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August 03, 2003 ISSUE 117
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/nl117.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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Sequence check ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/sequchec.htm ) -
A verification that is performed to help ensure that data is properly ordered.
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
View a new computer term every single day at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/wotd.cgi
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2. What's new in the news last week?
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Top News Story: Network Solutions glitch darkens sites
* news.com.com -- A software glitch in Network Solutions' hosted Web addressing system knocked what may have been as many as 30,000 Web sites and e-mail addresses offline for several hours Thursday morning.
07/28/2003 - Malaysia permits text message divorce
07/28/2003 - Hacking contest canceled
07/28/2003 - Gates Says SCO's Case Against IBM Will Harm Linuxs Commercial Prospects
07/28/2003 - New Napster gets set to rock and roll
07/28/2003 - BMC Software Posts Loss, Cuts 900 Jobs
07/28/2003 - Oracle Warns Of Serious Software Vulnerabilities
07/28/2003 - How to Tell if the RIAA Wants You
07/28/2003 - Critical flaw in Windows music program
07/29/2003 - So what info does WinXP really send to MS?
07/29/2003 - Actuate buys into merger mania
07/29/2003 - Lindows unveils DVD application
07/29/2003 - Microsoft settles suit with Immersion
07/29/2003 - Loss of e-mail 'worse than divorce'
07/29/2003 - Rat-brained robot does distant art
07/29/2003 - BuyMusic's downloads strike a sour note
07/30/2003 - Secure Computing buys content-filter company
07/30/2003 - Yahoo settles patent dispute
07/30/2003 - Half-Life 2 delayed
07/30/2003 - July 2003 Bandwidth Report: Cable Trumps DSL, US Broadband Jumps to 36.7%
07/31/2003 - Experts anxious over possible Net attack
07/31/2003 - Inventions' wonderful world on display at Microsoft fair
07/31/2003 - Study: Bad security flaws don't die
07/31/2003 - Microsoft gives 12 governments a peek
07/31/2003 - The Secret Cost of Notebooks
07/31/2003 - Spam dumpster diving
07/31/2003 - Hackers turn to Google to find weakest links
07/31/2003 - Company patches flaws in 'Half-Life' game
07/31/2003 - Comcast Posts Loss, Cuts 2,000 More Jobs
08/01/2003 - No Half-Life 2 Delay After All
08/01/2003 - Microsoft Takes Linux For A Test Drive
08/01/2003 - Sun signs second Linux partnership
08/01/2003 - Network Solutions glitch darkens sites
08/01/2003 - Intel beefs up on chip security
08/01/2003 - UK bans iPod gadget
08/01/2003 - Update: Dell yanks Axim Pocket PC patch after hackers crack it
08/01/2003 - StorageNetworks to shut down
08/01/2003 - July spam captures exceed all of 2002
08/01/2003 - SBC Sues to Halt Music Industry Subpoenas
08/02/2003 - Print a hologram? Almost, Xerox says
08/02/2003 - DNA extractable from fingerprints
08/02/2003 - Hand-Held Devices Easy to Hack, Security Experts Say
08/02/2003 - New E-Mail Worm Inching Across Net
08/02/2003 - Microsoft's Web Site Brought Down By Attack
08/03/2003 - Inventor develops 'talking glove' for deaf
08/03/2003 - McDonald's new high-tech burger flipper
08/03/2003 - Latinos Are Fastest Growing Internet Users-Study
08/03/2003 - MP3 music goes hi-fi
08/03/2003 - US Senate blocks net tax
08/03/2003 - Microsoft Slashes Royalty Rates
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2082003
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:
- story.news.yahoo.com -- antivirus companies warned customers Friday about a new e-mail virus that is spreading on the Internet.
W32.Mimail is a mass mailing e-mail worm the arrives in e-mail in-boxes disguised as an administrative e-mail sent from an organization's own administrator.
* Security:
- story.news.yahoo.com -- Hand-held computers used to store phone numbers, medical and credit-card information leave millions of gadget lovers fully exposed to identity-theft and other crimes, security experts said on Saturday.
- news.com.com -- A security research company has released its own patch for critical flaws in a popular computer game, saying it had waited months for the game's creator to do something.
- newscientist.com -- Computer hackers have adopted a startling strategy in their attempts to break into websites. By using the popular search engine Google, they do not have to visit a site to plan an attack. Instead, they can get all the information they need from Google's cached versions of web pages, say experts in the US.
* 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 August, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Whats the average amount of SPAM do you receive weekly?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the following was the first Intel processor introduced?" and Tip - "Microsoft Word / Excel".
- Computer Hope has completed its first site-wide update to its web page. As mentioned in our last newsletter this update included several updates, compatibility corrections, new feedback feature, new Google advertising, and accessibility features. Additional information about each of these updates can be found on our "whats new page".
- Updated Computer Hope's word of the day section. This update fixed an issue with the word of the day repeating the same 30 words of the day.
- Updated shortcut page.
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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Divide error
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000396.htm
How to create a file in MS-DOS?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000398.htm
Is it better to leave the computer on or turn it off?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000390.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://web.media.mit.edu/~jpatten/apad/
This week we came across Audiopad, a project developed by James Patten and Ben Recht at the MIT Media Lab. Audiopad is a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone. Anyone who has interest in music and/or new ideas should definitely have a look at this site, its downloadable explanation movie, and/or other projects that James Patten has worked on.
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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