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October 9, 2006 ISSUE 231
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl231.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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FPS ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/f/fps.htm ) -
1. Short for Frames Per Second, FPS is a measurement of the speed or performance of a game and/or computer system. Generally, a user who has a higher FPS will be capable of performing better. Often many games today have a command or keyboard shortcut key that will display the frames per second you're getting. However, there are also other third-party programs such as Fraps and other benchmarking programs that will also display the frames per second you're getting.
2. Also known as a point-and-shoot game, FPS is short for First Person Shooter and is a description of a game where the player sees only the weapon of the character and shoots other characters or players. First Person Shooter games became widely popular with the release of Doom in 1993.
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: Fujitsu recalls laptop batteries
news.bbc.co.uk -- Computer maker Fujitsu has said it is recalling 287,000 Sony laptop batteries because of a potential fire risk.
10/08/2006 - 'Second Life' 3-D digital world grows
10/07/2006 - Cricket machine masters bowling
10/07/2006 - Microsoft engaging with hackers
10/06/2006 - Microsoft releases final test version of Vista
10/06/2006 - U.S. Marine base probes missing laptop
10/06/2006 - Google Reportedly in Talks to Buy YouTube for $1.6 Billion
10/06/2006 - Google nets man in 24-yr-old case
10/06/2006 - Robotic Whiskers Inspired by Rats Can "See" in 3-D
10/05/2006 - Microsoft to patch critical Windows, Office flaws
10/05/2006 - Women outnumber men in online games, survey finds
10/05/2006 - Scientists teleport two different objects
10/05/2006 - Mod chip seller hit with million-dollar damages
10/05/2006 - Wikia launches semi-private university wikis
10/05/2006 - Google Presents Code Search
10/05/2006 - Indian call center staff sold data, TV show says
10/05/2006 - Spam maker sees trademark bid canned
10/05/2006 - Socializing search
10/05/2006 - Child plea made to games industry
10/04/2006 - Spammers plead guilty after EarthLink probe
10/04/2006 - Security hole plugged in Skype for Mac
10/04/2006 - Strike hits Indian tech hub
10/04/2006 - Service equips stolen phones with scream
10/04/2006 - Researchers Aim for Single-Pixel Camera
10/04/2006 - Musical robot composes, performs and teaches
10/04/2006 - Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw
10/04/2006 - Creative Xmod Claims to Improve Music
10/04/2006 - AOL Offers Popular Services In One Desktop App
10/04/2006 - $10m prize for super genetic test
10/04/2006 - Napster launches Japanese service
10/04/2006 - Netflix offers film recommendation prize
10/04/2006 - Amazon.com drops search engine features
10/04/2006 - Fight Phishing at the PhishTank
10/04/2006 - Bluetooth rival unveiled by Nokia
10/04/2006 - Fujitsu recalls laptop batteries
10/04/2006 - Google launches literacy portal
10/04/2006 - Geekspeak still baffles web users
10/04/2006 - The other Google search site
10/04/2006 - Robot cars will race in real traffic
10/04/2006 - The new Groups experience
10/04/2006 - Google offers mini-programs for use on other sites
10/04/2006 - Mozilla Duped by Hacker's 'Humorous' Presentation
10/04/2006 - Employers Crack Down on Personal Net Use
10/04/2006 - Yoga Boosts Mouse-Clicking Speed
10/04/2006 - Microsoft to lock pirates out of Vista PCs
10/04/2006 - Risky Online Behavior Provides Back Door To Cybercrime
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2742006
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: No new virus news this week.
* Security:
Microsoft engaging with hackers
news.bbc.co.uk -- In a few weeks time Microsoft is expected to launch Vista, its new operating system, and in January we will all get to play with the finished version. But how safe will this brave new world be?
Microsoft to patch critical Windows, Office flaws
news.com.com -- Microsoft plans to issue nearly a dozen security patches on Tuesday, including critical fixes for Windows and Office.
Security hole plugged in Skype for Mac
news.zdnet.com -- Skype on Tuesday issued an update that fixes a serious security flaw in its Internet telephony software for Apple Computer's Mac OS X.
Exploit released for Mac OS X flaw
news.com.com -- Computer code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was released publicly over the weekend.
Mozilla Duped by Hacker's 'Humorous' Presentation
pcworld.com -- One of the hackers who demonstrated exploit code for a vulnerability in the way the Firefox browser handles JavaScript admitted today that the presentation last week at a hacker conference was meant to be a joke, according to Mozilla's chief of security.
* 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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- Posted updated versions of search engine and re-wrote portions of search parse bot. A lot of new changes and fixes have been added to the search engine that should help locate matches that may have not been found before and/or direct users to their answers.
- Posted over three hundred other updates throughout the 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 to copy a directory / folder.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000838.htm
Why does my download stop before it is finished?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000839.htm
How do you remove the extra symbols in MS Word?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000840.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://www.gm-tek.com/
This week we happen to stumble across the GoodMan Corporation, a company who creates the UH-617 and UH-621 twistable USB hubs. These are a great idea and would be very useful for anyone who has several USB devices and find it difficult to manage cables.
http://www.3dscreen.ramboll.com/
We also recently came across the Cheoptics360 XL, an amazing hologram product that is capable of projecting large holograms into the air. Pictures, additional information, and a 56MB video can be found at the above link. In addition the same video has been posted on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k5nt541SE0 ) for users wanting to watch the video faster.
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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