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September 8, 2003 ISSUE 122
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/nl122.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, Worms, 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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We would first like to thank Sean H., Herbert H., and each of the other Computer Hope Newsletter subscribers for letting us know about the error in our pitch computer dictionary definition, which we listed in last weeks newsletter. Below is the corrected version of the pitch definition as well as this week's computer term.
Pitch ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/safering.htm ) -
When referring to a software word processing or desktop publishing program. Pitch is a measurement used to determine how many fixed-width characters can be fit into an inch of space.
When referring to sound, pitch refers to the subjective perception of frequency.
Safety ring ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/safering.htm ) -
Also known as a write ring, a safety ring is a plastic ring that fits within the reel of magnetic tape that helps prevent data from being accidentally overwritten or erased.
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: Report: Amnesty offer for music file sharers
* cnn.com -- The recording industry is expected to announce as early as next week an amnesty program for people who admit they illegally share music files across the Internet, promising not to sue them in exchange for their admission and pledge to delete the songs off their computers.
09/02/2003 - Yahoo deal jolts MSN
09/02/2003 - And now the car that parks itself
09/02/2003 - Is RSS the Answer to the Spam Crisis?
09/02/2003 - Mice sign on the dotted line
09/02/2003 - Macworld Expo moves to Boston in 2004
09/02/2003 - 'Longhorn' Rollout Slips
09/02/2003 - mIRC 6.1 has been released!
09/03/2003 - A Support Group for Spammers
09/03/2003 - Road Runner glitch bars users from MSN
09/03/2003 - Amazon wins patent for ordering forms
09/03/2003 - Tibco wants to squash test results
09/03/2003 - Hotels.com Breaks Up with Travelocity for Expedia
09/03/2003 - Outsmarting Spam
09/03/2003 - Digital cam translates in a snap
09/04/2003 - SCO bills first 1,000 Linux users
09/04/2003 - Microsoft Issues Fixes For Five Security Holes
09/04/2003 - Romanian arrested in new MSBlast strain
09/04/2003 - In London, New Sportscar Doubles As Boat
09/04/2003 - Feds Raid WebMD Offices
09/04/2003 - HP buys into Web services management
09/04/2003 - Gateway to cut jobs, outsource more PCs
09/06/2003 - Sun to add Real player to Linux desktop
09/06/2003 - Microsoft To Help Design High School In Philadelphia
09/06/2003 - Moving Images Collection To Run On IBM And SuSE Linux
09/06/2003 - Microsoft moves forward on DRM
09/06/2003 - Microsoft Corp. and Be Inc. Reach Agreement to Settle Litigation
09/06/2003 - Computer worm targets Blair
09/06/2003 - The world's smallest buckets
09/06/2003 - Report: Amnesty offer for music file sharers
09/06/2003 - Sony's robotic dog is now better able to communicate its feelings.
09/06/2003 - Creative Unveils Lightweight Nomads
09/06/2003 - 'Homeless hacker' may surrender to FBI
09/06/2003 - Lotus adds IM, search to Notes
09/06/2003 - Lycos E-Mail Service Shut Down Until Friday
09/07/2003 - Google celebrates fifth birthday
09/07/2003 - Online piracy criminal prosecution hailed as a world first
09/07/2003 - Season's First 9/11 Anniversary Worm Appears
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2432003
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer Virus, Worms, Security, and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
story.news.yahoo.com -- Security firms have detected the first of the season's 9/11 anniversary worms this week, and more are likely to follow.
news.bbc.co.uk -- Prime Minister Tony Blair and his official website are the target of a new Internet worm.
news.com.com -- A Romanian antivirus company said Wednesday that it helped police identify a 24-year-old man arrested on suspicion of releasing a new version of the MSBlast Internet worm, the second arrest of a copycat-virus writer in the past week.
* Security:
crn.com -- Microsoft has released another set of security fixes for five vulnerabilities in Windows and Office that hackers and virus/worm writers could potentially exploit.
* Privacy: No 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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- Created and posted several new questions and answers.
- Updated Computer Hope computer dictionary with new definitions and updates. Because of the amount of changes we have made to the dictionary over the last month we decided it would be best to upload the whole dictionary to our server again.
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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How to backup and restore my Internet favorites.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000524.htm
Internet Explorer only saving images as BMP files.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000521.htm
How to help make sure all data is erased on hard drive.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000520.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.aquada.co.uk/
We thought this week we would mention the Gibbs Aquada, a revolutionary car that is also a boat. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 100mph on land and 30mph on the water, this vehicle has a price tag of $235.00. Anyone who is interested in cars or likes to read about new technology and ideas is sure to find this web page interesting.
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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