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October 4, 2004 ISSUE 164
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/nl164.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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Data entry ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/dataentr.htm ) -
1. Process of placing data or information into the computer with devices such as a keyboard, scanner, disk, online and voice.
2. Type of job where the employee enters data into the computer from forms or other non-electronic forms of data.
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: Apple to replace 'spotty' PowerBook screens
Apple Computer is offering free replacement screens to owners of 15-inch PowerBook models whose machines have a flaw that causes the screen to display white spots.
09/29/2004 - Microsoft, Amazon File Lawsuits Against Spammers
09/29/2004 - Asteroid Comes Closest to Earth Since 12th Century, NASA Says
09/29/2004 - Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows
09/29/2004 - Tougher File-Trading Bill Moves Forward
09/29/2004 - Red Hat acquires AOL's Netscape server software
09/29/2004 - Particle lab celebrates 50 years
09/29/2004 - SpaceShipOne rolls to first mark
09/29/2004 - Hotmail fees for Outlook access
09/29/2004 - E-mail turns to P2P technology
09/29/2004 - Savvy Web Surfers Catch New Wave of Browsers
09/29/2004 - Spy Imagery Agency Watching Inside U.S.
09/29/2004 - Russia gets budget version of Windows
09/29/2004 - E-mail firm baits hackers with security challenge
09/29/2004 - Apple to replace 'spotty' PowerBook screens
09/29/2004 - Yahoo pages to get touch-up
09/29/2004 - Slowing the speed of light to improve networking
09/29/2004 - .Mac customers suffer e-mail glitches
09/29/2004 - Cendant buying Orbitz.com in $1.25B deal
09/29/2004 - Update: CA cutting 5% of workforce
09/29/2004 - Agere to cut 500 jobs amid slowing sales
09/29/2004 - IBM reclaims supercomputer crown for U.S.
09/30/2004 - IBM's 'Marvel' to scour Net for video, audio
09/30/2004 - California company gives away 100 GByte email accounts
09/30/2004 - Search Upstart Launches New Site
10/02/2004 - RIAA Sues Another 762 Over File Sharing
10/02/2004 - Lawyers: Microsoft's FAT Patent Defeat 'Significant'
10/02/2004 - Microsoft Tests MSN Messenger 7.0
10/02/2004 - Net giants adopt anti-spam system
10/02/2004 - Banks sound alarm on online fraud
10/02/2004 - Important Security Update for Firefox Available
10/02/2004 - Viral movies possible with RealPlayer flaw
10/02/2004 - Users say Microsoft's Money is broke
10/02/2004 - Robbery suspect caught on cell phone camera
10/02/2004 - Schwarzenegger terminates anti-offshoring bill
10/02/2004 - Sun ships Java upgrade, focuses on ease of use
10/02/2004 - Gates: Microsoft to offer anti-spyware
10/02/2004 - Sun's Schwartz guns for patent glories
10/02/2004 - U.S. Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns
10/02/2004 - California Goes After Spyware
10/02/2004 - Cruise control keeps an eye on traffic
10/02/2004 - Robot uses whiskers to get around
10/02/2004 - Home Photo-Stamp Experiment Canceled
10/02/2004 - Two Words from Bill Gates: Computer Science
10/02/2004 - New Windows Patch Proves Tricky
10/02/2004 - IM Worm Crawls Through JPEG Hole
10/02/2004 - Netflix, TiVo Partner To Offer Online Films
10/02/2004 - Device has keen sense for mini-motions
10/03/2004 - Kodak wins Java lawsuit
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2702004
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:
IM Worm Crawls Through JPEG Hole
story.news.yahoo.com -- Security experts have spotted the first attempts to create an Internet worm that propagates using instant messages and exploits a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft software.
* Security:
New Windows Patch Proves Tricky
story.news.yahoo.com -- The emergence of a new Internet virus targeting a Microsoft Windows security flaw could cause more damage than usual because the company's system for fixing the problem is so complex that many people will not bother to download it, security experts warned.
Viral movies possible with RealPlayer flaw
news.com.com -- A software slipup in RealNetworks' music player means that Windows, Mac and Linux computers could be compromised by a fake movie file, a security company said Friday.
Important Security Update for Firefox Available
mozilla.org -- The Mozilla Foundation releases an important security update for Firefox. All users should upgrade to the latest version of the Firefox Preview Release. A patch is available for current Preview Release users
* 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 October, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Which Operating System are you using?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the below is an input device?" and Tip - "Mozilla Firefox".
- Added several new recovery console commands and updates MS-DOS section.
- Updated and added new questions and answers.
- Updated e-mail script.
- Continued work on new scripts.
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 get into Windows XP recovery console without a Windows XP CD.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000635.htm
Windows error message with ntoskrnl.exe.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000631.htm
Unmountable boot volume in Windows XP.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000630.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://oakley.com/catalog/eyewear/thump/
This week we came across the new OAKLEY THUMP, a new pair of digital music eyewear. Available in 128MB and 256MB users can store up to 120 songs in their eyewear. This is a great solution for those who need a MP3 player and enjoy the OAKLEY brand of sunglasses.
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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