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Federal courts go low-tech for sensitive documents following SolarWinds hack

The list of companies and agencies discovering that they’ve been affected by the SolarWinds hack is still growing, and they’re working with a big unknown: how far the hackers got into their systems. The federal judiciary system is likely now one of them (via The Wall Street Journal), and it isn’t taking any chances. It’s worried enough that court workers will now have to physically deliver sensitive documents, despite the ongoing pandemic.

The judiciary’s new procedures sound rather intense:

Under the new procedures announced today, highly sensitive court documents (HSDs) filed with federal courts will be accepted for filing in paper form or via a secure electronic device, such as a thumb drive, and stored in a secure stand-alone computer system. These sealed HSDs will not be uploaded to CM/ECF.

The message here is clear: the judiciary does not want its most sensitive documents on the system until it figures out what the hackers have done to it, and it’s willing to add quite a bit of friction to the process of filing the documents. They can no longer just send them through the internet; they’ll have to hand-deliver actual paper or USB sticks.

We fully appreciate the practical implications of taking these steps and the administrative burden they will place on courts, yet any such burdens are outweighed by the need to preserve the confidentiality of sealed filings that are at risk of compromise.

The documents in question are not necessarily the regular sealed records of everyday court proceedings. The Wall Street Journal article points out that the HSDs could contain detailed explanations of how investigators work a case, as well as information on people who could currently be under surveillance. Knowing this information could help someone avoid detection or investigation, which is why it’s so important to keep it secure.

While the measures show that the judiciary feels it can’t trust its existing networks, the public’s access to court records won’t be changing. Any records that would’ve been publicly available will still be uploaded to the Case Management and Electronic Case Files system.

Play this long-lost Tomb Raider remake

Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary, a remake of the original Tomb Raider game for Sony’s PSP that was canceled in 2006, has recently resurfaced as a playable alpha, according to PC Gamer. The game was being developed by Core Design before it was shuttered in favor of Crystal Dynamics’ cross-platform Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Legend, a reimagining of the origin story of treasure-hunter Lara Croft.

The playable alpha features the climbing, swimming, and general platforming of the original game minus dialogue and enemies. It’s a neat throwback to an older style of Tomb Raider in contrast to the more cinematic and realistic approach the newer games take. The alpha includes levels set in Greece, Peru, and Croft Manor. You can see a sample of gameplay of the game in the YouTube video below.

The journey the alpha files and assets have taken to get here hasn’t been an entirely straightforward one. Core Design, the original creators of Tomb Raider, was ultimately sold by its publisher Eidos to Rebellion following the canceled remake. The unfinished game was then reskinned as a demo for an Indiana Jones game for LucasArts and as a National Treasure game. Neither pitch was ultimately picked up, and the PSP game faded into history and the memories of fans — until now. If you’re curious about the development of Tomb Raider and Core Design’s history, EuroGamer has a great feature.

To try out the game for yourself, you’ll have to download the files from the Internet Archive and follow the instructions on Tomb of Ash (a Tomb Raider fan site) to get the game patched and playable. From there, you’re ready for a taste of gaming history that never came to pass.

Cyberpunk 2077: Player numbers drop sharply

Although the futuristic RPG Cyberpunk 2077 had to struggle with major technical problems at the launch and as before, the high number of players promised a ray of hope for the studio to be behind the title. On Steam alone, the game had over a million players in just 3 hours, breaking the previous record for the most active players in a single-player game by far. Now, almost four weeks later, the euphoria seems to have finally subsided and disillusionment has given way.

According to an analysis by GitHyp, there were only 200 of the over one million players on Sunday. 000 left. On Monday this value was already at 165. 000. Currently the number is in the range of 150. 000 active player. Compared to the release on 10. 12. this corresponds to a clear minus – and the trend doesn’t seem to want to end.

Although it is generally quite common in single-player games for the number of players to drop significantly within the first few weeks, they are straight Open-world-based titles were actually less affected by the decline. A comparison with the RPG title The Witcher 3 from the same company illustrates the problem. The adventure about Geralt started in May 2015 with only 92. 000 players, but after one month there was still an active number of 55. 000 hold. It wasn’t until three months after its release that the game experienced a decline similar to that of Cyberpunk 2077 after only four weeks.

It remains to be seen whether CD Project Red will use the for June planned, extensive bug fixes will be able to bring players back. After all, there are regular messages on the internet from players who want the gaming experience to take place after the technical problems have been resolved. However, this is more likely to be a minority. Because regardless of gameplay bugs and graphic errors, the game is now also criticized in many other aspects. For example, the modest AI of opponents and other NPCs or the lack of content in general, which was previously advertised, should be mentioned here.

Just recently a post appeared on the GameFAQs page, which allegedly came from an employee of the studio. In it, he specifically describes what was cut out to meet the deadline by 10. 12. 2020 must be observed. In addition, he also speaks of internal considerations to want to submit some things in the middle of this year in the form of a DLC. So far it is unclear whether you can believe the post, CD Project Red has not yet commented on it. Even if it is true, it remains to be seen to what extent a release of further content will affect the number of players.

Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 official, along with new monitors: the news from CES 2021

Among Lenovo’s announcements at CES 2021 also a desktop with adjustable display, and two new monitors that mix compactness with elegance. The details.

by Nino Grasso published 07 January 2021 , at 15: 01 in the Systems channel

Lenovo Yoga

The Chinese company has formalized new products, including notebooks (which we talked about separately), all-in-one desktop PCs and monitors . Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 is a display computer rotating, designed to take up as little space on the desk as possible, and its announcement was accompanied by those of Lenovo L 24the-30 and Lenovo L 27is-30 , two sleek and slim monitors, both with IPS panels.

Lenovo Yoga AIO 7

Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 is a desktop all -in-one very interesting not only for the design, inspired and elegant thanks to the small size of the frames, but also and above all because of the rotating support that allows you to use the computer not only horizontally, but also vertically. The user can change modes with the push of a single finger, and can also activate the display remotely via smartphone or tablet, without turning on the PC. In the future, through a software update, it will be available to play content on the screen via the internet, with the Yoga AIO 7 which can be transformed into a 4K Smart TV.

The computer uses a certified audio system JBL Harman, positioned under the display and embellished with a soft-texture design for the outside. Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 will be sold in Cloud colors Gray and Moon White, and comes with a wireless keyboard and mouse, as well as a detachable 5MP webcam. The all-in-one computer will allow you to upload a notebook or transfer files via drag-and-drop with a single cable.

The integrated display is a 27 “4K IPS that looks very promising: it offers a color gamut of 99% both in the DCI-P3 standard and in the Adobe RGB standard. On the hardware level we will have CPU up to AMD Ryzen 7 4800 H, and GPU up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, while Alexa will be integrated into the operating system natively with the possibility of activating it through the exclusive use of the voice .

Lenovo Yoga AIO 7 price is starting from 1. 599 dollars, with availability expected globally (in some markets) in February 2021 The computer is already available in the Chinese market.

New Lenovo monitors

Lenovo L 24the-30 and Lenovo L 27is-30 are two monitors with extremely compact dimensions and a definitely recognizable appearance. They use In-Plane Switching (IPS) displays from 24″ is 27 “ and are designed for the main destinations of use, such as films, online browsing, work, and even for video games. They offer “vivid images”, according to Lenovo, and a wide viewing angle thanks to the presence of IPS panels, along with a dedicated cable management system and a smartphone holder integrated within the design.

Lenovo L 24the-30

The monitor stand is made of metal, with the model from 24 “which offers a two-tone finish, while the one from 27 “is proposed in Graphite Gray. Both monitors offer a thickness, in the panel part, of maximum 7.1mm , while the reduced bezels offer an almost edgeless design. On the front of the technical specifications we have the support of the Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080) and a refresh rate of 75 Hz with AMD FreeSync compatibility. There is also the TUV Rheinland certification for the reduction of blue light emissions.

Lenovo L 27is-30

The price of Lenovo L 24the-30 will be 159, 99 dollars , with availability expected in March 2021. Lenovo L will also arrive in the same period is-30 , at a price of 189, 99 dollars in the US market. Prices and details for the Italian market will be announced in the future.

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heise + | Use desktop virtualization under Linux easily and reliably

With a virtual machine, Windows can be used on a Linux PC or the latest distribution can be tried out without destroying the main system.

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Easy and reliable use of desktop virtualization under Linux Requirements Quick start with Gnome Boxes Guest extensions for comfortable use Full control with Virt-Manager Article in c’t 2 / 2021 read Virtualization is common on servers to To set up a flexible, portable and fail-safe infrastructure: a tricky piece of software ores ughs one or more so-called virtual machines (VMs) by partly emulating all the resources that make up a computer and partly cutting off the host system. In such a VM, another operating system can be installed, which runs completely independently and isolated from the host. The same can also be used well on a desktop computer. With suitable processor expansions and smart solutions in the virtualization software, a virtual machine runs almost as fast as real hardware. Connected devices can be extended from the host system to the guest systems. And for all of this you don’t even need root rights or special authorizations.

There are various reasons for using virtual machines on a desktop system or a notebook. The Linux cover story from 2020 (see dossier) reported quite a few readers who would like to switch completely to Linux, but there is still the one absolutely necessary Windows software. Too often, the Wine runtime environment doesn’t help either. Dual boot, on the other hand, is cumbersome and annoying, since restarting takes time and nerves and not all data is available in the other system. Instead, simply starting Windows in a program window or even briefly waking up from deep sleep is much more convenient. Even copy & paste between the host and guest system usually works without any problems. With the help of snapshots, the status of a system can be saved and reset in the event of failures and messed up installations.

A virtual machine is also useful if software only runs under Windows 7 or older. Since Microsoft no longer closes any gaps there, its use is extremely problematic in terms of security. In order to use the oldie software with peace of mind, simply cut off network or internet access to the VM. If internet access is necessary for the software, you should urgently seek an alternative or an update.

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IT industry demands the right to digital teaching

The Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (Bitkom) demands a right to digital education in Germany. As Bitkom President Achim Berg announced on Tuesday, many people are dissatisfied with the current education policy in times of pandemic. Therefore there should be a “legal right to digital lessons for pupils of all school types”.

Right to digital school lessons “Germany’s education politicians have probably never triggered such disappointment and alienation – among students, parents and teachers, but also in business and society. Too little Their proposals are ambitious and too old-fashioned, their decisions are too erratic, their communication is too chaotic, “said Berg with regard to the school closings in the corona pandemic.

How should digitization be implemented in our schools? How has it gone so far? This is what our series of articles would like to illuminate.

Everyone understood that at the beginning the corona crisis had to be driven “on sight”, but now after almost a year of the corona crisis there is still a lack of “a vision, strategy and future-oriented, decisive action”. That is why Bitkom is campaigning for a legal right to digital teaching. In this way, pupils should in future have the opportunity to take part in school lessons even after the end of the pandemic, for example if they cannot attend classroom lessons at school due to illness or other restrictions.

“No witchcraft” Berg complains that schools are currently unable to hold functioning digital lessons. Instead of taking action and setting up learning platforms, the federal states would continue to do everything to return to face-to-face teaching. Berg considers this to be irresponsible due to the large number of infections with the coronavirus and the type of teaching is out of date.

Every student must can be taught digitally in the current situation, says Berg. Providing functional learning platforms is ultimately “no rocket science”. It is now up to the federal states to provide appropriate server capacities and IT support for the schools. Schools, pupils and teachers should have fast, unbureaucratic access to the platforms. Examples in some schools have already shown that digital teaching works.

Insufficiently functioning digital learning opportunities In December 68, the Federal Association of the Digital Economy (BVDW) determined in a representative survey that the digital courses offered in German schools have been The beginning of the pandemic had improved little or no improvement at all. The complained 68, 2 percent of German citizens with school-age children, only 7.7 would have seen a strong movement in digital learning in schools. Overall, however, the DVDW sees this as bad evidence for educational policy in Germany. Data protection has unsettled many schools and teachers and slowed down their commitment.

With the beginning of the hard lockdown in December, some learning platforms in the federal states such as the Berlin learning area, the Bavarian portal Mebis or the Saxon version of LernSax were partially disrupted or failed completely.

The platforms are also showing performance problems. On Wednesday, for example, the Bavarian Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs Michael Piazolo wrote a letter to schools to use the Mebis learning platform less in order to avoid peak loads and a collapse of the system. Now the schools should only log in according to time slots.

Digital lessons are not possible for everyone Critics also generally see negative Impact of digital teaching. Financially disadvantaged students could not take part in digital learning as easily and on an equal basis as better-off students due to a lack of resources such as computers or tablets and internet access. Learning at home is also not possible in some families due to limited space, which increases any social conflicts within the family.

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Christmas quarter gives online retail a strong growth spurt

In the Christmas business, online retail saw another strong surge in growth, not least due to the effects of the corona pandemic and the associated restrictions. According to a consumer study by the Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel (bevh) Germany, online sales in the fourth quarter were almost 24 Percent above the previous year’s level. The growth rate in e-commerce has thus more than doubled compared to the Christmas quarter 2010.

Increased growth For the full year 2020 the bevh managing director Christoph Wenk-Fischer emphasized that the growth of online trade is not quite as high. “The growth is increased, however – especially due to the weak first quarter 2019 – not exponentially”, he told the German press agency.

The areas of food and drugstore supplies in particular have grown extremely. But furniture, lamps and decorations were also bought much more frequently on the Internet. The demand for drugs is still high, although they were also available in stationary stores.

Remarkable increases The According to bevh, online sales of groceries between October and December were more than 83 percent above the previous year’s level. In the drugstore sector the increase was 31, 7 percent and the increase in drugs was 53, 5 percent. In these areas, however, online trading has so far played a comparatively minor role, so that the enormous growth took place at a low level.

But also in areas in for whom online trading has already secured significant market shares, the growth rates were remarkable. Online clothing retailing grew by around 24 percent in the Christmas quarter. Twelve months earlier, the increase had been 6 percent.

Germany’s second largest online shop Otto.de had already reported a record Christmas business at the beginning of the week. Compared to the Christmas business 2019 the number of orders is almost 53 percent increased, reported the company. “Already in October and November we were partly well above the level of 2010. This trend intensified again massively in the two weeks before Christmas” says Marc Opelt, chairman of the Otto divisional board. The top-selling products were cell phones, televisions, sofas, notebooks and shoes. For the entire business year 2020 the Otto Group expects a double-digit increase in sales.

Stationary fashion retail hard hit In recent years online retail in Germany has always grown by double digits. However, growth rates declined before the pandemic. 2019 the sales growth was still 11, 6 percent. While online retail was booming during the pandemic, many stationary retailers suffered massively from the Corona crisis.

The stationary fashion trade was particularly hard hit. According to a current industry survey by the trade journal “Textilwirtschaft”, the fashion retailers in the shopping streets and shopping centers 2020 lost almost a third of their revenues. With this historically high sales decrease, the process of melting the stationary fashion trade has accelerated massively, emphasized the specialist journal. The market has been shrinking since 2010 year after year.

Federal Statistical Office with similar figures The Federal Statistical Office also comes up with similarly high figures. It reported an estimated increase of 26, 8 percent for online retail in November 2020. At the same time, retailers for textiles, clothing, shoes and leather goods had to cope with a minus of 20 percent. On the other hand, furnishings, household appliances and building supplies were particularly in demand with an increase of 15, 4 percent. Overall, according to the Federal Statistical Office, the German retail sector did good business in 2020 and increased between 3.9 and 4.3 percent compared to the previous year.

(with material from dpa) / (kbe)

heise + | For the caravan: satellite TV via WiFi for every family member

For the caravan: satellite TV via WLAN for every family member TV via WLAN Installation on the campsite Unicable for little installation effort Unequal servers Article in c’t 2 / 2021 read Camping holidays during the corona pandemic are again very mobile Trend made. But the weather has to play along, on cold rainy days you prefer to stay in the mobile home – only that Netflix & Co. often don’t work.

Many campsites now also offer WLAN, but the Internet connection is often only a narrow-band DSL line and streaming is sometimes even explicitly forbidden, because you are sharing the line with hundreds of other campers must share. Mobile Internet via LTE, if available at all at the more or less remote holiday location, is not an alternative: The data volume is used up after a few hours of video streaming.

TV via WLAN Traditional satellite television is an alternative that is independent of Internet access, but something has also fallen out of time: While today everyone is used to freely determining what is currently on via their smartphone or tablet it in caravans and mobile homes as before 30 Years only a satellite receiver and a television – that must be enough for the whole family.

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Breakdown: Secret NRW State Chancellery documents published on the Internet

The construction and property company of North Rhine-Westphalia accidentally posted secret floor plans for the State Chancellery and confidential documents on the Internet.

The Landeshaus in Düsseldorf

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The complete floor plans of the NRW State Chancellery and confidential documents for the planned renovation of the cabinet room have inadvertently been published freely accessible on the Internet. The state-owned construction and real estate company had published the papers, some of which were classified as classified, in a tender for painters and carpenters. The documents were removed following a request from the German Press Agency to the Düsseldorf State Chancellery. How the breakdown came about is “currently being clarified”, said a spokesman for the dpa.

Floor plans secret The State Chancellery in the so-called Landeshaus near the banks of the Rhine in Düsseldorf is currently being renovated. For the coming months, painting and carpentry work is planned throughout the house, including in the office of Prime Minister Armin Laschet (CDU) and in the cabinet room. Among other things, computer simulations of the new hall could be seen on the Internet, which were classified as classified “VS – Only for official use”. The floor plans are also considered safety-relevant information.

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eBay could pull out of South Korea despite a profit

South Korean media reports that eBay is putting its subsidiary there for sale. The financial institutions Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are to help eBay Korea sell to a foreign investor for an estimated value of up to 5 trillion won (about 3.7 billion euros). The usual purchase test is already being prepared. eBay Korea itself describes the reports as “unfounded rumors”.

That reports Korea News Plus . According to the newspaper The Korea Economic Daily , eBay has been looking for prospects for the Korean subsidiary for two years. So far it has not become concrete due to the requested purchase price.

Entry 2001 with takeover eBay is in 2001 with the takeover of the South Korean online Auction house Internet Auction entered the market there. The purchase price at the time was 120 million US dollars. 2009 eBay then joined South Korea’s largest e-commerce platform Gmarket. While Gmarket focuses on female customers aged 20 to 40 years, eBay focuses itself with digital products on male customers of around 30 to 50 years. As reported by Korea Economic Daily, eBay was the largest e-commerce platform in the country with 62 percent market share.

However, numerous newcomers have slowed eBay’s growth. Competitors such as Coupang, TMON and WeMakePrice have established their own logistics and send out sold products themselves, while eBay and Gmarket continue to pursue the classic auction concept. The company’s turnover comes from independent providers who pay fees for listing their offers and then send the goods themselves.

The only profitable operator eBay Korea increased its sales of 120, 8 billion won a year 2017 to 1.6 trillion won 2020. However, the operating profit stagnated at around 50 billion won. Some market watchers consider eBay Korea to be an attractive takeover candidate because it is the only well-known e-commerce platform in Korea that is making a profit. In terms of transaction volume, eBay and Gmarket are only the third largest e-commerce platform in Korea.

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TechStage | Top 10: The Best Mobile Mini Photo Printers 2021

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test: hard but slow Oneplus Nord N 10 5G in the test: Galloped in price Oppo Find X2 Pro in the test: performance bargain Asus ROG Phone 3 in the test: perfect gaming smartphone LG Wing in the test: 1.5 displays and gimbal cam Smartwatch Oppo Watch in the test: Great AMOLED Smartwatch from 240 € Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 in the test: competition for Apple? Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro in the test: Smartwatch with long-running battery Apple Watch: Smartwatch with contract from 14 € per month Buy Apple Watch 6: All generations in the price check Skagen Falster 3 in the test: Smartwatch with Wear OS Test Huawei Watch GT 2: Noble fitness tracker in watch form Multiroom Ikea Symfonisk in the test: Sonos speakers under 100 Euro Bose Portable Home Speaker in the test: battery, WLAN, Airplay 2 Sonos Move in the test: The robust all-rounder Musiccast : Yamaha multiroom in the test Denon Heos in the test: versatile multiroom system Flat soundbar Teufel Sounddeck Streaming in the test Teufel Raumfeld in the test: rich multiroom sound Keyfinder Tile Slim (2017): Key finder in credit card format Bluetooth key finder Tile Pro in the test: 122 m range! key finder Tile Pro in the test: the range champion Orbit Bluetooth tracker in the test: looking for wallet and key Nonda iHere 3.0: smart key finder in the test Chipolo Classic and Plus: Bluetooth Keyfinder in the test Musegear finder 2: Keyfinder without Registration requirement Action-Cam DJI Pocket 2 in the test: Zoom and 64 – Megapixel sensor Actioncam Insta 360 One R: 1- Inch image sensor in the test Gopro Hero 8 Black in the test: Back to the top Insta 360 One R in the test: The modular action cam Motorola Moto G8 Plus test: Great smartphone, but … Insta 360 Go: Micro-GoPro in the test Motorola One Action Test: Good hardware, bad camera microSD In the test: Kingston UHS-I U3 microSDXC Kit MicroSD card for smartphone: Samsung Evo Plus 2017 Review: Lexar Professional 1800 x microSDXC Kit Test report: Intenso Premium microSDXC card with 64 GByte Android Sonos Move in the test : The robust all-rounder Honor 20: Inexpensive high-end smartphone in the test Xiaomi Mi 9: Top technology at a bargain price Doogee S 85 in the test: modular outdoor smartphone ZTE Axon 05 Pro in the test: high-end phone at a competitive price Motorola Moto G7 Power in the test: large battery, small price Sony Xperia 10: Smartphone with 21: 9 display in the test Adviser Advisor overview Purchase advice The right cordless screwdriver for the home workshop Bargain: Which Fire TV stick from 19 € is the right one? Purchase advice: What good is a leaf blower with a battery for 45 Euro? True wireless headphones: How much do you have to invest? Buying advice water cooling: High-end PCs cool better Guide: Air conditioning and fan against the Heat wave Sony shows the Xperia 1: Is the predecessor XZ3 worth it now? Practice Caution, money away: Kickstarter & Co . are not shops Switch off Android notifications from annoying apps This is how it works: Install the new Android L keyboard now Tip: Use “Ok Google everywhere” in Germany In the test: Does the jailbreak work for iOS 7.1? Goderma and mobile medicine: The doctor apps are coming! Instructions: Jailbreak for iOS 7 on iPhone 5S, 5, 4S and 4 Technology Importing technology from China, part 2: Customs, taxes and tricks Drones & copters: From toys to FPV racers What does the end of an ecosystem mean? Smartphones with flexible display: What’s in it for me? Overview of smartphone processors: Everything Snapdragon? Evolutionary dead ends: the very worst cell phones mpass: Numbers with the NFC Mobile phone – or the NFC toilet roll Display calculator Calculate pixel density, number and display proportion Best list Test winner Price comparison Price comparison overview Smartphones from Android 7.0 Phablets with stylus Fitness tracker with GPS Bluetooth headphones with ANR Drones with GPS Video TechStage Adviser Top 10: The best mobile mini photo printers 2021 Start Place 1 Place 2 Place 3 4th place 5th place Place 6 Place 7 Place 8 Place 9 Place 10 Conclusion Comments by Matthias // 05. 01. 2020 16: 49 Clock

Mini Photo Printer are small, cost 50 to 130 Euro and print photos anywhere thanks to the battery. In this top – 10 – List we show the ten best – including a few exotic ones.

Whether on a children’s birthday party, a family celebration, an event or for letters to grandma and the photo wall at home: pictures from the photo printer are in great demand, as they usually only allow digital data to be touched. Photo printers become really flexible when they are still mobile and compact. Zinc photo printers are the most common. But some exotic species are also shaking up the market.

We have tested twelve mobile photo printers, the list is constantly growing. In the comparison test 2019: We compare them with mobile photo printers. We collect the comparison test and all individual tests on the photo printer topic page. This list of the best sorts the ten best models and helps with the purchase decision at a glance.

Product Huawei CV 80 Canon Selphy QX 05 Canon Zoemini HP Sprocket Plus Polaroid Zip Prynt Pocket Instax Mini Link Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 Canon Selphy CP 1300 Mbrush (Princube) Peripage A6 TechStage Note 1 1 1 2 4 5 2 2 1 2 2 Print quality Well Well Well Satisfying Well Satisfying Very good Very good Very good Sufficient Inadequate Printing method zinc Thermosublimation zinc zinc zinc zinc OLED exposure OLED exposure Thermal sublimation Inkjet B / W thermal paper Processing Very good Well Very good Very good Very good Inadequate Sufficient Very good Well Very good Well Weight in g 189 445 160 204 186 162 244 312 860 162 155 Display – – – – – – – – ✔ – – Images per battery charge approx. 15 – 20 approx. 15 – 20 approx . 15 – 20 approx. 15 – 20 approx. 15 – 20 approx. 15 – 20 up to 100 approx. 160 approx. 30 – 40 lots N / A Compatibility Android / iOS Android / iOS Android / iOS Android / iOS Android / iOS iOS Android / iOS Android / iOS / Camera Android / iOS / Camera Android / iOS / Windows / Mac OS Android / iOS Connectivity Bluetooth WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS Bluetooth Bluetooth Bluet ooth Lightning port Bluetooth WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS WLAN / USB stick / SD card WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS Bluetooth Image size in cm 5 × 7.6 6.8 × 6.8 5 × 7.6 5.8 x 8.7 5 × 7.6 5 × 7.6 8.6 × 5.4 6.2 x 6.2 10 x 15 1.4 × 130 5.7 × XX Pictures self-adhesive ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ – – – / ✔ – – / ✔ Price in euros (as of Jan. 21) 90 120 110 — 123 — 105 170 115 (+ 50 for battery) 113 37 Picture price in euros (as of: Oct. 18) approx. 0, 50 approx. 0, 80 approx. 0, 50 approx. 0, 50 approx. 0, 50 approx. 0, 50 approx. 0, 70 approx. 0, 80 approx. 0, 20 low nearly nothing 1st place: Huawei CV 80 The Huawei CV 80 Mini photo printer is the best zinc printer we have tested so far. Not only does it look very chic, it is superbly made and extremely compact. It has a really good app with all the important functions, which convinces with very good user guidance. The quality of the printed images is surprisingly good and better than other zinc photo printers.

What made us decide to use the Huawei CV 80 to sit on the throne, is its low price of 90 Euro. We think it’s great that the Huawei CV 80 equal 49 pieces of photo paper are enclosed, which are good 20 cost Euro and are compatible with all zinc printers that use the same photo format.

Review Huawei CV 80

2nd place: Canon Selphy CP 1300 The Canon Selphy CP 1300 is the largest photo printer we have tested and only deserves that to a limited extent “Mini” rating. It fits easily in backpacks, not even in large trouser pockets. At least he’s clearly mobile, comes but with an optional battery, which then increases the total weight to 1290 g increased.

He uses thermal sublimation as a printing process. The CP 1300 when printing from a wax foil cartridge supplied with the photo paper, individual color foils roll over the in four steps Picture. The image quality is very good, comparable to the instant printers in Müller, Rossmann, DM and Co. The individual prints are cheap compared to the competition, so they cost 108 Printouts only good 20 Euro.

Test report Canon Selphy CP 1300

3rd place: Canon Zoemini The Canon Zoemini is very compact and small. It also looks superbly processed. Only the clearly visible fingerprints on the black version bothers us in the test. The Zoemini uses the zinc printing process. Its image quality is above average for this printing technology and the app is impressive and easy to use. It even offers some more or less useful augmented reality functions: placing sunglasses & Co. over faces works well. Contrastingly, “funny” facial contortions produce creepy results. All in all, the Canon Zoemini is a very good fun printer for parties and events.

Test report Canon Zoemini

4th place: Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 The Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3 looks futuristic on the outside and is a real eye-catcher. It is exceptionally well made. In contrast to its widely used Bluetooth colleagues, it uses WLAN as the connection standard. That makes the connection to the smartphone a bit more cumbersome. Allegedly one battery charge is enough for up to 160 Printouts. With our about 20 test prints we could not suck the battery empty.

The printing process used here is OLED exposure. The pictures come out of the printer very quickly, after which it takes a few more minutes, equivalent to the iconic Polaroids, until the picture shines in full color. The image quality is good, but it always looks like there’s a retro filter over it. The waterproof plastic material of the prints is great. They feel valuable like no other photo printer. Unfortunately they are with about 80 Cent per printout expensive.

Test report Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3

5th place: Canon Selphy QX 10 The Canon Selphy sets like the CP 3000 from the same manufacturer on thermal sublimation as a printing process. Here, too, the image moves out and back in several times during printing to apply the various layers. Unfortunately the QX offers 10 not the outstanding print quality of the CP 3000. Even so, the image quality is good and better than that of the zinc printer.

The printed area of the self-adhesive pictures in the Polaroid look is a maximum of 6.8 × 6.8 centimeters. The photo paper always includes a roll of colored film. The printer itself is with 115 Euros not overly expensive, but the pictures do. They each cost 70 Cent.

Test report Canon Selphy QX 10

Place 6: Instax Mini Link The Instax Mini Link uses the same OLED process as the Fujifilm Instax Share SP-3. Correspondingly, the roughly 70 Cent expensive pictures from the printer very quickly and then need some time to fully expose. The picture quality is good, a retro effect can also be seen here. With one battery charge up to 100 pictures be in there. With our 20 We did not reach the battery limit for test prints.

The We didn’t like weird app. The appearance of the Instax Mini Link takes getting used to and is somewhat reminiscent of a hard case – including creaking.

Test report Fujifilm Instax Mini Link

7th place: Mbrush (Princube) The mbrush, identical to the Princube, is a real exotic. He uses an enclosed HP for printing 50 XL ink cartridge. To create an image, the user pulls the mbrush over a surface. A 10 mm wide print strip that can produce a large picture with several strokes on paper. This works quite well after a little practice, but does not produce consistently high print quality. Among other things, the selected surface is decisive for them. Paper, cardboard, plastic, and wood work well. Here the material absorbs the printing ink well. If these materials are coated, the ink cannot penetrate, which leads to a washed-out printed image. Since the ink in the supplied cartridge is water-soluble, the print image smears even with light touch. Printing on skin works rather poorly than right – despite the supplied attachment for the print head, which increases the distance a little.

Nevertheless, the mbrush is fun. It is a very satisfying feeling to glide over a surface with it and to leave behind a colorful stripe of motif. We don’t like the uninspired software and the cumbersome control via WLAN. The quick drying of the print head is also annoying.

Test report Mbrush (Princube)

Place 8: Peripage A6 The Peripage A6 is only partially suitable as a photo printer. Its black and white display is simply too bad for that. He uses thermal paper as is often the case with receipts. Still, it’s really fun. Because the small, self-adhesive notes come out of the printer in a flash and are suitable for all sorts of nonsense. They are also dirt cheap. Ordered from the China shop, a meter of printing paper costs only a few cents.

Test report Peripage A6

9th place: HP Sprocket Plus The HP Sprocket Plus prints in the zinc process , but his pictures are a bit larger than those of the other printers. In most cases, the image quality is okay. It shows details clearly, color gradients can lead to the formation of clusters. It also shows partially clear stripes, especially in light areas of the picture, which probably come from the rollers over which the printout moves when it comes out. Overall, the printer is a bit too expensive; buyers spend less money on other zinc printers. A photo costs about 45 Cent.

Test report HP Sprocket Plus

Place 10: Polaroid Zip Too bad, Polaroid, that was nothing. Even if the Polaroid Zip makes a decent impression at first glance thanks to its good and compact workmanship. Even the image quality plays a role in the zinc printer’s front field. But the app completely spoils the fun. It apparently randomly distorts photos, has problems with portrait images, is hungry for data, offers some features that simply don’t work and regularly crashes. Here Polaroid has saved in the wrong place.

Test report Polaroid Zip

Conclusion The Huawei CV 80 has hardly any weaknesses and is still the most affordable. The Canon Selphy CP 1290 prints on the most beautiful and his pictures are quite cheap. But it is unwieldy. But we can also recommend the OLED printers from Instax, especially because of their extremely charming printouts.

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Brief information: retail, car wash, Slack, Snapdragon 480

Retail can look back on increased sales In November the German retail trade 2020 done good business despite Corona restrictions – at least according to the estimates of the Federal Statistical Office. Including the price increases, retailers would have made 6.5 percent more money in November compared to the same month last year. However, not all retailers should have benefited equally from the development. While the sales of mail order and Internet retailers compared to November 2019 in real terms by 31, 8 percent increased, retailers for textiles, clothing, shoes and leather goods had to lose 20 Percent manage.

The car is dirty and goes to the car wash Developers at the Japanese car company Toyota have devised a method by which a car should be able to determine whether it is ready for the car wash. The patent application states that the data on journeys made is used to examine whether the car has been driving on a dirt road or in snow or rain since it was last washed. Toyota is thinking above all of operators of car sharing with autonomous cars. According to the patent application, the car wash is also connected to the server and washes the car fully automatically.

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Massive disruption in Slack resolved after hours The massive disruption in the Slack office communications service has largely been resolved. More than four hours after the first problems occurred, the US company announced that the service had largely been restored. At first there were still problems with the integration of calendars and other apps. The causes remained unclear. Slack was paralyzed for hours on Monday afternoon European time – just as the first working day of the new year began in many places in the USA. Users had problems logging in and sending messages, among other things.

SoC Snapdragon 480 with 5G and much more power One year after the launch of the Snapdragon 460 chip manufacturer Qualcomm brings the successor Snapdragon 480 for entry-level smartphones. The System-on-a-Chip is making big leaps in many ways. There is the computing power, as far as processor and graphics unit is concerned, but also the cellular network: The Snapdragon 480 transmits in 5G -Netz and should ensure an increasing spread of the standard in the smartphone price range below 31 euros.

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heise offer: building IoT 2021: Submit your presentation for the online conference now

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by 11. January 2021 the organizers are looking for lectures and workshops on developer topics related to the Internet of Things.

Rainald quantity-solar day This year the building IoT takes place on 24. and 25. March for the sixth time. However, the organizers heise Developer , iX and dpunkt.verlag will host the developer conference as an online event for the first time. In addition to the two conference days, additional workshops are planned.

The building IoT 45 is aimed at IT professionals, the applications and Create products for the Internet of Things. Only the browser is required to participate in the online event. All participants receive access to the live stream and afterwards access to the video archive with all lectures. Questions can be introduced via text or video chat.

The call for proposals runs until . January 2021, and we are looking for lectures with a length of 45 minutes as well as full-day workshops. Possible topics are:

Protocols and communication standard Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 Security and Safety Testing of IoT platforms Data analysis and machine learning Cloud platforms and their connection Edge and Fog Computing Data protection and legal aspects Experience reports are particularly welcome. Anyone who would like to be informed about the progress of the building IoT can subscribe to the newsletter or follow the organizers on Twitter – the hashtag for this year’s upcoming conference is #biot 21.

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Atomic Heart – new details about gameplay, its length and plot. We also remind you of the hardware requirements

Do you still remember Atomic Heart? Sure you do. The game was announced in May 2018 of the year as a mix of BioShock and Fallout, and it’s all poured Soviet sauce that you lick your fingers. The Mundfish studio, responsible for the production of the game, has been silent for a long time. Currently, however, something has moved – the game page has been updated on Steam, where the full description of the game has finally been placed. The approximate length of the gameplay has also appeared on the web. Below, we also remind you of the hardware requirements given a moment ago, although, as is often the case, they are given without specifying what graphic effects and resolutions we can expect, meeting these criteria.

BioShock’s spiritual heir is to keep us entertained 30 hours later this year. However, it is not clear whether we will have a chance to play with ray tracing on the day of the premiere. We have to wait for more reports directly from the Mundfish studio.

45 minutes with Atomic Heart . This will not be a typical mix between a shooter and an RPG

In the latest Atomic Heart game description on Steam we read: “Atomic Heart is an action RPG. The story is about everything that could have happened in the real USSR. The technical revolution is over, robots, the Internet, holograms have already been invented, but all these innovations are still immersed in the atmosphere of communism, imperialism and confrontation with the West. The game’s hero, a Soviet KGB officer, lands in one of the complexes The facility 3826 during the great failure of the robot control system. The game world consists of vast open world regions full of lush Soviet nature and less extensive grounds of the Facility complexes with its secret underground and ground laboratories, bunkers and robotic logistics systems. Most of the enemies are various machines produced at the Facility. Each robot was originally created to serve the needs of Soviet industry or help Soviet telom in everyday life. The robots also have an implemented combat program that was created in case of war. “

Atomic Heart – 10 minutes of gameplay shows a game full of quirks

As you can guess, the aforementioned malfunction probably made the robots switch to the combat program, which makes them our main opponents The production will be released at an unspecified time this year on PC and new and last generation consoles. The campaign is to be fun for around hours. As the creators point out, the game will present us with a “new generation” combat system, where robots will be able to adjust their behavior according to our skill development. There will also be crafting, which is quite suspicious – the game requires only 22 GB of disk space Everything seems to indicate that the current hardware requirements h support for ray tracing is not yet included. The real-time ray tracing option may not be available right away for the game’s launch.

Minimum hardware requirements for Atomic Heart:

Operating system: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64 – bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5 – 2500 K / AMD FX 6300
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) / AMD Radeon R9 290 (4 GB)

Disk space: 22 GB of available space

Recommended hardware requirements for Atomic Heart:

Operating system: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64 – bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7 – 4770 K or Ryzen 5 1500 X
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
Disk space: 22 GB of available space

Official gameplay trailer from August 2020.

Source: Steam , Multiplayer, TheGamer