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May 14, 2007 ISSUE 252
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl252.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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Anchor ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/a/anchor.htm ) -
When referring to an anchor in HTML, an anchor is an area within the hypertext which is the source or destination of a link, generally linking to another location or other information. In HTML, generally an anchor will begin with <A> and end with </A> For example, <A href="http://www.computerhope.com">Computer Hope</a>.
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 takes on the free world
money.cnn.com -- Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents.
05/13/2007 - Seven face felonies for online credit processing
05/13/2007 - Hitachi Announces 200GB 7200RPM Encrypted Notebook Drives
05/13/2007 - PC buyers finally start seeing memory price breaks
05/13/2007 - Hacker demos how to defeat Citibanks virtual keyboard
05/13/2007 - Virtual trip: Travel in 'Second Life'
05/13/2007 - LEDs emerge to fight fluorescents
05/13/2007 - Microsoft, SanDisk take smart USB drives back to school
05/13/2007 - IPods cause pacemakers to malfunction, study finds
05/13/2007 - Red Hat Puts the Heat on Oracle
05/13/2007 - LG.Philips LCD claims first flexible color A4-size e-paper
05/13/2007 - The Piratebays user data is stolen
05/13/2007 - Phisher Says He Makes a Fortune Using Re-used Passwords
05/13/2007 - Free Skype and text messaging today
05/13/2007 - Wedding Congrats For Sergey & Gary
05/13/2007 - Is Hunting Via The Internet Okay When It's Art?
05/13/2007 - Thailand drops plan to sue Google
05/13/2007 - Music piracy crackdown nets college kids
05/13/2007 - MySpace aims to stop reposting of videos
05/13/2007 - Geek Squad hospital calls Kentucky home
05/13/2007 - Last.fm Wants to Become the Web's MTV
05/13/2007 - THQ Acquires Universomo
05/13/2007 - Red Hat partners with IBM on mainframes
05/13/2007 - Touch screens approved for NYC taxis
05/13/2007 - Intel applies for flexible display patent
05/13/2007 - 'Racetrack' memory could gallop past the hard disk
05/13/2007 - State bans texting while driving
05/13/2007 - Software to reveal Stasi secrets
05/13/2007 - Google searches web's dark side
05/13/2007 - Web safety warning for children
05/13/2007 - Apple's website traffic skyrockets, but why?
05/13/2007 - Yahoo To Finally Upgrade MyBlogLog
05/13/2007 - Why does Google remember information about searches?
05/13/2007 - CBS Acquires WallStrip for $5 million
05/13/2007 - Microsoft takes on the free world
05/10/2007 - Google preparing to police web
05/09/2007 - Google preparing to police web
05/09/2007 - British hackers attack MoD satellite
05/09/2007 - Google unveils tracking tech for in-store eyes
05/09/2007 - Escaping the data panopticon: Prof says computers must learn ...
05/09/2007 - Darknets live on after P2P ban at Ohio U
05/09/2007 - Dell donates computer to Smithsonian
05/09/2007 - Microsoft buys stake in CareerBuilder
05/09/2007 - Linux evolves for mobile devices
05/09/2007 - Spore game 'delayed until 2008'
05/09/2007 - A whole new experience for Google Analytics
05/09/2007 - Second Life 'child abuse' claim
05/09/2007 - Split-Screen Tech Doubles Computer Use
05/09/2007 - AOL Shortchanges Your Password
05/09/2007 - JAJAH Lands $20 million Series C Funding From Intel
05/09/2007 - Breaking: Odeo Acquired By SonicMountain
05/09/2007 - Web search is music to the ears at Hakia
05/09/2007 - Racketeering Case Against Microsoft, Best Buy Revived
05/09/2007 - Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris
05/09/2007 - VMware updates desktop virtualisation flagship
05/09/2007 - TSA: We're not saying our hard drive is gone but...
05/09/2007 - From aardvark to zorilla, Noah's Ark project team plans to ca...
05/09/2007 - Microsoft Patches 19 Bugs in Windows, Office, and IE
05/09/2007 - Coming soon: Natalie Portman as Web portal?
05/09/2007 - Yahoo scaling back not just photos, but auctions
05/09/2007 - Microsoft signs Web video deals
05/09/2007 - 160Mbps downloads move closer for US cable customers
05/09/2007 - ABC to Cox: No ad skipping on video on demand
05/09/2007 - Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest
05/09/2007 - iizel announces waterproof and dust proof LCDs, yes we said ...
05/09/2007 - Microsoft releases final fix for iTunes on Vista
05/09/2007 - Second Hack At University Exposes Info On 22,000 Students
05/09/2007 - Microsoft to kick Vista's e-mail app to the curb
05/09/2007 - Mac share of surfers doubles in eight months
05/09/2007 - Comcast to integrate e-mail and voicemail online
05/09/2007 - Too hotmail to handle?
05/09/2007 - IE7 uptake stalls
05/09/2007 - Survey defines split in technology use
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1262007
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:
Download backdoor found in Windows Update
pcmag.co.uk -- A security firm has warned that parts of Windows designed to download official patches and updates are being used to download malicious files.
Hacker demos how to defeat Citibanks virtual keyboard
blogs.zdnet.com -- A security researcher in India is warning that Citibank's new virtual keyboard anti-phishing mechanism can be easily defeated.
Google preparing to police web
roughtype.com -- Increasingly worried by the use of conventional web sites to distribute the viruses that turn innocent PCs into botnet "zombies," Google appears to be readying a plan to police the web. If the plan goes forward, Google will use new software to automatically identify compromised web pages in its database and label them as "potentially harmful" in its search results. Because being labeled as suspicious by Google could devastate a site's traffic, the move would raise the security stakes for site owners dramatically.
Microsoft Patches 19 Bugs in Windows, Office, and IE
news.yahoo.com -- Seven critical security bulletins. That's the tally in Microsoft's May edition of Patch Tuesday. The release fixes 19 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, and Internet Explorer. Seven of the patched vulnerabilities could lead to code execution attacks against Word, Office, and Excel, according to the Microsoft advisories.
Quantum cryptography kinda sorta hacked
engadget.com -- It's always only a matter of time. A little less than a year after the first quantum cryptographic network was demoed, a group of researchers at MIT have announced a working implementation of a hack that's been around in theory since 1998 but never implemented.
Firms hit rivals with web attacks
news.bbc.co.uk -- Legitimate businesses are turning to cyber criminals to help them cripple rival websites, say security experts.
Security pros warn of 'critical' Winamp bug
computerworld.com -- Security companies today warned Winamp users that the music player application has a bug that could give attackers the means to hijack PCs.
QuickTime update patches Java flaw
macworld.com -- Apple on Tuesday offered QuickTime 7.1.6, an update to its core multimedia software for Mac OS X and Windows. Among the issues adjusted in this release is a fix for an exploit in QuickTime for Java that first came to light at a security conference two weeks ago.
* Privacy:
Phisher Says He Makes a Fortune Using Re-used Passwords
blogs.pcworld.com -- I came across a posted interview with an active phisher by way of Alex Eckelberry's SunbeltBLOG. It's an interesting read for a glimpse into the dark side, though it doesn't break any news about the phishing world.
Second Hack At University Exposes Info On 22,000 Students
informationweek.com -- For the second time this year, the computer system at the University of Missouri has been hacked into and student's personal information has been stolen.
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 May, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "Have you pirated software, MP3's, or other data?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "Which of the below is the GUI commonly used with Linux?" and Tip - "Internet browser bookmarks".
- Over the last three weeks we've been performing several hundred thousand updates throughout the site to help improve compatibility, accessibility, and CSS compliance.
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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How do I make the Windows My Computer icon the first icon?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000906.htm
How do I disable the firewall program installed on my computer?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000907.htm
How can I change the speed of my mouse in Windows?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000909.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://howmanyofme.com/
This week we came across the site HowManyOfMe, a fun website that allows you to enter your name or any other name and find out how many other people in the United States share your same name.
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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