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July 14, 2002 ISSUE 72
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/nl72.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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AC ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/ac.htm ) -
1. Short for Alternating Current, AC is an electrical current that reverses or alternates its direction of travel.
A normal wall outlet in the United States is 110 volts transmitting currents at 60 hertz per second. European power systems use 220 volts alternating current at 50 Hz.
2. Short for Anonymous Coward, AC is commonly used in message boards and newsgroups for users who do not wish to divulge their identity.
3. Short for Asheron's Call, AC is a popular MMORPG.
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: EBay buys Paypal for $1.5 billion
* MSNBC: Online auctioneer eBay on Monday said it would buy PayPal Inc. in a stock swap worth about $1.5 billion, acquiring the online payment system already used by many eBay customers. The long-rumored deal would mark the end of eBays rival, in-house electronic payment program.
- Digital attacks on open source systems soar
- Apple posts software update security fix
- Study: Chicago tops net-accessible cities
- Search engines slow to disclose
- A new code for anonymous web users
- Are Mac users smarter?
- Sprint to cut 1,200 jobs, DSL services
- U.S. Military shows off latest robot plane
- Canning spam without eating up real mail
- USAToday.com home page hacked
- Micron shows first DDR-II memory demo
- Windows worm, multiple bugs haunt MS users
- Flaw found in encryption software
- Coalition to unveil Net ID system
- IE scripting flaw uncovered
- Gamespot "download manager" hides spyware. DRM
- $215 million later, start-up Pluris shuts down
- MPAA sues Film88
- Microsoft stakes IPclaims on OpenGL
- Web rebels profit from net controls
- Hacker cracks Apple downloads
- EBay says no to Paypal gambling
- Labels to net radio: Die now
- Gnutella pioneer Gene Kan dies
- Company builds game plan to help blind
- Microsoft changes tune on Linux
- Redmond retirement ratchet spells doom for Win2k
- Java-Enabled cross-platform IM client unveiled
- Mac collecting like a religion
- EBay to buy PayPal for $1.5 billion
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 security news this week.
* Security: No new security news this week.
- CNN: The world's most popular software for scrambling sensitive e-mails suffers from a programming flaw that could allow hackers to attack a user's computer and, in some circumstances, unscramble messages.
- The Register: Security researchers yesterday released details of a cross domain scripting flaw in Internet Explorer ahead of a fix by Microsoft.
- ZDNET: A security mailing list has alerted Apple Computer OS X users to a program that could let a hacker piggyback malicious code on downloads from the company's SoftwareUpdate service.
* Privacy:
- ExtremeTech: Gamespot.com, a popular games download site, is promoting a "download accelerator" which will place a digital-rights-management (DRM) and spyware package on your PC.
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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*** Notice: Unfortunately it appears the Computer Hope server is currently experiencing issues either due to high traffic or a possible hardware issue with the server. At the time the newsletter was distributed we were unable to access the computerhope.com domain. Therefore if you are experiencing issues with accessing our web site please bare with us while we try to resolve these issues.
- Corrected various minor issues, and updated 10+ pages with new information.
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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Floppy drive makes noise.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000427.htm
Issues and information on LI-ION batteries.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000336.htm
Dead or black pixels
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000316.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://promo.net/pg/
This week we were introduced to the Project Gutenberg Web Site or PG for short. This is a project that started in 1971 and is a service that allows users to obtain literature that is public domain for free through the Internet. Users can download such books as Alice in Wonderland, Moby Dick, Shakespeare, etc.
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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