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February 3, 2003 ISSUE 96
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/nl96.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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Warez ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/w/warez.htm ) -
Term used by the Internet Underground to locate illegal pirated software.
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: Virus Overwhelms Global Internet Systems
* A fast-spreading, virus-like infection dramatically slowed Internet traffic Saturday, overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and e-mail delivery.
- EBay Deletes 'Shuttle Debris' Offerings
- eBay puts auto plan into gear
- Protocol promises faster Web services
- AOL Reports Its 1st Drop in Subscribers
- Pop-up hijacker snares Web victims
- AMD delays 64-bit Athlon chip
- Techie rethinks disclosing flaws
- Bishops seek saint for Internet
- AOL Considers Selling Core Assets
- California indictment in Russian hacks
- Sneaky Toolbar Hijacks Browsers
- The Lord Of the Webs
- Cisco Automates QoS in Its Switches, Routers
- ATI notes Radeon 9700 is BTO option on new Power Macs
- Microsoft accepts Euro .NET Passport changes
- As Linux Nips at Microsoft, Its Advocates Talk Numbers
- Microsoft accepts Euro .NET Passport changes
- Siebel climbs into bed with IBM
- Double-quick browser beating
- Borland, Microsoft Sign .Net Deal
- 'Clot risk' in computer use
- Report: Gov't Cybersecurity Chief to Quit
- MS losing developers to Linux
- HP mimics Cisco with edge strategy
- Secret Service investigates repeated RIAA hackings
- Mac Opera lost on Safari?
- Microsoft to add 1,500 sales staff
- Boost for hacker insurance
- Internet cafe guilty of piracy
- Blanket hack muffles RIAA site--again
- Hey, you--the unindicted federal felon
- Metawave to shut down
- Senate limits Pentagon 'data-mining'
- The Race to Kill Kazaa
- ATMs, ISPs hit by Slammer worm spread
- Virus Overwhelms Global Internet Systems
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:
story.news.yahoo.com -- A fast-spreading, virus-like infection dramatically slowed Internet traffic Saturday, overwhelming the world's digital pipelines and interfering with Web browsing and e-mail delivery.
* Security: No new security news this week.
* Privacy:
wired.com -- It's a browser toolbar that some swear is doing "drive-by downloads" -- installing itself without users' permission -- then taking over their systems and making it impossible to uninstall.
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 February, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "What do you use the computer for?" Quiz - "Which of the following is the directory commonly used to store a website?" and tip - "Microsoft Windows".
- Computer Hope has completed several new behind the scene scripts for its website, one of these is our new News Script. We are very excited to have this script finally posted and although users do not utilize this script this will allow Computer Hope to have a news section that is frequently updated at least daily instead of weekly. This means that our users can get up to date news and related computer information daily or as often as they need to.
- Unfortunately we are still running into some minor issues that we are still trying to resolve with our new search engine, therefore the new search engine will not be posted until tomorrow night (February 3, 2003 -- 10:00PM MST).
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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Verifying the CD-ROM cables are correctly connected.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000213.htm
Issues with adding new video card to computer that has on-board video.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000193.htm
Unable to see over 8GB with Windows NT 4.0.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000275.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.d-skin.com
This week we came across a product known as 'd_skin', which is a thin layer of plastic that snaps onto a CD to provide the sensitive side of a CD from scratches. Unlike other products the d_skin stays on even when it is in use, which is great for those of us who have CD's we use often and tend to neglect.
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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