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January 05, 2003 ISSUE 93
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/nl93.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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Raster ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/r/raster.htm ) -
1. Image file that is defined by a pixel that has one or more numbers associated with it. The number generally defines the location, size and/or color of the pixel(s). Raster images are commonly .BMP, .GIF, .TIFF and .JPEG files.
2. Lines on the inside of the screen traced by an electron beam to create an image called horizontal scan lines. These lines appear on a CRT monitor or a TV screen.
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: Sun wins latest bout against Microsoft
* E-Commerce News: In a major legal victory for Sun Microsystems, a U.S. district court judge has ordered Microsoft to include Sun's version of Java with the Windows operating system. The ruling is part of an ongoing legal battle that Sun is waging against Microsoft, alleging that the software giant violated antitrust laws in its efforts to halt market acceptance of Sun's Java platform.
- Inside the world of Extreme Programming
- What's up for the Internet in 2003?
- Adobe unveils 'Shoe Box' software for digital pics
- Feeling blue? This robot knows it
- 17-inch flat-panel iMac to stop production in June
- IBM tops HP in speed test
- Linux continues desktop march
- Hitachi focuses its hard drive efforts
- Violence breaks out in Los Angeles cyber cafes
- Sun wins latest bout against Microsoft
- Building a better pop-up ad
- Online privacy is dead - what now?
- PIR takes over .org Domain
- Network-1 shelves firewall product
- Sun scraps MySun e-mail service
- Machines fill increasing number of prescriptions
- IBM wins $5 billion outsourcing deal
- Yaha virus infection heats up
- Fractal Magnets may fracture old technologies
- Outage disrupts Microsoft services
- Fooled again: Virus hoaxes persist
- Tomorrow's world axed after 38 years
- Apple preparing new upgrade fees
- Ask Jeeves giving up banner ads
- Silicon Valley high-tech rents tumble
- Supreme Court backs off DVD case
- Mystery man named in Xbox hack contest
- Study: Spam costs businesses $13 billion
- When every picture tells a story
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:
- CNET: A new variant of the Yaha virus that appeared just before Christmas has proved contagious, infecting thousands of computers worldwide.
The virus, dubbed W32/Yaha.M by MessageLabs, has seen its numbers explode with over 7,000 copies being stopped by MessageLabs on Monday. So far, more than 17,000 copies of the virus have been detected by MessageLabs, leaping it to the fifth most common virus sent through the system since records began.
* Security: No new security news this week.
* 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 January, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Which type of display do you have?" Quiz - "Which of the below formulas add cells a1 through a5 in Microsoft Excel?" and tip - "Microsoft Internet Explorer".
- Refreshed website, this refresh contained several hundred new pages. In addition posted several thousand pages that have minor changes made to them over the past year.
- Posted updated computer dictionary with new definitions and updates to previous definitions.
- Added new Computer Tips section.
- Computer Hope is continuing its site wide update until January 10th 2003. With this update continuing you may expect additional errors with pages when attempting to load them. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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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Issues and information on NICAD batteries.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000351.htm
Substance spilt into keyboard.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000303.htm
Unable to receive / send e-mail.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000418.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.lightwedge.com/
This week we came across a product known as the LightWedge. The LightWedge is a device that runs off on 4 AAA batteries and allows users to conveniently and easily read books in the dark. Unlike other products that provide this capability the LightWedge runs for 40 hours, uses LED illumination that is reflected off a distortion free optical-grade acrylic lens. This product looks like a great solution to anyone who finds themselves in a dark environment such as in a room at night or a long flight.
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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