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Jeff Ratliff

Google threatens to leave China (Independent) - 2 views

www.independent.co.uk/...rin-engine-driver-1869546.html

SOCIAL globalization equality IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 29 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 29 Jan 10
     
    "Last month, Google discovered that it had been the subject of a sophisticated attack on its computer systems, carried out by hackers in search of private data from more than 30 internet companies. Among the targets were the accounts of Chinese human rights activists; experts claimed the hack could be traced to the Chinese government or its proxies. In response, Google announced on Tuesday that it would stop censoring results on Google.cn - the Chinese version of its search engine - or, should Beijing oppose the move, cease operating in China altogether. "
Zaheen Ahmad

BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Exploding' iPhones investigated - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8223005.stm

ITGS SOCIAL reliability IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business arts

shared by Zaheen Ahmad on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • iPhones and iPods heating up or bursting into flames in the US and the UK.
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      hardware issue - IT systems
  • The system issue alerts for multiple products every week, sometimes leading to mass product recalls, but often with no consequence.
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      consumer safety system it systems
  • "I took it out of my pocket and held it to my ear and saw the screen crack up like a car windscreen," he told AFP.
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  • It has been reported that the device's lithium ion batteries could be the source of the problem.
  • Apple, which has sold 26 million iPhones and 200 million iPods to date, said it was aware of the reports.
ajay tambay

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8199791.stm

SOCIAL people IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT education health ITGS SEP3-BM3

shared by ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • battling swine flu
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE - PEOPLE (AWARENESS) , POLICY (SPREAD INFORMATION VIA GAME)
  • The game is played online
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS (COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS)
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  • "Its purpose is simply to create another avenue of information."
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      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.
Rafae Wathra

Twitter tweets are 40% 'babble' - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8204842.stm

IT SYSTEMS comm sys SOCIAL privacy IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A short-term study of Twitter has found that 40% of the messages sent via it are "pointless babble."
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      Social: Privacy This shows how little privacy that Twitter users have sinced they are being judged by complete strangers based on how they tweet (who came to the conclusion that its a lot of pointless babble)
  • In total it grabbed 2,000 messages and then put each message it grabbed into one of six categories; news, spam, self-promotion, pointless babble, conversational and those with pass-along value
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      IT systems: Communication System This shows how Twitter is used as a communication system and what people communicate with it
  • This belief, it said, was driven by the growing number of firms starting to use Twitter as a tool to drum up sales.
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      Impact: Business This is an example of a way by which large businesses use technology to increase sales
Maliha Rahman

Rogue pharmacies still a problem for search engines | Health Tech - CNET News - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10303655-247.html

SOCIAL reliability integrity IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The study, conducted by LegitScript, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn, an Internet compliance company, found that 90 percent of the reviewed Internet pharmacy advertisements were from fake or illegal Internet pharmacies.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (IT systems: communication system): the idea that 90% of the pharmacies advertising online through the internet are fake and illegal , and is providing people with a unreliable communication system.
  • "We were able to purchase potentially addictive drugs without a prescription or any age verification via Bing.com ads," LegitScript President John Horton told CNET News. "We also received counterfeit medication. Microsoft profits from these illegal ads, which put Internet users at risk."
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      fake unreliable advertisements selling addictive drugs without a prescription and giving out incorrect information in order to get money. (can cause serious health issues and creating an unreliable communicating environment)
  • "the Internet has become a haven for drug seekers and abusers, particularly (regarding) controlled substances. It is a much more serious and dangerous phase of the Internet."
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      unreliable, illegal communication system
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  • Microsoft disputes LegitScript's claim that 90 percent of the sponsored Internet pharmacy ads on Bing are fake or illegal, adding that it is working to weed out the rogue advertisers that do slip through. The company uses an Internet pharmacy verification service called PharmacyChecker--a competitor of LegitScript--to ensure that its sponsored prescription drug advertisements are legitimate.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (social, integrity)getting fake internet pharmacy verification lacks intregity. in this case selling unprescribed drugs that can cause serious health issues heavy concequences
  • The authors took a closer look at 10 of the 69 online drugstores. None of the 10 required a valid prescription. Orders were placed with two of them. Of the two drugs received, both were tested and one was found to be counterfeit.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (Impact, Health) People all over the world are using unreliable sites and purchasing counterfeit drugs which is highly risky to one's health and can badly affect a person.
  • Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
     
    The NABP's own analysis of search results from Google and Yahoo turned up many drug ads from sketchy purveyors.
Chalana Perera

YouTube Captions (BBC Technology) - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8369941.stm

SOCIAL reliability equality authenticity IT SYSTEMS comm sys int systems applications IMPACT arts education

shared by Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09 - Cached
  • machine-generated captions
  • The translation is not always perfect
  • media industry
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  • group of radio stations, newspapers and websites
  • YouTube offers a manual captioning service but video makers tend not to use it
  • Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09
     
    This article discusses the new automatic subtitles that appear on You Tube videos for deaf viewers, created by a deaf technician. They are found on 13 major channels and YouTube. It involves speech recognition technology & caption systems.
  • Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09
     
    This article discusses the new automatic subtitles that appear on You Tube videos for deaf viewers, created by a deaf technician. They are found on 13 major channels and YouTube. It involves speech recognition technology & caption systems.
Chalana Perera

Large-scale Credit Card Fraud - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8206305.stm

SOCIAL security privacy reliability integrity control IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • identity theft
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL --> Privacy, Control & Security
  • internet and telephone transactions
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09
       
      concerns/impacts networking systems but also social issues regarding privacy, loss of information and security & anonymity.
  • payment systems of retailers, including the 7-Eleven chain.
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  • This is a fairly common way that fraudsters try to gain access to consumers' card details.
  • Once they find a weakness, they insert a specially designed code into the network that allows them to access card details.
  • "a pretty standard way" for fraudsters to try to access personal data.
  • any victim of fraud would "always be refunded in full".
  • corporate victims included Heartland Payment Systems - a card payment processor - convenience store 7-Eleven and Hannaford Brothers, a supermarket chain, t
  • ckers, is already in custody on separate charges of hacking into the computer systems
  • that online, telephone and mail order fraud were on the increase, along with fraud committed abroad
  • anonymous on 18 Aug 09
     
    Great article Chalana. :)
Shih-Chen Chiu

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

edition.cnn.com/...index.html

SOCIAL reliability security privacy authenticity IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Shih-Chen Chiu on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 23 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues -reliability -security -integrity -privacy IT systems in a social context hardware integrated systems
Sung Won Kwak

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8207472.stm

ITGS IMPACT business arts IT SYSTEMS basics SOCIAL people

shared by Sung Won Kwak on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 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
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      it systems-Basics:hardware
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      it systems-basics:software
Shih-Chen Chiu

BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook changes privacy policy - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8225338.stm

SEP3-BM4 ITGS SOCIAL security privacy policies IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT arts politics

shared by Shih-Chen Chiu on 28 Aug 09 - Cached
  • be more transparent about what data it collects and why.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      social and ethical issues- privacy the user will be able to know why facebook wants certain information and not give it to them if they think its not justified and maintain their privacy.
  • privacy settings and make it clear to users that they can delete or deactivate an account
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      IT systems- communication systems are involved ( internet)
  • The country is the first to complete a full investigation of Facebook's privacy practices.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 28 Aug 09
       
      IMPACT- science. through their investigation they are able to find out more(and also create more jobs)
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  • There are around 950,000 developers in 180 countries who provide applications for the site.
  • social network
  • Facebook's Michael Richter said if a user chose to deactivate their account, the site would still store their information "even if it is for 10 years".
  • "Application developers have had virtually unrestricted access to Facebook users' personal information,"
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 31 Aug 09
       
      Social and Ethical issue Impacting on privacy.-sharing information through an unclear privacy policy
Shih-Chen Chiu

Spider-Man, X-Men comics coming to PSP - Games - msnbc.com - 0 views

www.msnbc.msn.com/...technology_and_science-games

ITGS IMPACT people int systems applications arts IT SYSTEMS

shared by Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • NEW YORK - Sony is adding a digital reader service that will allow owners of its handheld gaming system, the PlayStation Portable, to download comics.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues---intellectual property
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT systems in a social context----software & application
  • Users will be able to read classic and new comics page by page or frame by frame. Sony says PSP owners will be able to access a range of media through the digital reader service, but it gave no further details.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact---art entertainment & leisure
Jeewon Yoon

New Nanolaser Key To Future Optical Computers And Technologies - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090816171003.htm

SOCIAL globalization IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT arts ITGS

shared by Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • tiniest laser
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact Art
  • Nanophotonics may usher in a host of radical advances, including powerful "hyperlenses" resulting in sensors and microscopes 10 times more powerful than today's and able to see objects as small as DNA; computers and consumer electronics that use light instead of electronic signals to process information; and more efficient solar collectors.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social Globalization
  • new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry,
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT systems Integrated systems
Chalana Perera

US plans for cyber attacks (News24) - 1 views

www.news24.com/...ans-for-cyber-attacks-20100216

SOCIAL security policies IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT politics ITGS Portfolio3 CriterionC

shared by Chalana Perera on 16 Apr 10 - Cached
  • disabled US cell phone networks, slowed internet traffic to a crawl and crippled America's power grid
  • stealth cyber attack and a pair of bombings, cutting electricity to tens of millions of homes.
  • has the authority to use the full powers at his disposal
  • Chalana Perera on 16 Apr 10
     
    This article discusses the simulated cyber "shockwave" exercise that was carried out in Washington DC as to practice in preparation for predicted cyber-attacks against the US. It looks at the impacts on power systems, politics and the use of military intervention.
anonymous

South Korea halts rocket launch - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8208387.stm

SOCIAL reliability IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT business science politics ITGS

shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Officials said an automatic abort system was triggered during the countdown when weak pressure was detected in a fuel tank.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social > Relaiability
  • "The automatic launch sequence automatically turned off due to a problem that was detected in the countdown," said Lee Sang-mok, the deputy minister of science and technology policy.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      IT systems > Hardware
  • The rocket, intended to place a satellite into orbit, has been developed with the help of Russia
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Impact > Bussiness, Science.
Chalana Perera

Exploiting Browser Information & Privacy - 0 views

privacy.org/003108.html

SOCIAL reliability integrity control privacy security IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business politics science ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • easy it was to exploit security loopholes
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09
       
      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
      Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09
       
      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
      Chalana Perera on 18 Aug 09
       
      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
Jeewon Yoon

Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: How to Forecast Malicious Internet Attacks - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...23998

SOCIAL security IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Today, computer scientists outline a new way of predicting the next attack so that you can block it in advance.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social Security
  • The technique, called highly predictive blacklisting, uses data from past attacks to create a network-type graph out of the pattern of links between victims . It then runs a Google PageRank type algorithm for each victim looking for the most relevant attackers.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems Communication systems
iman mustafa

BBC NEWS | Technology | Downloading is not enough - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8197574.stm

SOCIAL globalization and cultural diversity IT communication systems IMPACT arts entertainment SEP6-BM5

shared by iman mustafa on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Kids, it seems, like unlicensed services because they are free. But the report also acknowledges their usefulness in finding more obscure music and letting them listen to a band before they buy
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues- security, control & authenticity
  • They are willing to abandon p2p in favour of licensed services that they have to pay for, but they wouldn't pay for a streaming service like Spotify.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT systems- application & communication systems
  • It might be that young people have no faith that the streaming services are going to stay around since they operate at the discretion of the record labels, which have clamped down on many services that are popular with young music fans in the past.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Area of Impact- Business & Arts, Entertainment & leisure
  • iman mustafa on 06 Sep 09
     
    Bill Thompson says young people's needs from online music may be too complex and transient for the industry to track.
Chalana Perera

Xtra Ordinary Operating System for XO Laptop - OLPC News - 0 views

www.olpcnews.com/...ordinary_operating_system.html

SOCIAL equality IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys applications basics IMPACT education ITGS Portfolio2 CriterionB

shared by Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10
     
    IT background of the issue
  • Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10
     
    IT background of the issue
Chalana Perera

(H) Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine (BBC) - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/8458150.stm

SOCIAL security policies IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT politics business ITGS Portfolio3 CriterionB

shared by Chalana Perera on 14 Apr 10 - Cached
  • hackers got very limited information
  • phishing
  • Once an e-mail account is compromised, attackers can piggyback on it to get access to confidential files and systems throughout an organisation.
  • Chalana Perera on 14 Apr 10
     
    This article discusses some minor impacts on a few stakeholders but goes well into detail about the IT features and explains the technology and methods involved in cyber-attacks.
YooJin Jung

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google books deal battle heats up - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8237271.stm

ITGS PP

shared by YooJin Jung on 04 Sep 09 - Cached
  • The date for comments to the New York court overseeing the class action suit was extended from Friday to Tuesday, after the filing system went down. As time ticks away, supporters and critics have been manning both sides of the debate to win the public case.
    • Andrew Beadle
      Andrew Beadle on 04 Sep 09
       
      SOCIAL: Policies- This article deals with policy between google and authors in sharing literary information.
  • digitise the world's books and create a vast online library
    • Andrew Beadle
      Andrew Beadle on 04 Sep 09
       
      IMPACT: Arts, Education: By digitising out of print literature, Google will open up the accessabilty of the literature to everybody, which will have a boost on education. IT SYSTEMS: Int System This is an intellectual system that will hold online information accessible to anyone.
  • iman mustafa on 06 Sep 09
     
    The battle between critics and supporters of Google's effort to create the world's largest virtual library intensifies.
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