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April 27, 2003 ISSUE 106
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/nl106.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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Leet ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/leet.htm ) -
1. Term used by a select few individuals who consider themselves elite. Today individuals use this term to describe himself or herself as an elite hacker or haxor. Because this is generally not the case an individuals who consider themselves 'leet' are commonly looked down upon by real computer experts. Users may also announce themselves as elite by typing 1337, which looks like L - E - E - T.
2. Leet is also a small creature on the computer game Anarchy Online.
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: Judge: File-swapping tools are legal
* news.com.com -- A federal judge in Los Angeles has handed a stunning court victory to file-swapping services Streamcast Networks and Grokster, dismissing much of the record industry and movie studios' lawsuit against the two companies.
- BigPond users' email woes continue
- Mosaic Browser Marks 10th Anniversary
- Webby Awards ceremony canceled
- Judge: File-swapping tools are legal
- Edgar Codd, database theorist, dies at 79
- Intel Sees A 32-Bit Hole In Itanium
- Online marketers offer new antispam initiative
- Million-user online game previewed
- Now we compete with Unix, claims Microsoft
- Linux founder opens door to DRM
- Flyweight Linux PC comes out swinging
- Microsoft to delay Office debut
- Robot Soccer Promises Fierce Competition
- Google Buys Targeted Ad Firm as Overture Posts Profits
- Verizon Loses Suit Over Music Downloading
- About Google's Eric Schmidt
- Online marketers offer new antispam initiative
- More students arrested for sharing music
- Latest Microsoft bulletins affect Outlook, IE
- Oracle takes database potshot at Microsoft
- Here comes Half-Life 2
- JVC Announces GR-HD1 - World's First Consumer High Defintion Camcorder
- Apple to hold special event April 28
- Windows NT replacement rolls out today
- Man Claims Patent on EBay Bidding
- A pair of new Palms
- Charges laid in MP3 case
- Cable beats DSL in speed race
- New Law Putting Net-- and You -- at Risk
- Amazon.com scolded over child privacy
- Linux runs Office XP, but not Outlook
- New e-mail worm exploits SARS anxiety
- Hacker Smacks Down Madonna
- Students Lose Web Use in Copyright Case
- Microsoft Changes Windows Server License
- Intel Resumes 3-GHz Pentium Shipments
- Windows editions keep multiplying
- RealNetworks to buy Listen.com
- Unisys Delivers 106-CPU Server
- Bush Backs RIAA Lawsuit Against Verizon
- Private human spaceflight project revealed
- Half-Life 2 at E3
- AMD Readies Opteron
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:
- infoworld.com -- In the latest example of computer virus writers capitalizing on current events, a new e-mail worm uses fears about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) to entice users into opening a file attachment, infecting host machines and helping spread the virus to other machines on the Internet.
* Security:
- infoworld.com -- Two new product security patches from Microsoft target a number of critical security flaws in the Outlook Express e-mail application and Internet Explorer Web browser.
* 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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- Continued work effort on computer dictionary revamp.
- Computer Hope mistakenly misconfigured its script directory after performing a large update. This issue caused the majority of our scripts and programs to generate errors when they were viewed or executed. This issue was resolved late during the day. Additionally we would like to thank each of our visitors who let us know about this issue.
- Computer Hope continues to make significant updates to its new search engine and other scripts and plans on posting a new beta section for a full site revamp in the next few weeks.
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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There are no spare stack pages.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000399.htm
How to find information on the Internet?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000082.htm
Macintosh and/or PC monitor compatibility.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000403.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.phraselator.com/products.htm
This week we came across the "Phaselator", a product designed by VoxTec. The Phaselator is a hardware device capable of playing over 1,000 phrases in multiple languages over a speaker. Running on Microsoft Windows CE the device the device is weather resistant, small and light, and is also capable of being utilized for a PDA. Although much more expensive then a standard PDA, this device could be a invaluable device for travelers.
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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