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AmiChess: New version with increased playing strength (09. Feb. 2003)
Under the title link there is a new version of AmiChess which has been recompiled with StormC 4. Apart from some minor bug fixes, the WarpOS version in particular has benefitted from the recompilation. Calculation speed of the WOS version could nearl...

TOTAL AMIGA Magazine: Issue 14 coming soon - to a post box near you (08. Feb. 2003)
HOLLYWOOD The new multimedia authoring package for the Amiga. But can it topple SCALA? Our reviewers sit in front of the screen and bring you their verdict. Our main Feature is: WEBDESIGN! A true epic struggle, starring brave and determined revie...

Image Editing: SView5 Carnival Discount (07. Feb. 2003)
Since requested by several registered SViewIV users, there's now the limited offer for a discount when registering SView5 as a previously registered SViewIV user. If you sent in your SView5 registration form before 5th March (before carnival...

Aminet Uploads until 07.02.2003 (07. Feb. 2003)
It follows the Aminet uploads which have been added since our last message: IBrowseSP.lha comm/www 20K+IBrowse 2.x spanish cat. v2.3.0 DC2Lvl-C64.lha game/data 191K+81 levels for Diamond Caves II FS_25thyear.lha game/data ...

Golem: Good Old Adventures - Guybrush Threepwood meets Larry Laffer (07. Feb. 2003)
»Multi player versions of old Sierra- and LucasArts games based on browsers The Dutch company Q42 brings back old Sierra- and LucaArts adventures on PC. The web-developers have copied parts of worlds together with the characters from Space Quest 1 and 2...

ReDesign of CD³²/CDTV-Corner planned - Help needed (07. Feb. 2003)
We are looking for an experienced Web designer who can develop a new design for the CD³²/CDTV-Corner. Thorsten Schölzel can answer questions via email. Thorsten Schölzel: "The current design of the CD³²/CDTV-Corner is old-fashioned. With the new ...

A.C.T. with new website (07. Feb. 2003)
A.C.T. - until April 1999 successful Amiga hard- and software producer - is accessable with a new website for a few days. For Amiga users it is interesting to know that a German support forum has been created for users of the Prelude and Samplitude pro...

Inofficial MorphOS-Patch for IBrowse 2.3 (07. Feb. 2003)
Unofficial MorphOS version string patch for IBrowse 2.3. IBrowse 2.3 falsely claims MorphOS system is using AmigaOS. (Particularily misleading since MorphOS systems are reported as running AmigaOS 4.0). This is a crude hack that just replaces all ...

Advertisement: AmiBench closes website (07. Feb. 2003)
Mark 'tecno' Wilson who is the maintainer of Amibench which is the website for international and free advertisement has announced that he will close his site. The reason are users who insult him for admitting sales of pirat copies. Completely enervates ...

Manager Magazine: Will UMTS Flop? (06. Feb. 2003)
»The adventure UMTS costs millions and the new technology won't bring in a profit until 2014. A mistaken investment? Deutsche Telekom, Nokia, Siemens and Nortel Networks still claim to be optimistic that UMTS will be a success.« Click on the title link f...

Filesharing: DirectConnect Client for AmigaOS (06. Feb. 2003)
Diego 'DCR8520' Casorran has ported DCTC ("DirectConnect Text Client") to the Amiga (see also today's report). DCTC is a text-based client for the file-sharing network "Direct Connect". An early beta version of Amiga-DCTC is ready for download. Diego need...

Golem: Hewlett-Packard Decides Against Package Fee on PCs (06. Feb. 2003)
»HP: "12 Euros Just for the Designation 'VG' - Requirements of the GEMA stand out" Sharp criticism is directed by Hewlett-Packard at the ruling of the German Patent and Trademark Office because of the fee on PCs in the amount of 12 Euros for every pu...

Golem: GNOME 2.2 - New Version of Linux Desktop Appears (06. Feb. 2003)
"New Features, Better Performance and Increased Stability" Five months after GNOME 2.0 and so a month earlier than planned, the GNOME-Team has released version 2.2 of their Unix/Linux Desktops for all of their development platforms. The new version i...

OS4 Team seeking Translators (06. Feb. 2003)
As you can see in the title, translators for German and other languages are being sought for OS4, because the translation service ATO can't help in all areas. Other needed translations include: Bosnian, Croatian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Persian, Portugese a...

Thomas Richter in c.s.a.p.: Further Developers Needed (06. Feb. 2003)
Thomas Richter writes in the newsgroup comp.sys.amiga.programmer: As you may or may not know, my Amiga "died" a few months ago and I decided to shelve all support for my Amiga software, starting with DiskSafe and ending with MuLib Packet. A new Maintaine...

Demo scene: Genesi sponsors Equinoxe (05. Feb. 2003)
For the Demo-Contest by Equinoxe Genesi donates Pegasos mainboards as prizes. Furthermore all contributors for Pegasos/MorphOS will get polo shirts with the slogan "MorphOS Demo Team". At the comments regarding this news item at MorphOS-News.de B...

Filesystem: muFS- and FFS-Patch (both V45.14 Beta) (05. Feb. 2003)
By the title link there is a patch (beta version 45.14) by Etienne Vogt for the multi user filesystem 'muFS' for AmigaOS 3.5 and better available. Please read the Readme for more details. Furtherore the author provides a patch (beta version 45.14) for...

the inquirer: Playstation3 architecture revealed (05. Feb. 2003)
Like from the article above by 'the inquirer' is to hear the new Playstation3 will be powerd by a PowerPC-CPU. ...

Game: Mac version of Payback published (05. Feb. 2003)
On January the 15th 2003 the Mac version of 'Payback' has been published. You can order it at the Virtual Programming Website. With 'Payback' you jump into the role of a young driver who is on escape and tries to become an important gangster boss. ...

TV card software: AmithlonTV Beta 251 (05. Feb. 2003)
Guido Mersmann has released beta version 251 of the TV-Card driver software AmithlonTV. New in this version: BUGFIX: Many small changes. Nothing realy important. FEATURE: Well, not realy a feature. There is a new debug setup window for the m...