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June 23, 2002 ISSUE 69
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/nl69.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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Virtual real mode ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/v/virtreal.htm ) -
Also known as V86 mode 8086 mode, virtual real mode allows Intel 386 and above processors to contain a real mode environment within protected mode. A good example of how virtual real mode is when a user opens a MS-DOS window Microsoft Windows 98.
See the above link for the remainder of this definition.
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: Austrailian teleport breakthrough
* BBC: It is a long way from Star Trek, but teleportation - the disembodiment of an object in one location and its reconstruction in another - has been successfully carried out in a physics lab in Australia.
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) made a beam of light disappear in one place and reappear in another a short distance away.
- Feds cut Webcasters a break on fees
- HP putting 4,000 contractors in limbo
- Androids take the field in RoboCup
- Burst.com accuses Microsoft of theft
- Microsoft, Verizon ally on broadband web service
- Philips picks blue lasers for itty bitty disc
- Intel shutting down Web hosting division
- Tiny chip morphs phones into cameras
- Red Hat, HP become Linux buddies
- Microsoft to reinstate Java in Windows
- Put your mobile where your mouth is
- Robot on the run
- Peregrine slashes staff
- Novell exec's start-up goes bust
- Want to be a cybercop? Uncle Sam needs you
- Schools' Tech Support: Students
- New handheld OS: One size fits all
- The little engine that could beat Google
- Microsoft updates IE for Mac
- Qwest CEO asked to resign
- Hotmail cuts the wires in Asia
- Microsoft .Net software's hidden cost
- Australian teleport breakthrough
- Apple grabs another video software firm
- Circuit City is dumping VHS
- Inventop turning PDAs into a messaging network
- IBM to release cheaper Power4 servers
- IBM shoots at 'drive-by hackers'
- Internet's thinkers sound warning cry
- Palm expected to name new CEO
- Video game that's good for you
- Copy-protected CDs: Technically flawed?
- Holes still linger in Yahoo messenger
- New Pentium 4-M breaks 2GHz barrier
- INT media to acquires Jupiter research
- NASA's 1,024-CPU supercomputer gets an upgrade
- Louder calls to sue the software makers
- Interactive ads play big role in "Minority Report"
- Agilent restores full pay to 37,000 employees
- Loudcloud passing on hosting business
- Big online retailers compete by cutting shipping charges
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 information this week.
* Security:
Internet News: A mere week after Yahoo! patched holes in its instant messaging platform, the company continues to clean up after the security threat. On May 27, 2002, the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT) discovered a buffer overflow and a URL validation vulnerability in the Yahoo! Messenger client for Windows.
* 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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* The Computer Hope web site was migrated to our new server at 2:00(MST) this Sunday June 23, 2002. Everything went smoothly and as expected. We did counter a small issue with our search engine and our poll for about one hour, however this issue should now be resolved. If you locate any issues with the new server please let our webmasters know at webmasters@computerhope.com.
- Updated computer news section with slightly new look.
- Fixed various minor issues.
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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Error 630: Port disconnected due to hardare failure.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000408.htm
How to enable / disable call waiting on computer.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000266.htm
Not able to see or boot with hard drive over 33.8GB.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000274.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.robocup.org
This week we talk about Robocup an event mentioned previously in our computer news section. Robocup is a fascinating event where a collection of robots competes against other robots with the intention of scoring on the other without any interaction from humans. This is a great site for anyone interested in robotics, soccer, or both.
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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