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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.
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      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
Zaheen Ahmad

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Pirates look forward to business - 0 views

  • UK's Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact).
  • "They have advertising on their sites and, as those sites attract more eyeballs, they are getting more advertising income.
  • Isohunt, Mininova and The Pirate Bay.
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  • - links to TV, film and music files held on its users' computers.
  • Peer-to-peer (p2p) software connects users to one another and shares files through means such as so-called bit torrent, which chops up files into manageable bits.
  • No copyright content is hosted on the websites themselves - they simply do the indexing of the available content.
  • damages to entertainment companies such as Columbia Pictures, Warner Brothers, EMI and Sony Music Entertainment.
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    For the Issue analysis
Jeewon Yoon

BBC NEWS | Technology | MySpace to acquire music service - 0 views

  • MySpace will acquire the popular music discovery service iLike that allows users listen to and share music across social networks.
    • Jeewon Yoon
       
      Social Authenticity Impact Art
  • The company has 55 million registered users and has been prominent on most social networks apart from MySpace
    • Jeewon Yoon
       
      IT system Basic
Sung Won Kwak

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft previews new controller - 0 views

  • The controller uses a microphone combined with visual and infrared cameras to control the onscreen action.
  • Two demos were on show at gamescom for people to try out, including a playable version of Burnout Paradise in which users control cars using an imaginary steering wheel, moving their feet forwards or backwards to control the speed.
  • Microsoft has allowed the public to get their hands on its new hands-free games controller for the first time.The US firm showed off the "Natal" technology, designed for use with its Xbox 360 console, at the European games convention gamescom in Germany.
shazad rouf

BBC NEWS | Technology | Video appears in paper magazines - 0 views

  • The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of the US show business title Entertainment Weekly.
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      IT systems in a social context: Applications
  • He likened the technology to the Daily Prophet - a newspaper with moving pictures described in the Harry Potter books.
Sarwat Khan

BBC NEWS | Technology | Judge bans Microsoft Word sales - 0 views

  • A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      AREA OF IMPACT : LAW AND BUSINESS
  • XML, a mark-up language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      IT SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS
  • Microsoft's word-processor Word.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      IT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
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  • I4i filed a patent in 1998 that outlined a means for "manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other" invoking XML as a means allowing users to format text documents.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Joe Chiverton

Credit and Debit cards stolen worth 130m - 0 views

  • Mr Gonzalez, who had once been an informant for the US Secret Service helping to track hackers, is already in custody on separate charges of hacking into the computer systems of a national restaurant chain and eight major retailers, including TJ Maxx, involving the theft of data related to 40 million credit cards.
    • Joe Chiverton
       
      This is why i put Social issues as security. As he used to work for the government trying to find hackers, therefore knowing how everything works.
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
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      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
Risa Yokoi

Physical abuse at Internet addiction Treating Camps in China. - 0 views

  • a boot camp to treat internet addicts in China
  • to have been beaten several times by the camp's principal
  • children spend too much time online
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  • the camp claimed it could cure the "problem" for 5,000 yuan ($730; £450).
  • China has more internet users than anywhere else in the world - almost 300 million.
  • He said most people running internet addiction boot camps were not properly qualified to treat or handle youngsters.
Bhumika Regmi

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Spot kicks - 0 views

  • Music is everywhere online, but mostly subject to one huge caveat - it costs. Those who don't pay tend to steal it using one of the numerous unofficial file-sharing download sites.
Maliha Rahman

Young 'cyber-mentors' step up (BBC) Criterion B - 1 views

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    this article talks about cyber mentors or in other words people who help out others, are stepping up in the technological world of the internet and mentoring people or users who are being bullied or bugged through online sources
anonymous

Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for false tax returns them. - 0 views

  • Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for tax refunds to be paid to them, HM Revenue and Customs has warned.
    • Salman Rushdi
       
      Impact: Politics- Stealing against the law
  • details via the internet.
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      Comm Sys: Via Internet
  • They then used these details to make fraudulent repayment claims, requesting funds be sent to other bank accounts.
    • Salman Rushdi
       
      Security. Authenticity.
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  • ugh the self-assessment repayments system has been disc
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