Motion picture studio Miramax will get started providing on the web movie rentals by means of Facebook. This helps make Miramax the 2nd studio to supply Facebook rentals--Warner Bros. began a similar services in March. Like Warner's support, Miramax will serve up content by way of a custom made Facebook app for thirty Facebook credits or $3 for each rental.
The support will initially be supplied within the United states, the Uk, and Turkey, but Miramax ideas to increase the supplying to France and Germany really soon. There are currently twenty titles obtainable inside the U.S., and ten titles available within the U.K. and Turkey.
In the U.S., titles presently getting presented include Pulp Fiction, Great Will Hunting, Chicago, Kill Invoice Vol. two, Trainspotting, and Spy Young children. In the US, titles at the moment offered contain Pulp Fiction, Excellent Will Hunting, Chicago, Kill Invoice Vol. two, Trainspotting, and Spy Youngsters, between other folks. According to reviews, content will be cycled in and out, based on the rights to availability.
Miramax says iPad users accessing Facebook may even be able to use the app. This indicates that the app won't use Flash-based video, and that it's likely created in HTML five. HTML5 is supported by most platforms (with no the need for added computer software), such as desktop pcs, set-top bins, and cellular products.
Within a blog site post, Miramax CEO Mike Lang speaks of the company's higher hopes for its foray into social digital distribution, "We are massive believers in Facebook and what it could indicate with the long term from the material business," Lang writes. "We believe this App is an important phase in Miramax's evolution."
On the web rentals are surely becoming an enormous organization. Netflix, for example, is now considered to produce up about 30 % of all Net visitors in the course of peak several hours. Streaming can be turning out to be a bigger portion of Netflix's company all round: its recent sixty percent cost hike was all about coercing clients to motion picture far from its standard DVD-by-mail company.
For studios like Miramax, reducing out the middleman (Netflix) provides an additional reward: increased revenue. As opposed to distributing their substance by means of a 3rd celebration and requiring that get together to spend a nominal price, Miramax can now maintain all the income for itself.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Internet Restored Briefly as Rebels Close in on Tripoli
Nearby Web obtain in Tripoli was strangely restored for any even though late Saturday neighborhood time right after months of disruption, in accordance to studies on Twitter, as rebels closed in within the money metropolis of Libya. But it was down yet again for many in the metropolis by Sunday.
At one particular stage a bulk with the country's worldwide routes have been also down, noted Renesys, a firm that research World wide web site visitors flows.
Web through DSL (digital subscriber line) was momentarily unblocked for Tripoli inside the late hrs of Saturday nearby time, a resident Ahmed Shreef stated in an e-mail on Sunday. However the Internet was when yet again blocked by Sunday, he said.
Shreef was unwilling to go over how he had access to Google's Gmail after the World wide web services was blocked again. "I can't discuss that," he stated.
Numerous Libyan teams from in Tripoli and exterior the region documented through messages on Twitter which the World wide web had been restored late Saturday. Some messages on Twitter suggested caution. "Not certain what the catch is," stated Shreef, for example, in a Twitter message.
One thing very unusual was heading on with Tripoli residents' Net access, Renesys said inside a blog site submit on Sunday. "Service was restored instantly in Tripoli, flickered on and off to get a couple of several hours, and after that died, with the greater part with the country's international BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routes withdrawn from service permanently measure," it explained.
The routes are again in Tripoli, however the DSL service isn't really, Renesys stated. Regional World wide web support appears to be down again, the status quo ante for that previous 5 months, it added.
DSL was blocked in Tripoli in the middle of February, although it absolutely was unblocked in some selective govt structures for some government officials in the course of March and April, according to Shreef.
"Local servers are available along with the .ly sites might be accessed. This continues to be so because February," Shreef said.
Renesys speculated the "brief Tripoli Internet flicker" was the indicator of the conflict in the nearby telephone organization by itself, with somebody struggling to reactivate support on the neighborhood degree, only to possess it switched off once more at the national stage. The overnight routing failure could also be just yet another inside a sequence of possibly power-related outages for Libyan Telecom and Technology's outlier networks, it extra.
At one particular stage a bulk with the country's worldwide routes have been also down, noted Renesys, a firm that research World wide web site visitors flows.
Web through DSL (digital subscriber line) was momentarily unblocked for Tripoli inside the late hrs of Saturday nearby time, a resident Ahmed Shreef stated in an e-mail on Sunday. However the Internet was when yet again blocked by Sunday, he said.
Shreef was unwilling to go over how he had access to Google's Gmail after the World wide web services was blocked again. "I can't discuss that," he stated.
Numerous Libyan teams from in Tripoli and exterior the region documented through messages on Twitter which the World wide web had been restored late Saturday. Some messages on Twitter suggested caution. "Not certain what the catch is," stated Shreef, for example, in a Twitter message.
One thing very unusual was heading on with Tripoli residents' Net access, Renesys said inside a blog site submit on Sunday. "Service was restored instantly in Tripoli, flickered on and off to get a couple of several hours, and after that died, with the greater part with the country's international BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routes withdrawn from service permanently measure," it explained.
The routes are again in Tripoli, however the DSL service isn't really, Renesys stated. Regional World wide web support appears to be down again, the status quo ante for that previous 5 months, it added.
DSL was blocked in Tripoli in the middle of February, although it absolutely was unblocked in some selective govt structures for some government officials in the course of March and April, according to Shreef.
"Local servers are available along with the .ly sites might be accessed. This continues to be so because February," Shreef said.
Renesys speculated the "brief Tripoli Internet flicker" was the indicator of the conflict in the nearby telephone organization by itself, with somebody struggling to reactivate support on the neighborhood degree, only to possess it switched off once more at the national stage. The overnight routing failure could also be just yet another inside a sequence of possibly power-related outages for Libyan Telecom and Technology's outlier networks, it extra.
Microsoft Hunts Bugs with Variation on Bounty
Bug bounty packages are made to reward security researchers for obtaining flaws in a very vendor's products which have produced it prior their own personal quality processes. Some organizations, this sort of as Google and Mozilla, have had bug bounty applications in area to get a time, even though social networking web site Facebook just declared a bug bounty software with a base reward of $500.
Microsoft, nevertheless, isn't really thinking about spending for help for one-off software vulnerabilities. The software vendor instead is swinging for the fence: Getting help in the security analysis local community in exterminating whole courses of bugs. Which was the message with the modern Black Hat security convention, with its announcement from the "BlueHat" Prize. The contest guarantees a first-place award of $200,000 to safety researchers who come up with "a novel runtime mitigation technology designed to prevent the exploitation of memory safety vulnerabilities." Second prize will win $50,000.
Market analyst response to the BlueHat Prize continues to be blended. "It reframes the nature of the resolution for the ongoing issue of computer software vulnerabilities," states Pete Lindstrom, study director at Spire Safety. "It's a considerably more scalable strategy to attack the challenge, fairly than paying people to find personal vulnerabilities. That strategy leaves many a lot more vulnerabilities in purposes with the undesirable guys to find," he states.
"Microsoft has regularly resisted paying out bug bounties, a placement it truly is at some pains to defend in light of major competition such as Google willing to purchase vulnerabilities," states Scott Crawford, managing research director, Enterprise Administration Associates. "The cynical standpoint would be that the BlueHat prize is a thing of an end operate about Microsoft's longstanding placement, taking the large road of supplying a reward for better defense," says Crawford.
Maybe the BlueHat Prize's considerably increased award, compared to a number of hundred to numerous thousand dollar bounties scientists are paid for locating one-off exploitable software flaws, may be sufficient to entice bright minds to the problem. In accordance to Microsoft, winners will maintain their legal rights to their creation, but must be licensed to Microsoft without having royalties. "We want to ensure it is much more high priced and challenging for criminals to exploit vulnerabilities," Katie Moussouris, a senior safety strategist lead at Microsoft, mentioned at a press convention during the demonstrate. "We need to inspire researchers to focus their know-how on defensive safety systems."
But will the scheme function?
"It includes a much better chance at fixing a number of our main software issues than what we have been at present performing with bug discovering," states Lindstrom.
"It is a long-awaited recognition by Microsoft in the worth of third-party protection investigation, and I am encouraged by its target on innovation in developing an technique to protection stronger than present designs -- a philosophy a lot required through the sector. I desire it attracts the fascination intended and Microsoft is most likely to listen to from the large amount of innovators with interesting ideas," states Crawford.
John Pescatore, a vice president and safety analyst at Gartner, states it really is a sign which the software program giant has operate outside of concepts with its trustworthy computing initiative. "Just as open up source functioning programs like Linux proved that closed resource working technique vendors like Microsoft don't have a monopoly on programming expertise, one thing like this BlueHat Prize is fundamentally Microsoft stating 'we've invested hundreds of thousands and thousands on Reliable Computing over the earlier eight years but maybe an individual available has some far better suggestions,'" Pescatore states.
"It's not really a negative thought, however," he provides. "They are kind of undertaking what Google has done for numerous decades with their Analysis Grants."
Microsoft, nevertheless, isn't really thinking about spending for help for one-off software vulnerabilities. The software vendor instead is swinging for the fence: Getting help in the security analysis local community in exterminating whole courses of bugs. Which was the message with the modern Black Hat security convention, with its announcement from the "BlueHat" Prize. The contest guarantees a first-place award of $200,000 to safety researchers who come up with "a novel runtime mitigation technology designed to prevent the exploitation of memory safety vulnerabilities." Second prize will win $50,000.
Market analyst response to the BlueHat Prize continues to be blended. "It reframes the nature of the resolution for the ongoing issue of computer software vulnerabilities," states Pete Lindstrom, study director at Spire Safety. "It's a considerably more scalable strategy to attack the challenge, fairly than paying people to find personal vulnerabilities. That strategy leaves many a lot more vulnerabilities in purposes with the undesirable guys to find," he states.
"Microsoft has regularly resisted paying out bug bounties, a placement it truly is at some pains to defend in light of major competition such as Google willing to purchase vulnerabilities," states Scott Crawford, managing research director, Enterprise Administration Associates. "The cynical standpoint would be that the BlueHat prize is a thing of an end operate about Microsoft's longstanding placement, taking the large road of supplying a reward for better defense," says Crawford.
Maybe the BlueHat Prize's considerably increased award, compared to a number of hundred to numerous thousand dollar bounties scientists are paid for locating one-off exploitable software flaws, may be sufficient to entice bright minds to the problem. In accordance to Microsoft, winners will maintain their legal rights to their creation, but must be licensed to Microsoft without having royalties. "We want to ensure it is much more high priced and challenging for criminals to exploit vulnerabilities," Katie Moussouris, a senior safety strategist lead at Microsoft, mentioned at a press convention during the demonstrate. "We need to inspire researchers to focus their know-how on defensive safety systems."
But will the scheme function?
"It includes a much better chance at fixing a number of our main software issues than what we have been at present performing with bug discovering," states Lindstrom.
"It is a long-awaited recognition by Microsoft in the worth of third-party protection investigation, and I am encouraged by its target on innovation in developing an technique to protection stronger than present designs -- a philosophy a lot required through the sector. I desire it attracts the fascination intended and Microsoft is most likely to listen to from the large amount of innovators with interesting ideas," states Crawford.
John Pescatore, a vice president and safety analyst at Gartner, states it really is a sign which the software program giant has operate outside of concepts with its trustworthy computing initiative. "Just as open up source functioning programs like Linux proved that closed resource working technique vendors like Microsoft don't have a monopoly on programming expertise, one thing like this BlueHat Prize is fundamentally Microsoft stating 'we've invested hundreds of thousands and thousands on Reliable Computing over the earlier eight years but maybe an individual available has some far better suggestions,'" Pescatore states.
"It's not really a negative thought, however," he provides. "They are kind of undertaking what Google has done for numerous decades with their Analysis Grants."
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Samsung delays Australia tablet launch on Apple suit
Samsung Electronics has delayed the Australian kick off of its latest Galaxy tablet as a result of a patent dispute with Apple Inc, a setback for your South Korean company's try to near the gap with Apple inside the booming tablet market place.
Samsung and Apple have been locked in an acrimonious battle more than smartphones and tablets patents and this really is the first time the legal tussle has delayed the start of your item by Samsung.
"The Australian decision certainly isn't binding in any way upon the courts in other countries, but the truth that Samsung didn't just stand as much as defend the U.S. edition of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 serves being an indication that Apple's allegations possibly have some merit," Florian Mueller, a technologies professional and blogger on patent battles stated on his blog FOSS Patents.
Samsung mentioned that it and Apple had agreed not to market a variant with the tablet in Australia yet.
"A Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 for your Australian marketplace is going to be launched within the near future. This undertaking doesn't affect another Samsung smartphone or tablet available inside the Australian marketplace or other nations," the Korean firm said within a assertion.
The legal battle in between the two organizations has been creating considering that April when Apple sued Samsung in a U.S. federal court in California. Apple alleges the South Korean company's Galaxy line of cellphones and tablets "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad. Samsung has countersued Apple.
Apple had sued Samsung in Australia, saying the company's Galaxy Tab 10.one infringes upon 10 Apple patents. The 2 are fighting over patents in other courts around the world such as South Korea.
Biggest Challenge
Samsung's Galaxy gadgets are seen as amongst the biggest challengers of Apple's cell products, but Samsung has up to now been not able to approach the Silicon Valley company's roaring revenue development. Samsung's Galaxy merchandise use Google's Android running program.
Final month, Samsung introduced a thinner and lighter model of its Galaxy tablet in its lucrative property market, trying to consume into blockbuster income of Apple's iPad.
"The stage is, if this is contained in only Australia, then it's not heading to maneuver the needle too much," stated Bryan Ma, an analyst with IDC in Singapore. "If it's just Australia, that's only a modest component with the global marketplace."
IDC stated media tablet shipments to Australia were only two.4 percent out of worldwide shipments of seven.two million units within the initial quarter.
Apple is 1 participant within a web of litigation amongst phone makers and software companies over who owns the patents utilised in smartphones, as rivals aggressively rush in to the smartphone and tablet market which the U.S. firm jumpstarted with iPhone and iPad.
The intensifying quarrel among Samsung and Apple had triggered expectations that some of the pair's $5 billion-plus partnership could be up for grabs. Samsung counts Apple as its greatest buyer and makes components central to Apple's cellular products.
LEGAL WRANGLING
According to Federal Court paperwork, an software from Apple sought to stop Samsung from becoming allowed to "import, market... provide for sale or sell in Australia the Galaxy Tab 10.1," unless of course it's the arrangement of Apple or the court.
Samsung mentioned it agreed not to promote the model in question in Australia.
Apple had also requested that all samples from the Galaxy Tab 10.one be delivered to Apple to ensure that it could ruin them, the court papers revealed.
"It just isn't that we won't market the Galaxy Tab until the legal situation ends. We'll sell it when particular circumstances are met as we continue talks with Apple," mentioned a spokesman from Samsung.
A spokeswoman for Samsung in Australia stated the authentic start date in the nation was August eleven however the Seoul-based spokesman stated this had not been finalized along with the firm was only delaying the kick off occasion.
The next Federal Court listening to is arranged for August 29.
The case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. NSD1243/2011. Federal Court of Australia (Sydney).
Samsung and Apple have been locked in an acrimonious battle more than smartphones and tablets patents and this really is the first time the legal tussle has delayed the start of your item by Samsung.
"The Australian decision certainly isn't binding in any way upon the courts in other countries, but the truth that Samsung didn't just stand as much as defend the U.S. edition of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 serves being an indication that Apple's allegations possibly have some merit," Florian Mueller, a technologies professional and blogger on patent battles stated on his blog FOSS Patents.
Samsung mentioned that it and Apple had agreed not to market a variant with the tablet in Australia yet.
"A Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 for your Australian marketplace is going to be launched within the near future. This undertaking doesn't affect another Samsung smartphone or tablet available inside the Australian marketplace or other nations," the Korean firm said within a assertion.
The legal battle in between the two organizations has been creating considering that April when Apple sued Samsung in a U.S. federal court in California. Apple alleges the South Korean company's Galaxy line of cellphones and tablets "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad. Samsung has countersued Apple.
Apple had sued Samsung in Australia, saying the company's Galaxy Tab 10.one infringes upon 10 Apple patents. The 2 are fighting over patents in other courts around the world such as South Korea.
Biggest Challenge
Samsung's Galaxy gadgets are seen as amongst the biggest challengers of Apple's cell products, but Samsung has up to now been not able to approach the Silicon Valley company's roaring revenue development. Samsung's Galaxy merchandise use Google's Android running program.
Final month, Samsung introduced a thinner and lighter model of its Galaxy tablet in its lucrative property market, trying to consume into blockbuster income of Apple's iPad.
"The stage is, if this is contained in only Australia, then it's not heading to maneuver the needle too much," stated Bryan Ma, an analyst with IDC in Singapore. "If it's just Australia, that's only a modest component with the global marketplace."
IDC stated media tablet shipments to Australia were only two.4 percent out of worldwide shipments of seven.two million units within the initial quarter.
Apple is 1 participant within a web of litigation amongst phone makers and software companies over who owns the patents utilised in smartphones, as rivals aggressively rush in to the smartphone and tablet market which the U.S. firm jumpstarted with iPhone and iPad.
The intensifying quarrel among Samsung and Apple had triggered expectations that some of the pair's $5 billion-plus partnership could be up for grabs. Samsung counts Apple as its greatest buyer and makes components central to Apple's cellular products.
LEGAL WRANGLING
According to Federal Court paperwork, an software from Apple sought to stop Samsung from becoming allowed to "import, market... provide for sale or sell in Australia the Galaxy Tab 10.1," unless of course it's the arrangement of Apple or the court.
Samsung mentioned it agreed not to promote the model in question in Australia.
Apple had also requested that all samples from the Galaxy Tab 10.one be delivered to Apple to ensure that it could ruin them, the court papers revealed.
"It just isn't that we won't market the Galaxy Tab until the legal situation ends. We'll sell it when particular circumstances are met as we continue talks with Apple," mentioned a spokesman from Samsung.
A spokeswoman for Samsung in Australia stated the authentic start date in the nation was August eleven however the Seoul-based spokesman stated this had not been finalized along with the firm was only delaying the kick off occasion.
The next Federal Court listening to is arranged for August 29.
The case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. NSD1243/2011. Federal Court of Australia (Sydney).
AOL launches personalized magazine app for iPad
Net business AOL is trying to snatch a bigger portion of the tablet pc viewers by launching no cost iPad software that presents a customized, daily e-magazine that attracts in content from all more than the Web.
Known as Editions, the software is related to news-aggregating mobile apps such as Flipboard and Pulse, but a lot more centered on bringing users a finite, tailored quantity of material that updates once daily. AOL's app is becoming introduced Wednesday.
David Temkin, AOL Inc.'s head of cellular products, stated the Editions team expended much with the past calendar year attempting to create an app which was like a early morning newspaper, but more "sci-fi."
As a result, Editions consists of a number of default sections such as best information, sports, technology and enterprise that users can tweak. Users can edit preferences within every single part down towards the celebrities, organizations and tech gadgets they get pleasure from reading about. Like a newspaper or magazine, tales in Editions are ranked in significance by their measurement on the page, other than it utilizes software instead of human editors to do so.
The app has a retro-styled design that begins up to present a closed magazine lying atop a wood-grained track record. Every single day, the most recent edition of Editions sports activities a various cover tale. A tiny deal with label consists of the user's name, place and local weather. Customers can determine what time they'd like Editions to become delivered, and they are able to flip through about a week's worth of back issues.
Due to the fact Editions doesn't have licenses with content publishers, the app generally requires users towards the publisher's internet site to read the complete tale. The app does incorporate some full articles from AOL-owned sites including news hub The Huffington Publish, which AOL bought in February.
"This app is meant to drive targeted traffic to publishers' internet sites," Temkin said. "This is not meant to scrape text off them and deprive them of their ad views."
The app will begin carrying ads in a number of months.
Known as Editions, the software is related to news-aggregating mobile apps such as Flipboard and Pulse, but a lot more centered on bringing users a finite, tailored quantity of material that updates once daily. AOL's app is becoming introduced Wednesday.
David Temkin, AOL Inc.'s head of cellular products, stated the Editions team expended much with the past calendar year attempting to create an app which was like a early morning newspaper, but more "sci-fi."
As a result, Editions consists of a number of default sections such as best information, sports, technology and enterprise that users can tweak. Users can edit preferences within every single part down towards the celebrities, organizations and tech gadgets they get pleasure from reading about. Like a newspaper or magazine, tales in Editions are ranked in significance by their measurement on the page, other than it utilizes software instead of human editors to do so.
The app has a retro-styled design that begins up to present a closed magazine lying atop a wood-grained track record. Every single day, the most recent edition of Editions sports activities a various cover tale. A tiny deal with label consists of the user's name, place and local weather. Customers can determine what time they'd like Editions to become delivered, and they are able to flip through about a week's worth of back issues.
Due to the fact Editions doesn't have licenses with content publishers, the app generally requires users towards the publisher's internet site to read the complete tale. The app does incorporate some full articles from AOL-owned sites including news hub The Huffington Publish, which AOL bought in February.
"This app is meant to drive targeted traffic to publishers' internet sites," Temkin said. "This is not meant to scrape text off them and deprive them of their ad views."
The app will begin carrying ads in a number of months.
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