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August 1, 2005 ISSUE 197
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl197.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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Slot ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/slot.htm ) -
1. A type of computer processor connection designed to make upgrading the processor much easier, where the user would only have to slide a processor into a slot. The original slot or slot 1 was first released by the Intel Corporation. Later AMD released another type of slot known as the Slot A. Both slots look similar but are not compatible. Later Intel released the slot 2, which was a bigger slot used with the later versions of the Pentium II processors. Today slot processors are no longer found in new computers. Additional information about these slots can be found on our CPU page.
2. Another name for an expansion slot.
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: New "key" mandatory in Windows for updates
seattletimes.nwsource.com -- Get ready to register with Microsoft if you want to update your Windows operating system.
07/30/2005 - Mozilla Firefox Downloaded 75,000,000 Times
07/30/2005 - AOL Debuts Personalized Home Page
07/30/2005 - Microsoft Denies IE 7 Breaks Yahoo, Google Toolbars
07/30/2005 - Hackers tinker with Microsoft program
07/30/2005 - Cisco Threatens Web Site That Leaked Exploit Presentation
07/29/2005 - The hunt is on for file format bugs
07/29/2005 - Flaw found in Sophos antivirus
07/29/2005 - New value for used books flows from Amazon
07/29/2005 - IE7 nukes Google, Yahoo! search
07/29/2005 - Beginning Of The End Of E-Mail
07/29/2005 - Ice lake found on the Red Planet
07/29/2005 - Teen survey: E-mail is, like, so yesterday
07/29/2005 - The Future Of Internet TV
07/29/2005 - Tiny customers 'won't get money'
07/29/2005 - Net addresses come down to Earth
07/29/2005 - GTA sex scandal hits Australia
07/29/2005 - Emergency mobile phone contact number
07/29/2005 - New Super Magnet Weighs More Than 15 Tons
07/29/2005 - Michigan man one of eight charged in Internet piracy probe
07/29/2005 - Microsoft gets win in Google job fight
07/28/2005 - Google: Microsoft Lawsuit Is a 'Charade'
07/28/2005 - Nearly 433,000 Watch NASA Launch Webcast
07/28/2005 - Blind Teen Gamer Obliterates Foes
07/28/2005 - Hollywood Plots End of Film Reels
07/28/2005 - Japanese develop 'female' android
07/28/2005 - CA cuts 800 jobs as deals slow
07/28/2005 - Video game pirate headed to slammer
07/28/2005 - Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams
07/28/2005 - Hotmail goes to 2GB of mail storage
07/28/2005 - Netflix near launch of movie downloads
07/28/2005 - Case Student Invents Hit Online Game
07/28/2005 - Investigating Machine Identification Code Technology in Color Laser Printers
07/28/2005 - Sun to lay off 1,000 staffers
07/28/2005 - Awards to applaud women in tech
07/28/2005 - Fake Tube safety e-mail spreads
07/28/2005 - Microsoft's Earth deletes Apple HQ
07/28/2005 - Netscape fixes browser flaws
07/28/2005 - Hackers Spreading Spyware From Free Personal Web Sites
07/28/2005 - Japan Plans World's Fastest Computer
07/28/2005 - Yahoo Buys Maker of 'Widget' Applications
07/28/2005 - Mozilla 1.7.10 now available
07/28/2005 - Gamemaker Sued Over Hidden Sex in GTA
07/28/2005 - Russian Spammer Murdered
07/28/2005 - Cisco Snaps Up Sheer Networks in $97 Million Deal
07/28/2005 - PGP Inventor to Encrypt Net Calls
07/28/2005 - New "key" mandatory in Windows for updates
07/28/2005 - Prices for security holes rising
07/28/2005 - Cisco tries to silence researcher
07/28/2005 - XM, Napster in online music joint venture
07/28/2005 - AOL testing mobile search services
07/28/2005 - Survey: Teens more wired than ever
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2052005
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: No new virus news this week.
* Security:
Flaw found in Sophos antivirus
news.com.com -- Sophos has announced a flaw in its flagship antivirus product, but said that it is working on fixes.
Elderly Americans lose millions to Internet scams
news.com.com -- Scams involving Internet auctions, as well as identity theft, lotteries, prizes and sweepstakes, top the list of fraud complaints by older Americans, who lost $152 million to con artists last year, U.S. officials told a Senate panel on Wednesday.
Netscape fixes browser flaws
news.com.com -- Netscape released on Monday an updated version of its Netscape 8 browser to fix a pair of "critical" security flaws.
Hackers Spreading Spyware From Free Personal Web Sites
news.yahoo.com -- Attackers are using free personal Web hosting sites provided by nationally- and internationally-known ISPs to store their malicious code, and to infect users with worms, viruses, and spyware, a security firm said Monday
Cisco tries to silence researcher
news.zdnet.co.uk -- Cisco and ISS have jointly filed for a restraining order to stop a researcher publishing more details on a flaw in the networking firm's kit that 'could bring the Internet to its knees'.
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2052005
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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* With the new month of August, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you think games provoke violence?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which year was Microsoft Windows XP released?" and Tip - "Mozilla Firefox".
- Added more dictionary definitions and modified several older definitions including adding several new images to various definitions.
- Added additional issues and modified several older issues.
- Did other minor updates throughout site.
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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How can I hide or view hidden icons in my systray?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000734.htm
How do I disable the power, sleep, and/or wake buttons in Windows?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000735.htm
Do Macs get viruses?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000737.htm
Last week we mentioned, "How do I determine how long my computer has been running for?" as an incorrect document number this should have been: http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000733.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.acoustic-energy.co.uk/contact/radio.html
This week we came across the AE (Acoustic Energy) Wi-Fi Internet radio, a new Wi-Fi radio that is planning to be released in November. The radio is capable of accessing over 10,000 Internet radio stations as well as streaming Real audio, WMA, and MP3 streams. Anyone who has been interested in getting Internet radio in his or her home entertainment system should check this product 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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