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March 23, 2003 ISSUE 102
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/nl102.htm -
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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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Username ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/u/username.htm ) -
Name given to a user on a computer or computer network. This name is commonly an abbreviation of the users full name and/or his or her alias. For example an individual known as John Smith may be assigned the username of smitj, which is the first four letters of the last name followed by the first letter of the first name.
Usernames allow multiple users to use the same computer and also commonly allow user to have his or her own personal settings and files. Usernames used on Internet websites are commonly used to allow a user to have his or her own personal settings and identification on that website.
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: Cisco to Acquire Linksys for $500 Million in Stock
* story.news.yahoo.com -- Cisco Systems Inc., the No. 1 maker of equipment that directs Internet traffic, on Thursday said it will buy privately held Linksys Group, a provider of home networking products for consumers and small offices, for about $500 million in stock.
- SonicBlue to File for Chapter 11
- F5 Networks wins patent, files suit
- Microsoft helps out in hacking course
- Dell readies printer launch
- Intel developing robot technology
- Slackware Linux 9.0 is released
- Wireless power charges gadgets
- Cisco to Acquire Linksys for $500 Million in Stock
- E-mail virus exploits war interest
- War's onset spikes Web traffic
- Dell Expands Consumer Recycling With Option for Home Pick-Up of Unwanted Computer Equipment
- Al Gore joins Apple's board
- Microsoft Warns Windows Users About Flaw
- Amazon wont honor pricing mistake
- USA buying remainder of Expedia
- HP to Become Preferred Vendor of Red Hat Linux
- Technology Sector Lost 560,000 Jobs in Two Years
- Descrambler promises free pay-per-view, but buyers wind up with big bills
- Apple pulls plug on original iMac
- Apple dips toes into clustering
- New Intel Products Accelerate The Transition To Higher Ethernet Speeds
- Internet banking passwords stolen
- U.S. military computer attacked
- Applied chips away at sites, work force
- RIAA warns 300 companies on piracy
- Gateway to cut 1,900 jobs
- RIAA website now hidden in plain sight
- Security hole in Windows 2000 servers
- How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows
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:
news.bbc.co.uk -- Computer security experts are warning about a new e-mail virus that feeds on public interest in the war against Iraq.
* Security:
story.news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned about a serious flaw in almost every version of its popular Windows software that could allow hackers to seize control of a person's computer when victims read e-mails or visit Web sites.
smh.com.au -- Internet bank customers have been warned to monitor their accounts for hackers.
The warning follows a scam email being sent en masse to Australian Internet users in an attempt to steal their account passwords
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
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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- Updated dictionary.
- Started work on site wide re-vamp.
- Continued our work on new upcoming scripts.
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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Device Manager reports a device as a category and will not remove it.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000196.htm
Getting subject added to the mailto command.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000056.htm
How to resize an image with HTML.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000055.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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http://www.gobookmax.com/
This week we came across the GOBOOK MAX, one of the strongest notebooks we have ever seen. The GOBOOK MAX has been built to withstand drops, shocks, dust, heat, cold, and even liquid.
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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