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April 26, 2004 ISSUE 148
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/nl148.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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Trailer ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/trailer.htm ) -
1. The ending portion of a data transmission that commonly contains error-correction information that helps verify the information was sent properly.
2. Term to describe a short movie clip, trailers are often used to show a short demonstration or introduction for computer games.
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: Network Associates to sell off products, change name
infoworld.com -- Network Associates plans to sell off its Sniffer family of network management products and change its name to McAfee, part of an effort to cut costs and boost profitability by focusing squarely on security products and services, the company announced Thursday.
04/20/2004 - Apple introduces new notebook computers
04/20/2004 - Scandinavia tops world Internet rankings
04/20/2004 - AOL's ICQ upgrade allows for add-on applications
04/20/2004 - Recording industry drops amnesty program for online file-sharers
04/20/2004 - Microsoft settles anti-trust case
04/20/2004 - GarageBand to Revive old MP3.com archive
04/20/2004 - New Phatbot worm may be on the loose
04/21/2004 - Glimpse inside the virtual church
04/21/2004 - Russian craft docks with space station
04/21/2004 - Tower Records Settles Charges in Hacking Attack
04/21/2004 - Source: Gateway may halve workforce
04/21/2004 - AOL Opens Mail To IMAP Clients
04/21/2004 - Hackable bug found in net's heart
04/21/2004 - PC users 'fail security tests'
04/21/2004 - Webbys attract diverse nominees
04/21/2004 - Internet speed record set
04/21/2004 - IBM Inks Major Supercomputing Deal with GM
04/21/2004 - Like passwords for chocolate?
04/21/2004 - Intel touts 'MP3 for 3D' universal graphics format
04/21/2004 - Robot device dusts potential bombs for finger prints
04/23/2004 - Pirates face world of hurt
04/23/2004 - Sun's Java Desktop System shows promise
04/23/2004 - New Software Would Let Windows Programs Run On Linux
04/23/2004 - Shanghai cracks down on Internet cafes
04/23/2004 - Opera Syncs Up with Browser Releases
04/23/2004 - Fingertips 'read' text messages
04/23/2004 - Hard drive speed limit is reached
04/23/2004 - Microsoft to Linux: 'Bring it on'
04/23/2004 - Next-Generation Serial ATA Spec Finalized
04/23/2004 - NVIDIA Pads Patent Portfolio
04/23/2004 - Network Associates to sell off products, change name
04/23/2004 - Toshiba develops 100GB hard disk for notebooks
04/23/2004 - You Send It, You Recycle It
04/23/2004 - Blocking Insecure Network Clients
04/23/2004 - AMD joins Linux lab
04/25/2004 - Forgent Sues Over JPEG Patent
04/25/2004 - Mars travel hazard: electric mini-tornadoes
04/25/2004 - Apple closes project enabling fair use of music
04/25/2004 - People feel loyalty to computers
04/25/2004 - 'Osama Captured' e-Mail is Malicious Trojan
04/25/2004 - Bush Calls for Broadband Tax Moratorium
04/25/2004 - IBM expands search push with Masala
04/25/2004 - Oh, yeah, he also sells computers
04/25/2004 - Netflix plans to deliver films via Web in 2005
04/25/2004 - Airplane wings that change shape like a bird's have scales like a fish
04/25/2004 - Can You Get an eMac for $25?
04/25/2004 - PalmOne to release two new Zire devices
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1092004
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:
'Osama Captured' e-Mail is Malicious Trojan
Internetnews.com -- Those "Osama Bin Laden Captured" e-mails hammering your in-box today will attempt to download a Trojan if the embedded URL is clicked, antivirus experts warned Friday.
New Phatbot worm may be on the loose
zdnet.com.com -- A new variant of the Phatbot worm may be on the loose and attempting to attack SQL Server ports, according to a warning the SANS Institute issued Monday.
* Security:
Hackable bug found in net's heart
news.bbc.co.uk -- One of the net's central technologies has a serious security vulnerability warn UK and US infrastructure protection agencies.
* 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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- Completed top
- Updated and added new questions and answers. Began the next large task in revising each of the question and answer documents in our database.
- Completed script for recently updated pages in our what's new section.
- Started work on another great new section for Computer Hope. More details about this new feature to be released at a later time.
- 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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Windows restarts without warning.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000605.htm
How to disable or enable Internet Explorer's AutoComplete.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000604.htm
What versions of Windows support USB 2.0?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000603.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.stealthsurfer.biz/
This week we came across the StealthSurfer, a hardware-based product that enables a user to browse the Internet using hardware USB Internet browser. This product would enable a user to surf the Internet and keep all their visited sites and other Internet settings hidden.
Users running Microsoft Windows XP may also be interested in Microsoft's Clear Type technology. Enabling this on your computer will improve the overall quality of text being displayed on your screen.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/default.htm
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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