Computer Hope newsletter #8
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March 26, 2001 - ISSUE 8
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I N T H I S I S S U E
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1. New Computer Term
2. What's new in the news last week
3. Computer Virus Alerts
4. What's new at Computer Hope this week
5. Hot computer issues
6. All Talk
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1. New Computer Term.
Slamming - Slamming is a term used by the telecommunications
industry to describe changing a customer's service provider-
whether for long distance, local toll calls or local calls -
without his or her permission.
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?
* 3/24/2001 - Micron Electronics on Friday said it is putting
its computer operations up for sale, but the history and
dynamics of the industry indicate that the company will
likely fade away instead.
- Mac users get first crack at OS X
- Motorola to cut 4,000 more workers
- Bluetooth Demo Flops at Tech Show
- CoolSavings cuts 24% of Workforce
- Micron seen as tough sell in PC
- NorthPoint sale leaves ISPs in DSL lurch
- EBay battles bugs
- Dell and Samsung Team up in Parts Deal
- Dot-Coms Dying at 12-a-Week Rate
- Staples IPO falls apart
- Business telco goes bust
- Citrix to Acquire Sequoia for $184.6 Million
- Hacker hit Associated Press web site
- 3Com losses worse than expected
- Toshiba cuts forecasts for 2002
- Oracle to slash up to 2% of workforce
- AOL spam filter cans EarthLink e-mails
- Jobs.com filed for Chapter 11
- Tribes 2 Goes Gold
- Duke Nukem goes Hollywood
- Lycos Shuts Down Some Web Sites
- Lucent gets $5 billion contract from Verizon
- Solectron cuts 8,000 jobs, earnings outlook
- TechWeb = TechLoser
Find all of the above articles and latest news at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer Virus Alerts
No new virus alerts.
Computer Virus information can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/vlist.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
* Computer Hope is currently in the process of developing
a new faster and easier to use search engine. Feel free to
try our new search engine and provide any feedback. Please
remember this search engine is in beta therefore it is
possible you may encounter errors. The new beta page and
information about the new search can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/sbeta.htm
- Added over 30+ additional computer definitions to our
computer dictionary:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
- Corrected various bad links and errors on web site.
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.
- How to erase my hard disk drive and start over
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000186.htm
- Deleting files in MS-DOS without a prompt
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000010.htm
- How to remove TSRs
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chtsr.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
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6. All Talk
http://www.atekelec.com/Accessories/accessories.html
This week in the 'All Talk' section we will talk about a
Super mini mouse that could be an excellent solution for
portable computer users or users who wish or need to
conserve space.
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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