Over 200 Free Online Educational Resources (v.2.0) Warning: Very long post. Please open in a new browser tab. Here is decades' worth of knowledge freely available online for those who love to learn. Links that fit under multiple categories are listed only once. What are your favorite sites to learn from? What sites would you add to this list? (View the original post for any future updates: http://goo.gl/8HLFw) CONTENTS: I. Top Picks II. Universities and Higher Education (updated
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software to implement on your network. Questions: 1. What is port scanning? Answer: The act of systematically scanning a computer's ports. Since a port is a place where information goes into and out of a computer, port scanning identifies open doors to a computer. Port scanning has legitimate uses in managing networks, but port scanning also can be malicious in nature if someone is looking for a weakened access point to break into your computer. (Webopedia, 2013) 2. What is the goal
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Project: Project Part 1: Executive Summary First World Savings and Loan is a financial institution that processes credit card transactions and loan applications online. We are currently considering implementing an open source infrastructure. This could potentially save us over $4,000,000 per year in licensing fees for the software we are currently using. However, due to our business needs; we must still comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard
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million in June 2013. Android's source code is released by Google under open source licenses, although most Android devices ultimately ship with a combination of open source and proprietary software. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance—a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.
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"Intellectual Property" a Violation of Real Property By memenode on 10 Nov 2009 Unless you really want to believe in something you know is a lie you probably wont be inclined to believe people who express inconsistent ideas. Free Software or Open Source Software have been typically attacked by people who do appear to believe quite strongly in property ownership. If you create something, they would argue, then you are entitled to control it. How else are you gonna get compensated for it? I of course
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created the revision control system Git as well as the diving log software Subsurface. He was honored, along with Shinya Yamanaka, with the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize by the Technology Academy Finland "in recognition of his creation of a new open source operating system for computers leading to the widely used Linux kernel". Paul Gardner Allen - (born January 21, 1953) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist, best known as the co-founder, with Bill Gates, of Microsoft Corporation
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Dalton Hoff IS3440 Unit 8 Discussion 1 8/11/2014 To help evaluate an open-source community here are a few things to consier: - How big is the community? It is important to look at the numbers of program developers and contributors to the code, as well as user groups and events around the specific needs. Are training resources available? -How advanced are they? Look for a community that has well constructed and motivated plans that are the same as you would. Make sure that the community is
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have appealed to the academic sector. While Sun took rather opened system, Apollo developed their own domain network and own operating system, which could be a big obstacle for general usage. Considering the market trend of nowadays, that a rather open system gains popularity between the developers and technicians, Apollo and its distinctive system might not be a good choice for Computervision to take in. Sun’s questionable supply ability can be answered with their last fiscal year history and their
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At least 2 Advantages & Disadvantages of a Desktop Computer -Not portable -easier to upgrade -take up a lot of space -more comfortABLE At least 2 Advantages & Disadvantages of a Laptop Computer -HARDER TO UPGRADE -portable -LESS COMFORTABL;E -takes up little space At least 2 Advantages & Disadvantages of a Tablet/Smartphone -expensive
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Management Dr. Huang Project Title: Green Computing Research Project Project Manager: Rotunda Robinson rrobinson@GCRS.com Requirements Traceability Matrix Requirement No. Name Category Source Status 1 Data Center Building Project Charter Accepted 2 Recycling Building Project Charter Accepted 3 Office Material Operations Project Charter Accepted 4 User Support and Training Operations Project Charter Accepted 5 Working from home
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