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May 3, 2004 ISSUE 149
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/nl149.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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HAL ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/hal.htm ) -
1. Short for Hardware Abstraction Layer, HAL is a operating system programming layer that enables the operating system to operate with a hardware device. Additional information for Microsoft Windows NT, 2000, and XP users and the hal.dll file can be found on document CH000490.
2. More appropriately known as the "HAL 9000", HAL is the name of the artificial intelligent computer in the 1968 Science Fiction movie "2001: A Space ODYSSEY".
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: Google files for unusual $2.7 billion IPO
zdnet.com.com -- Internet search leader Google filed to go public on Thursday, seeking to raise $2.7 billion in an unusual auction-style offering that will give the founders rare control over the company.
04/28/2004 - PalmOne updates consumer PDAs
04/28/2004 - Ericsson and Cisco join wireline forces
04/28/2004 - IBM Rolls Out Software to Ease 'Virtualization'
04/28/2004 - Music downloads continue to climb
04/28/2004 - Search Has Found Itself
04/28/2004 - Yahoo Messenger goes multimedia
04/28/2004 - Linux seller licenses Windows Media technology
04/28/2004 - Computer hacking 'costs billions'
04/28/2004 - Axa sues Google in trademark row
04/28/2004 - Microsoft buys public sector accounting technology
04/28/2004 - Intel's Dothan date revealed
04/28/2004 - Web portal for sale, slightly used
04/28/2004 - FTC Outlines Appeal in Rambus Case
04/28/2004 - Test-Drive Linux
04/28/2004 - China shuts down 8,600 Internet cafes in two months
04/28/2004 - Toshiba taps UPS for laptop repairs
04/29/2004 - Microsoft Confirms Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until 3Q
04/29/2004 - A Neanderthal theory to sink your teeth into
04/29/2004 - Microsoft SSL patch creating SSLowdowns
04/29/2004 - Apple sells 70m tracks in a year
04/29/2004 - US sues 477 more 'song-swappers'
04/29/2004 - Washington wakes up to spyware, adware
04/29/2004 - Green Tea Good for Hard Drives
04/29/2004 - Unisys sets up India subsidiary
04/29/2004 - Cisco, IBM Strengthen Tech Ties
04/29/2004 - Police net man suspected of 'phishing'
04/29/2004 - BASIC Computer Language Turns 40
04/29/2004 - New Device Allows Recording at Concerts
04/29/2004 - Robotic bollards to take control
04/29/2004 - NASA: Robotic repair of Hubble 'promising'
04/29/2004 - Hack Your Way to Hollywood
04/29/2004 - 'Can-Spam' Cops Can Arrest
04/29/2004 - Senators Move Toward Internet Tax Ban
04/29/2004 - Google files for unusual $2.7 billion IPO
04/30/2004 - EBay Billing Glitch Angers Sellers
04/30/2004 - Internet2: File Swapping Haven?
04/30/2004 - Red Hat Moves On, Ends Support Today for Linux 9
04/30/2004 - Cyberdetective's Handbook Issued
04/30/2004 - When hi-tech meets high fantasy
04/30/2004 - MP3 Grows Up - But Do We Want It To?
04/30/2004 - Nasty Malware Fouls PCs With Porn
04/30/2004 - Microsoft Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font
04/30/2004 - Barnesandnoble.com hit with fine for online security breach
04/30/2004 - Gateway to cut another 1,500 jobs
04/30/2004 - Alarm growing over bot software
04/30/2004 - Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?
05/02/2004 - New worm's got sass, but not much else
05/02/2004 - 3G to be the norm by 2009
05/02/2004 - Beige PC box gets a makeover
05/02/2004 - MI5 security advice goes online
05/02/2004 - Teachers pool computer knowhow
05/02/2004 - Apple patches QuickTime flaw
05/02/2004 - Animated action: Not just for Hollywood anymore
05/02/2004 - Google plans foundation to take aim at global ills
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1162004
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:
New worm's got sass, but not much else
zdnet.com.com -- The security researchers at eEye Digital Security are not impressed with the Sasser worm.
The company, which found the flaws that were exploited by both the MSBlast worm and the Witty worm, on Saturday started analyzing the latest piece of attack code that takes advantage of a Microsoft Windows vulnerability discovered by its researchers. So far, eEye's analysts are surprised that the worm has spread so far.
* Security:
Apple patches QuickTime flaw
news.com.com -- Apple Computer issued on Friday a security advisory and fix for a QuickTime flaw that the company describes as a minor issue, but which is classified as a serious problem by the firm that found the vulnerability.
MI5 security advice goes online
news.bbc.co.uk -- The security service MI5 has published its terrorist threat assessment and safety advice for the first time
Alarm growing over bot software
news.com.com -- While many network administrators worry about the next worm, security experts are warning that a quieter but equally damaging threat is slowly gaining control of large networks of computers
* 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 May, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you have a spyware protection installed on your computer?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the following is not related to computer video?" and Tip - "Microsoft Windows XP".
- Added and updated several questions and answers.
- Continued work on new upcoming features.
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 turn off, restart, and shutdown Linux.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000606.htm
How to replace the CMOS battery.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000239.htm
Additional information on NTFS.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000165.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.bluetags.com/
This week we came across BlueTags, a hardware device that helps track an individual by calling the device on a mobile phones and receiving real-time information about that person. This device would be great for parents who may be concerned for where their child may be, or for hospitals concerned about their patients, corporations keeping track of their employees, etc.
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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