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June 22, 2004 ISSUE 153
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/nl153.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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Class ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/class.htm ) -
Term used in object-oriented programming to refer to a set of related objects that share common characteristics. Classes, and the ability to create new classes, are what make object-oriented programming a powerful and flexible programming model.
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: Internet Attack Strikes Major Web Sites
techweb.com -- An early morning Internet attack on Tuesday took down the Web sites of Microsoft, Google, Apple Computer and Yahoo, a tracking company said.
06/15/2004 - First 'worm' aimed at mobile phones detected
06/15/2004 - Internet Attack Strikes Major Web Sites
06/15/2004 - Alarm Sounded on Global Warming
06/15/2004 - Internet-Based Scammers Take $2.4B Toll On Consumers
06/15/2004 - Game Industry Sues 321 Studios
06/15/2004 - Will Microsoft Offer XP SP2 Security to Older Windows?
06/15/2004 - Flaw pops up in Linux kernel
06/15/2004 - Harvard man loses 3,000 weblogs
06/15/2004 - Juniper Challenges Cisco With New Enterprise Routers
06/15/2004 - Seattle Sci-Fi Museum Braces for Visitor Invasion
06/15/2004 - Microsoft plans worry Symantec investors
06/15/2004 - 'Black box' cam for total recall
06/15/2004 - Company secrets leak via e-mail
06/15/2004 - Lasers turn beam on TV recycling
06/15/2004 - City 'nets' new broadband award
06/15/2004 - Inventor plans 'invisible walls'
06/15/2004 - AMD clarifies dual-core processor strategy
06/15/2004 - Mozilla reloads firefox
06/15/2004 - Maxtor, Linksys to unveil wireless hard drive
06/15/2004 - Company claims patent for download apps
06/16/2004 - FTC won't create do-not-spam list
06/17/2004 - Napster gives away music player
06/17/2004 - Intel chip to improve audio, video
06/17/2004 - Sony launches two new PSX models
06/17/2004 - Web inventor finally profits
06/17/2004 - Teen eBay scammer jailed for nearly three years
06/17/2004 - 321 Studioes Inc. Considers Bankruptcy
06/17/2004 - Programs: ChoiceMail Puts a Stranglehold on Spam
06/17/2004 - Google to invest in Chinese search site
06/18/2004 - TechTV Fans Mad as Hell
06/18/2004 - New technical glitches dog Yahoo
06/18/2004 - Atomic particles 'teleported'
06/18/2004 - Weblogs.com Authors Gain Reprieve
06/18/2004 - US edges towards spyware controls
06/18/2004 - Japan tech guru predicts slump
06/18/2004 - AOL puts pop-unders on the night shift
06/19/2004 - Microsoft's Other Founder Finds the Limelight
06/19/2004 - Intel Unveils PC chips
06/19/2004 - Experts Worry About Tech Retaliation
06/20/2004 - Top honour for robot heroes
06/20/2004 - Irish computer software developed
06/20/2004 - Google Expands Paid Search
06/20/2004 - Microsoft thinks small
06/20/2004 - Don't let lightning zap your PC
06/20/2004 - Cisco plucks Procket assets for $89 million
06/20/2004 - House Panel OKs Anti-Spyware Bill
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1652004
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:
Microsoft plans worry Symantec investors
afr.com -- Symantec shares fell as much as 6.5 per cent Tuesday on renewed investor concerns that Microsoft will introduce a consumer antivirus software program and upset Symantec's dominance of that market.
First 'worm' aimed at mobile phones detected
news.ft.com -- Security experts have discovered what is believed to be the world's first computer "worm" aimed at mobile phones.
* Security:
Experts Worry About Tech Retaliation
story.news.yahoo.com -- In war, politics and sports, it's often said that the best defense is a strong offense. But the foot soldiers of computer security work differently: They scramble to build virtual walls that can blunt the impact of attacks. Now, a Texas company wants to bring vigilante justice to cyberspace.
Flaw pops up in Linux kernel
news.com.com -- Linux users have been urged to fix a flaw in the core component of the open-source operating system, following the public release of code that could be used to crash Linux systems.
Microsoft races to deter hackers
news.bbc.co.uk -- Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, is racing to solve a flaw in its Internet browser that may allow hackers access to computer systems.
* 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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- Posted additional questions and answers
- Continued other work on several new 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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Scandisk restarts and never completes checking the hard drive.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000611.htm
General questions and answers regarding Microsoft Scandisk.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000613.htm
How do I prevent SPAM?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000477.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.nyko.com/
This week we came across the NYKO AIR FLOW mouse, a mouse that has a built-in fan with air vents that gently circulates the air to help cool the users hand. This is a great product for gamers who often have their hands on the mouse for hours.
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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