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...Many people received this virus from people they knew (because they were in the other person's address book), and so they opened it without knowing what it was. This is one of the aspects that has allowed this virus to spread so quickly," wrote Rick Osterberg '96, database applications specialist for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' (FAS) Computer Services, in an e-mail message...
...Norse settlements scattered around Britain and Europe, their inhabitants intermarried with the locals and finally disappeared as a distinct people. All that remains of them is their language and genes, spread widely through the Western world. Unlike Columbus, the Vikings may not have established a permanent presence in North America the first time around. But given the millions of Americans who share at least a bit of Viking blood, they are still there--and in considerable force...
...waited months or even years to get it. The average monthly income in the region hovers around $350, while computers and Internet service cost the same as or more than in the U.S. Eighty percent of Web content is still in English. And any e-commerce site trying to spread across the region still faces a snarl of cross-border tariffs and delivery problems...
...says teachers also felt provisions to include special education students in regular education classrooms did not do enough to spread out those students evenly among schools...
...open that love letter! ILOVEYOU, a computer virus spread by e-mail messages, has been wreaking havoc in Asian, European and American companies since early Thursday morning. Although its effects are expected to be short-lived, the virus is raising questions about the effectiveness of so-called "firewalls" and other security devices that are set up to protect the world's corporations from such an invasion. Appearing in Hong Kong Thursday afternoon local time, ILOVEYOU began spreading at the fastest rate of any virus to date. Its speediness results from its ability to trigger the recipient's e-mail program...