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December 05, 2005 ISSUE 208
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl208.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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Peer-to-peer communications ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/ptpcom.htm ) -
Also common referred to as "P2P" or "P2P communications", peer-to-peer communication refers to the transmission between two peer computers over a network. P2P became widely known by all computer users as users began sharing MP3's and other files over P2P networks. For example, Napster is an example of a P2P software application.
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: Prodigy up for sale
news.com.com -- Prodigy Communications, one of the oldest brands on the Internet and among Net service providers, is up for sale by its parent SBC Communications, now known as AT&T.
12/09/2005 - eBay halts auction of Excel flaw
12/09/2005 - Former software chief admits stealing trade secrets
12/09/2005 - Power could cost more than servers, Google warns
12/09/2005 - Music Man Cracks DRM Schemes
12/09/2005 - Google takes the bus
12/09/2005 - Intel calls MIT's $100 laptop a 'gadget'
12/09/2005 - Prodigy up for sale
12/09/2005 - High Energy Physics Team Captures Network Prize at SC|05
12/09/2005 - No TaxCut coming for Mac users this year
12/09/2005 - DivX offers Mac video encoding software
12/09/2005 - Unpatched Firefox 1.5 exploit made public
12/09/2005 - Apple faces iPod patent dispute
12/09/2005 - Yahoo Devours Del.icio.us
12/09/2005 - Intel prototypes new transistor
12/09/2005 - GAO finds 2.3M domain names registered with false data
12/09/2005 - Yahoo Has New Answers
12/09/2005 - Cracked: Sober Worm Update Scheme
12/09/2005 - Creative unveils video and MP3 player
12/07/2005 - Microsoft to Add 3,000 Jobs in India
12/07/2005 - New IM worm chats with intended victims
12/07/2005 - Sony's Uninstaller Is Worse than Its DRM
12/07/2005 - Firm Allegedly Hiding Cisco Bugs
12/07/2005 - Got An Open-Source Problem? Red Hat Wants To Be Your Help Desk
12/07/2005 - Google Desktop Tweaked to Avoid IE Flaw
12/07/2005 - NBC shows may be bound for iPod
12/05/2005 - U2 fans render Ticketek site inaccessible
12/05/2005 - 10-mile hop sets rocket plane record
12/05/2005 - Google Fixes Desktop Search Loophole
12/05/2005 - Macedonia Deploys 5,000 GNOME Desktops in Public Schools
12/05/2005 - Kazaa blocks access in Australia
12/05/2005 - 'Podcast' Is the Word of the Year
12/05/2005 - Wikipedia Tightens the Reins
12/05/2005 - ID thieves try to steal millions from U.K. taxman
12/05/2005 - ICANN gives tentative OK on '.asia' domain
12/05/2005 - Trojans target unpatched IE flaw
12/05/2005 - California Teen Wins Science Competition
12/05/2005 - Gmail virus scanning draws some user complaints
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3382005
Top News Story: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Ready for Download
news.yahoo.com: After many rounds of beta candidates, the open-source Firefox 1.5 browser was offered for download to the masses late Tuesday. Not resting on its laurels, however, the Mozilla Foundation programming team is now eyeing the feature set for Version 2.0.
12/04/2005 - Lawsuit Accuses AOL of Illegal Billing
12/04/2005 - Critical RealPlayer Flaw Flagged
12/04/2005 - Another iTunes and QuickTime flaw?
12/04/2005 - Study: Lack Of App Support Stunting Linux
12/04/2005 - Hacker Breaks Into Maryland Emergency Communications System
12/02/2005 - Phishers Pose as IRS Agents
12/02/2005 - Adobe expects to close Macromedia deal on Saturday
12/02/2005 - REVIEW: Latest IMac Offers Remote Control
12/02/2005 - Microsoft Touts Vista's Restart Manager Feature
12/02/2005 - 2008 Olympics could go open source
12/02/2005 - Scratches no match for Nissan's new car paint
12/02/2005 - Data storage grows at record pace
12/02/2005 - Mozilla's Firefox Garners Quick 2 Million Downloads
12/02/2005 - Single-letter domains for sale? F.O.com
12/02/2005 - Logitech, Skype Ink Partnership
12/01/2005 - White knight rescues Kerio's free firewall
12/01/2005 - Viral cure could 'immunise' the Internet
12/01/2005 - AMouse: Bradbury's Robot Mice Get Real Whiskers
12/01/2005 - A sugar-cube-sized competitor to iPod
12/01/2005 - NEC Debuts Laptop Without a Hard Disk
12/01/2005 - MP3.com founder opens net music archive, play service
12/01/2005 - TiVo adds movie tickets, photos to offerings
12/01/2005 - Apache 2.2 released
12/01/2005 - Podcast Hijacked, Held for Ransom
12/01/2005 - Tokyo robot-fest
12/01/2005 - Grateful Dead to Allow Free Web Downloads
12/01/2005 - Samsung Pleads Guilty in Price-Fixing Case
12/01/2005 - Intel to build $3.5 billion chip plant in Israel
12/01/2005 - Google GMail Adds Virus Checking
12/01/2005 - Microsoft antivirus Public Beta : Windows Live Safety Center review
12/01/2005 - Rush expected on EU domain name
12/01/2005 - Revised open source GPL expected spring 2007
12/01/2005 - Windows Live Classifieds Muscles Into Market
12/01/2005 - Sun banking on open source
12/01/2005 - Skype Goes Video with Beta 2.0
11/30/2005 - Sun plugs serious holes in Java
11/30/2005 - Danger level rises for Perl flaws
11/30/2005 - Apple fixes Safari in latest Security Update
11/30/2005 - Alcatel pushes 10 Gigabit Ethernet for the enterprise
11/30/2005 - Security Flaw Allows Wiretaps to Be Evaded, Study Finds
11/30/2005 - Trend Micro: RSS Is Worm Bot's Next Target
11/30/2005 - New spyware could prevent drivers from speeding
11/30/2005 - 10 most violent games named
11/30/2005 - Deadheads rebel against Web crackdown
11/30/2005 - ISPs Making Progress on Spam
11/30/2005 - Amazon Wish Lists Expose Kids
11/30/2005 - Classic poets' voices go online
11/30/2005 - Top ten viruses and hoaxes reported to Sophos in November 2005
11/30/2005 - Microsoft offering frequent previews of new Windows
11/30/2005 - Microsoft Testing Its Own 'Google Base'
11/30/2005 - Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Ready for Download
11/30/2005 - Yahoo Unveils RSS E-Mail Folder
11/29/2005 - Cybercrime yields more cash than drugs: expert
11/29/2005 - Built to Last
11/29/2005 - MIT $100 Laptop to run Redhat
11/29/2005 - Entrepreneur Launches Web's First Tag Directory to Raise Money for His Wedding
11/29/2005 - Browser Face-Off
11/29/2005 - Samsung unveils largest flexible LCD
11/29/2005 - Dutch tech firm wants to rid the Web of the .com
11/29/2005 - Symantec scraps Sygate consumer firewall
11/29/2005 - What's the buzz? Teens can't stand it
11/29/2005 - Can You Spot The Phish Attack?
11/29/2005 - The top 10 hacks of all time
11/29/2005 - Dishing it out
11/29/2005 - Dell unloading old PCs through retail stores
11/29/2005 - Mass-mailer worm lurks in bogus Skype signup email invite
11/29/2005 - Web sales expected to spike on Cyber Monday
11/29/2005 - TiVo to develop TV advertising search service
11/29/2005 - Bionic Body Part Becoming A Reality
11/29/2005 - COD2 in the Line of Fire
11/29/2005 - Illegal file-sharing three times as popular as iTunes
11/29/2005 - Firefox fans promised version 1.5 tonight
11/29/2005 - Massachusetts reverses Microsoft ban
11/29/2005 - Study shows nearly one in six Americans are online sellers
11/29/2005 - New generation video games to incorporate parental controls
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3312005
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:
Cracked: Sober Worm Update Scheme
informationweek.com -- A security firm said it has cracked the Sober worm and uncovered the URLs the long-running worm will use in January to update itself to a new variant.
New IM worm chats with intended victims
news.com.com -- You can now instant message with a worm.
A new worm that targets users of America Online's AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload, IM security vendor IMlogic warned Tuesday.
Google GMail Adds Virus Checking
searchenginejournal.com -- Googles web mail client GMail has recently updated its Whats New page with information on Google Virus Checking. GMail is not only working block viruses from infesting your inbox, but is also destroying viruses which try to use your outbox (sent mail) to spread their nastiness.
* Security:
eBay halts auction of Excel flaw
news.zdnet.com -- An online auction of a "brand new vulnerability" in Microsoft Excel had reached about $60 when eBay pulled the item late Thursday.
Sony's Uninstaller Is Worse than Its DRM
eweek.com -- Opinion: Using the uninstaller provided by Sony to remove its rootkit-like DRM program can leave the user even more vulnerable.
Firm Allegedly Hiding Cisco Bugs
wired.com -- The computer security researcher who revealed a serious vulnerability in the operating system for Cisco Systems routers this year says he discovered 15 additional flaws in the software that have gone unreported until now, one of which is more serious than the bug he made public last summer.
Google Desktop Tweaked to Avoid IE Flaw
eweek.com -- Google Inc. has made an "adjustment" to its Google Desktop application to protect users from an unpatched design flaw in Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser.
Trojans target unpatched IE flaw
news.zdnet.co.uk -- Two exploits have been seen in the wild that target an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer. But are users really at risk?
Critical RealPlayer Flaw Flagged
news.yahoo.com -- Researchers at eEye Digital Security have flagged another critical vulnerability in RealPlayer, the digital media software released by RealNetworks Inc.
Another iTunes and QuickTime flaw?
news.com.com -- A serious security vulnerability exists in Apple Computer's iTunes and QuickTime software, bug hunter Tom Ferris reported on his Security-Protocols.com Web site Friday.
Sun plugs serious holes in Java
news.zdnet.com -- Sun Microsystems has fixed five security bugs in Java that expose computers running Windows, Linux and Solaris to hacker attack.
Apple fixes Safari in latest Security Update
news.yahoo.com -- Apple on Tuesday released Security Update 2005-009, which addresses issues with both Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. Among the components affected in this release are apache_mod_ssl; CoreFoundation; CoreTypes; curl; iodbcadmin; OpenSSL; Safari;sudo; and syslog.
* Privacy:
Phishers Pose as IRS Agents
news.yahoo.com -- The Department of Labor says it is working to fix a programming glitch in a government Web portal that makes it easier for phishers to trick people into disclosing sensitive information. The flaw was first exploited by phishers who, earlier this week, began sending out bogus e-mail messages asking for personal information, including social security and credit card numbers.
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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* With the new month of December, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Do you listen to Podcasts?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the below HTML tags is correct for inserting an image?" and Tip - "Microsoft Excel".
- Updated search engine code, correcting a few minor issues and tweaking the ranking feature hopefully bring more relevant results to the top of the results pages.
- Updated several hundred pages correcting hundreds of different errors throughout site and adding additional content.
- The "Users Q&A" section that has been featured has been temporarily removed as issues are worked out with the script used for the users Q&A section as well as with the newsletter.
- Continued work on other portions of the site, including new sections that should be released shortly and scripts that have been under development for the last few months.
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 spell check a document?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000768.htm
How do I determine the size of a file?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000769.htm
How do I keep my Windows file listing the same in all windows?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000770.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://googlevideo.blogspot.com/
Most users by now are familiar with http://video.google.com; a free service by Google that allows users to post video's online for free. However, finding good and/or interesting videos can be difficult with the wide range of available videos and no easy way to categorize them. We recently came across "Google Video Blog", a great blog that spotlights some of the most interesting videos on Google's video site and something worth checking out.
http://www.simply-touch.com/
Another interesting product we recently came across is the OpticalBar from SimplyTouch, an interesting idea that enables users to touch a section of their screen to launch applications or perform functions. Although the same functions could easily be done with shortcuts, macros, and other links we did find the product interesting and thought other Computer Hope users would as well.
http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/
There are a lot of users who are addicted to the friendly photo-sharing site Flickr, which is why we thought we would also mention this week another interesting site we recently came across. Flickr Toys is a site with a collection of various toys that have been created to help enhance the experience at Flickr. For example, browse randomly through the millions of photos on Flickr using the Random Photo Browser; create a magazine cover, movie poster, calendar, badge, and much more.
http://www.carver-europe.com/home.htm
We also recently came across the "Carver", an innovative vehicle that is a cross between a car and motorcycle as is not like anything we've seen before. Anyone interested in new technology and ideas should definitely visit this site.
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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