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October 1, 2001 ISSUE 34
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/nl34.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 Virus, 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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Ethernet ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/ethernet.htm ) -
Ethernet was originally known as Alto Aloha Network and later changed to ethernet, ethernet is a widely used local-area network (LAN) protocol originally created by Xerox in 1976. Being the first network to provide Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) ethernet is a fast and reliable network solution.
See the above ethernet link for additional information about ethernet as well as similar ethernet standards and technologies.
See a complete dictionary of computer terms at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
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2. What's new in the news last week?
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* Reuters: Intel Corp. on Monday will announce 12 new, faster and more power-efficient microprocessors designed for laptop computers as the world's largest chipmaker seeks to expand into lighter and lighter notebooks.
With the chips, whose speeds range from a 700 Megahertz chip that can consume as little as half a watt of electricity to ones running at 1.2 Gigahertz, Intel said its mobile chips now span the entire range of the mobile computing market. In all, six new Pentium III-M chips and six lower-cost Celeron mobile chips are being announced.
- Contentville.com shutters web site
- Online payment service PayPal Inc. files for IPO
- Chipmaker Atmel says 2,500 job cuts
- Excite@Home pulls the plug
- U.S. sues Computer Associates platinum
- Digi International cuts staff by 13 percent
- Korean firms plan Windows XP protest
- Clarent lays off 50 percent of staff
- Microsoft investing $30 Million in MSN
- The Montly Fool to lay off half its staff
- About.com changes tasks, cuts staff
- Advanced Micro Devices to cut 2,300 jobs
- Hotwire to lay off workers in wake of terrorist attack
- Excite cuts 500 jobs
- Terabeam cuts 90 jobs
- AT&T, Comcast may sign agreement
- AOL Latin America slashes 133 jobs
- Exodus files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Find all of the above articles and latest news at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer Virus, Security and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
-Reuters: The Dutch creator of the ``Anna Kournikova" virus, which infected computers worldwide, was sentenced on Thursday to 150 hours' community service.
* Security: No new Security information this week.
* Privacy: No new Privacy information this week.
Computer Virus information can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/vlist.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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*With the new month of September Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "How many MP3 files do you have?" Quiz - "Which of the following file extensions is not a audio file format?" and tip - "Microsoft Windows 95 and above".
- Computer Hope is continuing to work on a complete modification of our computer dictionary. While this work is being done unfortunately it is possible you may experience bad links until completed.
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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Trouble shooting a new serial device.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000247.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
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6. All Talk
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http://grc.com/
With the ever-growing amount of questions regarding computer security we thought it would be a great time to talk about Gibson Research Corporation Homepage. This is an excellent page that has lots of information on computer security as well as tests that can be performed on your computer to test how secure your computer is or isn't.
The above items as well as other new and innovative services and technologies can be found on our What's Hip section on our News page at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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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