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January 16, 2007 ISSUE 242
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl242.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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LIF ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/lif.htm ) -
Short for Low-Insert Force, LIF sockets are sockets commonly used for early generation computer processors. The LIF socket does not contain an arm like that used in a ZIF socket and requires a special tool to remove the processor or chip in the LIF socket.
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: Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
news.bbc.co.uk -- US firm Apple has confirmed its move into the telecoms industry, unveiling the long-awaited iPhone.
01/14/2007 - MPAA Caught Uploading Fake Torrents
01/14/2007 - AMD warning shows processor momentum shifting
01/14/2007 - Late 'Warcraft' expansion pack to debut
01/14/2007 - A formula for procrastination
01/14/2007 - Mac flaw puts Safari surfers at risk
01/14/2007 - Self-publishing made easy online
01/14/2007 - To delete Wikipedia entry or not to delete?
01/14/2007 - FBI warns of twist in extortion phishing scam
01/14/2007 - PayPal to combat phishing with key fobs
01/14/2007 - Senators introduce bill to restrict Internet, cable, and sate...
01/14/2007 - IBM's Idea Factory
01/14/2007 - C# 3.0 support coming for Mono
01/14/2007 - WOW: 8 million served
01/14/2007 - Steve Jobs says no third party apps on iPhone
01/10/2007 - New search engine for aging boomers
01/10/2007 - Historic passenger lists of ships go online
01/10/2007 - Defense workers warned about spy coins
01/10/2007 - eBay to buy ticketer StubHub for $310 million
01/10/2007 - Dell: PC industry needs to go green
01/10/2007 - Intel fires back at Transmeta
01/10/2007 - AMD moots SFF PC mobo standard
01/10/2007 - Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched
01/10/2007 - Sears opens 'Second Life' showroom
01/10/2007 - CES Notebook: Mouse jiggles to games
01/10/2007 - Tiny new cable may spur big technological advances
01/10/2007 - Steam, WOW used as phishing bait
01/10/2007 - Apple drops 'Computer' from name
01/10/2007 - Flaw found in Apple bug-fix tool
01/10/2007 - Microsoft's digital hub for the home uncovered
01/10/2007 - New tool enables sophisticated phishing scams
01/10/2007 - Rich 3D imagery added to Google Earth
01/10/2007 - Best of CES winners crowned
01/10/2007 - YouTube rivals look for answers
01/10/2007 - $100 laptop could sell to public
01/10/2007 - NSA Helped Microsoft Make Vista Secure
01/10/2007 - Cisco Sues Apple Over IPhone
01/10/2007 - Casio sells its one billionth calculator
01/10/2007 - Second Lifers get hands on code
01/10/2007 - Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
01/10/2007 - Pupils get home Internet access
01/10/2007 - Government to close 551 websites
01/10/2007 - Two charged with hacking LA traffic lights
01/10/2007 - Intel rolls out new quad-core processor Core 2 Quad Q6600
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?72007
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:
Mac flaw puts Safari surfers at risk
news.com.com -- A serious security flaw in Mac OS X opens machines with Apple's Safari Web browser to hijack by outsiders, Secunia has warned.
Microsoft leaves Word zero-day holes unpatched
news.zdnet.com -- Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch.
Flaw found in Apple bug-fix tool
news.com.com -- A vulnerability has been found in a tool being used to apply fixes to software flaws affecting Apple Computer.
* Privacy:
FBI warns of twist in extortion phishing scam
news.com.com -- FBI officials are warning users of a new phishing scam that plays off a recent round of bogus extortion threats.
Steam, WOW used as phishing bait
gamespot.com -- The inboxes of GameSpot editors are regularly bombarded with spam, but a handful of shady missives that slipped through the junk-mail filter this week show that at least one spammer is trying to trick World of Warcraft players and Steam users into handing up their account information through a practice commonly known as spoofing or phishing.
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 dictionary definitions.
- Added new questions and answers.
- Corrected minor issuses on scripts used with mailing Computer Hope.
- Performed other minor updates throughout site.
- Continued work on new and upcoming features.
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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Information and help with the io.sys file.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000872.htm
Session Has Expired error on the Internet.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000873.htm
How to merge and split cells in Excel and Calc?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000874.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
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6. All Talk
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http://longtimelost.com/
A great free site and idea that helps users find lost friends. The page works by allowing users to create simple page with keywords such as the name of the person you're looking for. After being created that page will then be indexed by Google. When that person later performs a vanity search on Google the page on longtimelost.com will be listed in the results and allow you to get in touch if visited.
http://www.3jam.com/
3Jam is another great site and idea that allows cell phone users to text message multiple people at once and allow all the people in the conversation to keep in the same loop. For example, you could message three of your friends asking them if they're hungry and each reply from any user would go to both the original sender and recipients. So, if one of the recipients said, "Yes, I'm hungry" both the sender of the original message and the other friend would receive the reply.
http://www.deviantart.com/
Finally, we thought we would mention deviantART, a fantastic site that a lot of people are likely already familiar with or have visited in the past but still worth mentioning. This is a great site that contains thousands of different art works from thousands of users. If you enjoy artwork, need some inspiration, or want to view some very original pictures this site is a must.
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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