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September 26, 2005 ISSUE 201
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl201.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. Users Q&A
7. All Talk
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1. Weekly Computer Term.
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FSO ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/fso.htm ) -
Short for Free Space Optics and also known as infrared broadband or optical wireless. FSO is a communications standard that transmits data by using lasers over mirrors and lenses.
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: Ask Jeeves decides to axe Jeeves
news.bbc.co.uk: Search site Ask Jeeves is getting rid of the iconic valet that has been its companion since its earliest days.
09/25/2005 - Physicists Measure Tiny Force That Limits How Far Machines Can Shrink
09/25/2005 - PayPal glitch causes duplicate account withdrawals
09/25/2005 - Microsoft's nightmare inches closer to reality
09/25/2005 - Robots to Face Off for $2M Pentagon Prize
09/25/2005 - Solar-power cars set off across Australian outback
09/25/2005 - Palm partners with Microsoft
09/25/2005 - Microsoft plans to sell search ads of its own
09/25/2005 - Mobile Trojan targets PCs too
09/25/2005 - Symantec to acquire WholeSecurity
09/25/2005 - Student's cash-raising net scheme
09/25/2005 - Original Alice work in 3D online
09/25/2005 - Deadly plague hits Warcraft world
09/25/2005 - Ask Jeeves decides to axe Jeeves
09/25/2005 - Kids to teach elderly net skills
09/25/2005 - Take-Two to resume sales of Grand Theft Auto
09/25/2005 - Exploit Circulates For Firefox Flaw
09/25/2005 - MSN Search Toolbar Gets Contextual Search Add-In
09/25/2005 - New rules for news Websites
09/25/2005 - Apple Patches Bevy Of Tiger, Panther Bugs
09/25/2005 - Computer terms 'confuse workers'
09/25/2005 - US announces global intellectual-property plan
09/25/2005 - Fix in for Firefox bugs
09/25/2005 - Microsoft Will Refresh IE 7 Beta 1
09/25/2005 - Apple Improves Java Compatibility in Tiger
09/25/2005 - Intel reveals 1,000-fold cut in transistor leakage
09/25/2005 - Apple set to ship Intel-based computers
09/25/2005 - TiVo users in a tizzy
09/25/2005 - Microsoft Buys ID Software Maker Alacris
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2612005
Top News Story: Google launches 'Bloogle'
digitalmediaasia.com: Google has announced the launch of Google Blog Search, a new beta search engine that enables users to search for blogs and blog postings.
09/18/2005 - Siemens to cut 4,224 jobs in telephone business
09/18/2005 - Yahoo debuts beta of Instant Search
09/18/2005 - A fuel cell to gas up your MP3 player
09/18/2005 - New IE Bug Opens XP SP2 To Attack
09/17/2005 - Google launches 'Bloogle'
09/17/2005 - Microsoft Scraps Old Encryption in New Code
09/17/2005 - Customers unimpressed with Microsoft licensing changes
09/17/2005 - Macworld Expo Boston cancelled
09/17/2005 - Calif. laptop with personal data of 98,000 recovered
09/17/2005 - Dell Drops Intel Itanium Chip
09/17/2005 - Apple fixes Java flaws in Mac OS
09/17/2005 - DirectX 10: More harm than good for graphics?
09/15/2005 - Microsoft pulls critical security patch
09/15/2005 - Intel slashes 2MB Xeon DP prices
09/15/2005 - Microsoft cloaks Area 51
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2542005
Top News Story:Windows Vista To Come In Seven Editions
geekzone.co.nz: IT Pro Magazine is running an article by Paul Thurrott, explaining that Microsoft is planning to release the next version of its client operating system, Windows Vista (previously codenamed Longhorn) as a series of up to seven different SKU.
09/11/2005 - Free Software Foundation Forms Project To Revise GPL
09/11/2005 - Fraud Reveals Workings of Internet Theft
09/11/2005 - Siemens could cut 10,000 jobs
09/11/2005 - Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released As First Bug
09/11/2005 - One Critical Windows Patch Planned
09/11/2005 - Windows Vista To Come In Seven Editions
09/11/2005 - China blocks Skype web phone service
09/11/2005 - Novell Unveils SuSE Linux 10
09/09/2005 - Father of Athlon 64 leaves AMD
09/09/2005 - New MSN APIs To Be Offered
09/09/2005 - Sony hits double figures with 10mp digicam
09/09/2005 - Father of the Internet joins the Google family
09/09/2005 - Microsoft revamps keyboards and mice
09/09/2005 - Symantec issues patch for corporate antivirus software
09/09/2005 - Internet satellite imagery under fire over security concerns
09/09/2005 - Report: eBay in talks to acquire Skype
09/08/2005 - Potter books on sale as downloads
09/08/2005 - Yahoo 'helped jail China writer'
09/08/2005 - Liquid drop takes big nano step
09/08/2005 - iPod phone hybrid divides experts
09/08/2005 - Trojan swaps porn sites for Koran text
09/08/2005 - NerdTV available by free Internet download
09/08/2005 - Scientists develop 'clever' artificial hand
09/08/2005 - FEMA Aid Site Blocks Access To Firefox, Macs, Linux Users
09/08/2005 - Cisco issues cyber attack alert
09/08/2005 - Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance
09/08/2005 - Microsoft plans to outsource more, says ex-worker
09/08/2005 - AT&T sees computer games as a target rich environment
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2472005
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:
Mobile Trojan targets PCs too
computerworld.com -- Virus writers have come up with a way to make their malicious software jump from a mobile phone to the PC. Security researchers yesterday reported the first sightings of a new Trojan program that masquerades as pirated software for mobile phones and attempts to infect PCs via the phone's memory card
* Security:
Fix in for Firefox bugs
news.zdnet.com -- Mozilla has released an update to Firefox to fix several serious security flaws, including a recently disclosed bug that could let attackers secretly run malicious software on PCs.
New IE Bug Opens XP SP2 To Attack
informationweek.com -- Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser sports a flaw that hackers could use to launch a remote attack on Windows XP SP2, eEye Digital Security said Thursday.
Apple fixes Java flaws in Mac OS
news.com.com -- Apple Computer on Tuesday released security updates for Mac OS X 10.3.9 (also known as Panther) and its more recent Mac OS X 10.4.2 (called Tiger). The updates fix a handful of security vulnerabilities in the Java software on Mac OS and are available on Apple's Web site and through the Software Update service.
One Critical Windows Patch Planned
informationweek.com -- Microsoft has only one security bulletin ready to release next week, a sharp drop-off from the half-dozen that were needed in August.
Symantec issues patch for corporate antivirus software
computerworld.com -- Symantec Corp. has issued a patch for a vulnerability in its corporate antivirus software that could allow an unauthorized person to access a company's servers.
Cisco issues cyber attack alert
software.silicon.com -- A serious flaw in Cisco Systems software puts computer networks at risk of cyber attack and has prompted security vendor Symantec to raise its Internet threat level.
* Privacy:
Fraud Reveals Workings of Internet Theft
news.yahoo.com -- The illicit haul arrived each day by e-mail, the personal details of computer users tricked by an Internet thief: a victim's name, credit card number, date of birth, Social Security number, mother's maiden name.
Find a direct link to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2612005
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2542005
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2472005
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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- Working out newsletter script to help get the newsletter out more efficiently, unfortunately this has caused downtime, which is why the past two newsletters were not sent out.
- Modified the look of the Computer Hope newsletter a little.
- Continuing work on mail script.
- Updated several dozen computer question and answers pages and added several more.
- Updated several hundred computer dictionary definitions and added a dozen or more.
- Continued working on several new additions that have yet to be announced.
- Performed other minor updates 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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Why does my Internet back button sometimes not work?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000744.htm
How can I copy something from a webpage to my webpage?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000745.htm
Password protecting Microsoft Word and Excel documents.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000748.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. Users Q&A
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How to format a disk in MS-DOS.
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5486.htm
How can I transfer information between computers?
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5505.htm
How to get a military base in Simcity 2000.
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/5506.htm
See a complete list of online e-mail questions and answers at:
http://www.computerhope.com/chid/index.pl
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7. All Talk
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http://google.com/blogsearch
As mentioned earlier this month Google recently released a blog search, a great addition for users who are interested in only searching blogs and personal journals.
http://opera.com/free/
Opera also recently made Opera free, which means users who have enjoyed the Opera browser but hated the advertisement displayed on the non-commercial version, can now enjoy Opera without the banner. Users interested in trying Opera or a different browser may want to give it a try now.
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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