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Sung Won Kwak

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

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ITGS IMPACT business arts IT SYSTEMS basics SOCIAL people

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  • 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.
Chalana Perera

Facebook privacy lawsuit & child protection - 1 views

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SOCIAL privacy people control policies IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Chalana Perera on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • a Facebook account that was opened without the knowledge or consent of his parents."
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL --> Control & Privacy/Anonymity
  • the minor's medical information may have been stored
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS --> Comm. Systems/ SOCIAL --> Privacy & Control
  • Facebook makes reasonable efforts to remove accounts of children where there is evidence they are under 13,
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL --> Equality
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  • of an 11-year-old child because he disclosed that he had swine flu
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      IMPACT --> Health / SOCIAL --> Privacy & Anonymity
  • Like all reputable social networking sites, Facebook complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by not allowing children under 13 to have accounts (COPPA does make provisions for accounts for children under 13 but imposes certain conditions including parental consent). The only way for this young man to obtain a Facebook account would be to lie about his date of birth.
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL --> Policies
  • Once on Facebook, anything a person posts can, by default, be seen only by his friends or people in his network. If Xavier's profile was available to additional people, it was because he changed his default privacy settings.
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 29 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL --.> Privacy & Control
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
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
shazad rouf

Dell turns netbooks into navigation devices - CNN.com - 1 views

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SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT arts ITGS control applications globalization reliability

shared by shazad rouf on 24 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Dell netbooks with the integrated GPS cards will allow consumers to pop open a netbook and get directions and also also make their netbook location aware. For instance, buyers can geo-tag photos on Flickr or check weather information customized to their current location. The Wireless 700 card combines Broadcom's GPS technology and Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi positioning solutions.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 25 Aug 09
       
      soical and ethnical issues: Control; Globalization and cultural diversity
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 25 Aug 09
       
      IT systems in a social context: Applications
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 25 Aug 09
       
      Arts, entertainment, and leisure
  • "Smartphones already have GPS capabilities," says Alan Sicher, senior wireless product manager at Dell. "We are now bringing it to netbooks so the devices know where you are and can help you where you want to go.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      People can rely on the navigation devices for traveling purposes.
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

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  • 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
Chalana Perera

Large-scale Credit Card Fraud - 0 views

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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. :)
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

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SOCIAL authenticity control IT SYSTEMS basics IMPACT science politics ITGS

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  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
      Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
  • Sanchit Jain on 19 Aug 09
     
    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
Eunice Vincent

The Net closes in on internet piracy - 0 views

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

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  • 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.
Chalana Perera

Health Database Blocked Searches on 'Abortion' : NPR - 1 views

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ITGS PP int systems applications reliability control equality health

shared by Chalana Perera on 13 Sep 09 - No Cached
  • The world's largest database on reproductive health, POPLINE, has been blocking searches using the term "abortion"
  • discrepancy in the retrieval
  • "Eliminating this term essentially blocks access to the reports in the database and ultimately to information about abortion,"
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  • Sorrough said librarians were instructed by POPLINE to use alternate terms such as "unwanted pregnancy" or "fertility control, post-conception."
  • administrators then made the decision to restrict 'abortion' as a search term," she said.
Mr Brooke

joypad-evolution-small.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 2 views

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  • Mr Brooke on 14 Oct 10
     
    Evolution of gamepad controller
Maliha Rahman

Sexting and Teens (Suite101) Portfolio 1 Criteria D - 1 views

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SOCIAL reliability privacy control IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health education business arts politics ITGS

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  • Cell phones are now embedded with cameras and have the capability to send pictures to other phones and computers.
  • With sexting, sexually active kids can harass each other simply and quickly.
  • Because they can’t control who these pictures are subsequently sent to, they run the risk that they may wind up in the hands of a sexual predator or someone else who could harm them.
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  • How Adults Can Prevent Sexting
  • Maliha Rahman on 08 Dec 09
     
    In this article we see a lot of ways of sexting, their reasoning's plus their consequences. We also see a few suggestions or examples of how to prevent your child from getting into and taking actions like this.
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

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  • 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

Free parking for all? Smart parking meters hacked - CNN.com - 0 views

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shared by shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • San Francisco launched a $35-million pilot project in 2003 to deploy smart meters around the city in an effort to thwart thieves, including parking control officers who were skimming money from the meters.
    • shazad rouf
      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      social and ethnical issues: security (positive)
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

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  • 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
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