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December 13, 2004 ISSUE 171
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/nl171.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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ESCD ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/escd.htm ) -
Short for Extended System Configuration Data, ESCD is a format for storing information about Plug and Play devices in the BIOS.
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: IBM Sells PC Biz to Lenovo for $1.75B
reed-electronics.com -- IBM's awaited personal computing division sale to Lenovo Group Ltd. became official this morning with an announcement that Big Blue will pass the unit to China's number one PC maker for $1.75 billion.
12/08/2004 - IBM Sells PC Biz to Lenovo for $1.75B
12/08/2004 - Dual DVD, HD-DVD Disc Developed
12/08/2004 - Dual DVD, HD-DVD Disc Developed
12/08/2004 - Apple Threatens Owner of iTunes Domain
12/08/2004 - Trojan poses as Lycos Europe screensaver
12/08/2004 - Online university sued for selling fake degrees
12/08/2004 - Search sites get closer to users
12/08/2004 - Bill Clinton Helps Launch Search Engine
12/08/2004 - AOL lays off 750 employees
12/08/2004 - Banking site hijacked by fraudsters
12/08/2004 - Mobile communication speed record: One gigabit per second over the air
12/09/2004 - China Bans a New Computer Video Game
12/09/2004 - New virus steals passwords
12/09/2004 - Millions to miss out on the net
12/09/2004 - Experts Urge People to Unplug Occasionally
12/09/2004 - Online Research Worries Many Educators
12/09/2004 - HP Pressured to Sell PC Business After IBM Deal
12/10/2004 - Desktop search avalanche set to hit
12/10/2004 - Microsoft contests patent infringement decision
12/10/2004 - Cisco turns 20
12/10/2004 - Most browser pop-ups open to hijack
12/10/2004 - Robotic pods take on car design
12/10/2004 - Robots rejected for Hubble rescue
12/10/2004 - Yahoo Adding Tool to Search Hard Drives
12/10/2004 - The End of TV as We Know It
12/10/2004 - Amazon's 'morning nightmare' lasts 11 days, and counting
12/12/2004 - Microsoft's Improved Media Center Still Falls Short
12/12/2004 - Paypal and Apple iTunes link-up
12/12/2004 - Monkeys use tools to dig for food in wild
12/12/2004 - Hi-tech posters guide commuters
12/12/2004 - 10,056,138 - Houston, we have ignition!
12/12/2004 - Apple to use Toshiba chip next year
12/12/2004 - 'BitTorrent' Gives Hollywood a Headache
12/12/2004 - Phishing Web sites grew by 33 percent in November
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3402004
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 virus steals passwords
news24.com -- A virus that spies on keystrokes and downloads passwords and bank account details is circulating among e-mails.
Trojan poses as Lycos Europe screensaver
news.com.com -- An identity-stealing e-mail Trojan horse that disguises itself as the Lycos Europe antispam screensaver is being distributed around the Internet, an antivirus company has warned.
* Security:
Most browser pop-ups open to hijack
computerweekly.com -- Security researchers have warned of a vulnerability in most web browsers that could let scammers launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted websites.
* 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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- Went through 2,000 e-mails this week.
- Updated dictionary definitions.
- Updated mail scripts
- Updated other minor sections throughout site.
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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No fixed disk present.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000340.htm
How to get sound in MS-DOS.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000260.htm
IOS errors
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000359.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.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
This week Google introduced "Google Suggest" another innovative idea and feature that suggests results as the user is typing. Anyone who enjoys Google or new innovative ideas should give this new service a try.
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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