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March 30, 2002 ISSUE 57
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/nl57.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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Long File Names ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/longfile.htm ) -
Computer file name longer than the original DOS 8.3 format that was widely introduced with
the release of Windows 95, long file name support allows PC computers using Microsoft Windows
95 and above to save and use files stored up to 255 characters in length.
Additional information as well as how long file names is formatted can be found on the above
link.
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: Does Yahoo respect its users?
* Computer World: Privacy advocate Jason Catlett called Yahoo Inc.'s changes to both its
privacy and marketing policies a "large step backwards" today.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo posted the policy changes on its Web site yesterday and began
e-mailing notices to members of its user groups and other services. The changes affect U.S.
customers only, and the company issued no formal announcement about them.
* CNET: Some Yahoo members on Friday reacted angrily to changes in the Web portal's e-mail
marketing practices, comparing the company's revised policy to an open invitation to spam.
"I never received any notification about this from Yahoo," one annoyed reader wrote in an
e-mail to CNET News.com. "I was merely lucky enough to have a friend warn me about it."
- China bans military from owning mobile phones, pagers
- Flaws dog Microsoft, despite IE patch
- Ciena to cut jobs, restructure
- McNealy: Don't let Microsoft steal the Net
- FBI to divulge more Carnivore details
- Say what? Talk on cell phone without speaking
- Unisys, Microsoft to launch anti-Unix ads
- Intel to provide Web hosting for eBay
- DoubleClick agrees to settle privacy litigation
- Intel forces yoga group to fight for its name
- Yahoo users fume over "spam" switch
- Amazon maintenance plagues sellers
- Pentium 4 to outpace itself
- McAfee buyout bid back in play
- Yahoo unveils new privacy, marketing policies
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 virus news this week.
* Security:
- ZDNET: Microsoft released a patch late Thursday for a pair of "critical" security holes in
its Internet Explorer Web browser but was still investigating a widely publicized
vulnerability in its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems.
* Privacy:
- Computer World: Privacy advocate Jason Catlett called Yahoo Inc.'s changes to both its
privacy and marketing policies a "large step backwards" today.
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo posted the policy changes on its Web site yesterday and began
e-mailing notices to members of its user groups and other services. The changes affect U.S.
customers only, and the company issued no formal announcement about them.
- Reuters: Internet advertiser DoubleClick Inc. on Friday said it had agreed to purge
consumer information it had collected and adhere to an enhanced privacy policy, as part of a
settlement of federal and state class action lawsuits filed against the firm.
- CNET: Privacy advocates have won another round in their fight to gain access to more
information about the FBI's Carnivore e-mail surveillance system.
A federal judge this week ordered the FBI to expand its search for records about Carnivore,
also known as DCS1000, technology that is installed at Internet service providers to monitor
e-mail from criminal suspects. The court denied a motion for summary judgment and ordered the
FBI to produce within 60 days "a further search" of its records pertaining to Carnivore as
well as a device called EtherPeek, which manages network traffic.
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. This week posted over 100 new definitions and
re-posted every dictionary definition beginning with "L".
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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How many processors will Windows 2000 support?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000171.htm
Determining if FAT32 is enabled.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000033.htm
Getting no sound from audio CDs.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000215.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.sony.co.jp/en/SonyInfo/News/Press/200203/02-0319E/
Sony recently announced its prototype small biped entertainment robot known as the SDR-4X.
The SDR-4X is a fully functional robot capable of various motion controls, space perception
technology, human interaction technology, speech recognition, conversation capabilities, and
much more. Overall this is a very impressive robot, and although it is out of our price range
and probably the majority of our readers price range. With this type of technology and the
improvements being made in robots we can't wait to see more of this technology in the future.
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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