Computer Hope newsletter #75
August 04, 2002 ISSUE 75
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/nl75.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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IDE ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/ide.htm ) -
Short for Integrated Drive Electronics (IBM Disc Electronics), IDE is a standard for PC hard drive interfaces. IDE is different from the Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI) and Enhanced Small Device Interface (ESDI) because its controllers are on each drive, meaning the drive can connect directly to the motherboard. IDE and its updated successor, Enhanced IDE (EIDE), are the most common drive interfaces found in IBM compatible computers.
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: IBM acquires PricewaterhouseCoopers' global business consulting and technology services unit.
* IBM Press Release: IBM and PricewaterhouseCoopers today announced that IBM would acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers' global business consulting and technology services unit, PwC Consulting. The combination of IBM and PwC Consulting will create a powerful, unmatched capability to help clients solve their business issues, exploiting world-class technology for improved business performance.
- Italian police arrest 14 in hacker probe
- Ohio Govenor signs anti-spam law
- AT&T launches super-high-speed broadband service
- Corio snaps up Qwest's ASP business
- Honey, who shrank the circuits?
- No StarOffice for Mac OS X
- Trojan horse found in OpenSSH
- Utah man sues Sprint over spam
- Take my picture, please - and buy my phone
- Play Warcraft III on Linux with TransGaming's relase of WineX 2.1
- CNET buys Silicon.com
- Wireless 'cloud' may offer silver lining
- Experts say computer hacking becoming easier
- Bush adviser encourages hackers
- ABC starts charging viewers for video clips on the Internet
- Trouble in HP's post-merger paradise
- Dell handhelds will be out by Christmas
- Security warning draws DMCA threat
- Google aboard, AOL offers peek at 8.0
- What has your floppy drive done for you lately
- IBM to acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting
- 3COM suit halt all shipments of Xircom/Intel PCMCIA Type 3 ethernet cards
- More vulnerabilities for Microsoft
- Attack disables music industry web site
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:
- Internetnews.com: Three new flaws were discovered in Microsoft products that could allow a malicious user to cause havoc on your machine.
The flaws were discovered in SQL Server 2000, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Metadirectory Services 2.2, and would allow a hacker to accomplish a variety of attacks.
- ComputerWorld: Several versions of OpenSSH contain a Trojan horse that can allow an attacker to take over a system running the free network connectivity software, the makers of OpenSSH warned in an advisory yesterday.
* 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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* With the new month of August, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "How many computer problems had you in the last month?" Quiz - "Which of the following well not help your computers security?" and tip - "Most Microsoft Windows programs / Printers"
- Made additional corrections and updates throughout web site.
- Continued our work on Dictionary.
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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Creating a link without an underline in HTML.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000074.htm
Mouse cursor has trailers following it as it moves.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000255.htm
Replaced ink cartridges and printer not working.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000084.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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We would like to thank everyone who has provided input about Issue 73 of our Newsletter and fun links on the Internet. Overall it appears that everyone enjoyed the fun links and we found it interesting that a good percentage of individuals who e-mailed us could also not view Macromedia Flash files for various reasons. In the future when we post additional fun links we will try to get a better selection of links.
http://www.highiqsociety.org/
Have you ever wondered how smart you really are, or wanted to compare your intelligence to others? This week we talk about the International High IQ societies web site and the broad range of available tests. Unlike many other IQ tests on the Internet this site offers a HTML and Flash version of its site and tests. The site also tests different aspects of your intelligence including a verbal, logic and culture fair test.
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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