Computer Hope newsletter #144
March 22, 2004 ISSUE 144
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
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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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HDPREP ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/hdprep.htm ) -
Save to file utility used with portable computers. The utility allows the computer to be powered off while saving the information being worked on to the hard disk drive. This allows users to change their batteries or not loose information if battery goes dead.
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: New Bagle worms crawl through old Microsoft hole
computerworld.com -- Four new versions of the Bagle e-mail worm appeared yesterday, and antivirus experts warned that new techniques by the worm's creator could make it harder to stop the new variants
03/16/2004 - Symantec Details Net Threats
03/16/2004 - 50 millionth song marks a milestone for iTunes
03/16/2004 - Tiny disk drive sets record
03/16/2004 - Europeans take a shine to Google
03/16/2004 - IT 'guru' gives Oxford millions
03/16/2004 - 10-Gigabit Ethernet comes alive
03/16/2004 - Experts publish 'how to' book for software exploits
03/16/2004 - Macromedia Patches MX 2004 Security Flaws
03/16/2004 - Microsoft's entry to stir speech recognition market
03/16/2004 - Startup to sell open source insurance
03/16/2004 - Talk Your Way Out of Trouble
03/16/2004 - Gloves Put Death Grip on Germs
03/16/2004 - Interior Department Goes Offline
03/16/2004 - Starbucks launches in-store CD burning service
03/16/2004 - Easynet buys Dutch broadband outfit
03/16/2004 - Toilets are cleaner than computers
03/16/2004 - Local officials nearly fall for H2O hoax
03/16/2004 - Amiga, Inc. Sells the Amiga operating system
03/16/2004 - Hewlett-Packard May Launch Linux PCs in Asia
03/16/2004 - PayPal Warns Its Customers To Safeguard Personal Data
03/16/2004 - Documentum snaps up Xerox 'snapshot' unit
03/17/2004 - ChatNannies program scans for pedophiles
03/17/2004 - Microsoft takes on Apple
03/17/2004 - Mobile phones could dial up a perfect match
03/17/2004 - New Trojan Targets Windows Systems
03/17/2004 - Developer sues Sharman Networks
03/18/2004 - Microsoft's Bundle of Trouble
03/18/2004 - Google Local: Finally Up To Yahoo Speed
03/18/2004 - Novell plans major Linux OS update
03/18/2004 - Earth Safe from Ultra-close Asteroid Flyby Today
03/18/2004 - Call for laptops for all pupils
03/18/2004 - Windows XP update to block pop-ups by default
03/18/2004 - Shuttle to sell fully configured PCs in U.S.
03/18/2004 - Sharp Wireless Aquos 15-in. LCD TV
03/18/2004 - Red Bull pays $105,000 to settle software piracy claim
03/18/2004 - Nanode redefines the meaning of small PC
03/18/2004 - Gadgets galore on show at Cebit
03/18/2004 - Robolympics contestants shoot for gold
03/18/2004 - NASA hears words not yet spoken
03/18/2004 - Aussies Pull Broadband out of Air
03/18/2004 - Microsoft: Europe 'iPod Killer' Debut in 2nd Half of '04
03/18/2004 - NASA to test supersonic drone this month
03/18/2004 - China Shuts Down Two Internet 'Blog' Sites
03/18/2004 - Classmates.com Acquires German Web-Based Community
03/19/2004 - What Differentiates Linux from Windows?
03/19/2004 - Near-future ubiquitous networking devices visualized by designers.
03/19/2004 - Sharp Shows Slim, Trim Notebook
03/19/2004 - Scientists make a butterfly glow
03/19/2004 - Bookies suffer online onslaught
03/19/2004 - Credit card data breach probed at BJ's stores
03/19/2004 - New Bagle worms crawl through old Microsoft hole
03/19/2004 - Paul Allen Funds Next Stage of SETI Project
03/19/2004 - Companies Seek Online Warning Network
03/19/2004 - China bans computer game for marring image
03/19/2004 - Hotmail, MSN Hit With Another Outage
03/19/2004 - ISP Gets Tough With 'Zombie' Customers
03/19/2004 - Microsoft eyeing AOL?
03/19/2004 - Hoping for a Knee-Jerk Reaction
03/19/2004 - Native Species Going, Going, Gone
03/19/2004 - AOL Says It Sees Sharp Decline in 'Spam' E-Mail
03/19/2004 - Time Warner Says Not in AOL Talks with Microsoft
03/19/2004 - Survey: Home Internet Access in U.S. Hits 75 Percent
03/19/2004 - Via launches teensy motherboard
03/21/2004 - Yahoo relaunches Yahoo Autos, targets advertisers
03/21/2004 - Worm trashes machines running ISS firewall
03/21/2004 - AOL Blocks Spammers' Web Sites
03/21/2004 - Phatbot primed to steal your credit card details
03/21/2004 - The Bagle Virus' Nasty Turn
03/21/2004 - Intel Strips 'Gigahertz' from Computer Chip Names
03/21/2004 - Loyal Users Cheer Google's Integrity
03/21/2004 - Sony Ushers in Double-Layer DVD Burners
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?742004
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:
The Bagle Virus' Nasty Turn
fool.com -- Is the Internet becoming a little more hazardous? The Bagle virus took a turn for the worse yesterday, with some variations now able to infect PCs without any user intervention.
New Bagle worms crawl through old Microsoft hole
computerworld.com -- Four new versions of the Bagle e-mail worm appeared yesterday, and antivirus experts warned that new techniques by the worm's creator could make it harder to stop the new variants
* Security:
Worm trashes machines running ISS firewall
theage.com.au -- Around 50,000 computers were infected on Saturday by a worm which exploited a vulnerability in the BlackICE firewall product sold by Internet Security Systems.
Macromedia Patches MX 2004 Security Flaws
Internetnews.com -- Macromedia has released a series of patches to plug security holes in its flagship Macromedia MX 2004 products.
* Privacy:
Phatbot primed to steal your credit card details
theregister.co.uk -- A Trojan horse-type computer virus called Phatbot can steal credit card numbers and launch denial of service attacks on Web sites
Credit card data breach probed at BJ's stores
computerworld.com -- A "possible compromise" in the computer systems used by BJ's Wholesale Club stores remains under investigation after the company learned that credit card information for some of its customers may have been stolen.
PayPal Warns Its Customers To Safeguard Personal Data
story.news.yahoo.com -- Online payment giant PayPal warned users yesterday that scam artists have obtained select customer aliases, mailing addresses, e-mail addresses and transaction data by using phony e-mails to fool retailers into revealing the information.
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 many of the sites question and answer sections to also link to the Computer Hope forums.
- Added and updated numerous questions and answers.
- Continued work on new AI project.
- Performed other minor updates.
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 create an out of office reply in Microsoft Outlook.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000596.htm
How to create a template in Microsoft Outlook.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000595.htm
How do I adjust my brightness or contrast on my laptop?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000594.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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We would first like to thank all the users who participated and/or became members of the new Computer Hope forums. Our first week we had 320 posts and 147 new users become members, we look forward to this service becoming a great new feature and plan on integrating it more with our search engine and site in the near future.
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/info/cebit2004/archive/index.htm
First, we would like to mention a great site from Toshiba that displays some of the new innovations introduced at this year's CeBIT. In addition to numerous other new innovations this sites also includes illustrations of the 0.85-inch hard disk drive, which was announced earlier this week in our newsletter and set a record for world's smallest hard disk drive.
http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/
Another link mentioned this week in our newsletter introduces several new concept ideas and concept models of new technologies and hardware being introduced by NEC. This is a great web page that features new technologies we may see in the near future.
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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