Computer Hope


February 23, 2003                                                                         ISSUE 99

                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/nl99.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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Video buffer ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/v/videbuff.htm ) -
A storage location in a system and/or video cards memory that holds information before it is sent to the display device.

Some computer BIOS setups may allow the user to 'Enable' or 'Disable' the Video buffer. When enabled this caches the video BIOS (address C0000h to C7FFFh).


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: .uk.co domain wiped off face of Internet

* theregister.co.uk -- The .uk.co domain was wiped off the face of the Internet this morning with no notice, leaving more than 8,000 livid individuals and businesses - including Amazon and Priceline - with no Web presence or email.

- Microsoft to Release Corporate Security Software
- PCMCIA announces NEWCARD format
- AOL drops interactive TV
- AOL Welcomes Ads to Front Page
- IBM Closes Acquisition of Rational
- DSL customers brace for higher prices
- Microsoft fires back at Sun in Java case
- Microsoft Aims to Bolster Academia Ties
- Nigerian Slain Over E-Mail Scam
- Is Google too powerful?
- Hackers Run Wild and Free on AOL
- Crypto research under fire in U.K. suit
- The Real Computer Chip Speed Barrier
- Use of Sound Increased in Online Ads
- Agilent to cut 4,000 jobs
- HC restrains firms from using brand name Yahoo
- New Linux Support Policies are Ominous
- Swiss crack e-mail encryption code
- Shift magazine publishes its last issue
- SQL Server developers face huge royalty bills. How many, how much?
- Net security software exposed
- Lindows builds low-cost Linux notebook
- Office 11 Beta 2 Released, Then Yanked
- Intel promises longer life for laptops
- Flaws discovered in Lotus software
- Retiring exec: Microsoft needs open-source
- Japan's NEC Takes Step Forward in Quantum Computing
- Fuji surpasses 6 megapixels
- Microsoft going after Hotmail spammers
- Microsoft To Buy Connectix To Enter Server Consolidation Market
- Pedaling onto the Information Superhighway
- Western Digital unveils ATA disk with SCSI speed
- Overture to buy AltaVista
- Why nerds are unpopular
- .uk.co domain wiped off face of Internet
- Web warnings: Sites extol, slam professors
- Hacker accesses 2.2 million credit cards
- The 25th Anniversary of the BBS
- China jails Web activist
- K-bot the sociable cyborg is wired to smile


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:

- cnn.com -- Researchers at a Swiss university have cracked the technology used to keep people from eavesdropping on e-mail sent over the Web, but U.S. experts said on Thursday that the impact would likely be minimal.

* 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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- Migrating computerhope.net and computerhope.org to computerhope.com and updated download section to point to computerhope.com server.
- Updated Questions and Answers
- Updated Search Engine.

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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Why do Windows programs stop responding?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000487.htm

Missing network icon on windows systray.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000485.htm

Missing all icons on my Windows 98 desktop.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000155.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://info.lindows.com/mobilepc/mobilepc.htm
Lindows recently released a new laptop known as the LindowsMobilePC, what makes this laptop different from portable computers is that it includes the Lindows Operating System instead of other major Operating Systems and is only $799.

If you have one of these laptops or are running the Lindows Operating System we would love to hear how you like or dislike this Operating System.


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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