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November 26, 2007 ISSUE 264
COMPUTERHOPE.COM NEWSLETTER
- http://www.computerhope.com/nletters/nl264.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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DSTN ( http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/d/dstn.htm ) -
Also known as dual scan screens, DSTN is short for Double-layer SuperTwisted Nematic and is an improvement on STN. DSTN is a passive-matrix technology that uses two layers.
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: U.S. Analyst Firm Warns Internet Gridlock By 2010
allheadlinenews.com -- United States-based analyst firm Nemertes Research on Saturday warned over the emerging Internet gridlock by 2010 as it further noted that upgrading would cost around $137 billion globally.
In a report that was partly funded by the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) which campaigns for universal broadband in the United States Nemertes expressed alarm on the alleged "drastic slowdown as the network struggles with the amount of data being carried on it."
11/25/2007 - Rural Broadband Gets Boost From Phone-Fund Proposal
11/25/2007 - Mozilla Releases First Beta of Firefox 3
11/25/2007 - Amazon Kindle sells out on debut
11/25/2007 - Young warned over social websites
11/25/2007 - Ultra-fast Internet needs debated
11/25/2007 - YouTube tackles bullying online
11/25/2007 - Microprocessor math bugs pose security risk, warns cryptographer
11/25/2007 - Microsoft Fixes Gaffe in Time for Patch Tuesday
11/25/2007 - Mozilla to fix 9-month-old Firefox bug as concerns grow
11/25/2007 - U.S. Analyst Firm Warns Internet Gridlock By 2010
11/25/2007 - Terabit class Internet connections on the way?
11/25/2007 - AMD considers buying Ageia
11/25/2007 - Samy worm creator hopes to be online again
11/25/2007 - Total HD dual-format discs unlikely to ever see the light of day
11/25/2007 - Dell wants to be more than a hardware vendor
11/25/2007 - E-mail flaw comes back from the dead in Leopard
11/25/2007 - Cyberbullying Suicide Stokes the Internet Fury Machine
11/25/2007 - DVice Squad: Sci Fi Channel to Relaunch Technology Blog
11/25/2007 - DNS hacked again
11/25/2007 - Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears down on e-mailers
11/25/2007 - If You P2P Download In France: No Internet For You
11/25/2007 - Six more data discs 'are missing'
11/25/2007 - Google Siphons Searchers From Yahoo, Microsoft
11/25/2007 - Digg Refugees May Be Heading To Mixx
11/25/2007 - Insert Your 3D Avatar Into Movie Clips. All The Cool Kids Do It.
11/25/2007 - Asus eeePC violates GPL say Linux stalwarts
11/25/2007 - Facebook Users Complain of New Tracking
11/25/2007 - Apple Settles iPod Lawsuit for $10 Million
11/25/2007 - Windows XP SP3 boasts speed boost, testers claim
11/20/2007 - Amazon intros EV-DO book reader
11/20/2007 - AMD Introduces Worlds First Comprehensive, Cutting-Edge PC P...
Find links to each of the above news articles at:
http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/oldnews.cgi?3222007
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:
Microprocessor math bugs pose security risk, warns cryptographer
computerworld.com -- A noted Israeli cryptographer whose recent research note on the security implications of microprocessor bugs has generated widespread attention now says his paper was not meant to cause alarm but to raise awareness about an important issue
Microsoft Fixes Gaffe in Time for Patch Tuesday
computerworld.com -- For the second time in less than three weeks, Microsoft Corp. had to apologize for problems with a tool that many IT managers rely on to deploy the software vendors security patches and other software updates.
Mozilla to fix 9-month-old Firefox bug as concerns grow
infoworld.com -- Mozilla will patch Firefox against a nine-month-old protocol handler bug, its chief security executive announced Friday, after researchers demonstrated that the vulnerability was more serious than first thought.
E-mail flaw comes back from the dead in Leopard
infoworld.com -- A serious security flaw in Apple Mail, patched more than a year ago in "Tiger," also known as Mac OS X 10.4, has reared its head again in the latest version of the operating system, according to Heise Security.
DNS hacked again
news.yahoo.com -- Amit Klein recently released details on DNS server cache poisoning attacks that affect both BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) and Windows DNS servers. It goes to show that every time you think a problem with a well-known protocol or service has been solved, it may not be.
* Privacy: No new privacy related news this week.
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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- 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 keys on my keyboard?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000954.htm
What is the hhctrl.ocx file?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000956.htm
How do I determine the IP address of another computer or website?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000962.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 mention some interesting computer related photo products we've recently come across. Both of these would make great gift ideas for this holiday season.
http://www.gadgetsarcade.com/digital-photo-keyring-p-409.html
First, the Digital Photo Keyring is a fantastic idea that allows you to easily store digital photos and carry them around with you on your key ring.
http://saitek.com/uk/prod/photomouse.htm
Next, this Photo Mouse is a computer mouse that allows you to store any photo on your mouse.
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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