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May 30, 2005 ISSUE 189
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl189.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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XGA ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/x/xga.htm ) -
Short for eXtended Graphics Array, XGA was introduced in 1990 and is IBM's upgrade to the VGA video standard. With a resolution of 1,024 horizontal pixels by 768 vertical pixels and 256 colors it is proprietary standard.
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: Feds shut down BitTorrent hub
news.com.com -- Federal agents shut down a popular Web site Wednesday that had distributed copyrighted music and movies, including versions of the latest "Star Wars" movie.
05/28/2005 - Google loses round against Digital Envoy
05/28/2005 - ZombieMeter keeps track of hacked PCs
05/28/2005 - OS makers slow to fix flaw, researcher says
05/28/2005 - Cambodia's Ex-King Delights in Blogging
05/28/2005 - Click Commerce Acquires Business Intelligence Company Xelus
05/28/2005 - China in drive to register all Internet sites, portal says
05/28/2005 - Report: Apple to offer 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffles
05/28/2005 - Microsoft Launches Chinese Portal
05/28/2005 - White House Wants Search Limits Overturned
05/28/2005 - Microsoft Steps up the Fight on Spam
05/28/2005 - RIAA Files More Lawsuits Against Student 'Pirates'
05/28/2005 - US unveils new supercomputer
05/28/2005 - EarthLink Offers $69.99 Subsidized PC
05/28/2005 - Via touts chip for low-cost notebooks
05/28/2005 - Cisco buys app accelerator
05/28/2005 - Silver surfers say net is 'vital'
05/27/2005 - Netscape 8 'breaks' IE
05/27/2005 - Microsoft offers new online antispam tools
05/26/2005 - Yahoo Launches PhotoMail Service, Tightens E-Mail Security
05/26/2005 - Nokia explores Linux territories with its first Tablet PC
05/26/2005 - Intel announces launch of new multi-core processor Pentium D
05/25/2005 - School-Yard Bullies Add Internet To Arsenal
05/25/2005 - Man v machine in chess showdown
05/25/2005 - IPod Plug-In Sets Music Free
05/25/2005 - Official BitTorrent Search Opens
05/25/2005 - Voyager 1 reaches the edge of the solar system
05/25/2005 - Sensor prevents shut-eye in digital snaps
05/25/2005 - Iomega aiming for 800GB DVDs
05/25/2005 - ABC, NBC News launch news podcasts
05/25/2005 - Feds shut down BitTorrent hub
05/25/2005 - Hitachi unveils 4Gbit/sec. Fibre Channel drives
05/25/2005 - Worm, phishing scam hit AIM, Yahoo IM
05/25/2005 - Russians Use Affiliate Model To Spread Spyware, Adware
05/25/2005 - Database Hackers Reveal Tactics
05/25/2005 - The Internet goes Greek
05/25/2005 - Microsoft: SP2 makes Windows 15 times safer
05/25/2005 - Cisco Patches DNS, VoIP Flaws
05/25/2005 - A Setback For Linux
05/25/2005 - Computer's files held for ransom
05/25/2005 - 'Operation Spam Zombies' launched in 20 countries
05/24/2005 - NASA developing human-like robots
05/24/2005 - Bank security breach may be biggest yet
05/24/2005 - MSN announces satellite-mapping service
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1422005
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:
Worm, phishing scam hit AIM, Yahoo IM
computerworld.com -- Users of instant messaging applications from Yahoo Inc. and America Online Inc. are being warned this week of two new threats spreading via instant messaging.
* Security:
ZombieMeter keeps track of hacked PCs
news.zdnet.com -- Internet security company CipherTrust on Thursday breathed life into its ZombieMeter, a new system that tracks traffic from hacked, or zombie PCs, around the world.
OS makers slow to fix flaw, researcher says
news.zdnet.com -- Microsoft and some Linux vendors have yet to patch a hole related to a flaw in some Intel chips, despite having two months' notice.
Russians Use Affiliate Model To Spread Spyware, Adware
news.yahoo.com -- An online business based in Russia will pay Web sites 6 cents for each machine they infect with adware and spyware, security researchers said Tuesday, calling the practice "awful.".
Microsoft: SP2 makes Windows 15 times safer
news.zdnet.com -- Computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2 are 15 times less likely than those running XP or XP SP1 to be infected by some of the most dangerous forms of malware, according to a Microsoft security guru.
Cisco Patches DNS, VoIP Flaws
Internetnews.com -- Cisco issued a patch for a domain name system vulnerability that could put some of its routers and Voice Over IP products at risk for exploits.
Computer's files held for ransom
kansascity.com -- First it was viruses. Then worms, Trojans, spyware and phishing. Now hackers have figured out a way to kidnap our computer files and hold them for ransom.
* Privacy:
Bank security breach may be biggest yet
money.cnn.com -- Bank of America Corp. and Wachovia Corp. are among the big banks notifying more than 670,000 customers that account information was stolen in what may the biggest security breach to hit the banking industry.
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1422005
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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* I would like to once again thank everyone who wished me well after last weeks newsletter. Things are starting to pick up again and should start improving shortly.
- Completed the first revision of mail script and will start using it to answer e-mail questions. Additional information and details about this new feature will be posted next week after initial testing has been completed.
- Posted new questions and answers.
- Working on resolving other minor script issues.
- Performed other minor updates.
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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Should I get an extended warranty?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000699.htm
What should I do when a computer freezes?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000700.htm
How can I create and edit a comment in Microsoft Excel?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000703.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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This week we decided to list some recent and archived interesting sites and stories instead of the standard one interesting story, hope you enjoy.
http://print.google.com/
Google has updated their Google print service that enables users to use Google to search through the content in books. For users who have not tried this service or have not tried it recently this is definitely something worth checking out.
http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/rekimoto/datatile/
This week we came across another interesting concept and a potential future product from Sony. The Sony DataTiles take video and data and enable it to be manipulated physically. Anyone interested in new ideas should definitely visit this site and view the pictures and video of this product.
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
This great page, which is done in Macromedia Flash enables you to create your own artwork, view a gallery of others artwork, and send your artwork to others. What makes this site different then other similar services is the ability to view how the artwork was done. This makes your artwork even more personal as others can now see the whole process of how you created your masterpiece. If you're looking for something fun to do or just enjoy art this is a great page to check out.
http://home.tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf
This is another interesting flash page we recently came across that helps put time into perspective by displaying the second, minute, hour, day, month, and year in a interesting chart.
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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