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February 8, 2004 ISSUE 138
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/nl138.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 viruses, 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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WOW ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/w/wow.htm ) -
1. Short for Windows on Windows, WOW is a method used with Microsoft Windows to keeps track of each 16-bit DLL loaded by 16-bit applications. If that applications happens to crash WOW determines if the associated DLL files should be unloaded.
2. Short for World Of WarCraft, WOW is a MMORPG developed by Blizzard.
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: Microsoft patches Internet Explorer flaws
Computer World:Microsoft Corp. yesterday released a security patch to fix three known vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer Web browser that have been exploited to attack Internet users.
02/03/2004 - Super-Sized Mars Photos Brought to Earth
02/03/2004 - Student hacker sparks US terror alert
02/03/2004 - Sony Shows Off New Clie PDAs
02/03/2004 - Apple releases Java 1.4.2, updates Safari browser
02/03/2004 - Microsoft dodges Mydoom onslaught
02/03/2004 - Out-of-memory problem caused Mars rover's glitch
02/03/2004 - New KDE release for Linux now available
02/03/2004 - Microsoft patches Internet Explorer flaws
02/03/2004 - Sun pitches its Linux desktop to IBM
02/03/2004 - Verity acquires Cardiff Software
02/03/2004 - Google opens Swiss R&D center
02/03/2004 - Google voted best brand of 2003
02/03/2004 - Half-Life 2 sets a date
02/03/2004 - US bans timed-honoured typeface
02/04/2004 - Sun Nails 10,000-Seat Deal For StarOffice 7 In India, Ships Solaris x86 Version
02/04/2004 - Windows XP 64-Bit Edition for AMD Systems Gets Public Preview
02/04/2004 - Mars Soil Image Mystifies Scientists
02/04/2004 - Mydoom virus starts to fizzle out
02/04/2004 - How to make spam unstoppable
02/04/2004 - Microsoft picks new fight with Linux, IBM
02/04/2004 - Yahoo composing music download plan
02/04/2004 - Moon mission will 'talk' to web surfers
02/04/2004 - Oracle Offers $9.4 Billion for PeopleSoft
02/04/2004 - HP Acquiring Two for Automated IT
02/04/2004 - Intrado Buys Wireless Data Provider
02/04/2004 - Software flaw may leave Cisco gear vulnerable
02/04/2004 - Sony Corp. teaming up with IBM
02/04/2004 - Create a Hoax, Earn Damnation
02/04/2004 - Monster librarian at work
02/07/2004 - Spirit rover digs into first rock on martian surface
02/07/2004 - Music industry targets Australia
02/07/2004 - RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackers
02/07/2004 - Abilene Network Upgrade to 10 Gbps Complete
02/07/2004 - Broadband prices to hold steady
02/07/2004 - Children ignore net chat dangers
02/07/2004 - Happy hacking!
02/07/2004 - Technician Gets 21 Years in Death of Boss
02/07/2004 - MSN + Google = Netscape : The Search Engine Wars
02/07/2004 - SunnComm buys music antipiracy company
02/07/2004 - Blaming the dark side of gaming
02/07/2004 - SCO abandons trade secret attack on IBM
02/07/2004 - Google revives discredited Microsoft privacy policy for Friendster clone
02/07/2004 - Programs: Stripping Adware/Spyware from PC Can Be Tricky
02/08/2004 - Disney to use Microsoft for Web movies
02/08/2004 - Sun Shows Off 3D Desktop
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?322004
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
Mydoom virus starts to fizzle out
news.bbc.co.uk -- Slowly but surely the Mydoom virus is dying out.
* Security:
RealPlayer flaws open PCs up to hijackers
news.com.com -- RealNetworks acknowledged on Wednesday that three flaws affecting different versions of its media player could allow attackers to create corrupt music or video files that, when played, take control of a victim's PC.
Software flaw may leave Cisco gear vulnerable
infoworld.com -- A sofware vulnerability may cause some high-end Cisco Systems Inc. switches and routers with specific configurations to crash, but only under very specific circumstances.
* 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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- This week we have been experiencing various issues with our bandwidth provider, issues that caused Computer Hope to be down for 2 hours Friday night.
- Continued work on new mail system.
- Working out issues with new forum system.
- Developing new AI system for search engine and other future services.
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 view a computers file extension.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000573.htm
How to associate a file with a program in Windows.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000572.htm
How to change options to Windows New under the right-click menu.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000571.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.prodikeys.com/
This week we came across the Prodikeys DM, a dual keyboard that integrates a 37 touch-sensitive MIDI keys into a multimedia computer keyboard that plugs into a computer's PS/2 port. This product would be great for users who enjoy playing and/or creating music.
Correction: Last week's newsletter was sent out indicating it was March 2, of course this should have been February 2.
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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