untypischen Kapazität von 750 GByte. Auch der Controller samt 3D-Flash-Speicher mit 3-Bit-Zellen verhielt sich ungewöhnlich, weshalb Crucial nachbesserte. (Crucial, Speichermedien)

Crucial bringt die MX300-SSD mit einer untypischen Kapazität von 750 GByte. Auch der Controller samt 3D-Flash-Speicher mit 3-Bit-Zellen verhielt sich ungewöhnlich, weshalb Crucial nachbesserte. (Crucial, Speichermedien)

Lax emissions standards in EU have regulators scrambling

Looking beyond VW, German minister wants fleet of emissions-free cars by 2030.

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Politicians and regulators in the European Union are finding many instances of automakers using loopholes to circumvent emissions standards. Although so far only Volkswagen has been found using software to cheat the emissions tests specified by regulators, other automakers including Jeep, General Motors, and Mercedes-Benz are taking advantage of regulatory gray areas for diesel vehicles sold in the EU, according to a report from the New York Times.

Specifically, the Times noted that EU regulations allow car makers to kill the emissions control system on diesel vehicles if there's a risk that running the emissions control system could cause engine damage—“which in some cases is nearly all the time,” the paper wrote.

Cold weather is often cited as a reason to deactivate emissions control in the interests of extending the life of the engine (car companies in the US used such a justification against the accusations of environmentalists as early as the 70's). But a German study found a Jeep Cherokee sold by Fiat Chrysler in Europe turned off certain emissions controls when the car experienced temperatures as high as 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Recently, an independent investigation by a German environmental lobbying group, the magazine Der Spiegel, and a German TV program called Monitor found that Opel's Zafira was turning off emissions controls at high altitude and at speeds greater than 87 mph. Opel has denied that it's done anything illegal in designing its diesel cars.

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APFS: Apple erstellt eigenes modernes Dateisystem

Native Verschlüsselung, Copy-on-Write-Klone, Schnappschüsse, eine nahezu unerschöpfliche Anzahl an Dateien, Zeitstempel im Bereich von Nanosekunden, direkte Unterstützung für SSDs und eine einfache Netzwerkeinbindung. All das soll das neue Dateisystem von Apple bieten. (Apple, Mac OS X)

Native Verschlüsselung, Copy-on-Write-Klone, Schnappschüsse, eine nahezu unerschöpfliche Anzahl an Dateien, Zeitstempel im Bereich von Nanosekunden, direkte Unterstützung für SSDs und eine einfache Netzwerkeinbindung. All das soll das neue Dateisystem von Apple bieten. (Apple, Mac OS X)