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March 7, 2004 ISSUE 142
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/nl142.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 viruses, worms, 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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Fan fold paper ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/ffpaper.htm ) -
Paper used with a continuous feed printer that is separated by tearing the continuous paper into separate pieces. This type of paper is often used with old dot matrix printers.
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term 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: Will XP's Service Pack Break Existing Apps?
When Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP later this year, some software developers may find their applications no longer work on updated Windows machines.
03/01/2004
- Big changes for government site
03/01/2004 - Mars atmosphere has life-killing chemical
03/01/2004 - Google founders to set up charitable foundation
03/02/2004 - Microsoft Sparks Web Services for eBay
03/02/2004 - Gates goes to college
03/02/2004 - Yahoo crawls deep into the Web
03/02/2004 - SCO to sue Linux user
03/02/2004 - information paradox solved? If so, black holes are "fuzzballs"
03/02/2004 - New 'harmless' Internet worm spreading rapidly: experts
03/02/2004 - MP3 creators to add copy protection
03/02/2004 - Corel To Relaunch WordPerfect Office
03/02/2004 - Study: Very few bloggers on Net
03/02/2004 - Walking Robot to Be Mass Produced
03/02/2004 - Loudeye snags antipiracy start-up
03/03/2004 - SCO suits target two big Linux users
03/03/2004 - Virus writers stage online slanging match
03/03/2004 - EU wants MS Windows offered without multimedia programme
03/03/2004 - Tribes take to wireless web
03/03/2004 - Teachers fight against
Internet plagiarism
03/03/2004 - Go Daddy fights VeriSign with money and missives
03/03/2004 - DDoS Vulnerability Found in FreeBSD
03/03/2004 - Gateway plans additional layoffs in 2004
03/03/2004 - Router price war predicted
03/03/2004 - Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine
03/03/2004 - Utility to Offer High-Speed Internet
03/03/2004 - File-swap 'killer' grabs attention
03/03/2004 - Acer widens notebook screen
03/03/2004 - Worms nibble away at ISP profits
03/03/2004 - QuickTime flaw identified
03/03/2004 - Target Phasing Out 'Smart' Visa Cards
03/03/2004 - Serena to Buy Merant in $380 Million Deal
03/03/2004 - States Bent on Collecting Internet Taxes
03/03/2004 - CIA invests in start-ups. The payoff? Technology
03/04/2004 - IBM ordered to provide SCO with code, documents
03/04/2004 - ICQ Builds a Social Network
03/04/2004 - Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link
03/04/2004 - Website draws costly bid for personal info
03/04/2004 - Sharman's
raided evidence ruled admissible
03/04/2004 - Robo-talk helps pocket translator
03/04/2004 - Gates dismisses Disney rumors
03/04/2004 - I'm Sorry, Dave, You're Speeding
03/04/2004 - Ask Jeeves buys Interactive Search
03/04/2004 - Michael Dell gives up CEO title to Rollins
03/04/2004 - IT skills not taught early enough
03/04/2004 - Losing Control of Your TV
03/04/2004 - Philips' New Camera Lens Works Like Human Eye
03/04/2004 - Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life
03/04/2004 - Paying for E-Mail May Be Anti-Spam Tactic
03/04/2004 - Macromedia to test Linux support
03/04/2004 - First Robot Moved By Muscle Power
03/05/2004 - Nvidia touts GDDR 3 'first'
03/05/2004 - Will XP's Service Pack Break Existing Apps?
03/05/2004 - The great downloads war
03/05/2004 - New, smaller, flashier iPod sells out fast
03/05/2004 - Chameleon Card Changes Stripes
03/05/2004 - Cheap 3D scanner nearing the desktop
03/05/2004 - Buffer Overflow Detected
in Adobe Reader
03/05/2004 - HP Plugs 'Critical' Tru64 Unix Flaws
03/05/2004 - Experts question Microsoft's Caller ID patents
03/05/2004 - Computer Associates buys SCO's Linux licence
03/05/2004 - Microsoft calls for antivirus education
03/05/2004 - AIM add-on prompts spyware concerns
03/05/2004 - It Had To Happen: The Disposable Computer
03/05/2004 - IBM Will Spend $1 Billion To Challenge Microsoft
03/05/2004 - Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious
03/05/2004 - Vegas Steels for Borg Invasion
03/05/2004 - SingTel to launch Asia's first multiplayer mobile game
03/06/2004 - New video game uses voice technology
03/06/2004 - Fossil Human Teeth Fan Diversity Debate
03/06/2004 - Riding China's broadband wave
03/06/2004 - Feds reject Eolas browser patent
03/06/2004 - LCD panel shortage easing up
03/06/2004 - Sears to rid shelves of PCs, film cameras
03/06/2004 - The Masters of Memory Lane
03/06/2004 - Spam is 10
03/06/2004 - ISP Files First
Can-Spam Lawsuit
03/07/2004 - UN study: Think upgrade before buying a new PC
03/07/2004 - Desert derby pits robot against robot
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?602004
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
story.news.yahoo.com -- A new Internet worm, dubbed Netsky.D, was spreading quickly throughout the world and could soon overtake the Mydoom.A and Sobig.F viruses in proliferation, Internet security experts said.
* Security:
Internetnews.com -- HP has issued a security patch to plug "highly
critical" holes in its HP Tru64 Unix operating system with a warning that a successful exploit could lead to system takeover.
Internetnews.com -- Security researchers on Thursday warned of a "high risk" buffer overflow flaw in some versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader that put users at risk of system takeover.
computerworld.com -- Apple Computer Inc.'s QuickTime Player has an unspecified flaw that permits remote code execution.
Internetnews.com -- Security experts at the FreeBSD Project, the open-source operating system group, are asking users to patch their systems against a memory buffer vulnerability that opens the doors to a distributed denial of service.
* 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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- Added, updated, and changed numerous computer questions and answers.
- Upgraded services with bandwidth provider after experiencing more issues with bandwidth this week.
- Continued work on support e-mail script and other misc. scripts.
- Updated numerous other updates throughout site, all updates are posted on our what's new page.
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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How do I setup a hard disk drive in Windows XP?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000588.htm
Getting old MS-DOS games to run in Windows.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000587.htm
Additional information about power in different countries.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000585.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://makeashorterlink.com/
This week we thought it would be fun to mention a great site known as "MakeAShorterLink". This is a great site for users who come across web pages that they wish to share but find the links to be extremely long making them difficult or impossible to tell someone about. This site enables users to post a URL into a form and get a short link that is usually around 30 characters. For example, a user could submit http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/Internet.htm and get http://makeashorterlink.com/?I35F354A7 for the substitute.
We would love to hear your comments; suggestions, interests, opinions, fun web sites or what ever is on your mind.
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