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October 8, 2007 ISSUE 259
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl259.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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Localhost ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/locahost.htm ) -
Default name describing the local computer address also known as the loopback address of the computer. For example, typing: "ping localhost" would ping the local IP address of 127.0.0.1 (the loopback address).
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:
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?2452007
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:
Apple fixes year-old QuickTime flaw
infoworld.com -- Apple updated the Windows version of QuickTime today to quash a 13-month-old bug that critics say it overlooked when it patched the media player in March.
The top 10 reasons Web sites get hacked
networkworld.com -- Web security is at the top of customers minds after many well-publicized personal data breaches, but the people who actually build Web applications arent paying much attention to security, experts say.
Sun patches critical Java bugs
infoworld.com -- Sun patched 11 vulnerabilities in the Windows, Linux, and Solaris versions of its Java Runtime Environment and Java Web Start Wednesday, including several rated critical by outside researchers.
Analyst warns that Web 2.0 threatens corporate security
infoworld.com -- With the Web becoming central to the way companies do business, cybercriminals are taking increasing advantage of Web 2.0 and social networking sites to launch attacks, according to Christian Christiansen, vice president for security products and services for IDC.
Microsoft updates Vista's speed, stability, again
infoworld.com -- For the second time in two months, Microsoft has rolled out fixes to improve Windows Vista's speed and reliability. The four separate updates, available now for download from the vendor's Web site, address several operating system performance and stability problems, deal with a dozen Universal Serial Bus issues, improve Windows Media Player, and patch Media Center.
Microsoft Confirms Stealth Updating Mucks Up XP Restore
pcworld.com -- Microsoft Corp. Friday confirmed that Windows XP users who repair the operating system cannot update their PCs with the latest patches because of a file included with the stealth update pushed out to machines this summer.
Security firm warns of AIM vulnerability risk
tgdaily.com -- Core Security Technologies says that a critical flaw in AOL's instant messenger application has still not been fixed, despite the online company's remarks to the contrary.
* Privacy:
Yahoo, eBay work to block phishing
reuters.com -- Yahoo Inc, is working with auction leader eBay Inc and its PayPal payments unit to block fake e-mails to users purporting to be from eBay and PayPal, hoping to spur on an industry that has been slow to fight the scourge of so-called phishing attacks.
eBay forum mysteriously leaks account details on 1,200 users
channelregister.co.uk -- Hackers brazenly posted sensitive information including home addresses and phone numbers for 1,200 eBay users to an official online forum dedicated to fraud prevention on the auction site. The information - which also included user names and email, and possibly their credit card numbers and three-digit CVV2 numbers - was visible for more than an hour to anyone visiting the forum. The miscreants appeared to create a script that caused each user to log in and post information associated with the person who owned the account. The script spit out about 15 posts per minute, starting around 5:45 a.m. California time.
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 the 1,000th Q&A on computer Hope.
- Added new dictionary definitions.
- Posted other various updates throughout site.
- Continuing work on several other big updates.
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 can I run a batch file or other file minimized?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000932.htm
What is the PCI/VGA Palette Snoops in CMOS?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000935.htm
How to adjust a laptops default brightness when running off the battery?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000936.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.xogiving.org/
The $100 dollar laptop program is starting to accept donations that will allow you to donate laptops to deserving children. Starting November 12 youll also be able to participate in the program that allows you to buy one give wile donating another laptop purchased at the same time to a deserving child. We think this is a great program and a very worthy donation.
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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