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November 11, 2001 ISSUE 40
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/nl40.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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Firewall ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/firewall.htm ) -
Software and/or hardware that limits outside network access to a computer or network. Firewalls are one method helping to prevent un-authorized access to a company or home network.
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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* ZDNet: In an effort to improve security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the organizers of next week's Comdex trade show have banned the most ubiquitous of technology tools: laptop computers.
- OurHouse.com stops selling
- Personal firewalls could leak private info
- Excite @ home agrees to sell portal assets
- Security hole in IE reveals data in cookies
- Apple posts Star Wars: Episode II trailer
- Engage struggling to pay publishers
- Disney cuts web staff, closes Mr. Showbiz site
- BMC cuts about 475 jobs
- Got laptop? Can't come into Comdex
- Toshiba announces temporary layoffs
- Hewlett family opposing Compaq buy
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 World: A newly reported vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer allows hackers to steal or corrupt cookie information on a user's desktop through a malformed URL at a Web site or in an HTML e-mail.
The vulnerability means a user's personal information, such as a credit card number or home address, could be stolen by a malicious site, if other sites have stored that data on the user's hard drive. The flaw involved Microsoft's IE browser 5.5 and 6.0.
- C|NET: Consumers protecting their PCs with personal firewalls should not feel too comfortable in their defense methods, according to a security researcher.
PC protection software such as Zone Labs' ZoneAlarm and Symantec's Norton Internet Security fare well against outside attacks, but Trojan horses and worms that infect the machine can easily dodge the firewall's blocks and access the Net, said Robin Keir, chief software engineer for security services company Foundstone
* 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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- Continued work on dictionary section.
- Corrected various errors on our pages.
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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Boot disk failure
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000387.htm
Missing or lost sound in Windows 95 / Windows 98
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000208.htm
I'm getting Bad Sectors, Clusters and or Missing Allocations what should I do?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000180.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://www.tgtsoft.com/
This week we came across a product from TFT soft that allows users who are running Microsoft Windows XP to customize the look and feel of their desktop and start menu. Users who are running Windows XP and are not satisfied with the look of their desktop or would like to make their own should definitively try Style XP.
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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