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...last June called in to a computer bulletin board based on Long Island, N.Y., hoping to upgrade the graphics capabilities of his IBM PC with a free program called EGA-BTR. After he transferred the software into his machine, Streeter's screen went blank. Soon after, a message flashed: "Arf, arf! Got you!" This so-called Trojan-horse program had erased nearly 900 accounting, word processing and game files that Streeter had stored in his machine. Said the dismayed engineer: "Had I logged on to the bulletin board while at work and it destroyed some work programs, I would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: A Threat from Malicious Software | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...LINGUAL Just introduced in Japan, this pager-like device translates dog noises into emotions so you can read Fido's mind. Arf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dog Days | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...seventh-grade programs in health, science and phys ed, but she has become so popular that she now has kids of diverse backgrounds talking about her. She even has her own program to train older kids to handle therapy dogs--Apache Rose and Friends, or simply and cutely, ARF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN HOW TO WELL | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...biggest hiss went to Pat Buchanan, the second biggest to Ross Perot; a dog wearing a "Barkin for Harkin" sandwich board got an arf (former Harkin aides were present). The eeriest reverse deja-vu moment came when the camera caught Begala outside a hotel doing his drop-dead Perot imitation to abc's Mark Halperin's decent Al Gore, a preview of the matchup the night before on Larry King Live. The deepest groan sounded when, on-screen, campaign chairman (now U.S. Trade Representative) Mickey Kantor, in his power tie and suspenders, enters a room full of jeans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: Clinton Campaign Home Movies | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...White House's resident English springer spaniel, earned more advances than any other member of the Bush clan. The First Pooch released her "autobiography," as dictated to Barbara Bush, and then pawed her way past such rival authors as Ronald Reagan toward the top of the best-seller lists. Arf, arf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers of 1990 | 12/31/1990 | See Source »

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