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Toni H.

Voice over Internet Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/VoIP

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  • Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP, Voice over IP) is a general term for a family of methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone. Internet telephony refers to communications services — voice, facsimile, and/or voice-messaging applications — that are transported via the Internet, rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The basic steps involved in originating an Internet telephone call are conversion of the analog voice signal to digital format and compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet; the process is reversed at the receiving end.[1] VoIP systems employ session control protocols to control the set-up and tear-down of calls as well as audio codecs which encode speech allowing transmission over an IP network as digital audio via an audio stream. Codec use is varied between different implementations of VoIP (and often a range of codecs are used); some implementations rely on narrowband and compressed speech, while others support high fidelity stereo codecs.
  • Toni H. on 28 Sep 10
     
    Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP, Voice over IP) is a general term for a family of methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone. Internet telephony refers to communications services - voice, facsimile, and/or voice-messaging applications - that are transported via the Internet, rather than the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The basic steps involved in originating an Internet telephone call are conversion of the analog voice signal to digital format and compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet; the process is reversed at the receiving end.[1] VoIP systems employ session control protocols to control the set-up and tear-down of calls as well as audio codecs which encode speech allowing transmission over an IP network as digital audio via an audio stream. Codec use is varied between different implementations of VoIP (and often a range of codecs are used); some implementations rely on narrowband and compressed speech, while others support high fidelity stereo codecs.
TaylorJ j

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  • In the 2000s the Internet grew to an astounding level not only in the number of people who regularly logged on to the World Wide Web (WWW) but in the speed and capability of its technology. By December 2009, 26 percent of the world’s population used the Internet and “surfed the web.
  • The rapid growth of Internet technology and usage had a drastic cultural effect on the United States. Although that impact was mostly positive, the WWW caused many social concerns. With financial transactions and personal information being stored on computer databases, credit-card fraud and identity theft were frighteningly common.
  • Hackers accessed private and personal information and used it for personal gain. Hate groups and terrorist organizations actively recruited online, and the threat remained of online terrorist activities ranging from planting computer viruses to potentially blowing up power stations by hacking computers that ran the machinery. Copyright infringement was a growing concern
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  • At the turn of the century, most users accessed the Internet by a dial-up connection in which computers used modems to connect to other computers using existing telephone lines. Typical dial-up connections ran at 56 kilobytes per second.
  • raditional communications media such as telephone and television services were redefined by technologies such as instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), mobile smartphones, and streaming video.
  • The Internet changed the production, sale, and distribution of print publications, software, news, music, film, video, photography, and everyday products from soap to automobiles.
  • With broadband, Internet users could download and watch videos in a matter of seconds, media companies could offer live streaming-video newsfeeds, and peer-to-peer file sharing became efficient and commonplace. News was delivered on websites, blogs, and webfeeds, and e-commerce changed the way people shopped. Television shows, home movies, and feature films were viewed on desktop or laptop computers and even on cell phones. Students researched online, and many parents began working from home for their employers or started their own online businesses.
  • It was also becoming increasingly easy for users to access it from Internet cafés, Internet kiosks, access terminals, and web pay phones. With the advent of wireless, customers could connect to the Internet from virtually any place that offered remote service in the form of a wireless local area network (WLAN) or Wi-Fi router.
  • In January 2001 Apple launched the iPod digital music player, and then in April 2003 it opened the iTunes Store, allowing customers to legally purchase songs for 99 cents. Although federal courts ordered that music-sharing services such as Napster could be held liable if they were used to steal copyrighted works, Fanning’s brainchild realized the power of peer-to-peer file sharing and the potential success of user-generated Internet services.
  • Email was the general form of internet communication and allowed users to send electronic text messages. Users could also attach additional files containing text, pictures, or videos. Chat rooms and instant-messaging systems were also popular methods of online communication and were even quicker than traditional email. Broadband made other popular forms of Internet communication possible, including video chat rooms and video conferencing. Internet telephony or VoIP became increasingly popular f
  • or gaming applications.
travis robertson

Internet TV & Web TV: News and Trends for Internet Television - 0 views

www.reelseo.com/internet-tv

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  • travis robertson on 20 Oct 11
     
    This channel is focused on Internet TV (AKA Internet Television, Web TV, Online TV, etc…). Internet TV is essentially television content streamed and distributed via the Internet. Here we will cover news, trends, and general information about Internet TV technology. Stay informed with the latest in Internet television - including up-to-date news information on Google TV, Apple TV, Roku, Boxee, Netflix, Hulu and other emerging alternatives to traditional cable & broadcast television. Source: Internet TV & Web TV: News and Trends for Internet Television http://www.reelseo.com/video/internet-tv/#ixzz1bLTMzUxe ©2008-2011 ReelSEO.com Online Video Guide
Toni H.

Skype - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/Skype

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  • Skype (pronounced /ˈskaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and, in some countries, to free-of-charge numbers, are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.
  • Skype (pronounced /skaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet
  • Skype (pronounced /skaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. The network is operated by a company called Skype Limited, headquartered in Luxembourg and partly owned by eBay.
  • Jordan Bond on 05 Oct 09
     
    Skype is VOIP which stands for voice over internet protocall, you can communicate much easier.
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  • Bulldog Sharpie on 06 Oct 09
     
    Skype is used all around the world and it is very helpful for people. Skype allows you to make voice calls over the internet, instant message, file transfer, and video conference. Skype is a very helpful device.
  • wildcat wildcat on 28 Sep 10
     
    Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet.
  • Toni H. on 28 Sep 10
     
    Skype (pronounced /skaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing. The network is operated by a company called Skype Limited, headquartered in Luxembourg and partly owned by eBay.
Devan Van Vliet

Associations of Leisure-Time Internet and Computer Use With Overweight and Obesity, Phy... - 0 views

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/...PMC2762849

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  • Devan Van Vliet on 22 Oct 13
     
    This article is about how people with less internet leisure time hada higher level of educational attainment and employment, then people with high leisure time on the computer or internet. Also that people with high internet use and leisure time on the computer are most likely overweight . This just shows how internet has had a major effect on leisure.
Jake Snead

Online Piracy Alert System to Begin This Week - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Jake Snead on 28 Feb 13
     
    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.
Tori N

Bulletin board system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • electronic mail or in public message boards. Many BBSes also offer on-line games, in which users can compete with each other, and BBSes with
  • such as uploading and downloading software and data
  • Originally BBSes were accessed only over a phone line using a modem, but by the early 1990s some BBSes allowed access via a Telnet, packet switched network, or packet radio connection.
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  • supermarkets, schools, libraries or other public areas where people can post messages, advertisements, or community news.
  • . Bulletin Board Systems were in many ways a precursor to the modern form of the World Wide Web and other aspects of the Internet.
  • A notable precursor to the public Bulletin Board System was Community Memory, started in August, 1973 in Berkeley, California, using hardwired terminals located in neighborhoods.
  • began
  • successfully connected to two hundred and fifty thousand callers, before it was finally retired.
  • BBSes experimented with higher resolution visual formats such as the innovative but obscure Remote Imaging Protocol.
  • Towards the early 1990s, the BBS industry became so popular that it spawned three monthly magazines, Boardwatch, BBS Magazine, and in Asia and Australia, Chips 'n Bits Magazine which devoted extensive coverage of the software and technology innovations and people behind them, and listings to US and worldwide BBSes
  • BBSes rapidly declined in popularity thereafter, and were replaced by systems using the Internet for connectivity. Some of the larger commercial BBSes, such as ExecPC BBS, became actual Internet Service Providers.
  • Software and hardware
  • Networks
  • Many BBS did not infringe on copyright laws by systematically inspecting each file that was added to their public file download library for violations. In
  • Since early BBSes were frequently run by computer hobbyists, they were typically technical in nature with user communities revolving around hardware and software discussions.
  • Some BBSes, called elite, warez or pirate boards, were exclusively used for distributing pirated software, phreaking, and other questionable or unlawful content.
  • Most elite BBSes used some form of new user verification, where new users would have to apply for membership and attempt to prove that they were not a law enforcement officer or a lamer.
  • Some general purpose Bulletin Board Systems had special levels of access that were given to those who paid extra money, uploaded useful files or knew the sysop personally.
  • Tori N on 20 Oct 10
     
    Bulletin Board System (BBS) was the first social networking system.
Heather Schaeffer

World Internet Users Statistics Usage and World Population Stats - 0 views

www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

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  • Ben Groll on 23 Mar 12
     
    More Internet Information Sources and Usage Statistics CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, provides tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure.
  • Ben Groll on 13 Apr 12
     
    Internet World Stats, Population and Internet Users in all countries and regions of the world. The Internet Big Picture.
MICHAEL A

Internet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/Internet

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  • brooke s on 28 Sep 10
     
    "The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail."
  • MICHAEL A on 27 Oct 10
     
    Some great information on the internet and how it has evolved and connected the world.
Connor M

The Internet and Education | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project - 0 views

www.pewinternet.org/...he-Internet-and-Education.aspx

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  • Connor M on 30 Sep 10
     
    This source outlines the major effects of the world wide web on education. It expresses how the more recent aspects of the internet have benefitted education greatly. It proposes something that is rather shocking, saying that the internet has replaced the library for a large number of people.
Bulldog Sharpie

Voice over Internet Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a general term for a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
  • Bulldog Sharpie on 06 Oct 09
     
    This discusses about what voIP is and the history about voIP.
Dylan Cochrac

History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...History_of_the_World_Wide_Web

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  • The World Wide Web ("WWW" or simply the "Web") is a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet.
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Nolan R on 06 Oct 09
     
    This tells what the world wide web is and gives the history of it.
  • brooke s on 28 Sep 10
     
    "The World Wide Web ("WWW" or simply the "Web") is a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, as e-mail does. The history of the Internet dates back significantly further than that of the World Wide Web. The hypertext portion of the Web in particular has an intricate intellectual history; notable influences and precursors include Vannevar Bush's Memex,[1] IBM's Generalized Markup Language,[2] and Ted Nelson's Project Xanadu.[1]"
Vicki Davis

UK Team is focusing on online comment defamation - 0 views

www.birminghampost.net/...ment-defamation-65233-25030203

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  • a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
  • a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
  • a rising problem with people making anonymous statements that defamed companies, and people sharing confidential information online.
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  • a new team to track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online.
  • the numbers of disgruntled employees looking to get their own back on employers or former employers was also on the rise.
  • a story from six years earlier about United Airlines going bankrupt was voted up on a newspaper website. This was later picked up by Google News and eventually the Bloomberg news wire, which published it automatically as if it were a news story.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
       
      Could this be considered the new "insider trading" - hmmm. Surely there are issues if it is done maliciously but isn't there a line here?
  • rogue employees
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
       
      Uhm, how about rogue companies?
  • trying to get Internet Service Providers to give out details of customers who had made comments online
  • shares in American firm United Airlines fell by 99 per cent in just 15 minutes after an outdated story that the firm had filed for bankruptcy was forced back onto the headlines.
  • the new team would ensure there was “nowhere to hide in cyberspace”.
  • could stifle free speech, and the ability of people to act as whistle-blowers to expose actions by their employers.
  • an outlet for anonymous reporting.
    • Vicki Davis
      Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
       
      Is it possible to have accountability AND anonymity? Must these be mutually exclusive?
  • This is known as the ‘Streisand effect’ online, after a case where singer Barbara Streisand tried to suppress photos of her California beachside home from a publicly-available archive of photos taken to document coastal erosion.
  • Nightjack. This was the guy who was blogging on the front line about police work and he was forced to stop this story because he was unmasked by The Times
  • If you allow a lot of anonymous debate by people who are not regulated, you can get it descending to the common denominator. If you allow people to register with an identity, even if it’s not their real one, you bring the level of debate up.”
  • There was one case a couple of years ago that we just keep referring back to where a defamatory comment was made and it wasn’t taken down for a period of time. Because of that the host of the website was held to be liable.”
  • the ‘Wild West’ era of the internet was in some ways coming to an end, with firms starting to crack down
  • I think companies are still grappling with whether it’s better to take it on the chin and hope people don’t see the comments, or on the other hand cracking down on everything that’s particularly damaging that’s said online. Maybe this is set to change.”
  • Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
     
    While this article starts out about a lawfirm in Birmingham UK that is going to "track down people who make anonymous comments about companies online" it becomes an amazingly poignant article on the very nature of the Internet today and the push pull between anonymous commenting and accountability of the commenter. Push pull between free speech and online identity and brand protection. One person in this article claims that this sort of thing is the sign that the "wild west" of the INternet is coming to an end. Oh dear, I hope someone invents a new one if somehow anonymous commenters are now going to risk such! Also love the article's discussion of the Streisand effect wherein Barbara protested the sharing of some photos of her eroding beachfront which caused a stir and more people looking at the photos than if she had left it alone. This article is going to be a must read for Flat Classroom students and would be great for college-level discussions as well.
  • Vicki Davis on 17 Nov 09
     
    Important article that would make a great video story for someone predicting how the Internet is changing - with commenters being hunted down by companies!
travis robertson

Trends in the use of Internet for communication, information and entertainment | Startu... - 1 views

www.startupgreece.gov.gr/...-information-and-entertainment

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  • travis robertson on 21 Oct 11
     
    this website explains the use of internet communication, information, and internet entertainment
Matthew Cherry

Commotion Wireless: Free and Open Way to Network - ABC News - 0 views

abcnews.go.com/...story

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  • Matthew Cherry on 13 Mar 13
     
    Commotion Wireless offers a new interface for wireless connectivity that does not require and Internet Service Provider(ISP). This is useful to circumnavigate Internet restrictions and to enable mobile phones a greater degree of freedom. To work this technology only requires to WiFi capable devices. Thus, this technology can be readily used by a population that does not possess access to the Internet to share files, media, and other documents to collaborate.
Dawid Kedzierski

The Internet: Changing the Way We Communicate - 1 views

www.nsf.gov/...internet.htm

information_change internet comunication

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  • Dawid Kedzierski on 13 Mar 13
     
    Webpage describing how the internet changes the way people comunicate.
Vicki Davis

BBC News - Web and email monitoring plans will not be rammed through, says Clegg - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...uk-politics-17595209

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  • Vicki Davis on 03 Apr 12
     
    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."
Joseph Pasquino

Effect of Internet on our daily lives - 0 views

www.yourmaindomain.com/...nternet-on-our-daily-lives.asp

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  • Levi Trapanotto on 28 Oct 13
     
    The maximum effect of the internet is actually on the daily life of the individuals because indeed there is no aspect of life which is not influenced by the internet and its uses.
  • Joseph Pasquino on 29 Oct 13
     
    The maximum effect of the internet is actually on the daily life of the individuals because indeed there is no aspect of life which is not influenced by the internet and its uses.
scott summerlin

Google - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/Google

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  • Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, FWB: GGQ1) is a multinational public cloud computing, Internet search, and advertising technologies corporation
  • Google runs over one million servers in data centers around the world,[13] and processes over one billion search requests[14] and twenty petabytes of user-generated data every day.
  • Google runs over one million servers in data centers around the world,[14] and processes over one billion search requests[15] and twenty petabytes of user-generated data every day.[16][17][18] Google's rapid growth since its incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions and partnerships beyond the company's core search engine. The company offers online productivity software, such as its Gmail e-mail software, and social networking tools, including Orkut and, more recently, Google Buzz.
  • alex c on 27 Sep 10
     
    "Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, FWB: GGQ1) is a multinational public cloud computing, Internet search, and advertising technologies corporation. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products,[5] and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program"
  • d l on 27 Sep 10
     
    Description of Google.
Ivy F.

ScienceDirect - Telematics and Informatics : Mobile computing and ubiquitous networking... - 0 views

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  • With the rapidly increasing penetration of laptop computers, which are primarily used by mobile users to access Internet services, support of Internet services in a mobile environment become an increasing need. The opportunities emerging from these technologies give rise to new paradigms such as mobile computing and ubiquitous networking
  • Ivy F. on 04 Oct 10
     
    "With the rapidly increasing penetration of laptop computers, which are primarily used by mobile users to access Internet services, support of Internet services in a mobile environment become an increasing need. The opportunities emerging from these technologies give rise to new paradigms such as mobile computing and ubiquitous networking"
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