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March 1, 2004 ISSUE 141
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/nl141.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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Inductance ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/inductan.htm ) -
The ability to draw energy from a source and store it as a magnetic field. It is the electrical property that prevents sudden changes of current flow.
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 on every DVD?
news.com.com -- An industry standards group has made a preliminary decision to include Microsoft's video compression technology in a next-generation DVD format, giving the company a key boost in the digital media arena.
02/24/2004 - Human eggs for sale on Internet
02/24/2004 - Microsoft Previews InfoPath Update
02/24/2004 - Reborn Napster claims 5 million legal downloads
02/24/2004 - US online sales hit $50bn in 2003
02/24/2004 - Girl gamers strike at the boys
02/24/2004 - Web retailers go open-source
02/24/2004 - Pilotless Planes Star in Asia Air Show
02/24/2004 - Leaked Pentagon report warns climate change may bring famine, war: report
02/24/2004 - Amateur Finds New Nebula with Small Telescope
02/24/2004 - ZoneAlarm Flaw Opens Firewalls To E-mail Attack
02/24/2004 - My best friend is a PC
02/24/2004 - Real pain dulled in virtual worlds
02/24/2004 - Microsoft places bet on Whitehorse
02/24/2004 - Google tops the search charts
02/25/2004 - Miners tap into video goldmine
02/25/2004 - Ebay upgrading buyer protection
02/25/2004 - Latest MyDoom outbreak spreading
02/25/2004 - 4 engineers honored for pioneering work
02/25/2004 - India's IT sector creates 152,500 jobs in year
02/25/2004 - Microsoft pledges improvements in patching
02/25/2004 - E-mail scam hits MBNA customers
02/25/2004 - Microsoft to unveil antispam plans at RSA show
02/25/2004 - Real Software boosts Windows-Linux migration
02/25/2004 - Bizex worm attacks ICQ
02/25/2004 - Broadband over power lines sparks interest again
02/25/2004 - Qwest to offer DSL without voice, national mobile
02/25/2004 - Linux Gets Security Boost from NSA
02/25/2004 - Microsoft Beta Includes Built-in Virus Scanner
02/25/2004 - Gateway Branches Out into Professional Services
02/25/2004 - Hitachi blows its own 300GB trumpet
02/25/2004 - Who needs passwords?
02/25/2004 - The Complete Guide to Googlemania!
02/25/2004 - The Great Robot Race
02/25/2004 - Eminem sues Apple over iTunes ad
02/26/2004 - New Flaws With Internet Explorer, Excel
02/26/2004 - Power Drain Threatening Mars Rover Lifespan
02/26/2004 - Microsoft commercial-search chief departs
02/26/2004 - Hardest crystals developed
02/26/2004 - AOL Blocks ICQ Worm
02/26/2004 - ISS Unveils Web Content, Spam Filtering Software
02/26/2004 - Hackers exploit Windows patches
02/26/2004 - Microsoft's Tokyo offices raided
02/26/2004 - Copper Tops 10 Gigabits
02/26/2004 - VeriSign links with Microsoft on authentication
02/26/2004 - US military creates second Earth
02/26/2004 - Microsoft to make Longhorn vulnerability-aware
02/26/2004 - New Netsky.C variant reported
02/26/2004 - Froogle goes wireless
02/26/2004 - Patents raise stakes in search wars
02/26/2004 - Apple lays off undisclosed number of workers
02/26/2004 - Cray to buy AMD cluster maker
02/26/2004 - Losing ground in the innovation race?
02/26/2004 - EMachines Laptop Offers Performance to Go
02/26/2004 - Jay-Z-Beatles Album an Unauthorized Hit
02/26/2004 - Court doesn't extend databases' protection
02/26/2004 - Students stung as computer schools close
02/26/2004 - Scientists want to be ready to block asteroid from hitting Earth
02/28/2004 - Nasa craft captures close-up of Saturn
02/28/2004 - Court Adds Copyright to SCO's IBM Suit
02/28/2004 - Virtual football bonds strangers
02/28/2004 - Microsoft considering update dubbed 'XP Reloaded'
02/28/2004 - 'Hardware glitch' causes AIM to twitch
02/28/2004 - Ford device intended to unclog roads
02/28/2004 - VeriSign calls ICANN bluff in worlds biggest game of poker
02/28/2004 - F-inSecure mailing list spreads Netsky-B virus
02/28/2004 - Kiss your taxless Net goodbye
02/28/2004 - Enthusiasts Call Web Feed Next Big Thing
02/28/2004 - The Bush Technology Budget
02/28/2004 - Intel connects chips with optical fiber
02/28/2004 - Cost of Mini IPod Raises Questions
02/28/2004 - AOL ditches broadband offering
02/28/2004 - Vulnerability in WinZip Could Compromise Security
02/28/2004 - Microsoft on every DVD?
02/28/2004 - Virtually too real
02/28/2004 - Tucows Acquires BlogRolling.com
02/28/2004 - New Law In China To End Microsofts Dominance
02/28/2004 - Apple Opens Big San Francisco Store with Pomp
02/28/2004 - Microsoft Head Talks Linux
02/29/2004 - Microsoft enlists developers in security push
02/29/2004 - Google Founders Keep 'Top 100' List of New Ideas
02/29/2004 - eBay seller of fake artwork again upsets the auction site
02/29/2004 - TV set which doubles up as a mirror
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?532004
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:
infoworld.com -- A new version of the NetSky e-mail worm has begun circulating through the Internet, antivirus software companies reported on Wednesday.
reuters.co.uk -- Security experts have issued fresh alerts over a new, file-deleting version of the MyDoom e-mail worm that is targeting computer users with greater ferocity.
* Security:
eweek.com -- Security analysts on Friday reported that versions of the popular ZIP file management program WinZip have a serious security flaw
theregister.co.uk -- Oh dear, oh dear. F-Secure's UK antivirus mailing list became the unwitting vector for the spread of Netsky-B worm this week after the AV vendor failed to stop an infected email from making it onto its security list.
news.bbc.co.uk -- Malicious hackers and vandals are lazy and wait for Microsoft to issue patches before they produce tools to work out how to exploit loopholes in Windows, say experts.
pcworld.com -- America Online has taken steps to stop the spread of a worm that began attacking ICQ instant messaging users this week.
pcworld.com -- It's a grab bag of Microsoft updates this month: You need to know about a new hole in Internet Explorer. Plus, the company announced that it was extending all paid support for Windows 98 and Me.
story.news.yahoo.com -- Zone Labs has alerted users that several versions of its personal firewall products are vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack conducted via e-mail that could leave supposedly-protected systems open to malicious code assaults, the company said
* 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 March, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Which computer pioneer do you envy the most?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the following is not related to chat?" and Tip - "Microsoft Word".
- Posted new chat service, enabling Computer Hope and each of its users to communicate with each other over chat. The chat service can be found at the below link.
http://www.computerhope.com/chat.htm- Posted new questions and answers.
- Corrected numerous minor issues.
- Continued work on other scripts.
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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Microsoft Windows status bar continues to be disabled.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000584.htm
Can my CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R drive read DVD's?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000580.htm
Unable to read floppy diskette.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000579.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.feedster.com
A great web site that enables users to quickly and easily search through thousands of blogs and RSS feeds find the latest updates.
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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