Computer Hope newsletter #108
May 11, 2003 ISSUE 108
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
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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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Codec ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/codec.htm ) -
1. Short for compression / decompression, a codec is an algorithm or special computer program that reduces the number of bytes consumed by large files.
2. In communication a codec is short for coder/decoder. A codec is a chip that decodes analog-to-digital conversion and digital-to-analog.
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term 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: Apple's Online Music Store Sells 1 Million Tracks
* Apple Computer Inc. said on Monday that its iTunes music store, which opened for business a week ago, had sold more than 1 million songs at 99 cents each, a figure that record industry executives said topped internal expectations.
05/05/2003 - Sneaky software hijacks more browsers
05/05/2003 - Windows Hardware, Driver Developers Gain Portal
05/06/2003 - Tech Hiring to Remain Stagnant, Studies Say
05/06/2003 - Linux Goes to the Movies
05/06/2003 - Music industry's aggressive tactics tune out fans on Net
05/06/2003 - 3Com Moving Its HQ to Massachusetts
05/06/2003 - Microsoft Planning Upgrade to Project Software
05/06/2003 - Apple's Online Music Store Sells 1 Million Tracks
05/06/2003 - Apple Squashes E-Store ID Bug
05/06/2003 - Software bug sent Soyuz off course
05/06/2003 - Internet Security Systems' Web Site Defaced
05/06/2003 - Dell wants to drop 'Computer' from name
05/08/2003 - Tree-Saving Electronic Paper Comes a Step Closer
05/08/2003 - Microsoft .NET Passport Passwords, Including Hotmail Passwords
05/08/2003 - Gates quells fears over new PC security
05/08/2003 - Program Lets P2P Users Roam Free
05/08/2003 - EarthLink Gets $16M in Spam E-Mail Case
05/08/2003 - Windows Media Player Patched
05/08/2003 - Microsoft unveils new antispam tools
05/08/2003 - Microsoft to broaden DVD support
05/08/2003 - Intel Makes Advances on Serial ATA
05/09/2003 - $2 trillion fine for Microsoft security snafu?
05/09/2003 - Two start-ups take different paths to fuel cells for notebooks
05/09/2003 - Red Hat, Fujitsu sign partnership
05/09/2003 - DoCoMo wristphone sells out in 20 mins
05/09/2003 - Nanotechnology bill approved in the House
05/09/2003 - Mozilla's Latest Goes Beta
05/09/2003 - Overture to Cut 100 Jobs
05/09/2003 - Computer visionary George Morrow dies
05/09/2003 - Toshiba develops 36GB AOD disc
05/11/2003 - California eyes more Internet taxes
05/11/2003 - Video Game Industry Prepares for LA Extravaganza
05/11/2003 - Update: Nvidia NV35 Out Next Week
05/11/2003 - Is There Any Reason To Buy Microsoft Anymore?
05/11/2003 - Mid-week suffers spam overload
05/11/2003 - Online Game Craze Sweeps South Korea
05/11/2003 - Iran Moves to Block Critical News Web Sites
05/11/2003 - UK Telco Orange Deploys Red Hat Linux For Customer Database
05/11/2003 - Unix reclaims server speed crown
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1242003
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer Virus, Security and/or privacy threats
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* Virus: No new virus news this week.
* Security:
theregister.co.uk -- Microsoft's latest security lapse with its Passport information service could trigger a $2.2 trillion fine on the company courtesy of the US government.
Microsoft's latest security lapse with its Passport information service could trigger a $2.2 trillion fine on the company courtesy of the US government.
story.news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft has issued a patch for some versions of Windows Media Player, to remove what the company calls a critical system vulnerability.
* Privacy:
cnn.com -- Consumers shouldn't be worried that Microsoft Corp.'s new security technology will wrest control of their PCs and give it to media companies, Bill Gates said this week. They can always choose not to use it, he said.
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 on scripts and search engine.
- Updated and added questions and answers.
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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Additional information and help with the boot.ini.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000492.htm
Missing Windows hal.dll file.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000490.htm
Which version of Windows 95 supports AGP?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000145.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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This week we came across the Belkin Bluetooth USB adapter. A fantastic idea for anyone who wants to connect their laptops or computers to their Bluetooth devices.
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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