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April 02, 2007 ISSUE 249
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl249.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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Bootleg ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bootleg.htm ) -
Illegal copy of software that was not purchased from the developer or retail store.
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: Yahoo! email! unlimited!
theregister.co.uk -- Yahoo! customers will get unlimited email storage from this May.
Punters already get 1GB but plunging costs of storage technology mean the company can now remove the upper limit. The company says most of its users don't get anywhere near the upper storage limits anyway.
04/01/2007 - E-Paper: Virtually the Same as the Printed Page
04/01/2007 - United Technologies Offers to Buy Security Unit
04/01/2007 - Google Replaces New Orleans Map With Pre-Katrina Images
04/01/2007 - ITunes Changes Fees
04/01/2007 - Brazil rainforest Internet plan
04/01/2007 - Code posted for Internet Explorer attack
04/01/2007 - Oops! John McCain's MySpace page gets pranked
04/01/2007 - PayPal asking e-mail services to block messages
04/01/2007 - Learning to market in virtual worlds
04/01/2007 - Google seeks world of instant translations
04/01/2007 - TiVo: Now Playing Home Movies
04/01/2007 - Best Buy acquires Speakeasy for $97 million
04/01/2007 - ID theft threats have surged 200% since Jan. 1
04/01/2007 - Web filters mistakenly blocking Yahoo
04/01/2007 - Hackers build private IM to keep the law out
04/01/2007 - Alcatel-Lucent Achieves a World Record 25.6 Terabit/s Optical...
04/01/2007 - Philips cell can run on AAA battery
04/01/2007 - Sirius to launch TV service in Chrysler 2008 cars
04/01/2007 - IBM developing wiki how-to tool
04/01/2007 - Apple Upgrades Boot Camp With Windows Vista Support
04/01/2007 - Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise
04/01/2007 - China's New Coin of the Realm?
04/01/2007 - Google opens YouTube TestTube
04/01/2007 - Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
04/01/2007 - New Fix for Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability
04/01/2007 - Mozilla Updates Mobile Browser
04/01/2007 - Infoworld to fold
04/01/2007 - Google Launches Toilet ISP on April 1st
04/01/2007 - IBM Technology Helps Disabled Surf the Web
03/31/2007 - Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
03/31/2007 - Too good to be true: transparent battery
03/31/2007 - Mempile Promises 1 TB Optical Discs
03/30/2007 - Circuit City: You're fired, but reapply for less pay
03/30/2007 - Intel develops integrated memory controller for Nehalem proce...
03/30/2007 - OpenOffice.org 2.2 released
03/29/2007 - Google Apps Customers Miffed Over Downtime
03/29/2007 - Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux
03/29/2007 - Yahoo Opens Web Mail to Developers
03/29/2007 - Man Gets Prison Time for Selling Pirated Software
03/29/2007 - Google Pack cures the PC blues
03/29/2007 - Glitch locks out some Rhapsody users
03/28/2007 - FCC Testing Web-Over-Airwaves Device
03/28/2007 - Yahoo! email! unlimited!
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?842007
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:
Virus Disguised as IE 7 Download
pcworld.com -- If you receive an e-mail offering a download of Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2, delete it. A new virus is making the rounds that comes disguised as a test version of Microsoft Corp. current Web browser.
* Security:
Code posted for Internet Explorer attack
infoworld.com -- New software has been published on the Internet that could be used to exploit a known flaw in Internet Explorer.
PayPal asking e-mail services to block messages
infoworld.com -- PayPal, the Internet-based money transfer system owned by eBay, is trying to persuade e-mail providers to block messages that lack digital signatures, which are aimed at cutting down on phishing scams, a company attorney said Tuesday.
Microsoft: Attacks on Windows flaw rise
news.yahoo.com -- Hackers stepped up attacks Friday on computers running some versions of Windows, a day after Microsoft disclosed a hole related to the mouse cursor. Microsoft Corp. sent out a security advisory Thursday warning customers that a vulnerability in ".ani" files used to change the cursor into an hourglass while a program works, or into a dancing animal or other animation on specially designed Web sites -- was allowing hackers to break into computers and install malicious software.
New Fix for Windows Zero-Day Vulnerability
pcworld.com -- With online criminals exploiting an unpatched flaw in Windows, security vendor eEye Digital Security Inc. has come forward with an unofficial fix for the problem.
Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
betanews.com -- In what could be the most embarrassing exploit to impact Windows Vista since its commercial launch in January, security engineers at McAfee's Avert Labs confirmed today - and posted the video to prove - that the operating system can be caused to enter an interminable crash-restart-crash loop, by means of a buffer overflow triggered by nothing more than a malformed animated cursor file.
* Privacy:
ID theft threats have surged 200% since Jan. 1
computerworld.com -- Identity theft threats jumped 200% in the first two months of 2007, a security company said today, noting that fraudsters have shifted to simpler, more effective tactics.
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 month of April, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "What MP3 player do you primarily use?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "In what year did Time Magazine name the personal computer the machine of the year?" and Tip - "Mozilla Firefox".
* Successfully converted the old forum over to a new system. This update includes dozens of improved features and will be another great way for users to talk about computers and related technologies and get their answers to their computer questions answered. The new forum can be found at: http://www.computerhope.com/forum/
- Update to search engine and main online help page to contain forum searches.
- Updates to a few pages containing recent forum posts.
- 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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Is this file infected with spyware, virus, or other malware?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000896.htm
How can I check if anyone is stealing my website content?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000897.htm
How can I find people online?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000899.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.computerhope.com/forum/
As mentioned earlier Computer Hope updated its forums to a much more improved system. If you have not already visited the new forums we highly recommend you visit and see what they have to offer.
http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm
We often get questions about how to rearrange icons on the Windows taskbar, which is why when we came across this page this week thought it would be worth mentioning. This free utility allows users to re-arange the icons on their taskbar in Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP.
http://www.splashcastmedia.com/
We also recently came across SplashCast, an interested concept that allows anyone to create streaming media channels that combine other video, music, photos, and even voice over narration or commentary.
https://www.mediamax.com/
Finally, we also recently came across MediaMax, an online storage center that allows users to store up to 25GB of data online with a 1GB a month transfer rate and send files up to 10MB files for free. While the company does offer other alternatives, this free solution is a generous offer and will suite most users.
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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