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September 14, 2003 ISSUE 123
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/nl123.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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MPC ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/mpc.htm ) -
Short for Multimedia PC, MPC was developed in 1990 and is any computer that is capable of running programs that combine video, animation, audio, and graphics. In 1992 Radio Shack released the Tandy Sensation! MPC, the first personal computer based upon the MPC specification. There are three MPC standards MPC, MPC2, and MPC3.
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: Blaster II? Microsoft warns of new security holes
* infoworld.com -- Only weeks after the appearance of the Blaster worm, Microsoft Corp. released a software patch for still more holes similar to those Blaster exploited.
09/08/2003 - Record Industry Sues Music File Swappers
09/08/2003 - Soundless Music Shown to Produce Weird Sensations
09/08/2003 - Comcast Says to Double Net Speed by End of Year
09/08/2003 - Linux demand in Thailand artificial
09/08/2003 - Microsoft Debuts Office Online
09/08/2003 - Novell To Ship Open Betas Of Nterprise Linux Services 1.0, exteNd 5 Next Month
09/08/2003 - Accused New York Times Hacker to Surrender Tuesday
09/08/2003 - CDW's Micro Warehouse Acquisition Deepens Channel Competition
09/08/2003 - Scientology loses hyperlinks case
09/08/2003 - Fans crash pioneering film's Web site
09/08/2003 - Apple upgrades iMac range
09/08/2003 - East Asia plans Windows rival
09/08/2003 - Half-Life sequel ups the ante
09/08/2003 - Security breach at Web host leaves sites at risk
09/08/2003 - Study: Windows cheaper than Linux
09/08/2003 - Fujitsu takes new tablet for a spin
09/08/2003 - Oracle Unveils Grid Strategy, Takes on IBM
09/08/2003 - AOL, Reuters Offer Investor Messaging
09/09/2003 - Computer Hope creates Apple news section
09/09/2003 - Computer Hope creates Linux / Unix news section
09/09/2003 - Computer Hope creates Microsoft news section
09/09/2003 - Computer Hope create Security news section
09/09/2003 - IBM boffins boost chip performance by 65%
09/09/2003 - Apple Sells 10 Million Songs on Online Music Store
09/09/2003 - Apple: Reselling iTunes songs 'impractical'
09/09/2003 - Judge Rules in Favor of Pop-Ups
09/09/2003 - China blocks 127 spam servers
09/09/2003 - Anti-spam Bill will be fast tracked
09/09/2003 - SCO CEO fires off letter to open-source community
09/09/2003 - No Joy in Sunville
09/09/2003 - AMD releases Opteron 146, 846
09/09/2003 - Intel Puts Its Architecture Library Online
09/09/2003 - 12-Year-Old Sued for Music Downloading
09/09/2003 - Microsoft Open Up Video Standard for Review
09/09/2003 - Free net learning attract clicks
09/09/2003 - Microsoft officially launches Office Online site
09/10/2003 - Microsoft stands by IE security patch
09/10/2003 - Ximian to offer Linux .Net apps this year
09/10/2003 - Opera Teams with Linux for TV Set-Top Boxes
09/10/2003 - Death to eBooks?
09/10/2003 - Intel, Xerox to Offer New Imaging Chips
09/10/2003 - Girl, 12, Settles Piracy Suit for $2,000
09/10/2003 - Pioneer fliers scrapbook goes online
09/10/2003 - Anti-spyware software targets Gator
09/10/2003 - Yahoo: Would you pay to open up IM?
09/10/2003 - Cisco serves up color VoIP phone
09/10/2003 - Country tests ID chips for body implants
09/11/2003 - Blaster II? Microsoft warns of new security holes
09/11/2003 - Half-Life 2 praised by Microsoft
09/11/2003 - Blogger bucks premium-services trend
09/11/2003 - Disney Home Video Arm Tests Disposable DVDs
09/11/2003 - File-Sharing Companies Offer to Pay Girl's Settlement
09/11/2003 - Borland Launches .Net Application Design And Modeling Tool
09/11/2003 - Chic gear to suit net generation
09/11/2003 - Torvalds to SCO: Negotiate what?
09/11/2003 - Romanian man to be charged in Blaster release
09/11/2003 - AOL Adds Blogging-By-Phone
09/11/2003 - Bomb scare brings show to a halt
09/11/2003 - IBM signs up Chinese Linux company
09/11/2003 - Nvidia driver update lets slip NV38 brand name
09/11/2003 - Micro Warehouse files for Chapter 11
09/11/2003 - 3Com cuts 1,000 jobs
09/11/2003 - New batch of bugs marks Sept. 11
09/11/2003 - Microsoft ordered to uncover old e-mails
09/11/2003 - Sharp unveils notebook with 3-D display
09/11/2003 - Ohio Spammers Hit With $250,000 Judgment
09/11/2003 - Knight Ridder Web Sites Hit by Attack
09/11/2003 - Linux is favourite hacker target: Study
09/11/2003 - Sun protection may be on the way for Linux users
09/11/2003 - Sun previews J2EE 1.4
09/11/2003 - VeriSign Mulls Way to Make Money from Typos
09/11/2003 - Logitech Marks 500 Million Mice Shipped
09/11/2003 - Apple sued by The Beatles over iPod, ITMS
09/11/2003 - 'Privacy zone' blocks camera phones
09/13/2003 - Extreme Makeover
09/13/2003 - Computer Hacker Ordered to Live with Parents
09/13/2003 - Audi Using Linux Networx Clustering For Automotive Design
09/13/2003 - Scam targets Barclays customers
09/13/2003 - Novell to drop ZENworks from Linux tool bundle
09/13/2003 - Using an Embedded Gateway Server to Remotely Pilot a Model Plane
09/13/2003 - Should Net surfers be licensed?
09/14/2003 - Web Sites Using Windows Server 2003 Double Since July
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2502003
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:
computerworld.com -- A Romanian man will be charged with violating that country's cybercrime laws by releasing a version of the W32.Blaster Internet worm, according to a source involved in the investigation.
infoworld.com -- Only weeks after the appearance of the Blaster worm, Microsoft Corp. released a software patch for still more holes similar to those Blaster exploited.
* Security:
globetechnology.com -- Linux, not Microsoft Windows, remains the most-attacked operating system, a British security company reports
* Privacy:
news.bbc.co.uk -- An e-mail scam is targeting Barclays banking customers to trick them into revealing their confidential details.
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 news script with additional features and fixes. Corrected issue with the inability to open a listing of all old news. In addition with this update we have created new sections that enable users to quickly and easily look at news that they may be interested in. Below is a listing of the new sections and links corresponding to each of the sections.
Apple News - http://www.computerhope.com/news/apple.htm
Linux / Unix News - http://www.computerhope.com/news/linux.htm
Microsoft News - http://www.computerhope.com/news/microsoft.htm
Security News - http://www.computerhope.com/news/security.htm
- Corrected issue with search index not correctly indexing all pages. This should provide a minor improvement on search results.
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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Regaining computer hard disk drive space.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000528.htm
What are the Windows files with tildes?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000527.htm
How to help protect children from harmful material on the Internet.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000526.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.io2technology.com/
This week we came across the heliodisplay from IO2 Technology. The heliodisplay is capable of generating non-physical mid-air video, however is not a holographic. Unlike other similar technologies the heliodisplay allows for both input and output, this means not only can you view the projected image from all angles but also have the ability of manipulating the image or video using your hand or fingers. This product looks really amazing and is definitely worth 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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