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Yvonne Garth

2010 Mobile Access survey: Calls not important feature : Product Reviews Net - 0 views

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  • Yvonne Garth on 14 Feb 11
     
    "Cell phones have changed a lot over the years, and their main functions was to make calls - so how come the recent 2010 Mobile Access survey shows that making calls is not the most important feature? This was certainly bound to happen once SMS and other such features came about."
  • Yvonne Garth on 14 Feb 11
     
    The article explains how the cell phone is not mainly used for making calls in 2010, but is used to access the Internet.
Rob Eden

iTWire - Lawyer demands jury stops Googling - 0 views

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iphone

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  • Rob Eden on 17 Sep 09
     
    The iPhone is making it too easy for jurors to look up information on Google during trials, violating agreements not to lookup outside information during a case.
Jeffrey Kendall

File-sharers are content industry's "largest customers" - 0 views

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file sharing sharers recording industry

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    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 03 May 10
       
      proof that the artists in at least this country are still making similar revenue regardless of filesharing. The labels however are a different story.
    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 03 May 10
       
      An interesting idea for record labels to make up for the lack of revenue from selling albums but if labels are taking a cut from this then should they also offer a cut rate to their album sales with the increase of profit from this sector?
  • "360 deals"
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 03 May 10
     
    Good look at how file sharing is affecting the record labels more so then the artists and how those who share files actually purchase more content then those who don't.
Benjamin Sperry

New privacy concerns for Facebook over phone numbers, addresses - 0 views

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Facebook Social Network Privacy

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  • Benjamin Sperry on 13 Feb 11
     
    This article explains how Facebook is deciding to allow third-party app developers to have access to the users phone number and address. It explains that Facebook is taking some precautions to make sure that this feature is as safe as possible, but others mentioned in the article do not agree that it is enough.
erika webb

Making Broadband Access Available and Affordable for all in the US‎- Intervie... - 0 views

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Digital Inclusion Wired for Wireless braodband Internet access broadband

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  • The Wired for Wireless? Summary Report1 uses the term “Digital Inclusion” to denote the ability of everyone to have access to broadband and the related information technology.  Specifically it states:  “Digital Inclusion means that everyone — regardless of who they are or where they live — can participate in and take advantage of the economic, educational, health, and civic opportunities afforded by broadband and related information technology
  • The federal government has taken the position that broadband Internet is the job of the private sector
  • erika webb on 02 Feb 11
     
    Article about disadvantages of not having braodband, andmaking it more accessible and affordable
Yvonne Garth

Majority of Consumers Research Online before Buying - Business Industry - DigitalCamera... - 0 views

www.digitalcamerainfo.com/...earch-Online-before-Buying.htm

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  • The study "Understanding How Consumers Use the Internet to Research and Shop for CE (consumer electronics) Products" consisted of a 25-minute survey of a sample consumer group who bought or were planning on purchasing electronics, including mobile phones, computers, digital media players, televisions, and digital cameras. In the study, CEA and Yahoo! tracked $32.5 billion worth of purchases and found that $25.1 billion, 77 percent, of those purchases were made after Internet research.
  • Yvonne Garth on 24 Jan 11
     
    This article shows how many people research a product online before making a purchase. -Yvonne Garth
Rob Eden

Framed for Child Porn by a PC Virus - Cybersecurity - FOXNews.com - 1 views

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virus porn

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  • Rob Eden on 09 Nov 09
     
    An issue that has come to light recently is that some people may have been framed for having child pornography by viruses that downloaded the content. Yet another reason to make sure you don't get viruses!
Randy Knuppel

Separate Work Email from Personal Email - 0 views

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Internet email work

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  • Randy Knuppel on 16 Nov 09
     
    This talks about the dangers of mixing your work and personal email, and making sure to use the right one appropriately
Essence Lee

Online Shopping Safety Tips | Microsoft Security - 0 views

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safety shopping online

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  • Essence Lee on 03 Dec 09
     
    gives tips on how to shop safely online. What things to looks for to make sure your buying from a legitimate buisness.
Benjamin Sperry

Netflix going up against cable with original series deal - 0 views

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Netflix online video streaming video

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  • Benjamin Sperry on 30 Apr 11
     
    Looks like Netflix is expanding by offering original content through their service. This will make them even more competitive with cable TV.
Justin Eastwind

Earth-Friendly Bamboo - 1 views

started by Justin Eastwind on 10 Apr 13 no follow-up yet
Burks Oakley

HDNews.net - fhsu052609 - 0 views

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higher education FHSU outsourcing

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  • It's the latest chapter in an evolving debate about the place of innovation in higher education. Is outsourcing teaching -- especially for huge and often poorly run introductory courses -- a way for colleges to catch up with other industries and rein in out-of-control costs? Or does it mean gutting what makes universities special?
    • Burks Oakley
      Burks Oakley on 20 Jul 09
       
      This is an interesting concept - to outsource the teaching of introductory courses.
  • Burks Oakley on 20 Jul 09
     
    This seems really bad for higher education (IMHO).
Jack Campbell

Worried about getting a virus while surfing, try linux... - 0 views

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linux virus internet

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  • Jack Campbell on 08 Mar 10
     
    Some people are ditching windows and making the switch to one of the Linux distros. Nice article on how Linux systems don't get viruses.
Susan Walker

CNN.com - Survey: Many students say cheating's OK - April 5, 2002 - 0 views

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Internet makes cheating easy

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  • Susan Walker on 03 Mar 10
     
    Academic Cheating on the Internet
Jeffrey Kendall

Format shifting, low damages put Canada on IP watch list - 0 views

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Software Acquisition Copyright Infringement Digital Piracy

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      Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
       
      DRM as listed by Wikipedia: Digital rights management (DRM) is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devices. It is also, sometimes, disparagingly described as Digital Restrictions Management. The term is used to describe any technology which inhibits uses (legitimate or otherwise) of digital content that were not desired or foreseen by the content provider. The term generally doesn't refer to other forms of copy protection which can be circumvented without modifying the file or device, such as serial numbers or keyfiles. It can also refer to restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or devices.
  • The Great White North is "fast gaining a reputation as a haven where technologically sophisticated international piracy organizations can operate with virtual impunity." The country is "virtually alone" in flouting "minimum world standards" for copyright and its rules are "hopelessly outdated." Finally, "no other country is farther behind the curve in combating copyright infringement in cyberspace."
  • The ability to circumvent DRM in order to make legal uses of the content?
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    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
       
      All Laws are subjective on a country to country basis, it's interesting that the Canadian governemnt doesn't view this type of thing as infringement.
  • It is not at all clear that this is actually the legal position in Canada; back in 2004, judge Konrad von Finckenstein ruled that "the downloading of a song for a person's private use does not constitute infringement." (von Finkenstein is now Canada's top telecoms regulator; his ruling was changed on appeal, though the issue remains murky.)
  • What really chaps the collective hide of the copyright groups is BitTorrent trackers, though, and the IIPA document refers multiple times to the fact that "4 of the top 10 illicit BitTorrent sites in the world" are in Canada.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
     
    Useful for anyone interested in digital piracy/acquisition and legal steps to limit copyright infringement on multiple formats.
Jeffrey Kendall

U.S. aid to spread broadband access criticized | The Columbus Dispatch - 0 views

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broadband technology rural access rural broadband

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      Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
       
      Companies always complain about competition when it's too late and they've already missed the band wagon. These other companies have had chances even if it was small and incremental to make improvements to their broadband offerings and they chose not too. They also had an opportunity to bid for this stimulus money and unfortunately they did not receive it. If they had they would not be complaning right now.
  • These local phone and cable companies fear that they will have to compete with governmentsubsidized broadband systems, paid for largely with stimulus dollars. If the taxpayer-funded networks siphon off customers by offering lower prices, private companies might be less likely to upgrade their lines, endangering jobs and undermining the stimulus plan's goals, they warn.
    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
       
      this is similar to Googles plan to introduce gigabit service to smaller cities on a limited scale to see if the results are profitable. I will be interesting to see if these underdeveloped areas really do take advantage of this service or if it will be lost on them.
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  • Many existing systems, they note, lack the capacity to meet mush rooming demand for bandwidth. The new, stimulus-funded networks will provide far more-robust connections - many of them offering speeds of up to 100 megabits or even 10 gigabits per second to schools, libraries and other "anchor institutions." That's 20 to 2,000 times faster than the DSL and cable wires linking most U.S. homes.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 13 Apr 10
     
    Government stimulus attempt to bring broadband access to rural areas that have limited or no high speed internet access.
Jeffrey Kendall

Court Favors Comcast in F.C.C. 'Net Neutrality' Ruling - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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net neutrality Internet Service Providers Comcast court

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    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 08 Apr 10
       
      I don't see a reason why Google shouldn't be sharing some of the millions their making off of YouTube and Google video advertising with service providers considering the amount of resources they are taking up but I do not agree with comcast restricting access to the site as a secondary option.
  • The court’s ruling could potentially affect content providers like Google, which owns YouTube, a popular video-sharing service. Content providers fear that Internet service companies will ask them to pay a fee to ensure delivery of material like high-definition video that takes up a lot of network capacity.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 08 Apr 10
     
    Second page to article previously posted on net neutrality and comcast's win over the FCC
Jeffrey Kendall

Court Favors Comcast in F.C.C. 'Net Neutrality' Ruling - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...07net.html

net neutrality Internet Service Providers Comcast court

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    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 08 Apr 10
       
      I could understand the thoughth behind possibly wanting to slow down illegal downloads and make them less appealing to people but then to decide to slow down YouTube because it eats up bandwidth as well. At what point do they stop?
  • The decision will allow Internet service companies to block or slow specific sites and charge video sites like YouTube to deliver their content faster to users.
  • The court ruling, which came after Comcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent,
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 08 Apr 10
     
    Anyone interested in net neutrality or the governments role in online regulation of service providers
Scott Thomas

RIAA's college lawsuits a wrong answer - CNET News - 0 views

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college riaa s

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  • Scott Thomas on 17 Apr 10
     
    Article talks about how RIAA can have the federal government issue subpoenas by simply making allegations of infringement and requiring University administrators to turn over the IP address owners of the guilty parties. This ability conflicts with peoples' right to be assumed innocent until proven guilty. To fight this, the adminstrators are shuffling IP addresses among different individuals regularly so that they can honestly say that they have no identifying information to provide.
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