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January 09, 2006 ISSUE 211
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl211.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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SPARC ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/sparc.htm ) -
Short for Scalar Processor ARChitecture, SPARC is a type of microprocessor architecture originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1987 that includes a scalar processor. The SPARC processor is a type of RISC processor commonly found in Sun computers, however available for wide variety of computers.
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: Microsoft says 'Wait for us' as WMF threat climbs
computerworld.com - While some security researchers are advising Windows users to rush to install an unofficial patch to fix a vulnerability in how the operating system renders graphics files, Microsoft Corp. wants customers to wait another week for its official security update.
01/08/2006 - Legitimate music downloading enjoys dream week
01/08/2006 - Microsoft and Palm's Wondrous Offspring
01/07/2006 - CES 2006: Gadget glitz in Vegas
01/07/2006 - Emmett Leith, 78, a Pioneer in the Development of Holography, Dies
01/07/2006 - Kodak unveils new logo
01/07/2006 - Motorola adds Google to mobiles
01/07/2006 - Oracle 'Worm' Exploit Gets Ominous Tweak
01/07/2006 - Philips: 3D TV to appear in 2008
01/07/2006 - SanDisk Takes On Apple
01/07/2006 - Computer chips get under skin of U.S. enthusiasts
01/07/2006 - Microsoft shuts down controversial Chinese blogger
01/07/2006 - Google announces software suite
01/06/2006 - Yahoo Launches Content Service for Phones
01/05/2006 - Intel formally unveils host of new chips
01/05/2006 - If Your CD's Double as Coasters, Here's One That Can Take It
01/05/2006 - Document security myths busted
01/05/2006 - Microsoft pushes out Windows patch ahead of time
01/05/2006 - CES Unveils Satellite Radio/MP3 Players
01/05/2006 - Gates takes wraps off Windows Vista
01/05/2006 - Netgear to offer first Wi-Fi phone for Skype calling
01/05/2006 - CES: Blu-ray Disc launch to lag HD-DVD by 3 months
01/05/2006 - Gates unveils his 'Urge'
01/05/2006 - Gates sees IBM not Google as top Microsoft rival
01/05/2006 - 26? No, 11. Kids lie to get on hot social Web sites
01/05/2006 - Bye-bye hard drive, hello flash
01/05/2006 - Linux newbies get a helping hand
01/05/2006 - 1 In 10 Now Use Mozilla's Firefox
01/05/2006 - Do avatars dream of electric racoons?
01/05/2006 - Gates promises Windows everywhere
01/05/2006 - Another Sober Worm Set to Strike
01/05/2006 - Opera Expands Into Entertainment
01/05/2006 - Spammer slapped with billion-dollar fine
01/05/2006 - HP dumps iTunes for Rhapsody
01/05/2006 - Dungeons & Dragons Online Dated
01/05/2006 - California dreamin' for concept cars
01/05/2006 - Year Of The 'Wiki?'
01/05/2006 - Google to Offer Video Downloads, Software That Rivals Microsoft's
01/04/2006 - BBC News opens archives to public
01/04/2006 - Google Passes on PCs
01/04/2006 - Google team sets sights on big screen
01/04/2006 - Symantec buys IMlogic in all-cash deal
01/04/2006 - Microsoft says 'wait for us' as WMF threat climbs
01/04/2006 - Apple updates Bluetooth for certain Macs
01/04/2006 - City-wide wi-fi rolls out in UK
01/04/2006 - Install bootleg patch, Windows users urged
01/02/2006 - Annual Gadget Show Is Biggest Ever
01/02/2006 - Starz to launch movie downloads service
01/02/2006 - Tiny biosensor to detect cancer
01/02/2006 - The year of the digital citizen
01/02/2006 - Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google
01/02/2006 - Sony BMG settles suits over flawed music CDs
01/02/2006 - Royal honour for Apple designer
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?12006
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:
Another Sober Worm Set to Strike
pcworld.com -- The next variant of the Sober worm is set to attack computers already infected by previous versions of the malware. The new attack will occur at the stroke of midnight GMT as January 5 turns into January 6, according to European antivirus software vendors. Since Internet service providers and local police are closely monitoring Web sites likely to be used in the attack, security experts believe that the hacker may choose not to engage in any malicious activity this time around.
* Security:
Oracle 'Worm' Exploit Gets Ominous Tweak
eweek.com -- Exploit code for a malicious worm capable of wreaking havoc through Oracle databases has been tweaked and published, prompting a new round of warnings that an actual attack is inevitable.
Microsoft pushes out Windows patch ahead of time
news.zdnet.com -- Microsoft plans to release a fix for a serious security vulnerability in Windows on Thursday, ahead of the scheduled delivery date of Tuesday.
Microsoft says 'wait for us' as WMF threat climbs
computerworld.com -- While some security researchers are advising Windows users to rush to install an unofficial patch to fix a vulnerability in how the operating system renders graphics files, Microsoft Corp. wants customers to wait another week for its official security update.
Install bootleg patch, Windows users urged
commentwire.com -- Windows users are being urged by some security experts to secure their machines using an unofficial patch, to fix a vulnerability that allows computers to be compromised through the mere viewing of an image file.
* Privacy: No new privacy news this week.
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 year and new month of January, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Which antivirus program do you use?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "What is the .tbz file extension?" and Tip - "Microsoft Word".
- Computer Hope has updated its forums from YaBB 1 to v2.1 in anticipation for the new year. This new update adds a great deal of new features and support. Additional details about some of the new YaBB features can be found at: http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1136064045
- Updated and added additional questions and answers.
- Updated and added additional dictionary definitions.
- Performed yearly updates and completed posting the full site update.
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 clean the inside of my laptop?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000780.htm
How do I setup rules in Microsoft Outlook?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000781.htm
How do I enable / disable the Microsoft Outlook preview pane?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000782.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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Computer Hope would like to wish everyone a happy new years!
http://www.pandora.com/
We recently came across PANDORA, a great free service that allows users to find music based off songs or artists you like. The service starts off by asking you for an artist or song you enjoy, it then matches similar songs from other artists that share many of the same qualities as the artist or song you entered. The songs are played over streaming audio and as you listen to the songs you can rate the songs with thumbs up or thumbs down to help refine the songs played.
http://www.rollyo.com/
ROLLYO is another interesting site we've recently come across that allows users to create their own search engines using the Yahoo! Search. To create your own search you enter up to 25 different URLs that you want to use as the pages to search. For example, if you were creating your own Computer Help search engine you would enter http://www.computerhope.com as well as your other favorite computer sites. Once created, each time you search it will only search the URLs you specified.
http://librivox.org/
Another fantastic site we've recently come across is LibiVox, a great site that allows any user to download and listen to dozens of free audiobooks read by numerous different contributors. This is a great project and definitely worth a visit.
http://www.yakalike.com/
Finally, we also recently came across 'yakalike', an interesting plug-in for Mozilla Firefox users that allows users to talk to other users browsing the same website. The service is a relatively new service, which means you'll be very lucky to find anyone browsing the same site at the same time you are. However, we thought this was a real interesting idea and look forward to seeing it expanded.
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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