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September 27, 2004 ISSUE 163
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/nl163.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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Teraflop ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/teraflop.htm ) -
Measure of a computer's processor speed. This speed can be expressed as a trillion floating point operations per second, 10^12 floating-point operations per second, or 2^40 power flops.
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: Rumours surround Google browser
The net is buzzing with rumours that Google is working on a web browser.
09/21/2004 - IBM scientists demonstrate single-atom magnetic measurements
09/21/2004 - Kingston Introduces Two and Four Gigabyte CompactFlash Cards
09/21/2004 - New Clues to Life on Mars
09/21/2004 - Authentication 'Tokens' Arrive For AOL Customers
09/21/2004 - Yellow Pages Group to list 2.4 million businesses on Google Canada
09/21/2004 - TruSecure, BeTrusted Announce Merger
09/21/2004 - Spinach could power better solar cells
09/21/2004 - Hackers are after your money, warns Symantec
09/21/2004 - Four Southern Californians charged in counterfeit software case
09/21/2004 - Would you hire a hacker?
09/21/2004 - Call to legalise file-sharing with taxes
09/21/2004 - PC security threats hit new high
09/21/2004 - Alice chatbot wins for third time
09/21/2004 - India launches learning satellite
09/21/2004 - Microsoft lets governments into Office
09/21/2004 - Microsoft software caused air traffic shutdown
09/21/2004 - Butler Jeeves gets 'extreme makeover'
09/21/2004 - IBM, Boeing join forces to seek government IT contracts
09/21/2004 - Countdown to Solaris 10 Begins
09/21/2004 - Sun Close to a Linux Purchase
09/21/2004 - Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service
09/21/2004 - AOL launches shopping service
09/21/2004 - Microsoft banks on Money update
09/21/2004 - Are poker bots raking online pots?
09/21/2004 - Space O2 Generator Fails Again
09/21/2004 - Nothing Robotic About Robo-Art
09/21/2004 - Soon, robots will be able to change their shape!
09/21/2004 - Spacecrafts powered by thunder
09/23/2004 - Sony to Support MP3 in Future Players
09/23/2004 - Microsoft Sues Web Hoster, Others Over Spam
09/23/2004 - PassAlong jump-starts eBay music effort
09/23/2004 - Survey finds 'web withdrawal'
09/23/2004 - Hack Attack Gums Up Authorize.Net
09/23/2004 - Can IM morph into 'instant music'?
09/23/2004 - Africa seeks gadget lovers' cash
09/23/2004 - Rumours surround Google browser
09/23/2004 - Spammers go east with junk offers
09/23/2004 - New, dangerous Microsoft JPEG exploit code released
09/23/2004 - BSA now pushing 700 software piracy probes in the U.S.
09/23/2004 - French Defense Ministry commissions high-security Linux
09/23/2004 - PayPal Set to Fine Users
09/23/2004 - Jail time for California file swappers?
09/23/2004 - Lens to pierce fog of war
09/23/2004 - Let your fingers do the surfing
09/23/2004 - Scientists engineer mosquitoes that can't cause malaria infection
09/23/2004 - Flexible Sensors Make Robot Skin
09/23/2004 - BMW Unveils World's Fastest Hydrogen-Powered Car
09/24/2004 - HP drops Itanium workstations
09/24/2004 - Symantec plugs holes in firewall
09/24/2004 - Web tool may banish broken links
09/24/2004 - Move over spam, make way for "spit"
09/24/2004 - Iomega backs away from DCT, cuts jobs
09/25/2004 - Google Conforms to Chinese Censorship
09/25/2004 - Applied Materials to pay Novellus $8M
09/25/2004 - Intel shelves plans for Wi-Fi access point
09/25/2004 - FDIC warns about e-mail 'phishing' scam
09/25/2004 - Conservative group savages anti-P2P bill
09/25/2004 - Apple offers fix for spotted PowerBook displays
09/26/2004 - Two Huge Galactic Clusters Are Colliding Millions of Light-Years Away
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2632004
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:
PC security threats hit new high
news.bbc.co.uk -- The numbers of viruses, worms, Trojans and other malicious programs aimed at PC users has now surpassed 100,000
* Security:
Symantec plugs holes in firewall
news.zdnet.com -- Symantec has released patches for several flaws in its security products.
New, dangerous Microsoft JPEG exploit code released
computerworld.com -- New computer code that exploits a recently disclosed hole in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer Web browser is circulating on the Internet and could allow remote attackers to take full control of vulnerable Windows machines, according to warnings from antivirus companies and Internet security experts.
Hackers are after your money, warns Symantec
news.zdnet.co.uk -- Unpatched and vulnerable systems are open to hackers seeking financial gain, Symantec has warned in its latest report.
Authentication 'Tokens' Arrive For AOL Customers
Internetnews.com -- America Online has inked a deal with RSA Security to add another layer of authentication to the existing username/password scheme used by AOL subscribers
* Privacy:
FDIC warns about e-mail 'phishing' scam
news.com.com -- The FDIC on Friday issued an alert about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal personal information and money from millions of unwary consumers.
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 computer dictionary with additional new definitions.
- Continued work on new scripts.
- Made other minor updates throughout site.
Because of all these updates and changes we were unable to release last weeks newsletter and had to delay this newsletter until all changes were made and updated to server.
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 determine the motherboards chipset
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000634.htm
How to change a devices resources.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000197.htm
How do I close a browser window with HTML code?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000178.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.dataevolution.com/productsCathena.php
This week we came across the Cathena, although it appears to be a laptop the Cathena is actually a PDA. The Cathena runs Microsoft Windows CE, has 64MB of SDRAM, 128MB ROM (no hard disk drive), a 12.1" SVGA TFT, Wireless network, and weighs less than 3 lbs. This product would be great for anyone who would like a PDA but doesn't want to deal with the small PDA keyboards.
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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