THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY November 14, 2003 peer review
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Peer review is used in working groups for many professional occupations because it is thought that peers can identify each other's errors quickly and easily, speeding up the time that it takes for mistakes to be identified and corrected. In software development, peer review is sometimes used in code development where a team of coders will have a meeting and go through code line by line (even read it aloud possibly) to look for errors. Generally, the goal of all peer review processes is to verify whether the work satisfies the specifications for review, identify any deviations from the standards, and provide suggestions for improvements. ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: NEW MIMAIL VARIANT SEEKS CREDIT CARD INFORMATION Mimail-I appeared late Thursday and purports to be an account deactivation notice from eBay's payment service, PayPal. It tries to trick users into entering credit card information, which is then mailed to the worm writer. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci936856,00.html?track=NL-34 SECURITY FLAWS FOUND IN PEOPLESOFT DEVELOPMENT APP A U.K.-based security consultancy has released details of flaws in PeopleSoft's PeopleTools development application that could lead to loss of data and system crashes. http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid11_gci936870,00.html?track=NL-34 RED HAT FIXES VULNERABILITIES IN FOUR AREAS Red Hat has released patches for buffer overflow, remote code execution and denial-of-service vulnerabilities in several applications. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci936854,00.html?track=NL-34 >> Catch up on all the latest IT news at http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com?track=NL-34 _________________________________________ ** WE'RE LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD GEEKS ** Consider yourself a geek-about-town? 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