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November 19, 2007 ISSUE 263
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl263.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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BOOTP ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/b/bootp.htm ) -
Short for BOOTstrap Protocol, BOOTP is a protocol that allows a diskless workstation to discover certain network information; for example, its own IP 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: Google Releases "Android" SDK and Developer Challenge
realtechnews.com -- As it promised last week, Google today released an early version of the "Android" SDK. This is in fact, an early look as Google terms it, so its far from a finished product. At the same time, Google announced a contest to jump-start development.
11/18/2007 - Barbie rules girls' wish-lists but boys go high-tech
11/18/2007 - Apple's block-all firewall not as advertised
11/18/2007 - Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'
11/18/2007 - NBC acquires new Internet series 'Quarterlife'
11/18/2007 - U.N. summit aims at expanding Internet use
11/18/2007 - Start-up makes electric power from motion
11/18/2007 - AMD's New Spider Spins Multimedia
11/18/2007 - Robots infiltrate roach society
11/18/2007 - Flickr to map the world's latest photo hotspots
11/18/2007 - EarthLink May Dump its Muni Wi-Fi Division
11/18/2007 - Future directions in computing
11/18/2007 - In the year 2057, an Ant could carry todays cars, says GM
11/18/2007 - "Recycled" Electronics from U.S. Poisoning Workers Abroad
11/18/2007 - Beatles online soon says Sir Paul
11/18/2007 - Colossus loses code-cracking race
11/18/2007 - Meeting the man behind Moore's Law
11/18/2007 - China not fighting off e-waste nightmare
11/18/2007 - Report: Chinese conduct "aggressive and large-scale" espionag...
11/15/2007 - Post-Thanksgiving Tech Sales Details Revealed!
11/15/2007 - Internet veterans launch start-up investment fund
11/15/2007 - Colossus cracks codes once more
11/15/2007 - Comcast Slammed with BitTorrent Blocking Suit
11/15/2007 - Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes
11/15/2007 - IBM floats Blue Cloud computing plan
11/15/2007 - Seagate ships virus-laden hard drives
11/15/2007 - Security loophole found in Windows operating system
11/15/2007 - MySpace malware problems began days before Alicia Keys hack
11/15/2007 - Fears over online banking checks
11/15/2007 - Apple fixes security bug with iPhone update
11/15/2007 - India enters supercomputing race
11/15/2007 - First Look at the New Zune
11/15/2007 - Windows 7 "top feature request list" leaked to the public
11/15/2007 - Microsoft to develop document translator for blind
11/15/2007 - Microsoft patches a 'critical' hole
11/14/2007 - Microsoft Uses Pick Symphony, IBM Says
11/14/2007 - Microsoft Spinoff Opens Mobile Beta
11/14/2007 - Leopard Mauls Rivals in Japan
11/14/2007 - Malware Distributor Faces 60 Years
11/14/2007 - Google Releases 'Android' SDK and Developer Challenge
11/14/2007 - Smart robots poised to make home life easy for the elderly
11/14/2007 - Take-Two Settles Lawsuit Over "Grand Theft Auto" Hidden S...
11/14/2007 - Cre8txt: Cellphone Style Computer Keyboard
11/14/2007 - Social Network for Neighbors Fatdoor Raises $5.5M, Hires New CEO
11/14/2007 - Google-DoubleClick Deal Delayed in Europe
11/14/2007 - Half a million database servers 'have no firewall'
11/14/2007 - $50,000 Progress Prize is Awarded on First Anniversary of $1 ...
11/14/2007 - Sensitive Guantnamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site
11/14/2007 - Report: Microsoft planning a Flickr clone
11/14/2007 - New computer interface: Blow on the screen
11/14/2007 - Redlasso to search, clip and share TV & radio
11/14/2007 - Yahoo to pay Chinese families
11/12/2007 - Days May Be Numbered for Flash Memory
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3152007
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:
Seagate ships virus-laden hard drives
infoworld.com -- If you bought one of Seagate's Maxtor Basics consumer hard drives recently, check it for viruses. Especially if you're a gamer. Seagate is warning that a "small number" of its Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 hard drives recently shipped with the Virus.Win32.AutoRun.ah virus, malicious software that "searches for passwords for online games and sends them to a server located in China," according to a note posted on the Seagate Web site. Only drives purchased since August 2007 are affected, Seagate said.
* Security:
Apple patches 41 bugs in monster day of fixes
computerworld.com -- In one of its biggest update days in memory, Apple Inc. late Wednesday patched 41 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, rolled out the long-anticipated (and likely last) update for Tiger, quashed 10 bugs in the Windows version of Safari and upgraded a slew of other applications.
Security loophole found in Windows operating system
eurekalert.org -- A group of researchers headed by Dr. Benny Pinkas from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Haifa succeeded in finding a security vulnerability in Microsoft's "Windows 2000" operating system. The significance of the loophole: emails, passwords, credit card numbers, if they were typed into the computer, and actually all correspondence that emanated from a computer using "Windows 2000" is susceptible to tracking. "This is not a theoretical discovery. Anyone who exploits this security loophole can definitely access this information on other computers," remarked Dr. Pinkas.
Apple fixes security bug with iPhone update
infoworld.com -- Apple has pushed out its iPhone 1.1.2 firmware update to users of its popular mobile phone, fixing a widely publicized bug in the iPhone's browser.
Microsoft patches a 'critical' hole
news.yahoo.com -- Microsoft Corp. issued two security fixes in a regular monthly update Tuesday, including one that removes a dangerous bug in all versions of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Half a million database servers 'have no firewall'
computerworlduk.com -- There are nearly half a million database servers exposed on the Internet, without firewall protection according to UK-based security researcher David Litchfield.
* Privacy:
Apple's block-all firewall not as advertised
betanews.com -- The Cupertino company has admitted that a setting in its firewall application in Mac OS X Leopard to "block all incoming connections" isn't exactly true. Shortly after Leopard hit the streets, independent researchers took issue with its claims about its new firewall. Researchers at Heise Security said that the application was still allowing certain types of connections to come through.
MySpace malware problems began days before Alicia Keys hack
infoworld.com -- The widely reported problems with pop singer Alicia Keys' MySpace profile have been cropping up on the social networking site for the past 10 days and are likely to continue, a security expert said Friday.
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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- Add new features to update script.
- Added minor new features to forum
- Fixed other minor issues with forum
- 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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How do I disable or change the keyboard Windows key?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000949.htm
Where can I find Firefox plug-ins or add-ons?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000950.htm
How can I send free text messages or SMS messages to cell phones?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000952.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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