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April 30, 2007 ISSUE 251
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl251.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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AutoPlay ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/autoplay.htm ) -
Also known as autorun, AutoPlay is a feature that was first introduced in Microsoft Windows 95 and above that enables CDs that have the proper files to automatically run when inserted into the computer. This feature enables for a much easier setup and/or program execution because the program developer can easily start the installation of a program or create a menu that is automatically displayed when the CD is inserted.
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: Acer Battery Recall: A Closer Look
blogs.pcworld.com -- Six months after Acer America told laptop owners they would not be impacted by a massive recall of batteries manufactured by Sony, on Wednesday Acer recalled 27,000 batteries in the U.S..
04/27/2007 - Danger on the airwaves: Is the Wi-Fi revolution a health tim...
04/27/2007 - US Army team wants second chance at hacker contest
04/27/2007 - Intel to give future processors new tasks
04/27/2007 - Semiconductor industry looks ahead to 18-inch wafers
04/27/2007 - OpenOffice password crack is open to abuse
04/27/2007 - $10,000 Mac hack affects Windows too
04/27/2007 - E-mail scammers to victims: Pay up or die
04/27/2007 - Dell spins into solid state drives
04/27/2007 - Web threats to surpass e-mail pests
04/27/2007 - Robbers force man at gunpoint to log into his online banking ...
04/27/2007 - Five percent of world's spam sent via Polish ISP
04/27/2007 - SourceLabs looks to tame open-source sprawl
04/27/2007 - Google gets in on 'Intel Inside' campaign
04/27/2007 - Experts: U.S. vulnerable to major cyberattacks
04/27/2007 - Hackers debut malware loaded USB ruse
04/27/2007 - MySQL hits $50 million revenue, plans IPO
04/27/2007 - More phish out there than we thought
04/27/2007 - IBM to wed game chip with mainframes
04/27/2007 - Exploit code released for Adobe Photoshop flaw
04/27/2007 - Office 2003 to get security upgrade
04/27/2007 - Army funds supercomputing center
04/27/2007 - Study: U.S. adults spend $1,200 a year on electronics
04/27/2007 - Second Life gathers no moss in Rolling Stone
04/27/2007 - MySpace Launches New China Service
04/27/2007 - Wal-Mart Shoots Down Cheap HD DVD Rumor
04/27/2007 - Acer Battery Recall: A Closer Look
04/27/2007 - OLPC Raises Hundred-Dollar Laptop Price to $175
04/27/2007 - Acer to Buy Small PC Vendor
04/27/2007 - $1 Billion Anti-SPAM Lawsuit Filed
04/27/2007 - Google's Search Experiments
04/27/2007 - New AOL Home Page Shows Yahoo Influence
04/27/2007 - Adobe Releasing Flex as Open Source
04/27/2007 - Malware Writers Target Google AdWords
04/27/2007 - Online slavery archive launched
04/27/2007 - Hawking takes zero-gravity flight
04/27/2007 - Global net use makes rapid rise
04/27/2007 - Vista sales boost for Microsoft
04/27/2007 - Google surpasses Microsoft as world's most-visited site
04/27/2007 - India Plans Free 2Mbps National Broadband
04/27/2007 - How Google keeps its database ticking
04/27/2007 - Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop
04/27/2007 - Another bubble bursts: blogs
04/27/2007 - Teen charged in AOL hacking
04/27/2007 - Nintendo acquires developer Monolith
04/27/2007 - Some Google Custom Home Pages Pull Vanishing Act
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1122007
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 related news this week.
* Security:
OpenOffice password crack is open to abuse
news.com.com -- Security experts have warned that password recovery tools for OpenOffice, the open-source application suite, are vulnerable to abuse.
$10,000 Mac hack affects Windows too
infoworld.com -- The bug that helped security researcher Dino Dai Zovi claim a $10,000 prize at last week's CanSecWest security conference affects Windows systems too.
Web threats to surpass e-mail pests
news.com.com -- By next year, Internet users can expect more cyberattacks to originate from the Web than via e-mail, security firm Trend Micro predicts.
Exploit code released for Adobe Photoshop flaw
news.com.com -- Exploit code that could take advantage of a "highly critical" security flaw in the most recent versions of Adobe Photoshop has been published, a security researcher reported.
Office 2003 to get security upgrade
news.com.com -- Microsoft plans to make some of the security improvements and features it built into Office 2007 available for Office 2003, a company representative said Thursday.
* Privacy:
E-mail scammers to victims: Pay up or die
computerworld.com -- A new wave of extortion e-mails that threaten recipients with bodily harm and death if they do not pay thousands of dollars to the sender is circulating on the Internet, according to security vendor SecureWorks Inc.
Hackers debut malware loaded USB ruse
theregister.co.uk -- Malware purveyors deliberately left USB sticks loaded with a Trojan in a London car park in a bid to trick users into getting infected. The attack was designed to propagate Trojan banking software that swiped users' login credentials from compromised machines.
More phish out there than we thought
computerworld.com -- Phishers might be getting takers on as much as 14% of their trick messages -- a much higher percentage than previous estimates by network security watchers, according to a University of Indiana study.
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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- Continued work on new upcoming features.
- 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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Will a power supply work without being connected to the Motherboard?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000903.htm
How do I connect Windows to a network printer?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000904.htm
Removing the shadows under the text on Windows XP desktop icons?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000905.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.crossloop.com/
This week we came across CrossLoop, a great free utility for Microsoft Windows users that allows users to easily share files with friends and family over a network and/or the Internet without having to open ports on your router or having to adjust your firewall. Although the program is currently in beta this looks to be a great solution for users who have wanted to share files but have encountered difficulties because of security and network settings.
http://www.filehippo.com/updatechecker/
Finally, we also recently came across Filehippo.com Update Checker. This is a great small easy to run utility that quickly allows you to scan your computer for any programs you have installed that require updates.
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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