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December 08, 2002 ISSUE 90
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/nl90.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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Octothorpe ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/o/octothor.htm ) -
More commonly known as pound, the term octothorpe is sometimes used to describe the symbol above the number 3 on the United States QWERTY keyboard. The octothorpe is a character that has two horizontal lines crossing two vertical lines ( # ).
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: Lack of interest kills Macworld Tokyo
* ZDNET: It looks like the show won't go on for Macworld Expo/Tokyo.
The show's producer, IDG World Expo Japan, has decided to cancel next year's show. In an e-mail, parent company IDG blamed the cancellation on a lack of interest from exhibitors.
- Microsoft: IE hole worse than reported
- Sony dumps MS Office for StarOffice
- A big slice of pi
- Lack of interest kills Macworld Tokyo
- High bidder backs away from Eminem house
- IBM to buy Rational software
- Bush signs bill for child-safe domain names
- Novel fridge cools with sound
- Amazon, CDNow make it official
- PC makers HP and Gateway plan holidays without pay
- Who will rid us of fake error message ads?
- Roxio closes purchase of Napster
- Seagate offers Serial ATA barracudas
- A $199 PC with no Windows, No Intel Inside
- Does free Linux have hidden costs?
- Big blue delivers native Linux server
- Microsoft amends .Net server licensing
- One state appeals Microsoft deal
- Security firm finds new Chernobyl strain
- Reuters buys online tech firm
- Net surfing can be deadly in China, says Amnesty report
- Dark horse DivX gains on QuickTime
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:
- ZDNET: antivirus company Panda Software has detected a new strain of the devastating W95/CIH10XX virus--commonly known the Chernobyl virus--which can be so damaging to some computers that it will render some BIOS chips, and even entire motherboards, unusable.
* Security:
- CNET: Microsoft on Friday raised its threat rating for a security flaw in its Internet Explorer browser to "critical," in response to criticism of its initial assessment of the hole's danger.
* 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 December, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Have you suffered from a computer stress related injury?" Quiz - "Which of the following is not a protocol?" and tip - "Microsoft Internet Explorer".
- Posted several updated dictionary definitions, old definitions and continued finalization 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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Cannot connect at 56k
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000041.htm
Windows NT 4.0 modem trouble shooting
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000265.htm
Floppy door stuck or broken
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000447.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.cdex.n3.net/
This week while looking for a good free solution for a CD to MP3 converter we came across CDex. This is a great software program capable of converting songs from CD's to WAV or MP3, MP3 to WAV, WAV to MP3. In addition the program is open source, has full support for CDDB, jitter correction, and much more. Currently CDex is available for Microsoft Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP.
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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