RomUniverse Aims to Crowdfund Legal ‘Piracy’ Battle With Nintendo
Two weeks ago, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against the game download portal RomUniverse. The website, which also allows users to download movies and books, stands accused of massive copyright infringement, including that relating to many Nintendo titles. “The Website is among the most visited and notorious online hubs for pirated Nintendo video games. Through the Website, Defendants reproduce, distribute, monetize, and offer for...
Investigation Targets Telegram & WhatsApp-Based Newspaper Pirates
Last week, chaos was widespread in the ‘pirate’ IPTV market after authorities in Italy took unprecedented action against the operators of Xtream Codes. Undoubtedly prompted into action by entertainment and media industry groups, the same authorities are now tackling another perceived threat to revenues – piracy of daily newspapers. In common with the IPTV crackdown, the latest effort is somewhat unusual in that it...
Mutation testing by example: Failure as experimentation
In the first article in this series, I demonstrated how to use planned failure to ensure expected outcomes in your code. In this second article, I’ll continue developing my example project—an automated cat door that opens during daylight hours and locks during the night. As a reminder, you can follow along using the .NET xUnit.net testing framework by following the instructions here. read...
An advanced look at Python interfaces using zope.interface
The zope.interface library is a way to overcome ambiguity in Python interface design. Let’s take a look at it. Implicit interfaces are not zen The Zen of Python is loose enough and contradicts itself enough that you can prove anything from it. Let’s meditate upon one of its most famous principles: “Explicit is better than implicit.” read...
How DevOps professionals can become security champions
Security is a misunderstood element in DevOps. Some see it as outside of DevOps’ purview, while others find it important (and overlooked) enough to recommend moving to DevSecOps. No matter your perspective on where it belongs, it’s clear that security affects everyone. read...
