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Computer Connection Newsreel

August 24, 1996
Web posted at: 9:45 a.m. EDT
Virus

Computer virus vaccinated

(CNN) -- Cyberspace buzzed this week after word spread that a particularly lethal computer virus, known as "Hare Krishna," was set to attack. The digital disease attacked on August 22, looking to erase hard and floppy drives.

But, by and large, the computer world survived with only a small number of computers being affected.

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Battle of the browsers

(CNN) -- The browser war has heated up. Netscape Computer Corp. launched its Navigator 3.0 version, a week after Microsoft Corp. officially made its new Internet Explorer 3.0 available.

Netscape insists Microsoft is violating anti-trust laws in its promotion of Internet Explorer. Microsoft denies the charge.

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Printer

Color printing for cheap

(CNN) -- Computer printers just got more affordable. Hewlett Packard introduced its latest color printer, HP DeskJet 400. The cost: under $200.

The printer is about the size of a shoe box and its paper tray has the ability to fold up when not in use. But don't let the small size and small price fool you.

It's a quality product that offers high-quality color printing and it can spit out three pages per minute.

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Gary Kasparov

Computer, Kasparov set for chess rematch

(CNN) -- IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue wants another shot at world chess champion Garry Kasparov.

The two will face each other again in a six-game match scheduled for May 3-10 in New York City. Kasparov defeated the techno think box -- capable of looking at 200 million possible moves per second -- last February.

This time, there's more at stake. The winner takes home $700,000; the loser walks away with $400,000.

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Hackers strike Justice Department

(CNN) -- Hackers broke into the Justice Department's Web site, adding swastikas, obscenities and a picture of Adolf Hitler to the page.

Justice officials quickly pulled the plug on the vandalized page and assured that the hacks did not gain access to criminal files.

The hackers apparently were protesting against the Communications Decency Act.

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