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October 10, 2005 ISSUE 203
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl203.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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Input/output controller ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/iocont.htm ) -
Also known as an input/output interface, IOC, or PIOC for Peripheral input/output controller. The input/input controller is a device that interfaces between an input or output device and the computer or hardware device. The input/output controller on computers is commonly located on the motherboard. However, an I/O controller can also be an internal add-on that can either be used as a replacement or to allow for additional input or output devices for the computer.
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: AOL to buy leading blog company
news.bbc.co.uk -- AOL, the world's largest Internet services provider, has agreed to buy leading web journal firm Weblogs Inc.
10/07/2005 - Bug spotted in Symantec antivirus
10/07/2005 - Taiwan wants Google to apologize
10/07/2005 - Blackout shows Net's fragility
10/07/2005 - VeriSign snags Weblogs.com
10/07/2005 - Robots take the wheel in desert race
10/07/2005 - AMD requests handover of Intel documents
10/07/2005 - Chip modifier claims High Court vindication
10/07/2005 - Trojan software trashes PlayStation Portable
10/07/2005 - 'Robofish' swims into UK aquarium
10/07/2005 - AOL to buy leading blog company
10/07/2005 - Ceatec shows off future gadgets
10/07/2005 - Europe needs bigger robots push
10/07/2005 - Hackers jailed over global virus
10/07/2005 - Phishers plant fake Google toolbar
10/07/2005 - HBO Attacking BitTorrent
10/07/2005 - Slew of Windows patches coming
10/07/2005 - Yahoo CEO Belittles Google's Expansion
10/07/2005 - Google focuses on users, not Microsoft
10/07/2005 - Company to offer high-speed Internet for deployed troops
10/06/2005 - Windows XP MSCONFIG update
10/06/2005 - Comtek Succeeds at BPS
10/06/2005 - Mr. Google Goes to Washington
10/06/2005 - Spyware spreads despite security
10/06/2005 - Microsoft to Offer New Security Service
10/06/2005 - Engineer taps power hidden in idle computers
10/05/2005 - RealNetworks Fixes Linux RealPlayer Flaw
10/05/2005 - HP To Acquire Management Technology for Linux
10/05/2005 - Finnish "Star Trek" spoof prospers on Internet
10/05/2005 - Merge With the Machine -- In 2020
10/05/2005 - This Laser Trick's a Quantum Leap
10/05/2005 - Photoshop Magic Melts Prison Bars
10/05/2005 - Dell offers an open-source PC
10/05/2005 - iRobot unveils sniper detector
10/05/2005 - Future mobiles to get chip boost
10/05/2005 - Live Like the Jetsons in Utah
10/05/2005 - Flock, the New Browser on the Block
10/05/2005 - Hard disks anything but gone, says Seagate
10/05/2005 - Western Digital: Microcode virus attacks that destroy hard drives possible
10/05/2005 - SpreadFirefox.com Shut Down After Security Breach
10/05/2005 - Search Sites Try to Give Instant Answers
10/05/2005 - 'UnGoogleables' Hide From Search
10/05/2005 - Flaw found in Kaspersky antivirus
10/05/2005 - QUAKE 4 Is Gold
10/05/2005 - Sun and Google: Publicity Ploy or Power Grab?
10/05/2005 - "Hollaback Girl" first song with one million commercial downloads
10/05/2005 - Honey, I Shrunk the JPEG
10/05/2005 - Oklahoma Man Wins $10 Million Judgment Against a Spammer
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2752005
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:
Hackers jailed over global virus
news.bbc.co.uk -- Two hackers have been jailed for helping to create a virus that infected thousands of computers worldwide.
* Security:
Bug spotted in Symantec antivirus
news.zdnet.com -- A serious security flaw in part of Symantec's antivirus products puts enterprise systems running the software at risk of intrusion.
Slew of Windows patches coming
news.com.com -- As part of its monthly patching cycle, Microsoft on Tuesday plans to release eight security alerts for flaws in the Windows operating system.
Flaw found in Kaspersky antivirus
beta.news.com.com -- A "critical" flaw in Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software could let an attacker commandeer systems that use the products, a security researcher warned Monday.
* Privacy:
Phishers plant fake Google toolbar
itnews.com.au -- Phishers are flooding IM and IRC with messages that lead to a download of a bogus Google toolbar. Phishers are playing off Google's brand name, a security researcher said Wednesday, by flooding IM and IRC with messages that lead to a download of a bogus Google toolbar whose sole purpose is to steal credit card information.
SpreadFirefox.com Shut Down After Security Breach
news.yahoo.com -- The Mozilla Foundation has temporarily pulled the plug on its SpreadFirefox.com marketing site after a hacker break-in put user accounts at risk.
Find a direct link to each of the above articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news/security.htm
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4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
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- Added several new question and answer documents.
- Added "Permalink" option to the computer dictionary word of the day script.
- 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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How can I improve my typing?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000752.htm
How can I prevent the Office task pane from automatically opening?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000753.htm
Deleting files equal to 0 in a batch file.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000754.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://www.freeserifsoftware.com/
While working on a new question and answer document we came across FreeSerifSoftware.com a great site with a lot of great free programs, and not the ordinary small programs either. This site contains free downloads for "PagePlus" - a free desktop publishing program, "PhotoPlus" - a free photo and image editing program, "WebPlus" - a free Web Site and publishing program, "DrawPlus" - a free Graphic design and vector drawing program, and even "3DPlus" - a free 3D animation and modeling program. Before installing any of these programs we would like our users to know that the company will require a valid e-mail for a registration code. It's very likely this e-mail address is used to advertise other products.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9689F6E9-ADED-44B8-BBBB-BEAE1B4A4BC9&displaylang=en
Also this week Microsoft released a Windows XP MSCONFIG update. This update adds a Tools tab to the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe). The Tools tab will allow further diagnostic tools to be launched from within the System Configuration Utility. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
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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