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Questions

1. Name the two worms that threatened only those users still infected with a version of the MyDoom virus recently.

2. Which famous software maker was bought by Vector Capital last year for $98 million?

3. On the above theme, which router maker is to buy NetScreen Technologies, a network security provider, in a stock deal valued at roughly $3.4 billion?

4. What is Lonestar the codename for?

5. Which interpreted language was developed by John McCarthy at MIT?

6. In e-commerce lingo, what is a `dotbam'?

7. Name Mozilla Foundation's new version of its open source Web browser, released at the beginning of this month.

8. Which computer major's tagline just says `Invent'?

9. To whom is this famous quote made in 1943 attributed: "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers"?

10. In the context of Apple computers, what is Aqua?

Answers

1. Doomjuice and DeadHat

2. Corel

3. Juniper Networks

4. Microsoft's next version of Tablet PC software

5. LISP

6. The Net version of a bricks and mortar (BAM) retailer

7. Firefox 0.8

8. HP

9. Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM

10. The user interface to MacOS 10.3

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