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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

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  • 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.
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      soical and ethnical issues: Control; Globalization and cultural diversity
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      IT systems in a social context: Applications
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      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.
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      shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09
       
      People can rely on the navigation devices for traveling purposes.
Maliha Rahman

Missouri woman charged with cyberbullying | Politics and Law - CNET News - 0 views

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SOCIAL privacy IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

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  • Thrasher is accused of posting a photo of a teenage girl, along with personal information about her, in the "Casual Encounters" section of Craigslist
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      Maliha Rahman on 23 Aug 09
       
      using communicating system to violate privacy
Zaheen Ahmad

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

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  • 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.
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • - 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
shazad rouf

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

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  • 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.
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      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      social and ethnical issues: security (positive)
Sung Won Kwak

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

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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.
shazad rouf

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

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applications IT SYSTEMS IMPACT arts SOCIAL Intellectual ITGS

shared by shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of the US show business title Entertainment Weekly.
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      shazad rouf on 23 Aug 09
       
      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.
anonymous

Sea Water into Jet Fuel - 0 views

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SOCIAL reliability IMPACT politics ITGS science business health

shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The process involves extracting carbon dioxide dissolved in the water and combining it with hydrogen — obtained by splitting water molecules using electricity — to make a hydrocarbon fuel
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