31.May.2002
Chaos Computer Club
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CCC: EU-parliament said yes to data retention
Despite of many protests the EU-parliament has agreed to loosen the data protection in the EU.
»The passed order "about the processing of personal data and the protection of the private sphere in the electronic communication" enables the memebership states to loosen the regulation of protection for data of connections to "carry out penal persecution and to save the national and public safety. Thus the way is free for the so called data retention.
Data retention means that the data of connections of the participant of the telecommunication are not only individually saved and kept after an official order but for all participants in advance and without a starting suspicion. Because of that the authorities can use also data which are far away in the past. Up to now the data of connections had to be deleted after 80 days after making the calculation.
Data protectors and people of the human rights warn before such a general data saving because thereby they say the fundamental rights for private sphere and freedom of opinion are endangered. Besides this such actions mean a turn away from the assumption of innocence because the data retention above all disadvantage the innocent poeple. Even the committee of the civil rights of the EU voted against it. The 16206 signers of a summons to the parliament refer to it.«
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31.May.2002
Steffen Nitz (ANF)
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Version 1.25 of RunTime uploaded on Aminet
Steffen Nitz wrote:
I have just uploaded a new version of RunTime on Aminet. It could be take
some days until the version will be published.
RunTime is a Computer-runtime-monitor which saves all possible data and
shows them as beam-diagramms.
New in version 1.25:
- Daily calculation of the average runtime of the computer but also of
the annual and complete statistics.
Users who do not want to wait a day until the new version will be
published on Aminet can contact Steffen.Nitz@t-online.de
to get the version via email.
Download: RunTime.lha (can still take some days until the file is available on Aminet).
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31.May.2002
Olaf Köbnik (E-Mail)
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Amiga Arena: Interview with Felix Schwarz (IOSPIRIT)
After we have not heard much of the software publisher "Innovative" we
were surprised that on April the chief developer Felix Schwarz has come
back with his newly founded company "IOSPIRIT" and new software-products!
Should this be a first sign of a change at the weakened Amiga market?
In this interview Amiga Arena talks with Felix Schwarz about his reasons
to go on developing for the Amiga market, about his new software products
as well as further new developments.
Felix Schwarz explains how he has found a solution for himself to
simultaneously support AmigaOS, MorphOS and emulators and how he is
able to do something against not permitted copying.
I completely agree with Felix Schwarz when he says: "Negative signs, negative effect - postive thinking and good products, positive feedback. Let's tackle!"
Finally it is in the hands of the users if they want to set a sign by buying Amiga products and thus make further developments possible.
Direct link: Interview in German
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31.May.2002
Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck (E-Mail)
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Thendic-France: First Pegasos Boards Shipped
Thendic-France has shipped within the planned time line the first
Pegasos
PPC computers with Yellow Dog Linux and MorphOS, and they announced a next
version of a Pegasos handheld. Please read the press release:
Thendic-France SARL, a subsidiary of Pretory USA Inc. (OTC: PTRU), an emerging
technology-based leader in security, detection equipment and medical devices,
today announced that is has shipped the first Pegasos PPC computer. The Pegasos
was developed by bplan GmbH of Frankfurt, Germany. Thendic-France SARL has
acquired the rights to organize and manage the worldwide distribution of the
Pegasos.
"We are very excited to be moving ahead with the Pegasos on schedule. We look
forward to both developing a reseller network and a development community for
the Pegasos. The next version of the Pegasos will be a handheld device and this
important step moves us closer to our ultimate objectives," commented Raquel
Velasco, Chairman of the Board.
Internet references can be found as follows:
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31.May.2002
Dietmar Knoll (ANF)
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AmigaOS XL: Experiences with the H&P Big-Tower 1800+ (Update)
Dietmar Knoll writes:
In my report, I describe the experiences I have made with the Big-Tower.
Version 1.18 of the report finally contains the promised chapters, in which I more closely describe "AmigaXL" and "QNX". Furthermore, I included some links to the "Software" chapter and added the latest "Patches for Amithlon".
Note: The last update was released one month ago. Since the webserver of Compuserve is frozen since the beginning of May, I uploaded this update to Fortunecity, although this server is a bit problematic. In QNX-Voyager popups are generated, in Amiga-Voyager only ads are displayed instead of the images. Therefore, I recommend to use AWeb or Amiga-Voyager (with background images switched off).
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