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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8199791.stm 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.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views

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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
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Illinois to ban texting while driving - CNN.com - 0 views

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shared by shazad rouf on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Illinois will become the 17th state on Thursday to ban texting while driving, a safety worry that has caught the attention of the federal government.
  • Compared with dialing, talking, listening or reaching for an electronic device, texting posed the greatest accident risk, the study found -- most likely due to the almost five seconds researchers found the drivers' eyes were off the roadway while texting
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