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November 14, 2004 ISSUE 168
C O M P U T E R H O P E . C O M N E W S L E T T E R
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl168.htm -
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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1. Weekly Computer Term
2. What's new in the news last week
3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
4. What's new at Computer Hope this week
5. Hot computer issues
6. All Talk
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1. Weekly Computer Term.
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Interactive program ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/inteprog.htm ) -
Computer software program that requires some type of user interaction to operate. This interaction could include inputting information, modifying information, managing information or otherwise manipulating data. Generally speaking most software programs are interactive. A good example of software that is not interactive is a computer screen saver, where no interaction is required by the user while running.
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
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2. What's new in the news last week?
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Top News Story: Microsoft Unveils New Search Tool
firstcoastnews.com -- Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to go head-to-head with Google in the war over search engines.
11/10/2004 - Microsoft Unveils New Search Tool
11/10/2004 - Microsoft Patches ISA Server 2000 Flaw
11/10/2004 - Siemens Unveils Cordless Phones For Skype Users
11/10/2004 - Launch Date Set for Solar Sail
11/10/2004 - Man arrested for selling Windows source code
11/10/2004 - BT offers free net phone calls
11/10/2004 - New MyDoom variant exploits IE flaw
11/10/2004 - antivirus subscription prices climb
11/10/2004 - Mozilla considers desktop search integration for Firefox
11/10/2004 - Schoolboy sues mom for not buying him a PC
11/10/2004 - Dell opens another call center in India
11/10/2004 - Google laces Gmail with POP3 support
11/10/2004 - L-3 buys Raytheon unit for $42 million, sees adding to sales
11/10/2004 - Moving brain implant seeks out signals
11/11/2004 - Junk mailers get the human touch
11/11/2004 - Intel nuances Itanium; Microsoft ignores it
11/11/2004 - Google's index nearly doubles.
11/11/2004 - NASA's Scramjet Could Reach Mach 10
11/11/2004 - Cisco IOS DHCP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
11/11/2004 - France rules Apple's DRM denial not anti-competition
11/11/2004 - New Trojan Virus Sends Spam to Russian Mobile Phones
11/11/2004 - Linux seller gunning for search
11/11/2004 - Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp
11/11/2004 - Microsoft Launches Web Search Technology
11/14/2004 - Microsoft overtakes rival palm
11/14/2004 - Half-Life 2 in stores now, doesn't mean you can play it yet
11/14/2004 - Intel's Montecito now expected in 2006
11/14/2004 - Free E-Mail Inboxes Get Fatter
11/14/2004 - New IE Bugs Open Up XP SP2 To Attack
11/14/2004 - Earlier Editions Of Firefox Flawed
11/14/2004 - Microsoft Search Encounters Glitches on First Day
11/14/2004 - AOL Tells Customers to Find New Carrier
11/14/2004 - AOL plans to launch travel site
11/14/2004 - Banks could refuse fraud refunds
11/14/2004 - Novell sues Microsoft over WordPerfect
11/14/2004 - Latest Mydoom virus may signal dreaded 'zero day' attack
11/14/2004 - Google Desktop Security Warning Issued
11/14/2004 - Pentagon envisioning a costly Internet for war
11/14/2004 - Is Microsoft using 'Halo 2' to thwart Xbox hackers?
11/14/2004 - Microsoft registers trademark--19 years late
11/14/2004 - Trial Shows How Spammers Operate
11/14/2004 - Self-destructing DVDS about to reach a wider audience
11/14/2004 - Can Microsoft buy RealNetworks' silence?
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3122004
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
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3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
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* Virus:
Latest Mydoom virus may signal dreaded 'zero day' attack
computerworld.com -- The latest version of the Mydoom virus suggests to security experts that a much-anticipated "zero day" attack may have already arrived.
antivirus subscription prices climb
infoworld.com -- Troublesome Trojan horses, virulent worms, nasty viruses--sometimes it may seem like the Internet exists just to let the bad guys attack your PC.
* Security:
Google Desktop Security Warning Issued
Internetnews.com -- Two analysts issued independent warnings today suggesting Google's Desktop Search tool -- released in October -- poses security risks for the enterprise.
Earlier Editions Of Firefox Flawed
story.news.yahoo.com -- Just days after the Mozilla Foundation released the final version of its standalone Firefox browser, a security firm Thursday said that earlier editions were buggy and should be replaced.
New IE Bugs Open Up XP SP2 To Attack
story.news.yahoo.com -- Two new vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 6.0 were unveiled by a security firm Wednesday that hackers could exploit to bypass security features even in Microsoft's most secure OS, Windows XP SP2.
Cisco IOS DHCP Packet Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
secunia.com -- A vulnerability has been reported in Cisco IOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
Microsoft Patches ISA Server 2000 Flaw
thewhir.com -- Software giant Microsoft issued a patch for a flaw in Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 and Proxy Server 2.0 on Tuesday. Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 and 2003, both of which include ISA Server, are also affected.
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
Computer Virus information can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/vlist.htm
Computer Security Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/secureqa.htm
Computer Privacy Q&A can be found at:
http://www.computerhope.com/privacyq.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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- This week we have been primarily focused on e-mail and processed over 4,000 e-mails.
- Corrected 95% of all bad links throughout Computer Hope.
- Added additional questions and answers.
- Worked on new upcoming scripts.
- Corrected other minor issues throughout site.
See the top 10 pages on Computer Hope at:
http://www.computerhope.com/chtop10.htm
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5. Hot computer issues.
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How do I locate software or drivers for my computer?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000644.htm
How do I determine what operating system I'm using?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000643.htm
How do I double space in Microsoft Word?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000645.htm
Find all of our issues and questions and answers at:
http://www.computerhope.com/qanda.htm
See all new questions and answer at:
http://www.computerhope.com/newqa.htm
See every Q&A in Computer Hopes database at:
http://www.computerhope.com/eqanda.htm
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6. All Talk
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http://www.rfideasstore.com/rfideas/pcproxsonar1.html
This week we came across the pcProx Sonar, a innovative USB device capable of sending keystrokes to the computer so a user can activate a screen saver or other locking mechanism when they are away from their computer.
http://beta.search.msn.com/
For anyone who may have missed Microsoft's new search tool, visiting the above link will take you to the beta search engine.
We would love to hear your comments; suggestions, interests, opinions, fun web sites or what ever is on your mind. E-mail us at newsletter@computerhope.com
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