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March 24, 2002 ISSUE 56
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/nl56.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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Knowledge base ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/k/knowbase.htm ) -
Sometimes abbreviated as kb, a knowledge base is a central location that contains information
about a product. The Computer Hope web site is considered a knowledge base, containing a vast
amount of information about computers.
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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Top News Story: Is the end of free e-mail near?
* CNN: Yahoo! went one step further toward weaning users off its free services Thursday,
informing those people who access their Yahoo! Mail accounts using POP3 programs or
automatically forward e-mail to other accounts that they will now have to pay $29.99 a year
for these services or they will be shut out effective April 24.
* CNET: Hotmail subscribers have a new problem to contend with: an e-mail janitor.In
Microsoft's popular free e-mail service, messages are being swept out and bounced back to
senders as the site urges members to upgrade to a premium version that costs $19.95 a year,
according to subscribers.
- RoboReporter to the field
- Bridgestone develops nanotech display
- Yahoo! to charge POP3 e-mail users
- Madster files for bankruptcy
- Ex-Gateway Executive says Microsoft bullies PC maker
- Easier Internet for older users
- Net users less willing to pay for content
- Online gamers pay for virtual objects
- Pricing change irks Oracle customers
- Red Hat scales down to think big
- Apple raises prices on new iMac
- Senators propose high-tech SWAT
- Citigroup signs on to use .Net services
- Google pulls anti-Scientology links
- Mandrake Linux policy angers members
- Microsoft sweeps out Hotmail accounts
- Half scientist, half robot
- Court OKs legal notices sent via e-mail
- eBay's Half.com integration hits snags
- Google takes on supercomputing
- NEC plans to raise PC prices
- New security holes in Outlook
- Motorola, Nortel in Wireless merger talks
- Clinton e-mail worm attempts to delete files
- City owner tells ORBZ Owner... Oops
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:
- Computer World: A new "medium-risk" Internet worm called Worm/MyLife.B that displays a
cartoon image of former President Clinton is spreading quickly in the wild, according to
Medina, Ohio-based antivirus firm Central Command Inc.
The worm, which is a slight modification of a similar worm last month called Worm/MyLife,
spreads through e-mail using addresses found in Microsoft Corp. Outlook address books.The
worm appears as a screen-saver attachment in an e-mail with the subject header "my life
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh."
* Security:
- Internetnews: Online privacy and security guru Richard Smith, who operates the Computer
Bytes Man site, has issued a warning about potential security problems in Microsoft Outlook
2002. One of the most serious involves Windows Media Player (WMP).
In an e-mail to SecurityFocus Corp.'s Bugtraq database administrators, Smith said that WMP
"reintroduces the ability to automatically execute JavaScript code from an HTML e-mail
message in Outlook 2002.".
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
Computer Virus information can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/vlist.htm
Computer Security Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/secureqa.htm
Computer Privacy Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/privacyq.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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- Continued working on the Computer Hope new web server.
- Continued work on dictionary update.
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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Where do I get OpenGL drivers?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000292.htm
What is an external / internal command?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000011.htm
Unable to increase the resolution in Windows.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000191.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.vkb.co.il/
This week we read various articles about the VKB Virtual Keyboard introduced by Siemens at
the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover, Germany. The devices projects a virtual keyboard onto a
flat surface and looks to be a very promising device. This device could be implemented into
various devices, like those seen on the companies web page and allow users to easily input
data into their computers and mobile devices. We look forward to seeing this device in the
future.
See a working proto of this device at Yahoo:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020319/168/19xte.html
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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