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BenG Splurts - News in brief
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Jason Compton resigns from VISCorp
As of December 16, 1996 Jason will no longer be employed by VIScorp in any
fashion.
Jason Compton is the editor of `Amiga Report' one of the longest running Amiga
news and information publications.
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UN to examine digital media copyright
With the ever expanding network of computers (InterNet) piracy has become an
ever increasing problem. The UN is to look at ways to protect the intellectual
property. Basicly that the transmission of copyrighted material will be treated
in the same way as hard copies.
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VISCorp
VISCorp still haven't obtaind the rights to the Amiga and are doing their best
to stop any other companies from using the Copyrighted Amiga hardware and
software. Not only are they producing very little momentum themselfs but are
also trying to stop any indipendent momentum on the Amiga front. Far from being
the saviour of the Amiga VISCorp have seemed to have turned into it's
executioner.
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Stealth Virus declared FAKE!
The US Government has declared the recent talk about `Stealth Virus' to be a
hoax (I wounder how many TAX $ were spent to find that out).
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AmiTCP/IP backdoor
Ami TCP/IP seems to have a bug in it that allows anyone with the knowlage to use
the finger to gain full unrestricted access to you system (when connected to the
net ofcourse).
To stop this you can edit the file
etc:inetd.conf
and edit out the finger command (put a # at the begining of the line).
Or you can use a safe finger replacement, there are many on AmiNet now and on
many top BBS.
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Backdoor in AmIRC ?
What is it this month backdoors in all the popular Amiga internet utilities.?!?!
Anyhow if you are using a version of AmIRC 1.0 or below then don't use any
scripts that make use of the CTCP sound commands. As users can cause trouble
with this command. This has been fixed in the newer versions of AmIRC but to
use the newer versions you need to be registered.
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Digital TV and Set-top boxs
Digital TV broad casts in Europe are due to start in 1997 according to BSkyB who
are hopping to stat shipping settop boxs in the latter half or 1997.
Amstrad have be said to be working/produced a settop box for use in the home on
a standard TV. With full internet software held on a EPROM that can easly be
updated online or via a cd-rom.
BT are said to have finished their settop design based on a low spec PC and it
is rumoured to be priced at arround 200 UK pounds.
VISCorp still dreaming of a set top box, come on boys you've only got a few more
months before the standard is set.
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UK Phone market opens up
1997 will see the opening up of the UK phone market, many have predicted an
aggressive campain by the American phone companies.
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Well thats about all this issue sadly the Amiga as a computer is still undecided
and my hat goes off to all the software and hardware developers that have stuck
with it.
Maybe I'll win the lotty this week and buy it up myself ;)
.--------_-Ben Gaunt (BenG) Ed: MB Sysop: Channel X 0181 943 5187-_-----.
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