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March 07, 2005 ISSUE 181
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/nl181.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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Idle time ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/idletime.htm ) -
Time that the computer or device has been powered but has not been used. If a computer or computer device is idle for a set period of time it may go into a standby mode or power off.
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: Intel to unveil new way to connect chips
news.com.com: Intel on Thursday will unveil a way to open the data paths between chips, a move that could help overcome a huge hurdle in increasing processor performance, CNET News.com has learned.
03/06/2005 - Net-based 911 fight puts lives on line
03/06/2005 - States Race to Cut Taxes to Attract Intel
03/06/2005 - Maxtor cutting jobs in Singapore but is hiring rapidly in China
03/06/2005 - PluggedIn: Online Poker a Booming Global Enterprise
03/06/2005 - Hydrogen: The next fuel for laptops?
03/06/2005 - Microsoft says no new security patches this month
03/06/2005 - Red Hat signs open-source deal with Bell
03/06/2005 - Possible Domain Poisoning Underway
03/06/2005 - Google Adds Weather Forecast
03/06/2005 - Wells Fargo Web-enables 6,200 ATMs
03/06/2005 - Linux Reality Outstrips Linux Myth
03/06/2005 - For eBay, charity begins at home page
03/06/2005 - Ultra fast wi-fi nears completion
03/06/2005 - Music industry 'nails UK pirates'
03/06/2005 - Intel faces warning
03/06/2005 - Napster Creator Signs Deal with Sony
03/06/2005 - FCC "acted swiftly" to stop VoIP blocking
03/06/2005 - Remains of oldest biped found
03/04/2005 - Outsourcing more expensive than in-house, says Gartner
03/04/2005 - Tool Helps Seize Cars of Tax Delinquents
03/04/2005 - New Gadgets Push the Envelope in Hunting
03/04/2005 - Dinosaurs return to Earth, courtesy of Japanese robotics
03/04/2005 - A Linux Nemesis on the Rocks
03/04/2005 - Rainbow Coalition of the Brain
03/04/2005 - Early 'Hobbit' human smarter than expected
03/04/2005 - Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net
03/04/2005 - Microsoft to pull out of MSNBC?
03/04/2005 - Nokia Drops Plans to Develop Fuel Cells
03/04/2005 - Get into biz school? U.S. hacker offers crystal ball
03/04/2005 - Lycos Asks Jeeves
03/04/2005 - Intuit Cripples Older Quicken Versions
03/04/2005 - Suit may revise chapter on tech history: Origins of MS-DOS
03/04/2005 - Domain Owners Lose Privacy
03/04/2005 - Camera phones recognise their owner
03/04/2005 - Judge: Apple Can Force Online Publishers To Reveal Sources
03/03/2005 - Indian outsourcer turns to China
03/03/2005 - PC tax could replace TV licence
03/03/2005 - Isolated world of deaf-blind being cracked open by new technologies
03/03/2005 - One in four 'touched' by ID fraud
03/03/2005 - Intel shows off Mac Mini-like concept PC
03/03/2005 - Netscape launches browser beta
03/03/2005 - Cable raises its voice
03/03/2005 - Computer Associates License Manager Remote Vulnerabilities
03/03/2005 - Microsoft says 64-bit Windows due in April
03/03/2005 - Taiwan Remains Top Computer Maker in 2004
03/03/2005 - First step in a Google OS?
03/03/2005 - Philips unrolls 'paper' display
03/03/2005 - Scientists slam US plasma weapon
03/03/2005 - Anonymous Donors Pledge Millions To Save Enterprise
03/03/2005 - Court stays $521m Microsoft fine
03/03/2005 - Hotspot users gain free net calls
03/03/2005 - Highly critical RealPlayer flaws
03/03/2005 - Symantec Granted Patent For Key Information Security Technology
03/03/2005 - Strange space burst
03/03/2005 - Intel targets mobile phone market with flash products
03/03/2005 - Millionaire Pilot Finishes Record Flight
03/03/2005 - A sense of insecurity
03/03/2005 - Google's secret of success? Dealing with failure
03/03/2005 - Microsoft halves Windows prices in China
03/03/2005 - Adobe releases open-source interface software
03/03/2005 - iTunes Music Store Downloads Surpass 300 Million
03/03/2005 - Poseidon Plans World's First Sea Floor Resort Complex
03/03/2005 - Microsoft Showcases Robots to Watch Kids
03/03/2005 - Google Beefs Up Local Search Amid Competition
03/03/2005 - Artists Break With Industry on File Sharing
03/02/2005 - Handcrafted Handhelds
03/02/2005 - The Book Stops Here
03/02/2005 - Penrose: The Answer's Not 42
03/02/2005 - Online Community Set To Leap Beyond Solar System
03/02/2005 - Yahoo: It's our birthday, so have a cone on us
03/02/2005 - Intel to unveil new way to connect chips
03/02/2005 - AOL to improve Web mail service
03/02/2005 - Rambus lawsuit against Infineon dismissed
03/02/2005 - Alcatel offers $55 million for metro Ethernet vendor
03/02/2005 - Software industry struggles to survive in an open source world
03/02/2005 - 8 More Bugs Found In Firefox And Mozilla
03/02/2005 - TiVo records new DVR patents
03/02/2005 - Less Impact from the "Slashdot Effect"
03/02/2005 - 1861 census data published online
03/02/2005 - Ozone decline stuns scientists
03/02/2005 - Phishers Chip Away at Web Security
03/02/2005 - MS Confirms 64-Bit Windows for April
03/01/2005 - China Forecasts 120 Mln Internet Users by Year End
03/01/2005 - Internet Calling Rocks!
03/01/2005 - New Batteries: Twice the Life
03/01/2005 - Grow Your Own Apple I
03/01/2005 - Breakthrough in Solar Power Nanotech?
03/01/2005 - Yahoo opens up search platform to external developers
03/01/2005 - Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way
03/01/2005 - Segway LLC Introduces 2005 - Product Line
03/01/2005 - Engineers devise invisibility shield
03/01/2005 - Bill Gates to Receive Honorary UK Knighthood
03/01/2005 - How secure is your computer?
03/01/2005 - Mind Control
03/01/2005 - AOL Integrates Buddy Lists With Outlook
03/01/2005 - Half-Life 2 sweeps Bafta awards
03/01/2005 - Paris Hilton: Victim of T-Mobile's Web Flaws?
03/01/2005 - Mobile Spam Volume Doubles to Forty-Three Percent
03/01/2005 - Barrett: No end in sight for Moore's Law
03/01/2005 - Yahoo Folding Overture Services Into Main Brand
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?582005
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:
Fresh Bagle Attacks Under Way
Internetnews.com -- Security firms have detected as many as 15 variants of the Bagle worm in the past 24 hours that are currently attacking end-user computers.
* Security:
Microsoft says no new security patches this month
infoworld.com -- Microsoft does not plan to release any security bulletins or patches this month despite claims from IT security companies that flaws require fixing.
Possible Domain Poisoning Underway
techweb.com -- Security experts late Friday warned that a DNS cache poisoning attack may be underway and redirecting users from some of the most popular Web sites to a malicious URL where spyware and adware is invisibly installed onto their computers.
Computer Associates License Manager Remote Vulnerabilities
securityfocus.com -- The vulnerability exists if the CA License package version on the system
is between v1.53 and v1.61.8. This package is included in almost all Computer Associates products.
Highly critical RealPlayer flaws
p2pnet.net -- RealNetworks has had to build new versions of its RealPlayer to combat what Secunia describes as Highly Critical security flaws which can be exploited by hackers looking to compromise users systems.
8 More Bugs Found In Firefox And Mozilla
echweb.com -- Just a day after one security firm warned of a vulnerability in Firefox and Mozilla, a rival disclosed that another eight threaten the open-source browsers.
* Privacy:
Tracking PCs anywhere on the Net
news.com.com -- A University of California researcher says he has found a way to identify computer hardware remotely, a technique that could potentially unmask anonymous Web surfers by bypassing some common security techniques.
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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* With the new month of March, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Which is your favorite search engine?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which below file extension is not an type of compressed file?" and Tip - "Microsoft Word ".
- Encountered some minor issues Friday, which caused some minor down time. Additional details on what's new page.
- Continued work on new mail script, updated Google news script, and performed other minor updates on several other scripts.
- Added new questions and answers.
- Performed dozens of other updates and new additions throughout site.
Find up to the minute updates done to Computer Hope at:
http://www.computerhope.com/whatnew.htm
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 create my own program?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000675.htm
How can I read a Macintosh CD on a PC?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000676.htm
Can I get my USB printer to work on the parallel port?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000677.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.tivo.com/
This week we thought we would mention Tivo a product that we have been using over the last year that we have been extremely impressed with. A Tivo is a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) and is a hardware device that connects to your TV. What makes Tivo and other DVRs so unique is the ability to easily setup and record programs automatically, be able to quickly skip content you don't enjoy watching (such as commercials), get recommendations based off what programs you record, view pictures stored on your computer over your TV, and even listen to MP3 files stored on your computer over your TV.
http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/
Yahoo celebrated its 10-year anniversary and during those ten years a lot has happened. To help bring back the good and bad memories of the last ten years of the Internet Yahoo released their Netrospective with over 100 moments of the web. The site contains some really memorable moments such as the dancing baby, web celebrities like Turk aka the "I kiss you!" guy, the birth of today's big Internet companies like eBay, yahoo, and Amazon, and much more. Anyone who enjoys the Internet may want to view this Macromedia Flash presentation.
http://www.google.com/
For those of you who enjoy Google and may have missed the Google weather news article be sure to try out Googles new weather feature. For example typing, "weather salt lake city Utah" will display the current weather as well as the next four days weather. In addition to typing the location you can type weather and the zip code to get the weather. This also works with SMS on your cell phone, sending a SMS to 46645(GOOGL) with your weather request will get you the weather on your cell phone.
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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