...use of cyberspace. It also has become easier for thieves to operate without getting caught. Identity thieves are all around. They are like strangers we tell our kids to beware of. Anyone we come in contact with could be a potential identity thief. Every day identity thieves are planning their next theft. They use cyberspace to collect information through phishing, which is sending emails that pretend to be a legitimate business, but provide links to fake websites and ask for personal information. Also, through pharming, they send emails with viruses attached. Another way is through robot networks, these allow a hacker to take control of a computer from a remote location. Lastly, through typosquatting, when people make typing errors they land on websites that are similar to legitimate businesses, this allows thieves to infect computers (Ramaswamy, 2006). Thieves also use spyware and malware to gain information from unsuspecting people. Identity thieves steal from unsuspecting victims for financial gain. They open credit card accounts, they infiltrate bank accounts, use the information to apply for phone service or rent an apartment. They also steal identities to commit crimes and then give the false information to police if caught. With identity cloning, a thief steals someone’s identity to establish a new life. They receive medical treatment and the victim is left to foot the...
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...am going to explain about Genesis to revelation of computers evolution in the world. Computers are information systems, which has an operating system, and supports input, processing, output, and persistent memory. The changes taken place in computer technology since the time of invention and extension, conversion, revelation, subversion, diversion, emersion, and aspersion related to computers. Genesis Charles Babbage invents modern computer with a general purpose to carry out logical and arithmetic operations automatically. In the beginning stage computer has no operating system operated on hardware basis later on stages operating system has been invented to increase the functionality of computers. Growing of applications and hardware programs lead to situation as a necessity to create operating system. Extension Computers are the part of living in today’s modern world; Computer technology has been changing very rapidly because of the competition as well as the requirement of consumers. Some of the popular organizations are Apple, Dell, Sony, Lenovo, which are the market leaders and each company has different standards. Apple computers are the most popular and has good brand image because of the speed, reliability and for a very good battery backup. Dell and Lenovo computers have both expensive and less expensive computers with considerable quality and good brand image in the market. Conversion Conversion of computers was taken place by the invention of laptops in the year...
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...Any further copying or communication of this material by you may be the subject of copyright protection under the Act. Do not remove this notice. 1 Educational Objectives for Today • Foundations of the economy • Similarities and differences between analog and digital goods • Understand the basic concepts of the digital economy • A brief overview of the history of IT • Creative destruction and digital disruption | EBUS3050 | The Digital Economy| I. Introduction “These Google guys, they want to be billionaires and rock stars and go to conferences and all that. Let us see if they still want to run the business intwo to three years.” (Bill Gates, Microsoft, 2003) “$100 million is way to much to pay for Microsoft.” (IBM, 1982) Week 1 3 “Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don’t think anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the others.” (Bill Gates, Microsoft) “By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet’s impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine.” (Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, 1998) “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” (Thomas Watson, IBM CEO, 1943) “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” (Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, 2007) The ongoing advances in information technology have a strong...
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..."Internet" has pushed well-established limits forward, in terms of jobs, socializing, financing, information or entertainment. Its full potential is not used, yet it will be discovered in future, it is predictable. However, there are numerous limitations reported to using such technology, as it creates dependancy. Deaths have been found out of children or teenagers spending 24 hrs. or more on the internet. Another serious problem would be the inverse effect of virtual socializing. Instead of having people talking to each other, you get messengers in form of (computer and internet), speaking for yourself. This affects not only the youth but also adults as it tends to change their moods/emotions and bring introverts out of them. However, it is important to look at the internet's history, how it all started, how it did progress over such a short period of time and most important, the complexity of its system. The history of the internet has its roots to as early as 1957, right after URSS successfully managed to launch the world’s first artificial satellite on the orbit and the U.S....
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...I. Executive Summary II. Definition and History of Data Security III. Brief Back Ground of ManTech IV. Current Business Issues V. Proposed Solution VI. Recommendations VII. Conclusion VIII. Work Cited I. Executive Summary With the recent break-in of the ManTech’s network infrastructure, I am providing ManTech’s Executive Committee with information to help them identifying issues and and providing them with for these issues. In the following document we provide: • Definition and History of Data Security • Brief Back Ground of ManTech • Discussion of ManTech’s • Current Business Issues • Proposed Solution This report includes a summary of findings for the ManTech Corporation, research, and appropriate recommendations for appropriate actions that ManTech Executive Committee can use to further their Data Security success. II. History and Definition of Data Security History Since the invention of writing, heads of states and military commanders understood that it was necessary to provide some mechanism to protect the confidentiality of written correspondence and to have some means of detecting tampering. Julius Caesar is credited with the invention of the Caesar cipher ca. 50 B.C. (Caesar’s Cipher - Data Encryption), which was created in order to prevent his secret messages from being read should a message fall into the wrong hands. World War II brought about much advancement in information security and marked the beginning of the professional field...
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...Brief history Complete one paragraph profiling each company's business including information, such as a brief history, where they are located, number of employees, the products they sell, etc. Please reference any websites you used for the Profiles on the Bibliography tab. Oracle The Oracle headquarters are in Redwood Shores, Redwood City, California, United States and they have 132,365 employees that currently work for them. Oracle is apart of the enterprise software, computer hardware industry. They are publicly traded as NYSE:ORCL S&P 500 Component on the stock market. These are the products Oracle provides “Oracle Applications, Oracle Database, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle Fusion Middleware, servers, workstations, and storage.” The company was founded on June 16, 1977 in Santa Clara, California, U.S. by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oats. The main people of the company today are Larry Ellison Chairman & CTO, Jeff Henley Vice Chairman Safra Catz, CEO, and Mark Hurd, Oracles revenue, operating income, net income, total assts, and total equity are in the billions and they serve people world wide. Oracle also has a large number of subsidiaries they work with. Oracle’s main website is www.oracle.com and it’s a really easy website to follow and understand. Microsoft Microsoft is located in Redmond Campus, Redmond, Washington, U.S. and they have 118,584 employees that currently work for them. They are in the industry of computer software, consumer electronics...
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...vA Very Brief History of Computer Science Written by Jeffrey Shallit for CS 134 at the University of Waterloo in the summer of 1995. This little web page was hastily stitched together in a few days. Perhaps eventually I will get around to doing a really good job. Suggestions are always welcome. A translation of this web page into French has been prepared by Anne Dicky at the University of Bordeaux. Before 1900 People have been using mechanical devices to aid calculation for thousands of years. For example, the abacus probably existed in Babylonia (present-day Iraq) about 3000 B.C.E. The ancient Greeks developed some very sophisticated analog computers. In 1901, an ancient Greek shipwreck was discovered off the island of Antikythera. Inside was a salt-encrusted device (now called the Antikythera mechanism) that consisted of rusted metal gears and pointers. When this c. 80 B.C.E. device was reconstructed, it produced a mechanism for predicting the motions of the stars and planets. (More Antikythera info here.) John Napier (1550-1617), the Scottish inventor of logarithms, invented Napier's rods (sometimes called "Napier's bones") c. 1610 to simplify the task of multiplication. In 1641 the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) built a mechanical adding machine. Similar work was done by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Leibniz also advocated use of the binary system for doing calculations. Recently it was discovered that Wilhelm Schickard (1592-1635)...
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...AC1009787 Technology and Society Assignment 01 Computers, how could we function without them? I am amongst an era where computers are something that seemed unattainable seen on a science fiction program. Many in my day thought that communicating with others from another state or another country was wishful thinking that would never in fact come to light. Look at the world now, with Y2K threatening a huge upheaval due to the fact one didn’t know if a computer was capable of changing to the year 2000. The world is so dependent of computers; simple daily activities are not capable without the help of this magic machine. Early computers were electro-mechanical, which means they used mechanical components as part of the computing process. The Harvard Mark I was one of many such machines, but it is unique because a team of engineers at IBM were involved in its creation (Smith, 2013). The 5-ton computer, completed in 1944, read instructions via paper taper. It lacked many of the features of modern computers but inspired additional work both at Harvard (where it ended up) and at IBM (which helped to engineer it) (Smith, 2013). With technology smelling blood in the water, programmers were forced to step up their game to trump the previous creator. Early computers built in the 1940s were government programs usually funded by a national military, but commercialization quickly developed. The first commercial computer was the UNIVAC I, which was built for a division of the...
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...used by police officers were also considered mobile technology but now, it means people can connect wirelessly to the internet or to a private network almost anywhere. As long as a person has one of the devices capable of wirelessly accessing the internet, they are participating in mobile computing. What are portable computing devices? It could be a Tablet, which is a one-piece mobile computer. Devices typically have a touchscreen, with finger or stylus gestures replacing the conventional computer mouse. It is often supplemented by physical buttons or input from sensors such as accelerometers. An on-screen, virtual keyboard is usually used for typing. Mobile phones also known as smartphones are also portable computing devices. A mobile phone or smart phone is a mobile phone, small enough to fit in your hand and in your pocket, built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability. Portable computing devices are increasingly powerful and affordable. Their small size and functionality make these devices a desirable replacement for traditional desktop and laptop computers in a wide number of applications. Pocket PCs are another way to conveniently access the internet on the fly. Everyone has probably heard of the Palm Pilot. While they were the pioneers of the pocket pc, many other companies such as Dell, HP, and Toshiba have all delved into the market. Pocket PC...
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...Dell Company Today, I would like to talk about a famous computer company called Dell. I chose to write about Dell company because it has become one of the most successful corporation in the computer business. From the year 2000, Dell Computer has become the U.S. leader in personal computer sales and the second biggest one worldwide. Before I start on my presentation, I would like to ask a question: What has made Dell company set apart from most computer companies? My presentation will be focusing on answering this question. But, before I answer such a question, let me first give us a brief history of Dell Company. Firstly, looking at the background of Dell company. Dell Company was founded in 1984 by Michael Dell who was a college student at that time. Michael Dell started out his business by buying computer parts from the wholesale distributors, assembled them using IBM models, and sold these computers via mail at a high price. Then, Dell expanded rapidly and its growth move fast. Now, Dell employs more than 77,000 people around the world. Now, let me talk about the secret behind the great success of Dell company. Dell has followed two strategies, which no company has ever thought about. The first strategy is to sell computers directly to consumers. In this way, they eliminate the need for retailers to serve as middle-men. This process is known as a "direct business model". It has made Dell to grow...
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...Computer-Based Patient Records Electronic Medical Records(EMR) have been implemented at the hospital that I work for and have been in place through our hospital based system since 2006 and implemented throughout the facility in 2007. Some of the benefits of these records are the convenience of having the patient's information available for you at all times, records are not lost or unavailable at times when they are really needed such as the case with paper charts. The EMR also contains pertinent information such as allergies, a past medical history, and a medication history just to name a few more benefits that are available for those directly involved in the patient's care to view. According to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, “an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health organization” (Agency for Health Care Research, 2013). There are challenges that include the possibility of security breaches and continued advancement of technology in the health care system itself. The solutions for these challenges include accountability for our own actions which include logging off of your computer before leaving your work station, never sharing your passwords, and never allowing a patient’s medical record to be in plain view for people that are not involved in the patient’s care, and keeping an open mind regarding staying current with...
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...Wiley & Sons, Inc. Adopters of the textbook are granted permission to make back-up copies for their own use only, to make copies for distribution to students of the course the textbook is used in, and to modify this material to best suit their instructional needs. Under no circumstances can copies be made for resale. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for errors, omissions, or damages, caused by the use of these programs or from the use of the information contained herein. 2 Chapter 1. Learning Objectives • Be aware of the history of communications, information systems and the Internet • Be aware of the applications of data communications networks • Be familiar with the major components of and types of networks • Understand the role of network layers • Be familiar with the role of network standards • Be aware of three key trends in communications and networking 3 Chapter 1. Outline • Introduction: The Information Society • Brief histories of: – communications, info systems and the Internet • Data Communications Networks – network components, network types • Network Models – OSI model, Internet model, message transmission using layers • Network Standards – importance of standards, standards making, common standards • Future Trends – pervasive networking, integration of voice, video, and data, new information services 4...
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...guidelines and expectations apply to all papers. The topics listed below do not define the entire universe of subjects available to you. If you have another idea for a paper topic, check it out with me. Once you select a topic, and I would suggest that this be done promptly, stop by my office to discuss your research endeavor. Track A: Issue-centered paper. Those choosing this track will research and write a paper on a specific issue of constitutional law. The paper will focus on the Court’s treatment of an issue and competing perspectives on it (both on and off the Court), and provide an evaluation and critique of those perspectives. It will culminate in a defense of its own thesis. Possible topics include: • The history, functions, and uses of one of the various “technical barriers” • Scope and limits of the presidential power to pardon • Federalism as a value in the Warren and post-Warren Supreme Court • Federalism as a constitutional concept in the Rehnquist Court • How far did the Rehnquist Revolution in federalism go? • The constitutional status of the War Powers Act (1973) • The concept of Executive Privilege • Are there limits to the Court’s recent “takings clause” jurisprudence? • The impact of I.N.S. v. Chadha (1983) • An analysis of the contemporary understanding and constitutional significance of (a) the reversal of New Deal legislation by the Supreme Court, or ...
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...The Evolution of Human Computer Interface and Beyond Contents 1. Abstract 2 2. Introduction 3 3. Evolution of HCI 4 4. Important features and facts to ponder 5 4.1 Operating systems and their role in HCI 5 4.2 HCI in the making of a virtual reality 6 5. Glimpse towards the future of HCI 7 5.1 HCI for enhancing human life 7 5.2 Uses and Impacts of HCI 9 6. Conclusion 11 7. References 12 Abstract “HCI concept came into the spotlight after various researches; the improvement of GUIs paved the path for a better and advanced interaction between humans and computers. Interaction with computers has become so close; it almost devoured the human life styles. Future human life will be much dependent upon technology than ever before.” Introduction People live in a curious and modern world where they go to no lengths to embrace technology. It is people who pick and choose what to use more efficiently. HCI (Human Computer Interface) is one of the catalysts which revolutionised the computer technology to a greater extent during the past three decades. HCI concept came into the spotlight after various researches which had been done on various universities and other research labs mainly across USA. But HCI took the centre stage after the rapid growth of GUI (Graphical User Interface)...
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...running at extremely low frequencies to computers having extremely high calibre processors, which are able to run at High frequencies. The Average smart phone to day can download at 8 MB/S which is the equivalent to the highest speed of the internet in 2006. In the late 70’ s there was around 20 functional networks and in 1996 there were over 50000 successful networks. Believe it or not Wi Fi technology has been around since the 1980’s; but it was only used for the top secret Federal technological development. In the 90’s the CSIRO innovated this technology to todays standard. More than 20 different tech companies paid 250 million dollars for the equipment and Australia is still waiting for a payment estimated over 1 billion dollars. There have been many revolutionary browsers which have aided in the revolution in the World Wide Web and the Internet its self. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The numbers have changed to over 1.5 billion users. The network's reach has expanded beyond the United States to all over the globe. But everything has its pros and cons, as it has evolved from a friendly research network to a hotbed of criminal activity including fraud and identity theft. Ideas for the World Wide Web date back to as early as 1946 when Murray Leinster wrote a short story which described how computers (that he referred to as ‘Logics’) lived...
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