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June 1, 2003 ISSUE 110
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/nl110.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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Leaf ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/leaf.htm ) -
Term used to describe an object that is at the bottom of a hierarchical system and cannot contain anything or have anything below it. A leaf commonly connects to the branch or root, in a computer file system a leaf would be known as a file.
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: Microsoft to abandon standalone IE
* news.com.com -- Microsoft is phasing out standalone versions of its Internet Explorer Web browser, according to statements attributed to IE program manager Brian Countryman in an interview posted on the software giant's Web site.
05/27/2003 - Broadband balloons take off
05/27/2003 - Matrix sequel pirated online
05/27/2003 - File swapping shifts up a gear
05/27/2003 - Kazaa to patch 'serious' vulnerability
05/27/2003 - Adobe Acrobat 6.0 product line shipping
05/27/2003 - From PlayStation to supercomputer
05/27/2003 - Microsoft expands Software Assurance
05/27/2003 - Microsoft readies 'Green,' unified code base for business apps
05/27/2003 - Keeping the Web Royalty-Free
05/28/2003 - TheftGuard Protects Notebook Data
05/28/2003 - Microsoft Pulls XP Update Over Glitch
05/28/2003 - Sprint starts packet shift
05/28/2003 - Microsoft to lower Office prices
05/28/2003 - Symantec to provide DOD with threat info
05/28/2003 - Jury: eBay guilty of patent infringement
05/28/2003 - Apple limits iTunes file sharing
05/28/2003 - German Software Group Threatens to Sue SCO on Linux
05/28/2003 - RealNetworks' Listen.com to Lower Fees
05/28/2003 - Microsoft Loses City of Munich Deal to Linux
05/28/2003 - Gesture Your Mouse Goodbye
05/28/2003 - Study: Playing video games not so mindless
05/29/2003 - Microsoft patches up IIS, Windows Media Services
05/29/2003 - Wireless credit card in development
05/29/2003 - Study finds CIA falling behind in IT know-how
05/29/2003 - Google US Puzzle Championship
05/29/2003 - Amazon to add more stores to site
05/29/2003 - Marconi cuts 500 jobs amid worsening markets
05/29/2003 - DoS Holes Plugged in Apache 2.0
05/29/2003 - AOL drops RealNetworks for Dolby
05/29/2003 - Asia running out of IP-address room
05/30/2003 - IBM, Cisco dive into corporate streaming
05/30/2003 - Microsoft to pay AOL $750M
05/30/2003 - MS creates new group to clean its coding act
05/30/2003 - Major brand hard drive vendors recall defective products produced in China
05/30/2003 - Web offers 'Star Wars' sneak peek
05/30/2003 - 3DO files for bankruptcy
05/30/2003 - AOL, Microsoft may let IMs talk
05/30/2003 - Number plate scan to be extended
05/30/2003 - Microsoft: Spam Will Be Canned
06/01/2003 - Don't Ask Jeeves Anymore
06/01/2003 - Judge dismisses suit against Google
06/01/2003 - Microsoft to abandon standalone IE
06/01/2003 - Yahoo issues IM, chat security patches
06/01/2003 - Colleges Offer Degrees in Video Gaming
06/01/2003 - Fizzer blasts Klez-H off top spot in viral charts
06/01/2003 - Make way for the contender to Google's crown
06/01/2003 - Hackers Put 'Bane' in Shadowbane
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1382003
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:
theregister.co.uk -- The newly emerged Fizzer worm has displaced Klez as the most common viral menace on the Internet over the last month
* Security:
news.com.com -- Yahoo issued on Friday security patches for its Yahoo Instant Messenger and Yahoo Chat clients in an effort to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the software.
Internetnews.com -- As part of a deliberate effort to be proactive about security updates, the Apache Software Foundation on Wednesday released a new version open-source Apache 2.0 HTTP Server to fix two potentially serious denial-of-service vulnerabilities.
infoworld.com -- Microsoft released two security bulletins on Wednesday, warning of security holes in its Web server software and in Windows Media Services affecting various versions of the Windows operating system.
news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft Corp. withdrew a security improvement for its flagship Windows XP software after it crippled Internet connections for some of the 600,000 users who installed it.
news.com.com -- Users of file sharing programs such as Kazaa and iMesh are urged to install a security patch after a serious bug was discovered in their underlying network.
* 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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* With the new month of June, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you think computers will some day be smarter then humans?" Quiz - "How many bits are in a byte?" and tip - "IBM compatible users running Microsoft Word, Excel and most other programs that list recent files.".
-Updated dictionary with additional updates and corrections.
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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Do you have additional information on FDISK /MBR?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000175.htm
What is win386.swp:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000358.htm
Generic BIOS password listings:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000451.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.fingerworks.com/igesture.html
This week we came across the iGesture Pad while linking to a news article from Wired. This unique device allows the computer user to perform commonly performed tasks by performing an assortment of different hand gestures on a touchpad. Unlike any other device we have seen this is a very fascinating product and idea and is working checking out.
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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