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November 18, 2001 ISSUE 41
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/nl41.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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Bootleg ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bootleg.htm ) -
Illegal copy of a piece of software that is owned by someone who did not purchase the
program from the developer or retail store.
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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- Gateway rethinks AOL investment
- Citybank to make web payment service free
- CMGI chairman takes pay cut to $1
- Police seize $100 million in fake software in L.A.
- Monster, AOL Europe ally
- Yahoo cuts jobs, seeks to fix past mistakes
- Novell to cut staff, restructure
- Microsoft security bulletin MS01-055
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:
- Microsoft releases patch to correct the possible exposure and altering of data in cookies
in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Find the file at the below address:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-05
5.asp
* 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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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
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6. All Talk
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http://www.warriorsofthe.net/movie.html
Have you ever been curious about how information on a network on the Internet was sent
across the network? Warriors of the Net have created a great video that demonstrates how a
packet is built and sent from one computer to another.
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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