|
| |
February 19, 2007 ISSUE 244
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl244.htm -
------------------------------------------------------------
IN THIS ISSUE:
------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------
1. Weekly Computer Term.
------------------------------------------------------------
IC ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/i/ic.htm ) -
1. Short for Integrated Circuit or Integrated Chip, an IC was first developed in 1958 by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce and is a package containing many circuits, pathways, transistors, and other electronic components all working together to perform a particular function or a series of functions. Integrated circuits are the building blocks of computer hardware.
2. In role-playing games, IC is short for In-Character. IC is used to describe a player that is playing and acting out the role in the game and not talking about things not related to the game or the era of the game.
3. In chat rooms, IC is shorthand for I see. May also be abbreviated as OIC, which is short for Oh I See. Below is an example of how this could be used in chat.
User1: What does CPU mean?
User2: Central Processing Unit
User1: OIC
See our complete dictionary listing and a daily computer term at:
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon.htm
------------------------------------------------------------
2. What's new in the news last week?
------------------------------------------------------------
Top News Story: Start-up demos quantum computer
news.com.com -- About a year from now, banks, pharmaceutical companies and other large institutions will be able to rent time on a computer that calculates by studying the behavior of a niobium atom, according to D-Wave Systems.
02/14/2007 - Time change to bring computer glitches
02/14/2007 - Start-up demos quantum computer
02/14/2007 - No 'Second Life' for Microsoft's Vista
02/14/2007 - Cisco warns of more router vulnerabilities
02/14/2007 - MySpace Offers Tools to Block Video Clips
02/14/2007 - MIT Student Creates Real Life Batman Utility Belt
02/14/2007 - Intel drops HSDPA from new Centrino platform
02/14/2007 - More buyers home in on Office 2007
02/14/2007 - Worlds Fastest Handheld Device Unveiled
02/14/2007 - More "Dell hell": employees file class-action lawsuit
02/14/2007 - Penn State researchers ID worms by speed
02/14/2007 - Microsoft fixes 20 security holes
02/14/2007 - Mexico drug gangs 'in web taunts'
02/14/2007 - Microsoft warns of six "critical" security flaws
02/14/2007 - New Hack Simplifies HD Video Copying
02/14/2007 - 'Health Chips' Could Help Patients in US
02/14/2007 - YouTube Hands Over Users Info to Fox
02/14/2007 - Flu Pandemic Could Choke 'Net, Force Usage Restrictions
02/14/2007 - IBM details memory advance for chips
02/14/2007 - Valentine Or Virus?
02/14/2007 - Microsoft Unveils PlayReady, DRM For Mobile World
02/12/2007 - City tries to cut energy bills with LEDs
02/12/2007 - Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system
02/12/2007 - Google decried as friend of piracy over AdSense earnings on p...
02/12/2007 - Blip Introduces Custom Ad Engine
02/12/2007 - Child-watching gadgets gain foothold in Japan
02/12/2007 - Oracle to spice up applications with Web 2.0 features
02/12/2007 - Firefox Site Gets a Relaunch
02/12/2007 - IBM aims to lower cost of using Linux, Apple PCs
02/12/2007 - Prices fall on AMD desktop chips
02/12/2007 - Apple's Windows Apps Not Vista Ready
02/12/2007 - YouTube to offer old TV programs
02/12/2007 - MTV videos to be available to all Internet users
02/12/2007 - AMD Unveils Mobile Chips
02/12/2007 - Microsoft Touts Support for Windows Mobile
02/12/2007 - Scientists Create Mini-helicopter With Insect-size Brain
02/12/2007 - DOJ: Misplaced Laptops Still a Problem
02/12/2007 - Teraflop chip hints at the future
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?422007
Find all of the latest news and article headlines at:
http://www.computerhope.com/news.htm
------------------------------------------------------------
3. Computer viruses, worms, security, and/or privacy threats
------------------------------------------------------------
* Virus:
Valentine Or Virus?
blog.washingtonpost.com -- It could be a Happy Virus Day for you as virus writers love to take advantage of the blizzard of e-greeting cards swirling around the Internet.
Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure warns that the poisoned love letters already are circulating. The company says it has intercepted a nasty virus included in a spam campaign. The virus is disguised as a Valentine's Day greeting relayed via e-greeting card giant AmericanGreetings.com. According to F-Secure, when an e-card recipient clicks on the related e-mail link, it redirects you to a page asking you to install a fake Macromedia Flash Player by Adobe. This player actually is a Trojan horse program that downloads and installs a password-stealing virus onto the user's system.
* Security:
Cisco warns of more router vulnerabilities
news.com.com -- The intrusion prevention capabilities of Cisco Systems' routers could be prone to attack, after the networking giant revealed two vulnerabilities in its key operating system.
Penn State researchers ID worms by speed
news.yahoo.com -- Researchers looking to root out computer attacks hope that speed kills. Penn State University scientists said they've devised new anti-worm technology that can identify and contain worms milliseconds after an attack by analyzing data packets' rate or frequency of connections, and their diversity of connections to other networks.
Microsoft fixes 20 security holes
news.bbc.co.uk -- Windows users are being urged to install Microsoft's February security update which contains 12 patches for 20 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft warns of six "critical" security flaws
today.reuters.com -- Microsoft Corp. issued six "critical" security patches on Tuesday to fix flaws in its software products that the company warned could allow attackers to take control of a user's computer.
* 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
------------------------------------------------------------
4. What's new at Computer Hope this week?
------------------------------------------------------------
- Added several new dictionary definitions.
- Added new questions and answers.
- Continued work on new upcoming features.
- Several 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
------------------------------------------------------------
5. Hot computer issues.
------------------------------------------------------------
How do I make my Windows icons appear larger?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000878.htm
How do I determine how much space my floppy disk has?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000879.htm
How do I change my Windows mouse cursor?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000880.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
------------------------------------------------------------
6. All Talk
------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/MSS_II_Dual/
We recently came across the Maxtor Shared Storage II, a 1TB storage device that can be connected directly to a network and allow any computer connected to the network to easily backup data and/or mirror up to 500GB of data for extra security. The device also has privacy rights, allowing you to password protect data and give data certain access rights. In addition to being a great backup device the device can also be used to share data across a network and even allows you to connect two USB devices allowing for even more storage or allow printers to be shared across a network.
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
------------------------------------------------------------
CONTACT AND INFORMATION http://www.computerhope.com
------------------------------------------------------------
If you need to change your e-mail address please send e-mail to newsletter@computerhope.com with the e-mail address you wish to change as well as the new e-mail address.
If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter please reply to this message with "Remove" in the subject field.
Visit the Computer Hope at: http://www.computerhope.com
Computer Hope Legal, Privacy and Anti Spam Policy: http://www.computerhope.com/legal.htm
(C) Copyright Computer Hope 2007
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
|
Home - Computer help - Contact - Dictionary - Links
Link to Computer Hope - Bookmark Computer Hope
