...Roll No | 39 | Scope: The Indian video games sector in 2011 was driven by the urban middle class/upper-middle class population, who adopted both static and handheld games. Rising income levels, increased availability of international brands such as Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 as well as growth in retail chains were primary factors driving the demand for video games in India. An industry worth 25 billion dollars globally, the 9th generation of video game consoles will see tremendous advances especially with the inclusion of virtual reality compatible hardware technology. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Video Game Consoles: Interesting Trivia ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- - 2 out of 5 gamers are women ------------------------------------------------- - 65% of US households have atleast 1 video game console ------------------------------------------------- - The average age for gamers is 32 ------------------------------------------------- - An average gamer spends 18 hours playing video games. ------------------------------------------------- - Sony Playstation 2 sold 138 million units worldwide making it the best-selling console ever. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Video Game Consoles: Interesting Trivia ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Introduction The 21st century is an era where the world is developing faster to insure a better life. One of the main factors of this is technology. It is developing daily, which is helping people live in a more comfortable lifestyle. Technology is very useful, almost everybody has a cell phone in order to stay in contact with their family, friends and business associates. Another example would be computers, and now-a-days a future employee needs to have some sort of computer skill to get a decent job. Therefore, companies are starting to stop using paper work and using more databases on the screens of technology. Therefore, people have started relying on computers to keep their important information safe. With that being said, computer crime rates have started to increase over time which created the cyber theft industry. Throughout this paper we will be discussing four angles about this industry: the ways criminals steal personal information, why criminals choose cybercrime, how to protect yourself, and cases of cyber theft. Cyber Theft Process Computers are to be considered as the mother of technology, meaning every new technology is developed through a computer. At the same time, computers could be compared to a dangerous weapon considering this technology could be used to steal other people’s personal information. Cyber theft is using a computer as a base and a network to travel through the internet to any device that is connected to the internet. However, cyber theft started...
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...Reproduction of the sounds of musical instruments playing music for which copyright granted not a violation of the copyright. | Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus | 210 U.S. 339 | 1908 | No license to use copyrighted material. License cannot extend holder's rights beyond statute defined by Congress. | Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell | 229 U.S. 1 | 1913 | Differences between patent and copyright defined also prohibits a license from extending holder's rights beyond statute. | Macmillan Co. v. King | 223 F. 862 | D.Mass. 1914 | Limits of fair use with respect to an educational context and to summaries. | Nichols v. Universal Pictures Co. | 45 F.2d 119 | 2d Cir. 1930 | No copyright for "stock characters". | Shostakovich v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 196 Misc. 67, 80 N.Y.S.2d 575 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1948), aff'd 275 A.D. 692, 87 N.Y.S.2d 430 (1949) | 1948–9 | No moral rights in public domain works. | Alfred Bell & Co. v. Catalda Fine Arts, Inc. | 191 F.2d 99 | 2d. Cir. 1951 | Variations of works in the public domain can be copyrighted if the new "author" contributed something more than a "merely trivial" variation, but no large measure of novelty is necessary. | National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications | 191 F.2d 594 (1951), clarified 198 F.2d 927 (1952) | 2d Cir. 1951–2 | Derivative works; an author does not forfeit his copyright to a piece of intellectual property if his work is...
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...Runaround Ah, the holiday shopping season: Santa Claus, reindeer-and rebate hell. Those annoying mail-in offers are everywhere these days. Shoppers hate col lecting all the paperwork, filling out the forms, and mailing it all in to claim their $10 or $100. But no matter how annoying rebates are for consumers, the country's retailers and manufacturers love them. From PC powerhouse Dell to national chains Circuit City and OfficeMax to the Listerine mouth wash sold at Rite Aid drugstores, rebates are prolifer ating. Nearly one-third of all computer gear is now sold with some form of rebate, along with more than 20% of digital cameras, camcorders, and LCD TVs, says market researcher NPD Group. Hal Stinchfield, a 30-year veteran of the rebate business, calculates that some 400 million rebates are offered each year. Their total face value: $6 billion, he estimates. Office-products retailer Staples says it and its vendors alone pay $3.5 million in rebates each week. TAX ON THE DISORGANIZED sees lower redemption rates during the Christmas shopping season, when consumers may be too dis tracted to file for rebates on time. Credit this bonanza for retailers and suppliers partly to human nature. Many consumers are just too lazy, forgetful, or busy to apply for rebates: Call it a tax on the disorganized. Others think the 50 cents, $50-or even $200---is just not worth the hassle of collecting. "I WAS FROSTED" Why the rage for rebates? The industry's open secret is that fully 40% of all...
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...inexplicáveis e pessoas incomparáveis" como vocês! Obrigado por tudo, Filipe Abstract The Retail Banking Industry has been severely affected by fraud over the past few years. Indeed, despite all the research and systems available, fraudsters have been able to outsmart and deceive the banks and their customers. With this in mind, we intend to introduce a novel and multi-purpose technology known as Stream Computing, as the basis for a Fraud Detection solution. Indeed, we believe that this architecture will stimulate research, and more importantly organizations, to invest in Analytics and Statistical Fraud-Scoring to be used in conjunction with the already in-place preventive techniques. Therefore, in this research we explore different strategies to build a Streambased Fraud Detection solution, using advanced Data Mining Algorithms and Statistical Analysis, and show how they lead to increased accuracy in the detection of fraud by at least 78% in our reference dataset. We also discuss how a combination of these strategies can be embedded in a Stream-based application to detect fraud in real-time. From this perspective, our experiments lead to an average processing time of 111,702ms per transaction, while strategies to further improve the performance are discussed. Keywords: Fraud Detection, Stream Computing, Real-Time Analysis, Fraud, Data Mining, Retail Banking Industry, Data Preprocessing, Data Classification, Behavior-based Models, Supervised Analysis, Semi-supervised Analysis ...
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...inexplicáveis e pessoas incomparáveis" como vocês! Obrigado por tudo, Filipe Abstract The Retail Banking Industry has been severely affected by fraud over the past few years. Indeed, despite all the research and systems available, fraudsters have been able to outsmart and deceive the banks and their customers. With this in mind, we intend to introduce a novel and multi-purpose technology known as Stream Computing, as the basis for a Fraud Detection solution. Indeed, we believe that this architecture will stimulate research, and more importantly organizations, to invest in Analytics and Statistical Fraud-Scoring to be used in conjunction with the already in-place preventive techniques. Therefore, in this research we explore different strategies to build a Streambased Fraud Detection solution, using advanced Data Mining Algorithms and Statistical Analysis, and show how they lead to increased accuracy in the detection of fraud by at least 78% in our reference dataset. We also discuss how a combination of these strategies can be embedded in a Stream-based application to detect fraud in real-time. From this perspective, our experiments lead to an average processing time of 111,702ms per transaction, while strategies to further improve the performance are discussed. Keywords: Fraud Detection, Stream Computing, Real-Time Analysis, Fraud, Data Mining, Retail Banking Industry, Data Preprocessing, Data Classification, Behavior-based Models, Supervised Analysis, Semi-supervised Analysis ...
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...Information Technology College of Computer Studies April 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 5 CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 6 CHAPTER 2 2.0 OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE 8 2.1 CYBERCRIME 9 2.2 THEORIES OF CRIME 2.2.1 CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORIES 10 2.2.2 PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES 12 2.3 TYPES OF CRIME 14 2.3 CAUSES CYBERCRIME 19 2.4 CYBERCRIME PREVENTION 22 CHAPTER 3 3.0 ANALYSIS CYBERCRIME CASES 26 SUMMARY OF CYBERCRIME CASES 38 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 43 REFERENCES 44 ABSTRACT The 21st century has brought about certain influences in the lives of everyone including the way we do business transactions, the way we gain education and the way we communicate; these influences are mostly revolutionized through the use of modern day technology and though these technologies have been proven to be beneficial to the entire society, it also carries with it aspects that can be worrying for everyone. Certain professionals in the said field use their expertise to illegally develop ways on how to take advantage of others with of course the use of technology hence cybercrime. This study aims to provide an overview of the said topic and depict real life incidents with major companies and also discuss ways of avoiding them. CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION At early times the word computer was first conceived in the late 1600s and was originally...
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...Executive summary The organization information system is backbone of organizational operational and functional units, the malware can produce potential threat to organization image, the establishment of an effective security measures and reassessment of organizational risk management approaches in order to cater with latest implication trend in network security. This report is based on literature review, analytical analysis of case studies, news articles magazines to highlight vulnerability and implication of malware attack to an organization, highlights the salient features of malware attack, malware attacks that can significantly hurt an enterprise information system, leading to serious functional commotions, can result into destructing the basic IT security up to identity theft, leakage of data, stealing private information, corporate information system blue prints, industrial white papers and networks break down. The only constant in the world of technology is a change, report highlights the latest trends, dimension and implication of malware attack and new critical source of threats, within the perspective of constantly changing IT world (e.g. cloud services-integration) Enterprise may not effectively device and manage malware threat and 'risk assessment processes. This report highlight the malware propagation process, malware vulnerability, the types of malware, optimistic cost effective solution in order to minimize security risk for an Enterprise information...
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...profitability of its different products 6. Any other large, diversified manufacturer, like Procter & Gamble: which needs to be able to analyze the relative profitability of its different products, using cost management 7. A small machine shop: which needs cost management to determine whether it should repair or replace a machine 8. A dance studio: to analyze and choose between different compensation plans for its teachers; and to determine whether it should open a new studio 1-2 Firms not expected to be significant users of cost management information: 1. Microsoft: here the focus is on forming strategic alliances, innovation and competition; cost management is more important for other firms in the information technology business, such as Hewlett-Packard, and IBM that compete in part on innovation but also on price 2. Versace: a high fashion firm competes on innovation and product leadership; the development and communication of attractive new ideas is the key to competitive success rather than cost management 3. Other firms in the fashion industry, such as Chanel, Coach, Gucci, and Armani: for reasons similar to Versace 4. Major league sports: dependent primarily on the...
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...Table of Contents General IP Policy/theory 1 Trademarks 2 Foreign Treaties 4 Types of Marks 4 Infringement (Polaroid Test) 9 Defenses 10 Internet/UDRP 12 Dilution 13 Remedies 14 Copyrights 16 Derivative Works 19 Moral Rights 21 Renewal/Termination 23 Infringement (tests) 24 Fair Use/Defenses 15 DMCA 27 Remedies 29 Publicity/Misappropriation 32 Patents 34 Patent Prosecution 36 Utlity/Novelty /Non-Obvious 38 Priority 39 Statutory Bars 40 Infringement 41 Defenses 43 Remedies 44 Trade Secrets 46 IP In General I. Origins a. Patents began in Venice b. Copyright began in England - Publisher competition c. Trademarks - Guild System would mark the bottom of product so that people would know from whom they were purchasing II. Federal Authority a. Copyright/Patent Authority Article I Sec.1 cl. 8 i. “Progress of science and useful arts” 1. Science is copyright, and useful arts is patents 2. In the days of the Constitution means “knowledge.” ii. Utilitarian clause – not based on the moral rights iii. Most protection is pretty much on federal level. iv. Certain States with particular businesses adopted their own laws, which Congress eventually incorporated...
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...Mobile payments in Asia Pacific i n f o r m at i o n , c o m m u n i c at i o n s & e nt e rta i n m e nt Mobile payments in Asia Pacific Contents 2 Introduction from Sean Choi and David Collins 3 Introduction from John Ure and Peter Lovelock 4 Introduction 6 Business models and the m-payments value chain – Business models behind different transaction types – Emerging business models by country – Industry perspectives on m-payments 22 Case studies – Smart in the Philippines – Yeepay’s B2B approach – The growing reach of Octopus – Gaming and virtual money – A view from the bottom of the pyramid – mHITs in Australia 29 Regulations and standards 40 Risks and challenges 44 About KPMG © 2007 KPMG, a Hong Kong partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International, a Swiss cooperative. All rights reserved. 2 Mobile payments in Asia Pacific Introduction from Sean Choi and David Collins Seung Hwan (Sean) Choi This KPMG thought leadership report explores the development of the market for mobile payment systems in Asia Pacific. We believe the significance of this market cannot be overstated, as new technologies have the potential to play a key role in the expansion of commerce to an ever-wider segment of the world’s population. This is especially true in Asia Pacific. The expansion of commerce and the growing reach of...
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...| Biometric Identification Technology | | By Group C: | HUMN432 | 6/10/2012 | | Table of Contents Introduction History of Biometric Identification Biometric Identification Advancement Timeline * Types of Biometric Identification Technologies and How They Work Benefits of Biometric Identification Technology How and Where Biometry is Used In the USA Controversial Issues and Legalities of Biometric Identification Conclusion Bibliography Introduction Biometric Identification Technology is the world-wide used computer science that identifies humans based on physiological and behavioral traits for access control and security. The computer processing idea has been around for hundreds of years but the equipment has only been available for the past several decades evolving to become better with each step. The need for a formal system to record and identify first-time and repeated offenders in the 1800s led the known Bertillon to develop anthropometrics to identify individuals. This advancement was later linked with computer systems to create a true biometric system identifier. The several types of biometric identifiers, later discussed, have evolved from a mere idea to an implemented security system used in airports, government programs, and even small businesses. The technology is used globally from the US to the UK, India, Germany, and many more. Its long history has created responsiveness and allowed countries to embrace the welfares of such a...
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...and E-commerce History of the Internet began with the development of computers in the 1950s. Point-to-point communication between mainframe computers and terminals was the beginning. Since then, the development of Internet had grown in alignment with the rapid development of computers1. E-commerce emerged during the 1990s when Internet was opened to commercial use and in 2000; E-commerce became a hit in United States and Western European where a great number of businesses represented their products or services in the World Wide Web2, promoting and selling to businesses and consumers alike. Before going into a narrower focus in terms of geographical constraint, which is Malaysia, terms such as E-business and E-commerce would be defined in the following paragraph. E-business and E-commerce are used frequently and sometimes interchangeably. However, slight differences exist between these two terms, thus definitions for each...
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...BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION Title Source Author 1 Author 2 Author 3 Publication/Conference Edition Document Type CPI Primary Subject CPI Secondary Subject Geographic Terms How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay Harvard Business Review Online Bhattacharya, Arindam K. Michael, David C. NA Harvard Business Review, March 2008 NA Article Economics International Trade; ; ; Malaysia; Others Abstract To win in the world’s fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly sophisticated homegrown champions. It isn’t easy. Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) Pusat Initiatif Polisi http://www.cpiasia.org How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu.neptune.wou.edu.my/hb... ADVERTISEMENT Arindam K. Bhattacharya (bhattacharya.arindam@bcg.com) is a Delhi-based partner and managing director, and David C. Michael (michael.david@bcg.com) is a Beijing-based senior partner and managing director, of the Boston Consulting Group. FEATURE How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay To win in the world’s fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly sophisticated homegrown champions. It isn’t easy. by Arindam K. Bhattacharya and David C. Michael Since the late 1970s, governments on every continent have allowed the winds of global competition to blow through their economies. As policy makers have lowered tariff barriers and permitted foreign investments...
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...Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Business Ethics: A Stakeholders and Issues Management Approach, Fifth Edition Joseph W. Weiss VP/Editor-in-Chief: Melissa Acuña Acquisitions Editor: Michele Rhoades Developmental Editor: Daniel Noguera Editorial Assistant: Ruth Belanger Sr. MarComm Manager: Jim Overly Marketing Manager: Clinton Kernen © 2009, 2006 South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced, transmitted, stored or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including but not limited to photocopying, recording, scanning, digitizing, taping, Web distribution, information networks, or information storage and retrieval systems, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cengage Learning Academic Resource Center, 1-800-423-0563 For permission to use material from this text or product, submit all requests online at www.cengage.com/permissions Further permissions questions can be emailed to permissionrequest@cengage.com Text Permissions Manager: Timothy Sisler ExamView® and ExamView Pro® are registered trademarks of FSCreations, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation used herein under license. Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple...
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