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This week the Copyright Alert System is being put into effect on the Internet. The system is used as an alert to companies about copyright infringement on their websites. Now when people on the Internet attempt to copy and paste a company's work onto their own work, they will receive a series of warnings. Media companies will observe online traffic and report to Internet providers if they think work has been downloaded illegally. The person who did this will receive up to six warnings and after that service providers can stop their Internet flow or give them up to a $35 fine. This relates to the sharing of information through Web 2.0 because people's work that they upload can be stolen or plagiarized, and this is helping to prevent that by discouraging the stealing of work.

Tagging standards for flat classroom project

This article is about how people performed an experiment on how learning environments effect grades and how they can improve grades.

This article discusses two new forms of video game websites (eyewire.org and Foldit). These websites are open to the public to play and through playing, scientific discoveries are being made about the brain and proteins. 

The Keep America Beautiful campaign is adding a new website to their name. They already have one for the organization, but are now building on it with a website that is called a social volunteer hub. This helps people who want to start their own clean-up project. Through this website they reach out with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to gain more attention nationally.

This article talks about how some companies misuse workflow engines in hope to help their internet software. 

Diagrams are node-link displays that help users understand how elements in a system are connected to one another. Diagrams are used in process and workflow applications, business organization charts, network management displays and UML modelers, to name just a few. Graph layout algorithms are used help automatically rearrange the nodes and links in these display for maximum readability.

Even as RFID is allowing water-park patrons to share photos on Facebook in Washington state, it's also helping UK farmers keep tabs on their cows and get an earlier sense for when they're sick.

Helpful example of companies using workflow software.

Helpful summary about the World is Flat, and about workflow software.

Reflects on whether or not uploading and the internet is effecting children. 

This website is a helpful summary of the world is flat, particularly about workflow software.  

A current news article that explains how mobile phones, the internet, and digital advancements are helping lower costs and treat patients for the NHS in Scotland through telehealth.

A ;new proposed law in the UK wants Skype and social networking sites to be required to keep communications for 12 months. I am thinking this would also apply to Twitter. Understandably, privacy concerns swirl around this proposal. "Ministers say change is needed to help fight crime and terrorism, but critics warn it is an attack on privacy. Internet service providers (ISPs) are obliged to keep details of users' web access, email and internet phone calls for 12 months, under an EU directive from 2009. Although the content of the calls is not kept, the sender, recipient, time of communication and geographical location does have to be recorded. The proposed new law - which the Home Office says will be brought in "as soon as parliamentary time allows" - would extend those requirements to social networking sites and internet phone services such as Skype."

So, if you want to use Twitter to find black friend deals follow both #blackfriday and #blackfridayalert . "Tweet helpful tidbits using the hashtag #blackfridayalert and others can search the tag using the Twitter widget below."

this is about how Obama used the internet to help him win his election

This article talks about how some companies are shipping people from other countries to America in search for the cheapest labor possible.

This article is about how the UK Government will work alongside technology titans including Google and Facebook to help Sir Tim Berners-Lee in his mission to bring affordable internet to all. The Alliance for Affordable Internet founded by Berners-Lee's World Wide Web Foundation received backing from the UK government on Monday, which will help the group reach its goal of bringing affordable internet to 90 percent of the global population that don't have access yet.

Alfred is a great shortcut and productivity tool for the Mac that received a huge update last week. In case you don't know, Alfred allows you to quickly perform tasks with a series of keyboard shortcuts. If you've used similar tools like Quicksilver or LaunchBar, then you already have an understanding of how Alfred fundamentally works.

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