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Eunice Vincent

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

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SOCIAL equality IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business education ITGS SEP3-BM3

shared by Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
  • Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
     
    Asia-Pacific\n
  • Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
     
    Asia-Pacific
Maliha Rahman

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

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SOCIAL Intellectual IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business arts ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The government is proposing a tougher stance which would include cutting off repeat offenders from the net.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact > Government
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social > Authenticity
  • 'Digital piracy is a serious problem and a real threat to the UK's creative industries," it said in a statement.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      IT systems > Networking
Shih-Chen Chiu

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

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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
anonymous

US Gov. 2.3 gegapixel camera - 0 views

www.wired.com/...ra-promises-total-surveillance

SOCIAL security privacy control people IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT science politics ITGS

shared by anonymous on 21 Aug 09 - Cached
  • it also means that people can be illuminated without being aware of it.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 21 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      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.
ajay tambay

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

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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.
Chalana Perera

Exploiting Browser Information & Privacy - 0 views

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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
Rafae Wathra

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

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SOCIAL integrity privacy IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Rafae Wathra on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "It's invisible to the user but logs everything: communication, users' locations, people's proximity by doing continuous Bluetooth scans."
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 19 Aug 09
       
      This is a privacy issue (social) because these users don't know that so much information about them is being logged
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Rafae Wathra on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Rafae Wathra on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
Shih-Chen Chiu

'Facebook Lite' gets public debut - 0 views

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ITGS SOCIAL & ETHICAL ISSUES reliability IT SYSTEMS IN CONTEXT software AREAS OF IMPACT business art entertainment

shared by Shih-Chen Chiu on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues people and machines
YooJin Jung

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

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SOCIAL privacy IT SYSTEMS comm sys ITGS IMPACT politics

shared by YooJin Jung on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 17 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      YooJin Jung on 17 Aug 09
       
      area of impact-politics&government
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      area of impact-politics&government
  • Facebook users must consent to share all their personal information, except their contact details.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 17 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
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  • "serious privacy gaps."
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-privacy&annonymity
  • he social-networking website
Sanchit Jain

Pirate Party launches UK poll bid - 1 views

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SOCIAL intellectual IT SYSTEMS applications IMPACT arts politics ITGS

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  • non-commercial internet file-sharing
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
       
      Social and Ethical Impact: Intellectual property
  • peer-to-peer networking
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems in a Social Context: Software Applications Communications Systems --downloading illegally off other people through the internet
  • future government policy,
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact: -Government
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  • entertainment industry
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 17 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact: Entertainment
YooJin Jung

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

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ITGS IMPACT business

shared by YooJin Jung on 02 Sep 09 - Cached
  • YooJin Jung on 09 Dec 09
     
    criterion C; area of impact Murdoch's speech suggests negative impacts of the issue (why is is so bad to provide news for free?)
Jeff Ratliff

DARPA launches balloons - 1 views

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ITGS

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  • Jeff Ratliff on 05 Dec 09
     
    To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the roles the Internet and social networking play in the timely communication, wide-area team-building, and urgent mobilization required to solve broad-scope, time-critical problems. The challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 moored, 8-foot, red, weather balloons at 10 fixed locations in the continental United States. The balloons will be in readily accessible locations and visible from nearby roads.
YooJin Jung

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

www.guardian.co.uk/...mediabusiness-internet

ITGS IMPACT

shared by YooJin Jung on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • YooJin Jung on 09 Dec 09
     
    criterion C; area of impact presents benefits and advantages of free news
Rafae Wathra

Google Zooms In Too Close for Some (New York Times) - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...01private.html

Portfolio1 CriterionC SOCIAL privacy IMPACT science

shared by Rafae Wathra on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Rafae Wathra on 07 Dec 09
     
    This is about how many users were surprised by the details of google street view (ex. image of cat). They believe this means they have to close blinds. Some license plate numbers were readable and illegal areas were photographed.
Chalana Perera

Google launches Maps tool for finding flu vaccine | Webware - CNET - 0 views

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SOCIAL equality reliability people IT SYSTEMS comm sys int systems applications IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 21 Nov 09 - Cached
  • users can now visit Google's new flu shot Google Maps page to find out if there is any vaccine available in their area.
  • has yet to receive information on flu shots from many locations.
  • working with the Centers for Disease Control
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  • users can input their Zip code or town and find all the vaccine available in their area
  • e vaccine providers aware of the project so that they can contribute."
shazad rouf

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

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SOCIAL globalization control reliability IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT arts ITGS

shared by shazad rouf on 25 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.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 25 Aug 09
       
      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
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      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
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      IT systems: Communication systems
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      IMPACT: Arts
shazad rouf

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

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SOCIAL security control IMPACT health ITGS IT SYSTEMS applications

shared by shazad rouf on 24 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 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
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      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
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      Areas of impact: Health, Education, Arts, entertainment and leisure
shazad rouf

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

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

comm sys IT SYSTEMS SOCIAL security business IMPACT SEP3- BM2 ITGS

shared by shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "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
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      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
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      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
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      IT systems in a social sytem: Communication system
Sarwat Khan

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8197990.stm

SOCIAL Intellectual IT SYSTEMS applications IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS
  • Microsoft's word-processor Word.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
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
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