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Questions

1. What is so special about the worm named W32/Amus-A doing the rounds now?

2. On the above theme, the authors of which `cult' virus have secretly embedded a message to the antivirus industry saying `We searching 4 work in AV industry'?

3. Which electronics giant has agreed in principle to buy MGM for nearly $5 billion?

4. Whose new email service is called `Managed Mail Protection'?

5. Which telecom major is headquartered at Schaumberg, Illinois?

6. The British Library has put on the Net the digitised 21 works of which legendary wordsmith?

7. Which cyber-legend founded the wireless technology company, Wheels of Zeus?

8. Which search engine's tagline reads: "Faster. Easier. Bingo"?

9. In Intel-speak, what is `Irwindale'?

10. What is CE-ATA?

Answers

1. It talks to the user, whose machine has been infected, with an embedded message.

2. MyDoom.

3. Sony.

4. McAfee.

5. Motorola.

6. William Shakespeare.

7. Steve Wozniak.

8. Yahoo! Search.

9. The code-name for a new version of the current `Nocona' processor, that will debut in 2005.

10. A new interface for miniature hard drives, used in consumer electronics, proposed by Intel, Hitachi, Toshiba and others.

V.V. Ramanan

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