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March 2, 2003 ISSUE 100
C O M P U T E R H O P E . C O M N E W S L E T T E R
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl100.htm -
- 100th Edition -
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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1. Weekly Computer Term
2. What's new in the news last week
3. Computer Virus, Security and/or privacy threats
4. What's new at Computer Hope this week
5. Hot computer issues
6. All Talk
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1. Weekly Computer Term.
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Command language ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/commandl.htm ) -
Sometimes referred to as a script, a command language is a very limited programming language used for executing a series of commands. A good example would be commands used in a batch files.
See a complete dictionary of computer terms at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
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2. What's new in the news last week?
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Top News Story: Broadband Drives Internet Growth
* lightreading.com -- IDC predicts that the volume of Internet traffic generated by end users worldwide will nearly double annually over the next five years, increasing from 180 petabits per day in 2002 to 5,175 petabits per day by the end of 2007. To put these figures into perspective, the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress amounts to only 10 terabytes of information. By 2007, IDC expects Internet users will access, download, and share the information equivalent of the entire Library of Congress more than 64,000 times over, every day.
- Girl baffles teacher with SMS essay
- Best Software Takes Its ACT! Online
- Speed Demon of Wireless Network Heads to Homes
- Smart tools grapple with e-mail overload
- Computer glitch grounds domestic flights nationwide
- Monkeylike Baby Bot Meets World
- Outage hits Microsoft's bCentral
- Broadband Drives Internet Growth
- DOD spy database funding revealed
- TechWeb: New pricing model for Solaris
- Latest ID theft scam: fake job listings
- Palm lays off 19 percent of work force
- PDA Might Fade Away
- Gates: China to see Windows source code
- Alleged Ski Thieves Nabbed Through eBay
- Internet telephony protocol riddled with security bugs
- Feds confiscate 'illegal' domain names
- Google lands Web search patent
- Mac User Fights for Quieter Life
- Dell to unveil first printers in March
- Microsoft patches critical Windows Me flaw
- How Linux Could Trump Unix
- IT budgets may get fatter
- AOL Starts a Service For Copying of Music
- Sun Launching 'Project Orion'
- Self-powered DNA Computers Earn World Record
- Roxio to relaunch Napster this year
- Overture to buy Fast search
- Linux Could Become Inexpensive Alternative to Proprietary Systems
- Sun blade servers to use AMD chips
- Are Spammers Hiding Behind Students?
- The end of the old PC as we know it?
- Number of Asian programmers to rise
- Intel cuts prices on desktop P4s, some Xeons
- Microsoft eases switch to XP
- Lovgate.C worm spreading across Internet
- Microsoft sets date for Windows Server 2003
- National Semiconductor To Ax 500 Jobs
Find all of the above articles and latest news at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer Virus, Security and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
itworld.com -- A worm with high damage potential is spreading across the Internet, with initial outbreaks Monday in Europe and Asia, Trend Micro Inc. said.
The Lovgate.C worm, a variant of an earlier worm with the same name, propagates itself by replying to e-mail in a user's inbox with an attachment containing the bad code, Trend said. It then installs a backdoor port that allows a remote user to access and modify files on an infected user's system.
* Security: No new security news this week.
* Privacy:
cnn.com -- Internet job board Monster.com, acknowledging a growing problem for online career sites, is e-mailing millions of job seekers, warning that fake listings are being used to gather and steal personal information.
Computer Virus information can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/vlist.htm
Computer Security Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/secureqa.htm
Computer Privacy Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/privacyq.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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* With the new month of March, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you have your own website?" Quiz - "Which of the following is not a keyboard layout?" and tip - "Microsoft Office applications".
- Continued work on developing new scripts.
- Corrected mistake with download section.
Find up to the minute updates done to Computer Hope at:
http://www.computerhope.com/whatnew.htm
See the top 10 pages on Computer Hope at:
http://www.computerhope.com/chtop10.htm
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5. Hot computer issues.
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How to change the prompt.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000484.htm
How to determine an IP address.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000483.htm
Lost video after upgrading to Windows 98
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000035.htm
Find all of our issues and questions and answers at:
http://www.computerhope.com/qanda.htm
See all new questions and answer at:
http://www.computerhope.com/newqa.htm
See every Q&A in Computer Hopes database at:
http://www.computerhope.com/eqanda.htm
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6. All Talk
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With this weeks newsletter being our 100th edition we would like to thank each of our Newsletter subscribers and Computer Hope users for their continued support and feedback and look forward to having you as a subscriber and Computer Hope users.
http://www.kensington.com/html/1265.html
This week we came across the FlyFan, which is another great idea from Kensington. For those who have their computer in a stuffy or hot area the FlyFan is a portable USB fan that requires no batteries and is small enough to transport with your laptop.
If you have one of these laptops or are running the Lindows Operating System we would love to hear how you like or dislike this Operating System.
We would love to hear your comments; suggestions, interests, opinions, fun web sites or what ever is on your mind. E-mail us at newsletter@computerhope.com
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