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July 06, 2003 ISSUE 115
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/nl115.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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Electronic white board ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/elecwb.htm ) -
1. A hardware device that is similar to a white board found in schools and businesses that transmit information written on a white board to a computer or multiple computers.
2. A software program that resembles a white board found in schools and businesses however is used through the computer. Users can type/draw on the electronic whiteboard and commonly have the data being written down displayed on multiple computers.
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:
* news.com.com -- Adobe Systems plans to announce new versions of its video-editing software Monday, including a Windows-only application that marks another high-profile defection from Apple Computer's Macintosh operating system.
07/07/2003 - Giant printer goes on show
07/07/2003 - Adobe pares Mac support
07/07/2003 - Calling via Internet has suddenly arrived
07/08/2003 - EMC to buy software firm for $1.3 billion
07/08/2003 - Motorola puts nanotubes in screens
07/08/2003 - Dissertation Could Be Security Threat
07/08/2003 - Court backs thumbnail image linking
07/08/2003 - Hi-tech babble baffles many
07/08/2003 - Microsoft discontinues SideWinder peripherals
07/08/2003 - Intel Buys Canadian Chipmaker
07/08/2003 - Start-up to unveil new way of encryption
07/08/2003 - Foreign student tracking system called inefficient, intrusive
07/08/2003 - Packages May Soon Send Data on Consumers
07/08/2003 - ISP helps members sell Net to neighbors
07/08/2003 - Overture usurps Google at Freeserve U.K.
07/09/2003 - IBM Offers New Privacy Automation Tools
07/09/2003 - G5 to make first public appearance at Macworld CreativePro
07/09/2003 - Wal-Mart cancels 'smart-shelf' trial
07/09/2003 - AOL updates terms of service
07/09/2003 - Switch on for powered data networks
07/09/2003 - File swappers 'buy more music'
07/09/2003 - Talking computers nearing reality
07/09/2003 - New Memory That Doesn't Forget
07/09/2003 - DARPA awards high-performance computing contracts
07/09/2003 - Nanotech for New Organs
07/09/2003 - Apple shuffles software executives
07/10/2003 - Thailand's online gamers face curfew
07/10/2003 - Shock risk in some laptops
07/10/2003 - New site spoofs PayPal to get billing information
07/10/2003 - Microsoft releases three new patches
07/10/2003 - SAP, Red Hat plan new partnership
07/11/2003 - Games Invade Hollywood's Turf
07/11/2003 - Sun expands Unix deal with SCO
07/11/2003 - Lucerne Valley man patents ethical artificial intelligence
07/11/2003 - U.S. Court Blocks Washington Video Game Sales Law
07/11/2003 - Autonomy buys video software rival
07/13/2003 - 'AOL Journals' To Bring Blogs To Millions
07/13/2003 - AOL: Amazon who?
07/13/2003 - Why online ads do not work
07/13/2003 - Newest Lindows Runs from a CD
07/13/2003 - DoubleClick to Sue MaxWorldwide for $10M
07/13/2003 - Bill Gates Email Hoax Tops the Charts
07/13/2003 - Virus Alert: Worm Uses Own SMTP Engine to Spread
07/13/2003 - Music industry sues Spanish Web site
07/13/2003 - Hacker who defaced websites in Australia arrested
07/13/2003 - Microsoft to face patent violation claims today
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1872003
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:
Internetnews.com -- W32/Israz-A is an email worm that spreads using its own SMTP engine. W32/Israz-A also targets the KaZaA file sharing utility. Upon execution the worm creates copies of itself in the Windows system folder with the filenames vShell.exe and Win32.exe.
* Security:
Internetnews.com -- The series of Bill Gates email chain letters is topping the charts as the most prevalent scam on the Internet, choking corporate in-boxes, clogging bandwidth and causing headaches for IT managers
vnunet.com -- Microsoft released three security bulletins yesterday, one 'critical' and two 'important', which between them cover all Windows platforms.
story.news.yahoo.com -- A new Web site spoofs the PayPal Inc. online payment site and attempts to trick PayPal customers into divulging sensitive account and billing information. The fake Web site is the latest example in what security experts say is a rising trend of "brand spoofing" scams.
* 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.
- Updated numerous misc. pages.
- Continued our work on finalizing the site wide update, which will involve an update to every page 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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Hard drive is not being detected when using a boot diskette.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000047.htm
Microsoft Windows does not shut down.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000285.htm
Invalid Media Type reading drive C.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000231.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.yopy.com/english/products/yp3700_features.htm
This week we came across the Gmate Yopy 3700, a great looking personal digital assistant, MP3 player, personal recorder, and wireless Internet device. This looks like another great solution for anyone looking for a PDA device and is worth looking at.
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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