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October 17, 2005 ISSUE 204
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl204.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. Users Q&A
7. All Talk
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1. Weekly Computer Term.
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80486 ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/num/80486.htm ) -
Developed by Intel as an upgrade to the 386 processor series and commonly referred to as the 486. The 80486 has 8k of memory cache built into the processor with 32-bit architecture. The 80486 series processor was available in clock rates ranging from 20MHz to 33MHz. The 486 was available as either a DX or SX, the DX features a built in coprocessor, the SX does not. In addition to the 486SX a 486SX2 was also available and was capable of doubling the speed.
In 1990 the 486SL was introduced and utilized less power than the 486 and is mainly used in portable computers.
In 1992 the 486DX2 was introduced and ran at double the clock rate of a 486.
In 1994 the 486DX4 was introduced, it tripled the clock rate of the 486 and has doubled the cache (16k). If you had a 33MHz it would make it a 100MHz. Note: there is no 486SX4.
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: HP Recalls 135,000 Laptop Battery Packs
Hewlett Packard is recalling about 135,000 battery packs for some HP and Compaq laptop computers because of reports they overheated and melted, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced Friday.
10/15/2005 - Hollywood Calls for Cut of Video IPod Pie
10/15/2005 - Software glitch stalls some Toyota hybrids
10/15/2005 - TiVo buries the VCR
10/15/2005 - GPS users must plan for outages
10/15/2005 - Don't Steal That Laptop: New Tech Tracks Thieves
10/15/2005 - AMD Surpasses Intel in U.S. Retail Desktop Sales in September
10/15/2005 - Phones will soon tell by way a user walks if it's fine to
talk
10/14/2005 - HP Recalls 135,000 Laptop Battery Packs
10/14/2005 - Veritas issues patch for NetBackup flaw
10/14/2005 - MTV acquires IFILM to expand Web presence
10/14/2005 - Google sets up $1bn charity fund
10/14/2005 - Spammer's net name scam revealed
10/14/2005 - Samsung to Pay $300M Fine for Chip Price-Fixing
10/13/2005 - Gmail outage hits undetermined number
10/13/2005 - Microsoft employee blasts 'fake' service pack
10/13/2005 - Symantec quietly hikes Norton renewal prices
10/13/2005 - Google, Comcast in talks with AOL-sources
10/13/2005 - Police deactivate network of 100,000 'zombie' PCs
10/13/2005 - Nimbler Companies Beating Microsoft to the Punch
10/13/2005 - Microsoft Reveals 14 Vulnerabilities, Win2K Most At Risk Again
10/13/2005 - Pirated CD bust was the largest in US history
10/13/2005 - Exploit already available for Windows vulnerability
10/13/2005 - Windows Media Center Edition Gets Big Update
10/13/2005 - US remains
worst spamming nation
10/13/2005 - Microsoft and Yahoo to Link IM Networks
10/13/2005 - Podcasters prepare to launch video era
10/11/2005 - IBM Research turns 60
10/11/2005 - Treating China's online addicts
10/11/2005 - EBay Buys VeriSign's Payment Gateway Unit
10/11/2005 - Web enjoys year of biggest growth
10/11/2005 - AT&T solves VoIP's 911 issue
10/11/2005 - Google Learns of Vulnerability
10/11/2005 - Firefox faltering for market share
10/11/2005 - Yahoo Gains Podcast Directory
10/11/2005 - Japan launches supersonic test flight
10/11/2005 - Driverless VW wins $2 million robot race
10/11/2005 - Intel chips away, unveils model
10/11/2005 - Microsoft to pay $761M to RealNetworks
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2822005
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: No new virus news this week.
* Security:
Veritas issues patch for NetBackup flaw
news.com.com -- Veritas issued on Wednesday a patch for a security flaw in its Java authentication service running on NetBackup servers and clients
Microsoft Reveals 14 Vulnerabilities, Win2K Most At Risk Again
news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft on Tuesday released nine security bulletins that patched 14 separate vulnerabilities for Windows and Internet Explorer, including several that could easily end up being exploited in short order by attackers.
Exploit already available for Windows vulnerability
computerworld.com -- The availability of an exploit that takes advantage of a critical
vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.s Windows 2000 software just a day after the flaw was disclosed is fueling concerns of another Zotob-like worm outbreak.
Google Learns of Vulnerability
redherring.com -- Israeli Internet security software maker Finjan Software detected and informed Google of a critical vulnerability of its web site.
The incident occurred in late September when Finjans Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) identified the problem. The Israeli security company went public with the information on Monday only after the problem was fixed.
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
Find a direct link to each of the above articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news/security.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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- Added and updated
several computer dictionary definitions.
- Added more computer questions and answers
- Added new quiz script to keep track of of quiz results as well as to let users run through all of Computer Hope's previous pulls and test their computer knowledge.
- Updated news and newsletter scripts.
- Performed other minor updates throughout site.
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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Where can I post my pictures, movies, or other files online for free?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000755.htm
How can I see how many files or directories are in a Linux directory?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000756.htm
How do I find text within files in Linux?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000757.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. Users Q&A
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How to format a disk in MS-DOS.
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5486.htm
How can I transfer information between computers?
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5505.htm
How to get a military base in Simcity 2000.
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5506.htm
See a complete list of online e-mail questions and answers at:
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/index.pl
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7. All Talk
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http://www.tokyoflash.com/viewwatch76C1morse-code-watches.html
This week we came across the Morse Code watch an interesting watch that displays and also emits a sound for the current time
in Morse code.
http://www.uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/10/4418/
We also came across this site and since we are always getting e-mails about getting the after dark screen saver "Flying Toasters", so when we came across this link we thought we would also mention it. A free version of a flying toasters screen saver can be downloaded from this site for the Mac and the PC.
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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