Now to the news part. A new update of "Safe" has been released today. Here is some info about the archive:

Name: Safe v17.6
Archive name : Safe.lha
Archive size : 40.427
Date : 27 December 2001
Programmer : Zbigniew Trzcionkowski Requires : OS 2.04+, xvs.library

Changes in the archive:

Safe v17.6: - nothing

WatchDog v1.5:
- Harrier generic memory removal
- Vaginitis clones generic memory detection

Integrity v1.0: - first working GUI-based version of integrity checker

• Report about Amiga viruses and antivirus software.
• Descriptions of Exodus, Payback and Chimera (music album by Amiga musician).
• Reports about the Amiga Meeting 2001, and the Symphony Festival scene party.
• Interview with Bernd Meyer - author of Amithlon.
• Poll results: what polish users think about the new Amiga and PCI cards and slots.
• Reviews of AminetCD and PurePasic.
• Some competitions for readers with prizes like Amiga games, books and CDs.

I released a new version (1.1) of WB-Tools.

WB-Tools is a collection of arexx-scripts for adding additional functions to the workbench. These scripts are described in my workshop "Komfortabel: Workbench mit ARexx erweitern" published in issue no. 1/2002 of the Amiga-Magazin. WB-Tools is a invitation for programming your own addons. It is easy to install and to use it.

Features:

• Simple keyboardfunctions via WB-Keys: DEL delets the selected object, Enter opens the selected object, Backspace moves to the parent window, Escape closes the current window, furthermore there are the arrow-keys at the numberblock (with and without the shift-key). I do not reveal theire functions but these functions make the Workbench complete.
• Menu-functionen via WB-Menus: fix all open windows, Store and restore the psoitions of the open windows, close all windows.
• AmiDock-functionen via WB-Toolbar: compression of selected items (lha, lzx, zip), display the content of a lha-, lzx- or zip-archive, create a new drawer, rename.

Available versions of HSMathLibs and stormamiga.lib:

• HSMathLibs 881/82 V.44.50 beta 1 (14.02.01)
• HSMathLibs 040 V.44.50 beta 7 (27.01.01)
• HSMathLibs 060 V.44.50 beta 7 (27.01.01)
• stormamiga.lib for StormC V.45.00 beta 6 (22.12.01)
• stormamiga.lib for SAS/C V.45.00 alpha 5 (02.03.01)

We wish Petra and the whole amiga-news.de team a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, too.

Changes:

• ARexx: added lots of commands.
• Signatures can now be stripped when replying.
• Folder names are now rendered in bold when containing new mail.
• Improved the wordwrap while quoting.
• Option to not quote empty lines.
• Your address is filtered out when replying a multiple recipient email.
• Modified the STARTTLS code following the suggestions from Jörg Strohmayer.
• Every folder can now have a default recipient address.
• Can now import address books from YAM.
• Implemented CC support in the Compose Message window.

ARABIC: Saiid yom al-milaad wa senat jadiida
ARMENIAN: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
AZERI-AZERBAIJAN: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
BASQUE: Zorionstsu Eguberri. Zoriontsu Berri Urte
BULGARIAN: Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo. Tchestita Nova Godina
CATALAN: Feliç nadal i bon any nou
CHINESE-CANTONESE: Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
CHINESE-MANDARIN: Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan
CZECH: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
DANISH: Glædelig jul og godt nytår
DUTCH: Prettige Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
ENGLISH: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
ESTONIAN: Roomsaid Joulu Phui ja Uut Aastat
FINNISH: Hyvää Joulua. Onnellista Uutta Voutta
FRENCH: Joyeux Noel et heureuse Anne
GAELIC-IRISH: Nollaig mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fé Mhaise
GAELIC-SCOT: Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur
GERMAN: Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr
GREEK: Kala Khristougena kai Eftikhes to Neon Ethos
HAWAIIAN: Mele Kalikimake me ka Hauloi Makahiki hou
HEBREW: Mo'adim Lesimkha
HUNGARIAN: Boldog Karacsonyl es Ujevl Unnepeket
ICELANDIC: Gledlig jol og Nyar
INDONESIAN: Selamah Tahun Baru
IRISH: Nollaig shona diobh
IROQUOIS: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut
Ojenyunyat osrasay
ITALIAN: Buon Natale e felice Capo d'anno
JAPANESE: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
KOREAN: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
LATVIAN: Priecigus Ziemas Svetkus un Laimigu Jauno Gadu
LITHUANIAN: linksmu sventu Kaledu ir Laimingu Nauju Metu
LUXEMBURGHISH: Schéin Chrëschtdeeg an dudden
Rutsch an d'néit Joer
MANX: Ollick Ghennal Erriu as Blein Feer Die
Seihil as Slaynt Da'n Slane Loght Thie
NORSE-DANISH: Gledlig jul og godt Nytt Aar
POLISH: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia i szczesliwego
Nowego Roku
PORTUGUESE: Feliz Natal e prospero Ano Novo
RAPA-NUI (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi
Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
ROMANIAN: Sarbatori Fericite. La Multi Ani
RUSSIAN: Pozdrevly ayu sprazdnikom Rozhdestva Khristova
is Novim Godom
UKRANIAN: Veselykh Svyat i scaslivoho Novoho Roku
SAMOAN: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
SLOVAK: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
SERB-CROATIAN:Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
SINGHALESE (Ceylon/Sri Lanka): Subha nath thalak Vewa
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
SLOVENE: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
SPANISH: Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo
SWEDISH: God Jul och ett Gott Nytt År
TAGALOG (Filipino): Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
TURKISH: Yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun
WELSH: Nadolic Llawen. Blwyddn Newdd Dda

• New catalogs (Russian, Polski, Deutch,latvian, Norsk ...)
• New effects: Relief, Sharpen, Fiber, Stone, Glass.
• New text effect: Stamp, Stamp2 and FlatShade (from Markus Castro)
• New Arexx Box script: CreatePlanete.rx (from Markus Castro)
• New picture effect: Rotate any Angle
• New tools: Correct Picture Rotation
• New 'Movie factory' effect: Blur, Horizontal BLur, Vertical Blur
• Improve some effects: Much faster
• Improve antialiasing: Much faster and better aspect
• Improve Polar Coordinates
• Fix an EnforcetHit with the requester palette and PopupMenu
• Stone, Fiber and Liquid can use now Color Gradient with transparency.
• Fix some bug with animation.
• Improve Control requester: Much Faster, New mode: Maximum, Minimum, threshold, Multiply, Screen and Exclusion.
• Improve VisualPrefs compatibility (I think I fix the problem, on some configuration, about garbage in main window when you resize it from a reduced view to the original size)
• With the help of NewIcon.library, PfPaint can now load standard Icon; load and save NewIcon.
• You can change the amount of transparency of the popupmenu.
• Fix a bug with the TTF font (and the TTFlib).
• Fix a bug with the 'Page size' requester.
• All effects are now stored in an asynchron window, it's much easy to select an effect.
• Brush can be saved in PPM and sculpt format (separate raw alpha,red,green and blue file)
• In Zoom mode, picture is always centered.
• Saving with thumbnail newicon works well now.
• Arexx command to save Icon: pp_SaveIconFor file type.

• fixed deadlock problems with multiple PING responses
• improvements for dealing with the new V3 RIPE database
• improvements in WHOIS network prefix lookup tables

• netinfo_211.lzx (163K)
• netinfo_211.lha (198K)

• Fixed AGA display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Fixed display scaling on CGFX for YUV221111 based codecs.
• Added support for MP3 hardware decoders, added MP3HW CLI/tooltype argument.
• Added PUBSCREEN CLI/tooltype argument.
• Fixed 8-bit window display for YUV221111 based codecs.
• DITHER is now default direct color emulation mode for 8-bit display.
• VIDEOCHANNEL and AUDIOCHANNEL CLI/tooltype arguments.
• Some speed improvements in DivX;-) codec.
• Added DEPTH24 CLI/tooltype argument for 24-bit output on fullscreen.
• Few bugfixes in QT parser.
• Fixed crash on last frame on animation.
• Fixed some problems in RainbowRunner codec.

• -- the "amigancp.library" providing all the network I/O functions.
• -- the AmigaNCP-FileSystem providing transparent access to Psion files from the AmigaDOS environment. Includes transparent charset translation feature and possibility to store icons on the Amiga side for full workbench integration.
• -- the AmigaNCP-FileServer providing transparent access to Amiga files from the Psion side with optional on-the-fly character conversion.
• -- a print server allowing to print directly from your Psion to a printer connected to your Amiga.
• -- full developer documentation and associated material to faciliate NCP services from within your own applications.

• -- AmigaOS 2.04 or better (localization supported).
• -- the IBM-PC version of the 3-Link cable.

• -- Amiga to Psion clipboard transfer now working (S5/EPOC32 mode only)
• -- fixed ACTION_SET_DATE and ACTION_SET_PROTECT for S5/EPOC32 mode

• All known errors removed.
• The functions getpid, flock, cot and pow2 added.
• The functions strtol and strtoul rewritten.
• Better support of StormC V4.
• Support of StormC V2 removed.
• Some changes in the include files done.
• Guide and installer script revised.
• Some other small things done.

• pci.library ver.5.0
• MediatorNET.device ver.2.4 (Ethernet 10Mbps PCI cards)
• Voodoo.card ver.2.10 (Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3/4/5 PCI graphic cards)
• Virge.card ver.1.4 (S3 ViRGE, S3 ViRGE DX PCI graphic cards)

• sb128.audio ver.4.5 (SoundBlaster PCI128 sound cards)
• Voodoo.card ver.4.11 (Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 PCI graphic cards)
• mixer.library ver.1.3 (SB128, FM801, SB Live!, SB Audigy sound cards)
• tv.library ver.1.5 (TV tuner cards)
• FastEthernet.device ver.1.4 (10/100Mbps FastEthernet cards)