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July 06, 2003 ISSUE 114
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/nl114.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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Hops ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/hops.htm ) -
The amount of connections in-between the source and destination. The traceroute command can be used with most operating systems to see how many hops it takes to reach a destination. Below is a basic example of what this may look like:
1 169 ms 190 ms 160 ms slc1-tc.xmission.com [166.70.1.20]
2 159 ms 160 ms 190 ms cisco0-tc.xmission.com [166.70.1.1]
3 165 ms 189 ms 159 ms www.computerhope.com [166.70.10.23]
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: Laptop Sales Beat Desktops for First Time
* story.news.yahoo.com -- Sales of laptop computers in U.S. stores outpaced those of desktop computers for the first time in May, according to a survey by market research firm The NPD Group.
06/30/2003 - Feinstein Seeks Hacker Notification Law
06/30/2003 - Interior Net systems ordered shut down
06/30/2003 - Microsoft Delivers iSCSI Support for Windows
06/30/2003 - Who owns your server?
07/01/2003 - Vivendi says key employees leave games unit
07/01/2003 - NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop
07/01/2003 - AOL encrypts instant messaging
07/01/2003 - No. of Internet users in Japan tops 56 mil
07/01/2003 - All e-commerce in EU to be slapped with VAT from Tuesday
07/01/2003 - Glitches hit FTC do-not-call list
07/01/2003 - Anti-Intel e-mail ruled not trespass
07/01/2003 - Microsoft shifting more jobs to India
07/01/2003 - Aimster shutdown upheld
07/01/2003 - New Toshiba notebook comes with 17-inch display
07/01/2003 - Dell settles suit with Dutch firm
07/01/2003 - Code inspection puts Apache on par with commercial Web servers
07/01/2003 - Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing Innovation Dead
07/02/2003 - CDs in soft drink cup caps
07/02/2003 - Court says Gator-style ads are legal
07/02/2003 - Study Puts a Price on Spam
07/02/2003 - Comcast: AT&T transition steady so far
07/02/2003 - Feds warn of mass hacker attacks
07/02/2003 - Big brother? U.S. wants surveillance system
07/02/2003 - Laptop Sales Beat Desktops for First Time
07/03/2003 - Linux lab hires second guru
07/03/2003 - EMC buys out BMC storage software
07/03/2003 - Microsoft plugs second Passport hole
07/03/2003 - VMware unveils software, plans IPO
07/03/2003 - Neoware Expands Product Line With Acquisition
07/03/2003 - Chipmaker ATI extends patent agreement with Intel
07/03/2003 - Microsoft Releases SMS 2003 Release Candidate
07/03/2003 - 'Raw deal' on printer ink
07/03/2003 - U.S. Unsatisfied with Microsoft Licenses
07/03/2003 - Hackers' Contest Site Vanishes
07/04/2003 - Dell Scraps Recycling Firm
07/04/2003 - Hacker jailed over extortion
07/04/2003 - Japan Sees Broadband Users Tripling by 2007
07/05/2003 - Hacker deface challange site is back online.
07/05/2003 - UK gamers shoot for a million
07/05/2003 - Microsoft compliance queried
07/05/2003 - Microsoft launches digital ID software
07/06/2003 - Can it, Spam firm tells American software makers
07/06/2003 - US attacks battlefield hackers
07/06/2003 - File Swappers to RIAA: Download This!
07/06/2003 - Web vandalism contest results unclear
07/06/2003 - Pope hires experts to ward off website attackers
07/06/2003 - Study Challenges Video-Gamer Stereotype
07/06/2003 - Canadian Insurer ING Chooses Linux For Business Applications
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1802003
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:
- zdnet.com.com -- Microsoft fixed a security flaw in its Passport online identity system after the vulnerability was revealed by a Latin American hacker.
- news.zdnet.co.uk -- America Online released on Monday an updated version of its AOL Instant Messenger service that offers client-to-client encryption.
* Privacy:
- dc.Internet.com -- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced legislation Friday to require businesses or government agencies to notify individuals if a database has been broken into and personal data has been compromised, including Social Security numbers, driver's licenses and credit cards.
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 July, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you purchase CDs more or less with the availability of MP3s?" Quiz - "Which of the following is not a search engine?" and tip - "Internet Explorer users".
- Added new question and answer.
- Continued work on dictionary.
- Working on the finalization of site wide update, which will involve an update to every site on Computer Hope.
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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Preventing Microsoft Windows from prompting for a CD.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000508.htm
Unable to disable Write Precomp within CMOS is there another way?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000183.htm
My monitor shifts when changing the resolution
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000194.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.ideative.us/flexusb.htm
A great idea for desktop and laptop users who find their computers in tight locations the "FlexUSB" enables users a flexible USB option of being able to get your USB devices to the computer.
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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