1.   Analysts say computer magazine publishers face several key challenges, including the advent of Internet magazines.

2.   Computer game publishers also know that the best way to get people interested in their product is to whet their appetites with a small taste of the full game.

3.   In some cases, the backlash is being underwritten by computer book publishers, which for years have cashed in on Internet hype.

4.   On Tuesday, a Japanese business newspaper reported that Softbank is again seeking to acquire Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., the big computer magazine publisher.

5.   Stephen Howard, an anti-virus expert for Ziff-Davis, a computer magazine publisher, lists some essential precautions that should be followed.

6.   The request comes a year after Softbank lost a bid for Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., the largest computer magazine publisher whose flagship publication is PC Magazine.

7.   The Ziff-Davis purchase makes Softbank, a Japanese software company, the largest computer magazine publisher in the world.

8.   Ziff Davis Publishing Co., a computer magazine publisher which Softbank acquired in November, will wholly own the new company ZDTV.