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May 21, 2007 ISSUE 253
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl253.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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TLP ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/t/tlp.htm ) -
Short for Thread-Level Parallelism, TLP is a software capability that enables a program, often a high-end program such as a database or web application to work with multiple threads at the same time instead of having to wait on other threads. Programs that support this ability are able to do a lot more even under high levels of work loads.
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: Google creates uber search site
news.com.com -- In its biggest revamp ever to its home page, Google on Wednesday launched its version of universal search, a redesign that will list in one place search results from a variety of media.
05/20/2007 - Staples starts computer recycle program
05/20/2007 - Camera phone maker mulls gadget's impact
05/20/2007 - Robot Keeps Home Safe
05/20/2007 - Optimus Maximus: 113 keys, ready to pre-order
05/20/2007 - TPG, Goldman to buy Alltel for $25 billion
05/20/2007 - Google, Salesforce.com reportedly in alliance
05/20/2007 - Woz magic of electronics and computers
05/20/2007 - Yahoo 'censored' Flickr comments
05/20/2007 - Dell Moving Away From Direct Sales
05/20/2007 - Computer Nerds Coming to Prime-Time TV
05/20/2007 - Blizzard Announces Starcraft 2
05/20/2007 - Google News: The End of News Indexing As We Know It?
05/20/2007 - Indian dealers are squealers over Microsoft piracy raids
05/20/2007 - Computers accidentally "attacked" by Norton AntiVirus
05/17/2007 - Outrage Continues Over Vista Upgrade Program
05/17/2007 - Free tool offers 'easy' coding
05/17/2007 - Scammers gaming YouTube ratings for profit
05/17/2007 - MySpace to launch online TV channels
05/17/2007 - Firefox may scuttle support for older Linux
05/17/2007 - Cisco developing social network tech tools
05/17/2007 - TiVo expands search capabilities to encompass Net
05/17/2007 - Cyber attacks force Estonian bank to close website
05/17/2007 - New gang war raging on the Internet
05/17/2007 - Samba developers quash serious bug
05/17/2007 - IBM loses retirees' personal info
05/17/2007 - Do 'Second Life' users have a right to free external speech?
05/17/2007 - eBay condemned for allowing "rampant" ivory trade
05/17/2007 - News Flash: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval
05/17/2007 - Unplug My Charger Already! Im Full!
05/17/2007 - Google may use games to analyse net users
05/17/2007 - More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla
05/17/2007 - Internet game of Virginia massacre sparks outrage
05/17/2007 - Microsoft Begins to Move Fully Into 64-bit Computing
05/17/2007 - WPP Acquires 24/7 Real Media for $649m
05/17/2007 - Google creates uber search site
05/17/2007 - Oops - student info was posted on Web
05/17/2007 - Google To Add Embedded Videos to Default Search Results
05/14/2007 - Download backdoor found in Windows Update
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?1332007
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:
Computers accidentally "attacked" by Norton AntiVirus
news.xinhuanet.com -- An error occurring in the update of Norton's virus database on Friday has caused millions of PCs and computers to crash-a heavy blow to people's daily work and ongoing business.
* Security:
New gang war raging on the Internet
news.com.com -- It's like something out of The Sopranos. Antivirus researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs have identified criminal gangs engaged in a turf battle online. The primary groups are responsible for the Warezov and Zhelatin worms; these worms then download Trojans that are in turn responsible for a majority of the spam and malware circulating on the Web. Basically, new spam and new phishing attacks are designed to switch your remotely controlled PC from belonging to the Warezov gang or the Zhelatin gang. The resulting botnets--collections of remotely controlled PCs--have proved profitable, luring unsuspecting Internet users to purchase porn or other services attributed to organized crime activity.
Samba developers quash serious bug
news.yahoo.com -- Users of the open-source Samba software are being urged to patch their code following the discovery of a critical bug in the file-and-print software.
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.
* Privacy:
IBM loses retirees' personal info
news.yahoo.com -- IBM Corp., one of the world's leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions.
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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- Posted several hundred additional 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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Determining what type of memory to use in a memory upgrade?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000910.htm
How do I create a chart or graph in Excel / Calc?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000911.htm
How do I remove an e-mail attachment before sending or forwarding it?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000912.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.eol.org/
Earlier this month the Encyclopedia of Life or EOL was introduced. An ambitious project that plans on documenting all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms of life on Earth. The page currently has setup some example pages and additional information about the project. If successful this would be another invaluable site on the Internet.
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00286
Finally, we also recently came across another unique USB device. This one is a USB mini fridge, which enables you to keep a drink cool either while you're waiting to drink it or as you drink it.
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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