Having trouble getting online with more then one computer via Westell router. (vanity)

I have 2 computers and one laptop hooked up to Verizon DSL via my Westell 327 router. I am using XP Pro.

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Wired Chinese and Japanese kids forget how to writeCan you blame them?

http://www.techeye.net/science/wired-chinese-and-japanese-kids-forget-how-to-write Wired Chinese and Japanese kids forget how to write Can you blame them? 27 Aug 2010 11:35 | by Nick Farrell | posted in Science Wired Chinese and Japanese kids forget how to write - Writing Chinese and Japanese is a particularly difficult skill and since computers came along it is fast becoming something that kids are forgetting. Sure they can read and write their language on a computer, but according to BreitBart when they pick up a pen they have forgotten how to do it. Dubbed "character amnesia", the problem is becoming widespread across China, and some are...

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Why does my printer work with only one of my USB ports?

I have an HP Laserjet4P printer that I connect to my Dell Vostro 1320 laptop via a parallel-to-USB cable. If I plug this cable into three of my four USB ports, I cannot print. I see, in my printer queue, the document, plus the remark "use printer offline." Only when I plug into the fourth USB port do I succeed in printing. When I do so, the "use printer offline" message disappears, the printer light blinks and prints and the queue entry disappears. What is going on? Thanks.

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Malware Blamed For Disastrous Plane Crash

  154 lives were lost when Spanair Flight 5022 crashed moments after taking off from Madrid-Barajas International Airport in 2008. Now documents from an investigation into the incident are showing that a malware infection may have been to blame.According to the investigation, the computer system used to monitor technical problems on the plane was infected with a trojan. As a result, there were no alerts or warnings for three technical issues which "if detected, may have prevented the plane from taking off."The investigation is still not complete and authorities are trying to determine just how the malware got onto the...

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Need help for PC virus protection

I really need some help because I'm not a computer whiz.

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Tide turns against million-dollar maths proof

Initially hailed as a solution to the biggest question in computer science, the latest attempt to prove P ≠ NP – otherwise known as the "P vs NP" problem – seems to be running into trouble. Two prominent computer scientists have pointed out potentially "fatal flaws" in the draft proof by Vinay Deolalikar of Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, California. Since the 100-page proof exploded onto the internet a week ago, mathematicians and computer scientists have been racing to make sense of it. The problem concerns the speed at which a computer can accomplish a task such as factorising a...

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Online Virus Robs 3,000 UK Bank Accounts

SNIPPET: "Thousands of online banking customers have had their accounts drained by a sophisticated new computer virus, internet security experts say. Around £675,000 was taken from a "large UK financial institution" over the last month with 3,000 customers hit - and the attacks are ongoing. Online security firm M86 Security Labs said the customers were infected with a Trojan virus - which cannot be detected by traditional anti-virus software - while browsing the internet. The Trojan, known as a Zeus v3, copies the passwords and usernames of customers' online details and transfers their funds to a different account. It then...

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INTERNATIONAL HACKER ARRAIGNED AFTER EXTRADITION Elaborate Scheme Stole over $9.4 Million...

NOTE The following text SNIPPET is a quote: International Hacker Arraigned After Extradition Elaborate Scheme Stole over $9.4 Million from Credit Card Processor ATLANTA, GA—SERGEI TŠURIKOV, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, has been extradited to the United States. TŠURIKOV appeared today and was arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield III, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, and aggravated identity theft. TŠURIKOV was indicted by a federal grand jury on these charges on November 10, 2010, along with VIKTOR PLESHCHUK, 29, of St. Petersburg, Russia; OLEG COVELIN,...

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The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets

Just a link. I think per the rules.

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Will viruses randomly print pictures or is it time to lock the computer down?

I was out running errands the other day and there was a weird picture laying on the printer when I got back. Can a virus do this or do I have a teenager who's possibly up to no good?

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