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Shut down Apache and save it, and you're done! Visiting Your Server. When they've installed a server on their computer, many people marvel how they can access the server they just installed as if they were visiting it over the web. just open your web browser, //localhost ( //127.0.0.1). This special address means 'the server on this computer'.

Thinkpad Column by Martin Empson, March 2004

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Microsoft Millions of Windows computers infected with the My Doom virus, major security flaws exposed in some systems and the leaking of some sections of the Windows source code will probably mean that among Microsoft executives February 2004 will be remembered as a bad month.

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Laptop Computers All this will also make many people question what it is about Microsoft's software that makes it so vulnerable. The answer lies partly in its practice of rushing software out so flawed that it requires huge updates as soon as it is installed.

A pillow is not a good choice. Many mobile users will sandwich a pillow between themselves and the laptop to protect their laps from “Hot Leg.” This comforts the user, but unfortunately does no favors for the computer. The pillow acts as an insulator and contains the heat within the laptop, accelerating overheating. The laptop’s cooling fan then cycles on repeatedly ‘gasping for air’ until it shuts your computer down to protect itself from serious heat damage.

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laptop computers is driving strong sales for notebook computers, according to the latest quarterly sales figures from the research firm IDC, which reported a 37% computer sales for the second quarter, compared with a year earlier. In the U.S., laptop sales grew 17.7%, while sales of desktop computers and servers fell 4%. The New York Times ( 10), CNET ( 10)

Desktop Computer This is why later versions of the Windows operating system continually check Microsoft's website for automatic updates - errors, bugs and problems are so common that it is simpler for Microsoft to build in a self update system rather than attempt to release better code.

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Lenovo So what's the solution? Well, it's doubtful that Microsoft will improve - its virtual monopoly on software across the globe guarantees that.

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Travelstar Many people point to Open Source software as an alternative. As the name suggests, the idea behind Open Source is that everyone can access the basic computer code that makes up the computer program. Problems can then be worked on by anyone who owns the software. This leads to another benefit that Open Source enthusiasts often point to - its collective nature.

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Laptop Parts The internet teems with sites dedicated to people working together like this. The most famous Open Source operating system is Linux. Many websites dedicated to Linux attest to the volume of people who have collaborated on the final product with no financial ambition.

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Hard Drives Microsoft's monopoly on computers means that you can't simply run a computer that ignores other products. This is where free software like Open Office comes in. Developed originally by a company horrified at the cost of purchasing Microsoft's products, this is a free system designed to open all those Word documents without requiring you to shell out to Microsoft.

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Canon Of course, nothing is perfect. Increasingly some companies see using Linux as a way of breaking the Microsoft monopoly, but at the very least the Open Source movement shows that it is possible to produce software on a collective, not for profit basis.

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