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August 25, 2002 ISSUE 77
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/nl77.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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Bang ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bang.htm ) -
1. Slang commonly used to describe the exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is the symbol commonly above the "1" key on the standard U.S. QWERTY keyboard and looks like the following symbol: "!".
2. Bang is also used to describe the physical process of hitting an object, commonly the keyboard.
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: Software Research Associates acquires Turbolinux Linux software business
* Press Release: San Francisco, Calif. and Tokyo, Japan - Turbolinux Inc., a worldwide leader in Linux operating environments and multi-platform server provisioning and management products, and Software Research Associates, Inc. (SRA), one of Japan's oldest and largest independent software houses, today announced that SRA has acquired the Linux software business from Turbolinux Inc.
- McAfee accepts Network Associates offer
- New super patch for Internet Explorer fixes six new flaws
- Riverstone plans layoffs, cuts outlook
- Intel, PC makers sued over Pentium 4 performance
- Dell eyes "white box" market
- Microsoft Bluetooth keyboard and mouse approved
- Cingular to let 3,000 workers go
- Yahoo drops fees on payment service
- Judge throws out hyperlink lawsuit
- White House may trim tech spending
- Talking gloves to break barriers for deaf
- FBI raids firm after military hacking claim
- Microsoft warns of Office, IE security risks
- Apple users to get a taste of MSN
- IBM building emergency IM network
- AMD hopes to leapfrog Pentium
- Palm feeling blue over color claim mistake
- U.S. Military uses the force
- Theaters to post movie piracy warning
- Opera cuts legacy code--hums faster
- New software lets your eyes do the typing
- Review: Jaguar shows its teeth
- DOJ to swappers: Law's not on your side
- A new tactic in the download war
- PGP corporation announces purchase of PGP desktop and wireless assets from Network Associates
- Software Research Associates acquires Turbolinux Linux software business
- Communication with light polarization
- Cisco brewing new storage products?
- Super Audio CD goes mainstream
- Gamers fight for right to LAN party
- EarthLink software banishes pop-ups
- Record labels sue Internet providers over site
- Vivendi may sell game unit
- Sun revives Solaris for Intel
- Flash flaw opens Windows for attack
- SSL defeated in IE and Konqueror
- An IM chat imbroglio in India
- Encryption flaw may decode e-mail
- Sun tests waters with Linux computers
- Napster goes to auction block
- Verizon switches programmers to Linux
- IBM comfirms 15K job losses
- Vision quest
- Norton antivirus tackles instant messaging
- Schools get a 'F' in tech use
- FBI agent charged with hacking
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:
Computer World: Microsoft Corp. late yesterday issued a cumulative patch for its Internet Explorer Web browser that also fixes six new vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could enable an attacker to take control over a user's system, the company said.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q323759ie/default.asp
News.com: Macromedia has warned that its Flash Player, a ubiquitous application for playing multimedia files, has a vulnerability that could allow attackers to run malicious code on Windows and Unix-based operating systems.
The Register: A colossal stuff-up in Microsoft's and KDE's implementation of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate handling makes it possible for anyone with a valid VeriSign SSL site certificate to forge any other VeriSign SSL site certificate, and abuse hapless Konqueror and Internet Explorer users with impunity.
New York(AP): Snoopers on the Internet could decode sensitive e-mail messages simply by tricking recipients into hitting the reply button, computer security researchers warned Monday.
* 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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* This past week Computer Hope has been updating all of its pages with a new update to prevent some browsers from being unable to view our site. With code left on the majority of our pages from our old advertiser, users using the Opera browser and some early versions of Netscape were unable to browse our pages. We have corrected this issue and users with all browsers should be able to view our web site without any errors. With this update we have also posted several hundred minor fixes that have been made over the last few months throughout our website.
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 is Device Manager in Windows NT 4?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000295.htm
Windows NT / 2000 installation is very slow.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000187.htm
Floppy drive works in Windows but not MS-DOS
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000287.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.solotrek.com/
This week we thought it would be fun to talk about the SoloTrek. The SoloTrek is a device being designed to allow an individual to fly free. While the product is not yet available, this page offers a great resource of information about the product including pictures and movies of the device and actual test flights.
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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