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August 23, 2004 ISSUE 159
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/nl159.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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Least significant digit ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/leastsd.htm ) -
Sometimes abbreviated as LSD, the least significant digit is the lowest digit in a number, located at the far right of a string.
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: List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
support.microsoft.com -- This article lists the problems that are fixed in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Service packs are cumulative. This means that the problems that are fixed in a service pack are also fixed in later service packs. For example, Windows XP SP2 contains all the fixes that are included in Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). You do not have to install an earlier service pack before you install Windows XP SP2.
08/17/2004 - RealNetworks Slashes Prices For Music Downloads
08/17/2004 - Cassini Spacecraft Discovers 2 More Moons Around Saturn
08/17/2004 - AMD enters the 90-nanometer zone
08/17/2004 - AOL releases Netscape update
08/17/2004 - Combat robots wow crowds
08/17/2004 - Internet Heading to Light Speed
08/17/2004 - List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
08/18/2004 - Seiko Epson unveils latest mini robot helicopter
08/18/2004 - Real gets flamed over iPod campaign
08/18/2004 - Half of U.S. Web Users Now on Broadband -- Report
08/18/2004 - Designing the teen-only PC
08/18/2004 - E-Mail Viruses Getting Smarter, Report Says
08/18/2004 - Spruced up 64-bit Windows beta ready
08/18/2004 - Small computers can have multiple personalities, too
08/18/2004 - Virtual 3D heart to treat babies
08/18/2004 - Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws
08/18/2004 - Ford kills 'Everest' procurement software system
08/18/2004 - It's Just the 'Internet' Now
08/18/2004 - Hackers Take Aim at GOP
08/18/2004 - Mozilla Attacks Japan!
08/18/2004 - PC survival time 'down to 20 minutes'
08/18/2004 - Program lets people design 3-D objects
08/18/2004 - My Humor, MyDoom
08/18/2004 - Wal-Mart offers sub-$600 notebook
08/18/2004 - End of the line for HP's Alpha processor
08/18/2004 - Demo: Artificial Retina
08/18/2004 - Home users get key Windows update
08/20/2004 - Apple recalls 28,000 PowerBook G4 batteries
08/20/2004 - StreamCast, Grokster Escape Copyright Suit
08/20/2004 - Brazil Tribe Has Great Excuse for Poor Math Skills
08/20/2004 - Amazon to purchase Chinese on-line retailer
08/20/2004 - AMD using strained silicon on 90-nanometer chips
08/20/2004 - New Download.Ject Attack Hits IM Networks
08/20/2004 - Holes found in Windows XP update
08/20/2004 - Net firms set sights on spammers
08/20/2004 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag and Drop Vulnerability
08/21/2004 - Online sales continue to rise, up 23.1% from a year ago
08/21/2004 - NetBeans 4.0 Beta Released
08/21/2004 - Oracle moves to monthly patching schedule
08/21/2004 - Possible security breach seen at AOL
08/21/2004 - Microsoft benches sports games
08/21/2004 - How eight pixels cost Microsoft millions
08/21/2004 - Olympians largely barred from blogging
08/21/2004 - The War Room
08/21/2004 - Drugstore Offers New Wave of Disposable Cameras
08/21/2004 - Computer Experts Vie in Hacking Contest
08/21/2004 - Bedrock In Mars' Gusev Crater Hints At Watery Past
08/21/2004 - LCD price cuts on the rise due to oversupply
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2282004
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:
My Humor, MyDoom
techtree.com -- A new variant of the MyDoom worm posing as a set of laugh-out-loud photographs was spammed to users, and is spreading rapidly
E-Mail Viruses Getting Smarter, Report Says
reuters.com -- Computer viruses spread by e-mail are growing more sophisticated as virus writers and "spammers" are thought to be joining forces in an effort to make smarter bugs, a computer security group said on Tuesday
* Security:
Crypto researchers abuzz over flaws
news.com.com -- Encryption circles are buzzing with news that mathematical functions embedded in common security applications have previously unknown weaknesses.
Holes found in Windows XP update
news.bbc.co.uk -- Barely hours after home users started securing their PCs with a key update for Windows XP, security experts have found ways around it.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag and Drop Vulnerability
secunia.com -- http-equiv has discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
Oracle moves to monthly patching schedule
infoworld.com -- Weeks after coming under criticism for sitting on patches for multiple holes in its database software, Oracle Corp. has announced that it is moving to a monthly patch release schedule.
* 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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- Updated dictionary,
- Updated other minor errors throughout site.
- Continued work on several new upcoming features.
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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Replaced ink cartridges and printer not working.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000084.htm
Creating a link without an underline in HTML.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000074.htm
Mouse cursor has trailers following it as it moves.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000255.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.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
With the increased amount of security issues, spyware, popup ads, etc. in Microsoft Internet Explorer this week we thought we would mention Mozilla Firefox. For users who are still using any version of Microsoft Internet Explorer and/or have not yet tried Mozilla Firefox we highly recommend users give this browser a try. Firefox comes with its own popup blocker, has tabbed browsing, saves things being downloaded automatically to your desktop, is simple to use and will automatically copy your bookmarks from Internet Explorer to Firefox during the Install. The download for this browser is only 4.7MB and is definitely worth checking out.
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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