Computer Hope newsletter #38

October 29, 2001                                                                     ISSUE 38

                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/nl38.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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Eliza ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/e/eliza.htm ) -
Also known as Doctor, Eliza was a form of artificial intelligence created by Dr. Joseph Weizenbaum who was a part of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. Eliza was a program that made a user believe he or she was talking to a real therapist.



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: Software giant Microsoft Corp. launched the latest version of its flagship Windows software on Thursday, reeling in the chief executives of top computer companies to kick off a $250 million marketing campaign in the heart of New York.

- Matsushita develops 100-Gbyte optical video disk
- Dell releases $599 prebuilt PC
- MTVi pulls plug on SonicNet Radio
- Homestore to cut 700 jobs, restructure
- U.S. orders over 4 million digital ID cards.
- Opera: Microsoft sees our browser as a 'threat'
- Civil Rights bus is sold online for $492,000
- Pakistani Hackers attack U.S. government web site
- CoorsTek announces 300 job cuts
- Microsoft Web Portal denies millions
- Intel, AMD slated to cut chip prices next week
- Nevada man jailed for counterfeit software scheme
- Flextronics posts loss, to cut 10,000 jobs
- XP draws fire from Mac, Linux, Even DOS faithful
- Microsoft launches XP with worldwide hype
- Dell, EMC corp. ink 5-year deal
- NEC to sell computer manufacturer
- Gates to drop in on "Frasier"
- Electronic Arts sheds staff

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: No new major virus threats this week.

* Security: Computer Hope has posted a new security Q&A section. While this is a new section with only a few Q&A's Computer Hope helps to develop this section into another large Q&A section. This section can be found at:

http://www.computerhope.com/secureqa.htm

* 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 Microsoft opererating system Windows XP being released this week, Computer Hope has updated its Windows XP page and added a new Q&A for Windows XP. Our Windows XP page can be found at: http://www.computerhope.com/winxp.htm

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