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February 26, 2007 ISSUE 245
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl245.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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Social engineering ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/s/socialen.htm ) -
Term used to describe the act of tricking a person by the act of deception. For example, someone attempting to gain unauthorized access to network may call a business and trick someone into thinking they work for the company and ask for passwords or other company confidential information so they can gain access to the network.
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 faces $1.5bn MP3 payout
news.bbc.co.uk -- Microsoft must pay French phone equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn (777m) after a US court ruled the IT giant had infringed audio patents.
02/25/2007 - Amtrak blames outage on computer flaw
02/25/2007 - NASA paints Google Earth with near real-time information
02/25/2007 - Firefox's New Add-on Site Set to Launch
02/25/2007 - Vista Drivers MIA
02/25/2007 - FBI Offers $25,000 for Lost Hard Drive
02/25/2007 - Second Google Desktop Vulnerability Reported
02/25/2007 - Flaw found in Office 2007
02/25/2007 - Flickr shows a little too much skin
02/25/2007 - Limited choices for Windows XP holdouts
02/25/2007 - One-third of U.S. Net surfers have gone wireless
02/25/2007 - Microsoft Will Fight to Keep Office Live Name
02/25/2007 - IBM not ready to say Oracle's Linux compatible
02/25/2007 - New hot properties: YouTube celebrities
02/25/2007 - Mozilla Fixes Firefox Bugs
02/25/2007 - Web site lets you buy friends (and they're hot)
02/25/2007 - BitTorrent to open digital media store
02/25/2007 - A social site where Webcams rule
02/25/2007 - Microsoft faces $1.5bn MP3 payout
02/25/2007 - World's tiniest RFID tag unveiled
02/25/2007 - Emotion robots learn from people
02/25/2007 - Mobile talk moves to Web 2.0
02/22/2007 - Lenovo to Sell Thinkpads in Circuit City Stores
02/21/2007 - Robo-sub takes Antarctic plunge
02/21/2007 - US copyright lobby out-of-touch
02/21/2007 - Hospitals pick hi-tech clipboard
02/21/2007 - Google Says Diagnostics Don't Catch Many PC Drive Failures
02/21/2007 - Bill Gates keeps close eye on kids' computer time
02/21/2007 - Only 104 Applications 'Vista Certified'
02/21/2007 - Online bullying compels states to act
02/21/2007 - Microsoft Issues Free Virtual PC 2007
02/21/2007 - Regulatory hurdles loom for XM-Sirius deal
02/21/2007 - Internet blog site caned
02/21/2007 - Turing Award goes to female for first time
02/21/2007 - Google Desktop flaw put users' personal files at risk
02/21/2007 - Apple and Cisco share iPhone name
02/21/2007 - A Google Package Challenges Microsoft
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?492007
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:
Second Google Desktop Vulnerability Reported
pcworld.com -- Google Desktop is vulnerable to a Web-based attack that could give an attacker access to data indexed by the software, say security researchers.
Flaw found in Office 2007
news.com.com -- Researchers have discovered a "highly critical" security flaw in newly released Office 2007, despite Microsoft's efforts to deliver its most secure version yet of the productivity software.
Mozilla Fixes Firefox Bugs
pcworld.com -- Mozilla Corp. has released an update to its Firefox browser, fixing a number of security flaws in the product.
Google Desktop flaw put users' personal files at risk
pcworld.idg.com.au -- Google has fixed a security flaw in the company's desktop search product that could have let hackers take control of a personal computer, but the security company that discovered the flaw says the design of the Google application could lead to similar threats in the future.
* 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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- Added new questions and answers.
- Added security to help prevent e-mail harvesting bots and other malicious bots from indexing information on Computer Hope.
- 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
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5. Hot computer issues.
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Can a web page get my e-mail address or other personal information?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000881.htm
Where can a Senior Citizen go online?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000882.htm
Why am I getting nonsense SPAM messages?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000883.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://www.databreaker.com/index.html
This week we recently came across the DataBreaker, although a little drastic, it would be an easy to implement solution in helping to protect your computer against any type of malicious online Internet attacks. The device works by connecting your computer power and/or Ethernet connections to the external device, which automatically disconnects the network connection when not in use.
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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