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September 29, 2002 ISSUE 81
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/nl81.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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Aloha ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/aloha.htm ) -
Protocol for satellite and terrestrial radio transmissions. In pure Aloha, a user can transmit at any time but risks collisions with other users' messages. "Slotted Aloha" reduces the chance of collisions by dividing the channel into time slots and requiring that the user send only at the beginning of a time slot. Aloha was the basis for Ethernet, a local area network protocol.
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: Dell to enter the printer biz
* Dell Computer on Tuesday unveiled plans to develop and manufacture printers and supplies with the help of Lexmark International Inc., a $4 billion veteran of the printer business.
- Windows XP gets Bluetooth support
- Sharp develops 3D flat screen
- SBC to cut 11,000 jobs, spending
- China's first server 'Dragon Chip' made its debut
- FTC unleashes Dewie the e-Turtle
- Hard drive vendors reduce warranties
- Organization for Internet safety launched
- Dell to bundle Final Fantasy XI with certain new computers
- The world's first AOL computer?
- Record labels seek OK for P2P sabotage
- Handspring cuts 20% of staff
- Hynix semiconductor to sell LCD unit to Chinese
- Microsoft VPN flaw may open intranets to attack
- Violent games 'good for kids'
- Opera 6.0 for Mac OS X released
- Intel demos 4.7-GHz Pentium processor at IDF
- Dell to enter the printer biz
- Greece lifts ban on electronic games
- China denies hacking Dalai Lama computer
- Google search leads to Gates of 'hell'
- Microsoft coughs to new FrontPage vulnerability
- Microsoft acknowledges Linux threat
- Andrew Corp. to cut 800 jobs, some in Sunnyvale
- Wells Fargo battles network problems
- HP plans further job cuts
- Microsoft says buys rare for $375 Million cash
- Despite console market share, all is not lost for PC gaming
- HP announces new products
- Microsoft, HP form .Net alliance
- Big Blue chips in for the Mac
- Demand for IT workers drops sharply
- IBM-PwC deal gets EU Nod
- Toshiba, Fujitsu scrap plans to merge chip operation
- Google searches for news
- Microsoft buys stake in game developer
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:
- InfoWorld: A FLAW IN Microsoft's Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) used to secure VPN (virtual private networks) leaves corporate intranets open to attack from outside, according to German IT security company Phion Information Technologies.
- Microsoft latest security bulletin warns web site admins of a vulnerability affecting its FrontPage Server Extensions.
The "Critical" vulnerability could leave a site open to denial of service attacks or buffer over-runs, the software giant warns.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-053:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-053.asp
* 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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- Continued work on the Computer Hope 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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What should my power supply be set to?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000313.htm
Setup the printer as default in Windows 9x / NT / 2000 / ME / XP
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000251.htm
Floppy drive reading as B: and not A:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000324.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://news.google.com
This week we talk about another great service from Google. Google News is a section of Google that contains news that is completely generated every few minutes by computer algorithms and contains the latest news and top world stories. This is a great site for anyone who likes news or curious about what is going on in the world.
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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