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November 12, 2007 ISSUE 262
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl262.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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BHO ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bho.htm ) -
Short for Browser Help Object, BHO is a help object added to your Internet browser. For example, the Google Toolbar is considered a Browser Help Object; this add-on enables users to perform Google searches through the toolbar and contains additional features that help improve a user's experience.
Although most Browser Help Objects are helpful, unfortunately some can also be malicious, hijacking your browser and making the user visit sites he or she may not want to visit, track your viewing habits, etc. These Browser Help Objects are often considered Spyware or Malware.
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: Low-cost laptop production started
news.yahoo.com -- A nonprofit group said on Tuesday production of a new laptop computer for children in developing countries had begun, a milestone that could shake up the PC industry by ushering in a new era of low-cost computing.
11/11/2007 - Microsoft looks to lure search users with prizes
11/11/2007 - Security Pro Admits to Hijacking PCs for Profit
11/11/2007 - In Memory of Dave Morse, Amiga Co-Founder, 1943-2007
11/11/2007 - New Microsoft Program Allows Windows on Resold PCs
11/11/2007 - Microsoft Deployment is ready for download
11/11/2007 - Best Buys Black Friday plans go public
11/11/2007 - Apple Hit with iTunes Lawsuit
11/11/2007 - Wikipedia's Inner Circle Keeps Producing Competitors
11/11/2007 - Microsoft Wants A Patent For Saying 'Goodbye'
11/11/2007 - Opera Mini 4 hits the streets
11/11/2007 - Nokia bringing Audiobooks to phones
11/11/2007 - Hard drive prices drop as PC demand rises
11/11/2007 - Freezing iMacs may be victims of hardware, not software
11/11/2007 - Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet
11/11/2007 - OMG!!! The end of online stupidity?
11/11/2007 - Monitor draws zero power on standby
11/11/2007 - Big Brother Spying on Americans' Internet Data?
11/11/2007 - Finnish police detain boy for YouTube video threat
11/11/2007 - Babies Driving Their Own Robots
11/11/2007 - HP to Leave Digital Camera Market
11/11/2007 - IBM Gives Autonomic Computing a Brain
11/11/2007 - IBM Predicts the End of Advertising as We Know It
11/11/2007 - EA donates SimCity to OLPC
11/11/2007 - Intel ready for 2008 with Penryn
11/11/2007 - University sues Google over search patent
11/09/2007 - New Yorkers rally to help online Romeo
11/09/2007 - Click a mouse, feed a mouth in U.N. campaign
11/09/2007 - "Botmaster" admits infecting 250,000 computers
11/09/2007 - Demonoid Shuts Down Again
11/09/2007 - YouTube Releases Multi-file Uploader, Raises File Limits to 1 GB
11/09/2007 - Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes
11/09/2007 - Singer's MySpace Page Hacked, Cleaned, Rehacked
11/07/2007 - Is the Apple already rotten?
11/07/2007 - Ubisoft Acquires Japanese Video Game Development Studio Digit...
11/07/2007 - Apple tries to crack down on iPhone abusers
11/07/2007 - Users at risk of data loss, thanks to 'irresponsible' Apple
11/07/2007 - Microsoft to patch software driver vulnerability
11/07/2007 - The 'Social Web Browser' Flock Hits Primetime
11/07/2007 - Microsoft fires its CIO
11/07/2007 - Microsoft to Open Two New Data Centers
11/07/2007 - Major League Baseball Wipes Out Customers' DRM Licenses
11/07/2007 - AOL to buy Quigo as last big advertising deal
11/07/2007 - The Facebook Ad Backlash Begins
11/07/2007 - Microsoft Touts Final Release of Windows Live
11/07/2007 - Low-cost laptop production started
11/07/2007 - Google to offer drivers help at gas pump
11/07/2007 - PCs being pushed aside in Japan
11/07/2007 - The Jonney Machine
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3082007
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:
Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet
news.com -- If Mac users thought the Trojan discovered last week was a one-off, they'll need to think again. Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of it, but claims about its powers have been wildly overstated, according to experts.
* Security:
Singer's MySpace Page Hacked, Cleaned, Rehacked
eweek.com -- MySpace has been breached by an attacker who's planted malware and a fake codec on a number of musicians' sites, most notably, that of Alicia Keys, a popular singer whose site was booby-trapped, cleaned up for a few hours and promptly rehacked.
Microsoft to patch software driver vulnerability
infoworld.com -- Microsoft has warned that a faulty driver used for copy protection could allow a hacker to gain high-level access to a PC. The problem lies with a driver called secdrv.sys, which is part Macrovision's SafeDisc software included with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. The software, which can block unauthorized copying of some media, also ships with Windows Vista, but that OS is not affected.
PDF files used to attack computers: security firm
news.yahoo.com -- Emails containing malicious PDF files have been putting computers at risk since Friday, Finnish security software firm F-Secure said on Saturday.
* Privacy:
Security Pro Admits to Hijacking PCs for Profit
blog.washingtonpost.com -- A Los Angeles security professional has admitted to infecting more than a quarter million computers with malicious software and installing spyware that was used to steal personal data and serve victims with online advertisements.
Trojan attacks jump 500 per cent
vnunet.com -- There has been a sharp hike in the volume of cyber-crime attacks designed to steal personal information, new research reveals.
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 November, Computer Hope has posted its new monthly Poll - "How old were you when you first used a computer?" as well as results from last months poll, Quiz - "What command clears the screen in MS-DOS and the Windows command line?" and Tip - "Internet".- Added new Q&A's and dictionary definitions.
- Posted other various 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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The Temp folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible in Vista.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000944.htm
Epson printer reporting Service Required error.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000945.htm
What is the 1394 Connection in Windows Network Connections?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000948.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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This week we thought we'd list a few of the great online pages that allow you to list, search, download, and read books online.
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
An amazing listing of over 25,000 free books on the web and is a great place to find online books.
http://books.google.com/
Fantastic service from Google that allow to search through thousands of books, quickly get popular passages, rate books, link to where to buy the book, what libraries have the book, etc.
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Project Gutenberg is another great site that lists thousands of books that you can search and download in various formats.
http://www.fullbooks.com/
Another great site FullBooks.com has a great listing of thousands of classic books that can be read online for free.
http://www.bibliomania.com/
Once you get past the bright red opening page Bibliomania is another great page to locate thousands of classic books.
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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