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BBC NEWS | Technology | Web tool oversees Afghan election - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Their reports feature alongside those of full-time Afghan journalists to ensure the election and reporting of it is as "free
  • The Alive in Afghanistan project plots the SMS reports on an online map.
  • The text messages are collected via a free-platform known as FrontlineSMS, developed by UK programmer Ken Banks.
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  • Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
  • authenticity.
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 2
  • Ushahidi
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 1
  • National Security Council
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stakeholder 3
  • "We hope to enable people to report on what is going on in the country
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stalkholder 4, the people create the impact, and are going to use the SMS technology.
  • of Afghanistan has asked all domestic and international media agencies to "refrain form broadcasting any incidence of violence during the election process".
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact>Politics and Government
  • anonymous on 20 Aug 09
     
    Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
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
Alex David

BBC NEWS | Technology | Green domain sparks war of words - 0 views

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control Intellectual comm sys business science ITGS health integrity SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT

shared by Alex David on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Both groups are hoping to win the right to sell .eco "top-level domain names", which are similar to .com or .uk.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social & Ethical Issues- control & intellectual property
  • Big Room also would like to see companies use .eco sites to publish all of their green information.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems- Communication systems
  • Big Room, which is endorsed by WWF International and Green Cross, also plans to generate money from the sale of .eco domain names to fund "sustainability projects".
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact- Environment & business
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.
Sarwat Khan

MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

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SOCIAL policies people IT SYSTEMS applications comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09
       
      social Policies
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09
       
      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
      Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09
       
      Area Of Impact: Politics IT Systems : Communication systems:Internet Applications: facebook, twitter.
YooJin Jung

TomTom for iPhone 3G and 3GS: Satisfied-nav - Recombu :: read > compare > buy - 0 views

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ITGS IT SYSTEMS applications IMPACT business SOCIAL reliability

shared by YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Today TomTom released its iPhone 3G and 3GS app that offers sat-nav goodness without the clunky looking sat-nav.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      it systems-applications
  • t costs £60, which isn't that expensive when you consider how much you would pay for a standalone sat-nav, and takes eight minutes to download.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact-business
  • The app boasts turn-by-turn navigation, automatic re-routing, safety camera info, 2D and 3D viewing modes and points of interest
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-reliability
Sarwat Khan

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

LABOUR USING TWITTER FOR NEXT ELECTION.

SOCIAL policies people comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • 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
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT : POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE: POLICY, PEOPLE
Chalana Perera

Controlling editing on Wikipedia Pages - 0 views

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SOCIAL control IT SYSTEMS applications IMPACT education ITGS sep3-bm1

shared by Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • site will require that revisions to pages about living people and some organisations be approved by an editor.
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      Social : security, control, reliability
  • The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: communication (internet)
  • If a page has a number of controversial edits or is repeatedly vandalised, editors can lock a page, so that it cannot be edited by everyone.
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  • The two-month trial,
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact : politics&government
Farah Alam

BBC NEWS | Technology | Where tech and philosophy collide - 0 views

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shared by Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "At the moment, people live longer, healthier and for the most part happier lives than they used to because of medical technology.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact- health
  • Laurie thinks the future will see a class divide between those who can afford the latest technology and those who can't.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09
       
      social and ethical issue- equality of access.
  • Among the futures envisaged is a world where human consciousness can be uploaded onto storage devices to live inside virtual environments.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09
       
      It systems in a social context-applications
Alex David

Hackers hit Twitter and Facebook - 0 views

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security comm sys privacy politics ITGS arts SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT

shared by Alex David on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • in January this year Twitter announced that 33 accounts had been hacked, including those belonging to US President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social & Ethical issues- security , privacy& anonymity
  • Denial-of-service (DOS) attacks take various forms but often involve a company's servers being flooded with data in an effort to disable them.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      II Systems- Communication Systems
  • Twitter was taken offline for more than two hours whilst Facebook's service was "degraded", according to the firms.
    • Alex David
      Alex David on 19 Aug 09
       
      Areas of impact- "Politics & government" & "Arts, Entertainment & Leisure"
Eunice Vincent

Nations May Reuse More Electronics Than Thought - 0 views

www.greenercomputing.com/...reuse-more-electronics-thought

SOCIAL globalization equality IT SYSTEMS basics IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "At least 85 percent of discarded computers imported to Peru are reused, as opposed to going directly to recycling. [... Thus,] the image of the trade in e-waste as mainly being about dumping unusable junk is, at least for Peru, inaccurate."
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social: Globalization
  • "highly dynamic flow [that] reuses and recycles almost every part and material found in a computer,"
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 31 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basics
  • that it is possible to stop the environmentally damaging practices without diluting or eliminating informal dismantling and collection. This informal reuse and recycling sector is valuable for generating employment in the country and in making computing technology more accessible to low-income families and small businesses, the paper contends.
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 31 Aug 09
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT: business, science&the environment
Farah Alam

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

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IMPACT health IT SYSTEMS applications SOCIAL people

shared by Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A team from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found gamers were less healthy, fatter, and more depressed than non-gamers.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      This is where it shows that games impacts health of many people.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Applications, games are involved and the surey was conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers.
Rafae Wathra

DLC for Games - 0 views

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IT SYSTEMS basics SOCIAL integrity IMPACT arts business ITGS

shared by Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      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
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      Social and Ethical issues: this questions the integrity of the gaming companies because they aren't delivering gamers the whole product
  • features of this console generation
    • Rafae Wathra
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      This is a part of Basics: hardware and software because the console is the hardware and the games are software
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  • 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
      Rafae Wathra on 17 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact: DLC adds to the entertainment factor in games
  • 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.
Eunice Vincent

The Net closes in on internet piracy - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...n-internet-piracy-1772820.html

SOCIAL security control policies IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business arts ITGS

shared by Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Seven million people could be criminalised under government plans to crack down on internet piracy,
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      social: control
  • The illicit downloading of music and films on the internet,
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      it systems: communications
  • persuaded by the argument for tough laws to curb illegal file-sharing after an intensive lobbying campaign by influential people in the music and film industry.
    • Eunice Vincent
      Eunice Vincent on 30 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact: arts and entertainment
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  • Individuals would be hit by restricted internet access – from slowing down broadband to blocking access altogether – and could face fines of up to £50,000.
Omkar Naik

BBC NEWS | UK | Small town 'online crime hotspot' - 0 views

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SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT security privacy politics comm sys int systems reliability integrity people

shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man.
  • Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because people are told to report fraud to their banks first.
  • Shildon, in the DL area, is a former industrial town with a population of 10,000, and police believe that just one or two people may be responsible for the crime wave.
Maliha Rahman

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | A hi-tech guide to saving money - 0 views

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SOCIAL people IT SYSTEMS basics comm sys IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 05 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Splashing cash on fancy gadgets can often be seen as a luxury especially during an economic downturn - but can we save money by upgrading our existing tech rather than investing in brand new gear?
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 05 Sep 09
       
      areas of impact-- business
Chalana Perera

Stimulus: Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay - 0 views

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SOCIAL equality IT SYSTEMS applications int systems comm sys IMPACT education

shared by Chalana Perera on 10 Feb 10 - Cached
  • The total figure represents less than 5% of the country's education budget.
  • Linux operating
  • particularly those in rural areas, where many still do not have internet access
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  • some teachers have chosen not to include computer-related work in their lesson plans
  • last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers
Chalana Perera

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | UK surveillance plan to go ahead - 2 views

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SOCIAL privacy control equality policies people IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT business politics ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 21 Nov 09 - Cached
  • asking firms to retain information on how people use social networks such as Facebook.
  • More communication via computers rather than phones Companies won't always keep all data all the time Anonymity online masks criminal identities More online services provided from abroad Data held in many locations and difficult to find
  • recognition of the role of data in protecting the public
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  • Communications data is crucial to the fight against crime and in keeping people safe. It is a highly technical area and one which demands a fine balance between privacy and maintaining the capabilities of the police and security services
  • The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, suc
  • ecret security services have legal powers in the UK to intercept communications in the interests of combating crime or threats to national security.
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