It is a neverending story. Theoretically the ultimatum
for Great Britain to leave the European Union would
have expired on friday at midnight. Now it seems as
if the ultimatum has been extended another 6 months.

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Netflix already got more expensive in the USA. Meanwhile
the prices in Europe have been risen as well. But just six
months later, Netflix rises prices again. Netflix states that
the higher prices result from a lot more investments…

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It is already well-known that the Apple Watch 4th Generation
has a well-functioning ECG component inside. Although it’s
quite reliable function, the ECG function is still not available to
all customers outside USA. And still no date visible when it will!

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It is time again! The bloodmoon in 2019 can be seen
well on January 21st. In Europe the event will start at
4.10am, the full darkness will be reached at 6.12am
and at 6:43am the whole event will be through.

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When it comes to supercomputers, there are
challenges all over the world. If you take a look
at the TOP500 list then you’ll see that Asia and
USA are currently fighting for Rank 1 on this list.

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iFixit has now found it’s way to Europe. This option now allows European
residents to order iFixit’s tools to repair devices like the ones from Apple
or common gadgets like gaming consoles and all the stuff. So you’ll no
longer have to worry about taxes and overseas mail.

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When it comes to Home Security, the USA is willing to take every step to
reduce any possible threat. As read here. Huawei was rejected when it came
to a public tender for network equipment dealing with the overseas
connections. Huawei offered the lowest prices, but the USA still refused.

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When it comes to Copyright and filesharing, the music industry is taking every
attempt to cross borders. In this case, the german Federal Court has confirmed
that ISPs have to issue private data from persons who violate the copyright.
That means, if a copyright owner files a lawsuit against a user from whom he…

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Just yesterday I have written about plane-based city surveillance in
Germany. The next step onwards to total surveillance of citizen is just
one step away. The project, called INDECT is just being enrolled and
already basis for wild speculations and citizen-enforced protests.

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The EU parliament has finally decided not to ratify ACTA in Europe.
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), currently enrolled in the
USA, was supposed to be the death of democracy and a, mildly expressed,
hidden way to allow the USA to control worldwide how piracy is handled.

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The Euro doesn’t have a chance to rest and get back it’s glory. Just now when
the economic crisis has taken down most of the icelandic finance sector, it
seems as if Iceland could need a new currency. But which one? The Euro could
be such one however Iceland seems to head for the canadian dollar…

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It seems, the economy rating won’t ever come to a silence andrest. This time, the US
rating agency Fitch has lowered the ratings for Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Belgium and Slovenia.
Cyprus has been hit very hard as they have BBB- which means that they’re only one rating
step away from junk rating. Although these news being published, the Euro didn’t loose.

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What to say, the European Union and the Euro have an immense crisis for quite a long
time now. Fights here, financial cuts there, failing agreements there, all in all no unity
at all. Greece, actually the biggest debitor in the European Union seems not to agree to
the planned big payment cuts that Greece should do in order to “survive”.

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I hate grey days. They make me somewhat depressive! So here’s some
video stuff for you to sweeten the week’s start although weather appears to
be grey and cold. That’s autumn! The steps to wintertime aren’t far away any-
more. I am interested to see how much snow this year may come down (if any).

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POW! Samsung has given second serving to Apple. It seems as if Samsung also
plans to prohibit the sale of the upcoming iPhone 5 in Europe also. Basis of the
sale prohibition is still the violation of wireless technologypatents Samsung is
holding. If a sale prohibition would actually come true, iPhone 5 may delay!

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