Sunday, November 30, 2014

Police may soon return with DigiD – Focus on News

Sunday, 30. November 2014 – 11:14 Update: 30-11-2014 22:30

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do declaration over the Internet easier since April 2015. “An important step is that in the course of 2015 but also can log in with DigiD. This allows the declaration be signed digitally, “police reported.

The police is the Internet declaration on improving so that citizens can make it easier to use . The corps leadership has ordered this because it appears that at the point of usability and technical stability is gained.



Reporting Capabilities

Monthly receives the police about 32,000 Internet declarations . About 40% of the returns is done over the internet. Because about 40% of the declarations via the internet, the police can focus more on declarations for which detection indications and reports of serious crimes such as burglary, assault, etc.

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One OnePlus temporarily without invitation – Telegraaf.nl

People who want to purchase a OnePlus One smartphone, which can the next few days do without them having to be in possession of an invitation. Because Black Friday offers Chinese manufacturer devices for 72 hours free in all countries where it currently operates

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Dutch can thus take their chances without having to look for someone who can help them with an invitation. However, buyers need to register on the site.

One has a 5.5-inch large Full HD display, a 13 megapixel camera, a quad core processor and 3GB of RAM. The unit contains no standard version of Google’s Android operating system, but the custom CyanogenMod. This seems a lot like the regular version, but includes additional features.

On the One has a price tag of € 269 (16GB) or € 299 (64GB). In addition, € 15 to the shipping.

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Saturday, November 29, 2014

To the police line and with DigiD – NieuwsUit.com

As of April, the online digital declarations to the police signed with DigiD.

The line to the authorities, the police in the Netherlands, was already possible. However, in order to place the required signature on the declaration was a visit to the police station still required.

From April 2015 to visit the police station is no longer required, the digital declaration may be signed with DigiD .

This is one of the IT projects announced by the corps led by the Dutch police.

Many people now opt for to “the office” to report . This is partly following the reports earlier this year that a lot goes wrong with the internet returns. They lose, come to the wrong office, rightly or not finished.

By letting ICT systems upgrade and better coordinate a vote expected force management to improve revenue in the online declaration and do their processing. One of the new features will be that the declaration from April with DigiD can be signed.

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Friday, November 28, 2014

Ex-worker NASA: “I saw people on Mars in 1979 ‘- The Latest News

By: Yuri Vlemings
27/11 / 14 – 17u41 Source: metro.co.uk
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conspiracy theory ‘Jackie’, a woman who claims to be a former employee of NASA, says she along with six colleagues in 1979 on video two human beings in space suits on Mars has seen. The two would have walked quietly around the Viking spacecraft. That would prove the most massive cover-up in the history of space. If it is true, of course …

All this came to the surface when ‘Jackie’ her story via radio told John Lear, a former CIA pilot, ufologist and a known supporter of conspiracy theories. The audio clip was posted on YouTube and the ball started rolling.

The woman says she was at NASA along with six colleagues from the Viking images on several monitors to watch, when they suddenly saw two men in spacesuits. “Not that we used normally bulky, yet protective suits. They walked to the Viking.” The Viking Mars Lander was the forerunner of Mars Curiosity and the first Jeep vehicle that photographs of the surface of the red planet could send to Earth.

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And when the images were put stop, says Jackie. She then went upstairs, but the door was locked and taped with paper to block vision. Her question Lear was whether conscious guys that they had seen or not were colleagues from NASA.

John Lear, who started in all claimed that NASA had landed in 1966 on Mars, said that it is likely NASA engineers that repairs were performed at the Viking. The bright space suits were, according to him not even necessary because humans can adapt to the Martian atmosphere.

Questionable
The YouTube clip was posted in September but says nothing about the date of the broadcast on the radio. It is striking that “Jackie” has a “27-year-old mystery,” while 1979 has been 35 years ago. None of her colleagues has confirmed her story so far.

John Lear has again a very dubious reputation as a fan of conspiracy theories. Officially, there is never a man put a foot on Mars. But some believe in secret landing on the red planet in the 60s and 70s of last century.



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Comet Lander Philae anyway sleeps until March – Bright

Philae may be led in March 2015, because it approaches the sun. Scientists confirm that.

Scientists from the European Space Agency have “good hope” that awakens comet lander Philae a few months back. The lander is currently on comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko, but the battery is empty and he gets just one hour of sunlight per day. After carrying out measurements and transmit the data he went soon after his landing in a coma.

Heat

The team working on Philae and Rosetta said during an AMA on Reddit that the lander will soon get more sunlight and heat to come back to life. “We hope to generate enough energy to tinker Philae around March next year. First the lander should be warm (it was -70 degrees Celsius on the comet) before we can charge the battery.”

Surprises

attention was also paid to the surprising discoveries of Philae. So the scientists had thought that the surface of the comet ‘a lot softer “than the harsh land where Philae landed on, or rather bounced. Meanwhile, it is still unknown where exactly the lander. After landing was Philae lose them. Space probe Rosetta is closer to the comet to make pictures that the lander must be found.

Important mission

Finally explained comet scientist Horst Uwe Keller yet once that this mission is important. “A sample of the comet will teach us a lot about how our solar system ever created.”

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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Apple discontinues production of plastic iPhone 5c ‘- Telegraaf.nl

People who want to have a colored iPhone, should not long wait with their purchase. Apple stops next year with the production of plastic devices as alternative budget put on the market

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This was reported by MacRumors based a message in the Taiwan Industrial and Commercial Times. According to the report rolling budget models mid 2015 no longer from the factories of Apple producers Wistron and Foxconn.

The news follows a report by analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities earlier this week in which he reports that both the production of the iPhone 5c as the iPhone 4S is discontinued in 2015.

Apple currently sells only the 8GB version of the iPhone 5c colored. The budget unit is still available through other sales channels with more memory. The sales of the budget model launched last year set incidentally disappoint

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iPhone 5C production stopped in 2015 – XGN.nl

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Mammoth Skeleton auctioned quarter million – Dutch Daily (subscription)

A rare skeleton of a woolly mammoth at a British auction for nearly a quarter of a million euro sold. The skeleton is under auction Summers Place Auctions is one of the most complete specimens ever.

The skeleton is unusually tall and weighs an estimated at six tons. It comes as curator Errol Fullor rare for an almost complete skeleton comes on the market.

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Skeleton of mammoth Monty auctioned for 238,000 euros – The Standard

between 30,000 to 50,000 years old skeleton of a mammoth from the Ice Age was sold for more than 238,000 euros converted. What the anonymous buyer skeleton of ‘Monty’ plans could auction Summers Place in the English Billingshurst not say.

The bones of the skeleton of the mammoth, which in life and well-being must have weighed six tons, come from an Eastern European private collection and were saved because of the size of the beast in separate parts. The auction house had publicly sought for a name for the skeleton and eventually chose Monty.

There was interest from around the world, both from the private and museums, Summers Place announced. “Although mammoths not as rare as the skeletons of a dinosaur, it is not often that a nearly complete skeleton can be bought,” said curator Errol Fuller.

Also, a more than 30 centimeters egg of an elephant bird found a new owner. A Chinese museum bought it for 88,300 euros converted. According to Summers Place are well preserved eggs of the extinct bird for centuries the most expensive physics trophies.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Wild bees also deteriorated due to lack of flowers – GroeneRuimte.nl

The loss of flowers in the landscape could very well could be a major cause of the decline of wild bee species. This had long been suspected, but until now lacked evidence of this. That evidence is provided by means of research on bee pollen from museum collections. Alterra researcher Jeroen Scheper, together with colleagues including the universities of Wageningen, Leiden and Nijmegen examined pollen bees in museum collections. On this basis they could determine which plants for 1950 by bees were used as host plant. They thereby investigated 57 bee species.

“Our study found a clear relationship between the occurrence of bee species and their host plants,” says Scheper in an explanation of the research that has just been published in the scientific journal PNAS. “The population trend of host plants accounts for a major part of the population trend of the related bee species. The preferred planting declining bee species are in the course of time also deteriorated, and prefer planting outgoing bee species are precisely improved. Bees Types flying on plant families which our crops are doing relatively well, while species that are particularly wild plant species have degraded. That fits the trend that we have observed. “

Date and body size also play a role

 Bee species that are active early in the season do relatively better than species that are active later. This is probably because the flower offering in the current agricultural landscape in the Netherlands is that bad in the spring, but later in the season, from July, is limited. Also, the body size of the bees was found to play a role. Scheper “Larger species are harder deteriorated than smaller species, perhaps because they need more food and therefore dependent on a larger flower offerings are..”

Different types of host plants needed

 To reverse the decline of bees, we are not there with the sowing of flowers standard mixtures, as is now widely deployed. “That only offers relief to a limited part of the Dutch bee species.” According to the authors targeted measures are necessary to promote the availability of preferred host plants of different species in the landscape.

For more information, see the article Museum specimens reveal loss or pollen host plants as key factor driving wild bee decline in The Netherlands at the site of PNAS

source:. Alterra Wageningen UR, 25.11.14

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Monday, November 24, 2014

“Privacy College is toothless watchdog – Telegraaf.nl

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The Data Protection Authority (CBP) may soon often handing a penalty to violators of privacy rules, but doubts that this greater power in practice works. The college puts questioned the bill and is not afraid soon quickly and effectively act against gross violations of privacy laws

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The plan Secretary Fred Teeven (Security and Justice) and Minister Ronald Plasterk (Interior) Monday offered to parliament was already included in the coalition agreement. But the fear of arbitrariness in the imposition of fines.

According to D66 in the House seems like CBP gets more powers, but packed in practice probably very different. “The powers are fully curtailed because the government wants to give binding instructions before the Board may impose a penalty,” said MP Gerard Schouw. “This creates a toothless privacy watchdog fined only can if Mr Opstelten and Teeven suits.”

“This bill does not lead to better compliance with the Data Protection Act,” said CBP chairman Jacob Kohnstamm . “The cry of society is a watchdog with teeth. Now we are placed toothless restricted enabling companies and organizations will not feel the pressure to comply with the law. “

The CBP, which in the future will be called personally Authority may soon hand out fines as personal not be treated in a proper and careful manner or be kept longer than is necessary. Swinging on the coupon as well as the security is not good, the management of personal information is poorly organized or sensitive information about citizens, such as their political affiliation or belief, has been abused. The fines can be up to 810,000 euros in the worst case

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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Taxman helps computer illiterates with declaration – Telegraaf.nl

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The Tax is people who do not get along with internet address when making their declaration. They can authorize others who have sufficient digital skills. They can also get help if they want to try it yourself

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Secretary of State Eric Wiebe of Finance has announced that Friday to written questions from MP Henk Krol (50PLUS). Who worried after the announcement that the blue envelope tax will disappear and that returns must be made digitally. Krol is concerned that, among others, older people get into trouble.

Wiebe stresses will be introduced gradually in his response that the digital communication with the tax authorities. Also, according to him, the group has no access to the Internet is limited. Also, most older people are no longer illiterate

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Corning’s Gorilla Glass 4 makes smartphones file disappointing – Techzine

The fourth generation of Gorilla Glass can survive a fall, as we can see from a video announcement from Corning. Also Gorilla Glass 4 twice as strong as its predecessor.


Corning Gorilla Glass 4 puts big steps and we have something to really look forward to. The glass is resistant to fall on hard surfaces and thus be smartphones that its features are much more durable. Many major manufacturers are using Gorilla Glass and it therefore seems a matter of time before the first smartphones to provide them.

In the development of Gorilla Glass 4 have examined hundreds of employees of Corning broken screens. The conclusion, perhaps not surprisingly, is that the screens break most often when the smartphones with a speed fall on a hard surface.

In the drop tests do Gorilla Glass 4 survive about 80 percent of the challenges . A device is then subjected to one meter in height and with an angle of 180 degrees to the vagaries of gravity. The rate is about double of Gorilla Glass 3 and alternatives. Also Gorilla Glass 4 is not perfect, but it is a huge step.

According to Corning there are no disadvantages to Gorilla Glass 4, for example, the company was able to achieve the same degree of transparency. If the glass would have been less transparent, the underlying screen would be less visible or the backlight higher, the battery time is not beneficial.

Gorilla Glass 4 is already shipped with manufacturers, the upcoming months of the first devices of the glass will be provided.

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Friday, November 21, 2014

ESA converts sound landing on Comet online – Focus on News

The instrument, SESAM-CASSE that the sound clip recorded again during the descent and recorded clearly the first touchdown of Philae when he made the first contact with the comet, in the form of vibrations were observed in the undercarriage of the lander

Klaus Seidensticker of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research:. “Our data from the first touchdown show that the landing gear of Philae first soft top layer, probably dust several inches thick penetrated and then hit a few milliseconds later, a hard surface that probably consists of a sintered ice layer of dust. “

Water ice

Data from the SESAM-DIM instrument suggest that the current comet activity on the final landing layer while the preliminary data of SESAM-PP consistently a large amount of water ice under the lander show.



Link to audio clip

The sound is heard through this link

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Google Play Store now available for Chinese developers – Tech News

Google has decided to Google Play Store to expand. For Chinese developers, it is finally possible to make money on the apps in the Play Store. Although Chinese consumers have no access to the application store yet it will not be long before there is regular access because Google has set up access for developers.

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Users in more than 130 countries have access to the Google Play Store. Consumers in China can not use the service of the Play Store provisional because the Google Play Store is not made accessible to Chinese users.

The opening of the Play Store for developers in China, it seems an attempt by Google to also bring the store to China because the Internet giant needed permission from the Chinese authorities. Apple does have its own App Store in China and sees the proceeds therefrom to rise more and more Chinese are buying iPhones and iPads. For Google, it is definitely a smart choice because half of all Android users located in China

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

This does what juices with your body – Telegraaf.nl

Are you hours each day hunched over your phone and have your load of neck and back pain? New research shows that there is a connection between those two

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American scientists show that a curved ‘whatsapp attitude “unnecessary pressures on the neck. This in turn leads to a sore back, because bending the neck causes increased pressure on the spine.



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Bend your head at an angle of 60 degrees, already creates a pressure of 27 pounds on the spine. The tilting of the head by 45 degrees leads to a pressure of 22 pounds. A 30 degree angle is equal to 18 pounds of pressure and an angle of 15 degrees to 12 pounds of extra load.

This extra pressure on the neck leads according to researcher Kenneth Hansraj to premature wear and will eventually be even surgery may be needed to resolve symptoms resulting

Hansraj:. everyone should “Although it is almost impossible at this time to avoid the causes of this problem, tablets and phones, still make an effort in watch the right attitude on these devices. “

The study is published in the upcoming issue of the journal Surgical Technology International.

Earlier studies mated a poor posture already a number of health problems including back pain, weight gain, constipation, heartburn, migraines and respiratory problems

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Access data records tightened after European Court ruling – Focus on News

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The rules governing access to telecommunications data is tightened and the data is more protected and secured. “This with a view to better protect the privacy of citizens’, reports the Ministry of Security and Justice Wednesday.

The retention of telecommunications data remains. This is essential for the detection of serious offenses and prosecutions. This is clear from the government’s response to a ruling by the European Court of Justice. In that statement, from April 2014, the Court declared the Data Retention Directive invalid. This Directive contains rules for Member States on data retention in connection with the fight against serious crime. The Court’s ruling does not mean that Dutch rules have suddenly become invalid, according to the Cabinet. The Dutch law is legally come about, according to the appropriate procedures.

Minister of Security and Justice sent the government’s position Wednesday to the House. At the same time ask the minister to different bodies to advise on a bill that achieves the desired changes. The aim is to bring Dutch legislation in line with the ruling of the Court, when it comes to the privacy of citizens and the protection of personal data.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Datacenter Google gets Dutch wind – FOK!

The new data center that Internet giant Google is building at Eemshaven will run entirely on wind energy. The company on Tuesday announced it has signed a deal to purchase all of the energy of a wind farm at Delfzijl.


 

The eighteen windmills have near Delfzijl, as the park has been off, generating 62 megawatts. Eneco expects the wind farm about one and a half years off. The data center is expected to be completed in 2016.


 

Google and Eneco have signed a contract for ten years. How much money is involved with the deal was not disclosed.



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Monday, November 17, 2014

Call from your browser using Skype for Web – ZDNet.be

Microsoft has started making available a version of Skype that runs in web browsers. The beta of Skype for Web has been officially announced on 14 November.

The software is aimed at people who need Skype, but the normal app can not download. Or want The web application works on Windows with Internet Explorer 10 or later, the latest versions of Chrome or Firefox, or a Mac with Safari 6 or higher.

Users need to install the moment, a small plug-in to start a Skype call . No longer needed in the near future when the protocol Microsoft Web RTC (Real-Time Communications) implements its downloads or installations.

Chromebooks
Because at this time a plug-in is required, the Skype for Web-beta still does not work fully on Chromebooks. “It is to be used for sending text messages to each other,” a Microsoft spokesperson explains. “But the plug-in needed to conduct audio and video calls is not configured for Chromebooks. Therefore, devices that are not supported. Once your Web RTC is up and running, you can use the application from a Chromebook. “

According to a blog post from Skype on the new beta, there are some problems with the battery using Skype for Web on a Mac. And when outgoing calls may take longer than usual before anything happens, it may take longer but are already known problems.

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Google Glass looks at death – The Latest News

Arno Van Hauwermeiren
11/16/14 – 14u51 Source: techcrunch.com
Sergey Brin, when he was still with the Google Glass publicly appeared © Reuters.

Eighteen months ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt that the Google Glass a “strange thing” and that “there are places where the Google Glass can be “very inappropriate. Was that statement a sign on the wall?



Is the Google Glass same fate as the segway? suffer the © gajitz.com.

While the gadget was considered a few years ago as revolutionary, it seems now dying . Several Google techies who take the glasses developed, have now dropped out. Some consider the Google Glass even if the new ‘segway’, once considered ‘game changer’, but ultimately only be used by security guards.

Reuters News Agency took the acid test and contacted 16 app developers who were working on apps for Google Glass. As many as nine of them have their Glass projects have meanwhile boating. Three major Google developers Moreover leave the Glass team.

Even co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, who normally always appears with the gadget on his nose on the red carpet, the last time without Glass spotted. The future does not look so bright for the gadget. However,

Google claims that the glasses will come on the market, though the launch delayed until 2015. Also show fast-food multinationals like Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken interest in the Glass.

The Google Glass may well be dying after his death, perhaps blowing fast food chains in the gadget live again. Otherwise its security officers on their segway perfectly well what to do.

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“Websites HvA and UvA vulnerable ‘- Tech News

The websites of the University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam are vulnerable because of SSL certificate and old, making it possible to retrieve credentials. Two students from the HvA have reported this to Folia.

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The two students use a Raspberry Pi mini-computer for a derivative to make. the eduroam network This makes it look as if they are connected to the wifi network HvA. The students can leak easily watch when someone logs on the sites, they will retrieve credentials.

According to the students it is very easy to hack the websites. The two students have the vulnerability to the IT department of the UvA and HvA reported, but get no response. Since September this year Students have a tool that allows SSL connections to strip used so you can circumvent antiquated SSL versions

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