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Eunice Vincent

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views

  • The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      IT systems in a social context-software & application
  • Sony said it would have its store converted to the format by the end of 2009. Most Sony Readers can already handle books in the ePub format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact-science and the environment
  • This may not mean the end of all locks on books readable on Sony's device as the ePub format has an option to implement copyright controls.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues-intellectual properties
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  • The common format would give Sony Reader owners much more choice about where they get their e-books from.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      Areas of impact business
  • "Consumers should not have to worry about which device works with which store," said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading business division, in a statement.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
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    Asia-Pacific\n
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    Asia-Pacific
YooJin Jung

BBC NEWS | Business | Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC - 0 views

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    criterion C; area of impact Murdoch's speech suggests negative impacts of the issue (why is is so bad to provide news for free?)
ajay tambay

BBC NEWS | Technology | Battling swine flu in cyberspace - 1 views

  • battling swine flu
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREA OF IMPACT: HEALTH
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it,"
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE - PEOPLE (AWARENESS) , POLICY (SPREAD INFORMATION VIA GAME)
  • The game is played online
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      IT SYSTEMS (COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS)
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  • "Its purpose is simply to create another avenue of information."
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT: EDUCATION (SPREADING INFORMATION)
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
  • "The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it," said Albert Osterhaus, head of virology at the Erasmus Medical Centre and one of the experts involved in creating the game.
Chalana Perera

Exploiting Browser Information & Privacy - 0 views

  • easy it was to exploit security loopholes
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Easy exploitation leads to a lot of negative consequences and areas of impact include all sorts of education online, banking and financial reserves, businesses and mainstream market affairs, governmental and nongovernmental work and damage to personal information and biological/health data. This also harms intellectual property and ideas can be stolen online far easier than usual... reliability & security....
  • redirect traffic
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Redirecting internet connection or regular user traffic could lead to a backlog of information on the web and a loss of personal details and this again as huge areas of impact including security, reliability and extended impact on finances and personal details & anonymity....this also affects systems in the social context with networks being hacked and codes and enscriptions being changed..
  • access and steal any information exchanged
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Stealing information can also connect to software and the usage/creation tools of software and other application....communication systems are also greatly affected such as wire tapping systems
Sanchit Jain

Pirate Party launches UK poll bid - 1 views

  • non-commercial internet file-sharing
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Social and Ethical Impact: Intellectual property
  • peer-to-peer networking
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      IT Systems in a Social Context: Software Applications Communications Systems --downloading illegally off other people through the internet
  • future government policy,
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Areas of Impact: -Government
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  • entertainment industry
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Areas of Impact: Entertainment
Farah Alam

Research shows that gamers are less healthy in many ways than non gamers - 1 views

  • A team from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found gamers were less healthy, fatter, and more depressed than non-gamers.
    • anonymous
       
      This is where it shows that games impacts health of many people.
    • Farah Alam
       
      areas of impact- health
  • "Health risk factors, specifically a higher BMI and a larger number of poor mental-health days, differentiated adult video-game players from non gamers," he said.
    • anonymous
       
      The specific issues of health that is impacted.
  • Female video-game players reported greater depression and lower health status than female non-players, while male gamers reported a higher BMI and a greater reliance on the internet than non-gamers.
    • anonymous
       
      Talking about the different people that are shown as examples.
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  • The team from CDC examined people's perception of their mood, personality, health status, physical and mental health, body mass index (BMI) and quality of life.
  • A UK survey from 2002, conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers Association, found the average gamer was aged between 25 and 34.
    • anonymous
       
      Applications, games are involved and the surey was conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers.
Shih-Chen Chiu

Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social& ethical issue -people and machines ITsystems in a social context -Applications -Integrated Systems Areas of impact -Business & employment -Scoence & the enviornment
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  • And technology that turns phones into credit cards and IDs poses several potential problems.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -security -authenticity -integrity -control
  • In the late 1990s and early 2000s, banks and cell phone makers started conducting trials with U.S. customers. Limited groups of people were given the ability to scan their phones to make payments, enter stadiums and access public transit.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact -business & employment
  • If phones replace wallets, would-be thieves will see every person walking down the street talking on his or her phone as a target for robbery, said Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -security
  • Eye scans and fingerprints would make phone IDs and payments more secure, Brown said. The ID technology might work like a corporate security badge, which pulls up personal information when scanned.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues -reliability -security -integrity -privacy IT systems in a social context hardware integrated systems
YooJin Jung

Online news: the future's networked | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    criterion C; area of impact presents benefits and advantages of free news
Maliha Rahman

BBC NEWS | Technology | Anger at UK file-sharing policy - 0 views

  • The government is proposing a tougher stance which would include cutting off repeat offenders from the net.
    • anonymous
       
      Areas of Impact > Government
    • anonymous
       
      Areas of Impact > Government
  • There are many families whose children, unbeknown to them, might be illegally downloading but now their own access could be put in jeopardy by Lord Mandelson's proposals."
    • anonymous
       
      Social > Authenticity
  • 'Digital piracy is a serious problem and a real threat to the UK's creative industries," it said in a statement.
    • anonymous
       
      IT systems > Networking
YooJin Jung

Facebook must satisfy Canada's privacy commissioner by Monday - 0 views

  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
  • o take the California-based company to Federal Court in Ottawa to try and get a court order requiring it to change its business practices to comply with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the country's private-sector privacy law.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-politics&government
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-politics&government
  • Facebook users must consent to share all their personal information, except their contact details.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
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  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
  • he social-networking website
Rafae Wathra

BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile data show friend networks - 0 views

  • "It's invisible to the user but logs everything: communication, users' locations, people's proximity by doing continuous Bluetooth scans."
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This is a privacy issue (social) because these users don't know that so much information about them is being logged
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This is also an integrity issue because the companies supplying these products don't tell the users that there is a chip in their phones.
  • Friendships can be inferred with 95% accuracy from call records and the proximity of users, says a new report.
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This relates to communication systems because the phone companies are using communication systems in order to track the social activity of their users
  • but to carry on this "reality mining" in contexts ranging from the modelling of the spread of disease t
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      If gathering mobile data can help track the spread of disease, then its implications in improving the health of the target area (area of impact) have a lot of potential
shazad rouf

Wallet of the future? Your mobile phone - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
    • shazad rouf
       
      areas of impact: Arts, entertainment and leisure
  • Some analysts say that within five years, mobile phones in the United States will be able to make electronic payments, open doors, access subways, clip coupons and possibly act as another form of identification.
  • At the end of 2008, there were an estimated 4 billion mobile phone subscriptions worldwide, according to the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency. That's about two cell phone subscriptions for every three people.
    • shazad rouf
       
      Social and ethnical issues: Globalization and cultural diversity Now, almost everyone has a cell phone as it is the best way to communicate with others.
    • shazad rouf
       
      IT systems: Communication systems
    • shazad rouf
       
      IMPACT: Arts
anonymous

US Gov. 2.3 gegapixel camera - 0 views

  • it also means that people can be illuminated without being aware of it.
    • anonymous
       
      What about privacy, of people who are not criminals?
  • The ability to provide real-time surveillance of large areas may be getting closer, as the Army launches a quest for a 2.3 gigapixel camera that could be packaged aboard a drone or a manned aircraft.
    • anonymous
       
      Social > Privacy
  • In terms of specifics, the Army is looking for 2.3 gigapixels running at two frames per second. By my reckoning, this suggests continuous coverage of area of around sixty-two square miles at 0.3m resolution with a single sensor
    • anonymous
       
      It systesms > harware & software
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  • Airborne cameras providing a persistent view were a key factor in Task Force ODIN’s success in Iraq; given the new technology, their successors could have even more impact. And those cameras might have some effect on the home front too.
shazad rouf

Designing an Internet for kids - CNN.com - 1 views

  • The goal is to be both educational and entertaining. So KidZui has mapped out 8,600 channels of what kids are interested in, ranging from photosynthesis to Miley Cyrus. And we relate all of those categories to each other so kids can independently and safely browse, search and share.
    • shazad rouf
       
      Social and ethnical issues: control; security Parents can easily control kids from going to bad sites.
  • Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
  • Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
    • shazad rouf
       
      Areas of impact: Health, Education, Arts, entertainment and leisure
Shih-Chen Chiu

'Facebook Lite' gets public debut - 0 views

  • aimed at countries where broadband is limited.
  • Facebook Lite appears to be a cut-down version of Facebook and is aimed at countries where broadband is limited.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      IT systems in a social context-software & applications
  • "Facebook Lite is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to make comments, accept friend requests, write on people's walls, and look at photos and status updates," the statement continued.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues- globalization, equality of acces
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  • The site is currently on trial in India and it is thought there are plans to extend this to China and Russia.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      areas of impact- business
  • In a statement Facebook said the new service would be a "faster, simpler version similar to the Facebook experience you get on a mobile phone".
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      social & ethical issues people and machines
Rafae Wathra

DLC for Games - 0 views

    • Rafae Wathra
       
      basics (gaming consoles are hardware)
  • We look at patches as little more than an excuse for developers to ship a half-finished game and have us beta test it.
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      Social and Ethical issues: this questions the integrity of the gaming companies because they aren't delivering gamers the whole product
  • The idea of downloading additional things into your game after release was supposed to be something that extended the lives of games and made them better over time
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      Areas of Impact: DLC adds to the entertainment factor in games
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  • features of this console generation
    • Rafae Wathra
       
      This is a part of Basics: hardware and software because the console is the hardware and the games are software
  • Xbox owners of the same game however have only received maybe half of that content and have had to pay for it in $5 packs.
Sarwat Khan

MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

  • and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      social Policies
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      Social People
  • Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      Area Of Impact: Politics IT Systems : Communication systems:Internet Applications: facebook, twitter.
Sarwat Khan

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

  • Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT : POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      IT SYSTEMS : COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
  • Rather than being something completely new, campaigning using new media is simply doing what we've always done in a new setting - and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE: POLICY, PEOPLE
shazad rouf

Online career matchmaker helps MBAs land jobs - CNN.com - 0 views

  • "Even though the economy is not as bad as it used to be, we are still seeing a good uptake. Our traffic is still going strong," Larizadeh says.
    • shazad rouf
       
      areas of impact: business and employment
  • Four years and a round of venture capital funding later, what started as a hobby designed to help friends share career information has turned into a network with approximately 600,000 members.
    • shazad rouf
       
      social and ethnic issues: security
  • Schools like The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University's Fuqua School of Business have formed partnerships with Doostang that enable their students to access the network's premium job listings for free.
    • shazad rouf
       
      IT systems in a social sytem: Communication system
Sung Won Kwak

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles - 0 views

  • Sony Entertainment has announced it is reducing the price of its PlayStation 3 games consoles.In Europe the price has been lowered to 299 euros, in the US to $299 and in the UK to £249.99.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      area of impact-business
  • new slim-line PS3 would be available from the first week of September. "It has the same features and functionality [as the old PS3], but now it is 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consumes 34% less power," he said.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      it systems-Basics:hardware
    • YooJin Jung
       
      socialðnical issue-people&machines
  • a new digital reader for the PSP - called Digital Comics - that will allow users to read Spiderman, Fantastic 4 and other DC comics on their portable, along with a range of graphic novels.
    • YooJin Jung
       
      it systems-basics:software
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