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Maliha Rahman

Facebook Agrees to Install 'Panic Button' in UK (PCWorld) - 1 views

www.pcworld.com/...nstall_panic_button_in_uk.html

SOCIAL privacy security people IT SYSTEMS applications IMPACT health ITGS Portfolio4 CriterionB

shared by Maliha Rahman on 31 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Maliha Rahman on 31 Aug 10
     
    This website basically discusses the way in which a panic button is involved and installed onto social networking sites. 
Jeff Ratliff

Google Buzz 'breaks privacy laws' (BBC News) - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8519314.stm

SOCIAL privacy people IT SYSTEMS basics comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 17 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 17 Feb 10
     
    A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google's new social networking service Buzz, one week after its launch. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (Epic) has made its complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) It says that Buzz - which is part of Google's Gmail service - is "deceptive" and breaks consumer protection law.
Chalana Perera

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8350660.stm

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.
Maliha Rahman

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8219652.stm

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
shazad rouf

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

edition.cnn.com/...cell.phone.wallet

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

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

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

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.
shazad rouf

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

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

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

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

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

security SOCIAL IMPACT politics

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)
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.
shazad rouf

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8211209.stm

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.
    • shazad rouf
      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.
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.
ajay tambay

Forecasting Malicious Internet Attacks - 0 views

www.technologyreview.com/...23998

SOCIAL security IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT business education ITGS

shared by ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • cyberspace is dominated by it
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT Systems - Internet
  • Today, computer scientists outline a new way of predicting the next attack so that you can block it in advance.
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      Social - Security
  • Last year, computer scientists began exploring a potentially more effective approach: predicting the sites most likely to attack and blocking them in advance. The technique, called highly predictive blacklisting, uses data from past attacks to create a network-type graph out of the pattern of links between victims .
    • ajay tambay
      ajay tambay on 19 Aug 09
       
      Impact - Business, education
Joe Chiverton

Credit and Debit cards stolen worth 130m - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8206305.stm

SOCIAL security privacy people IT SYSTEMS comm sys business ITGS

shared by Joe Chiverton on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Mr Gonzalez, who had once been an informant for the US Secret Service helping to track hackers, is already in custody on separate charges of hacking into the computer systems of a national restaurant chain and eight major retailers, including TJ Maxx, involving the theft of data related to 40 million credit cards.
    • Joe Chiverton
      Joe Chiverton on 19 Aug 09
       
      This is why i put Social issues as security. As he used to work for the government trying to find hackers, therefore knowing how everything works.
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
Risa Yokoi

Facebook makes people jealous! - 0 views

www.canada.com/...story.html

SOCIAL people privacy integrity IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Risa Yokoi on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • the issues Facebook had created in their romantic relationships,"
  • a good-looking stranger
  • You don't know your partner's history with this person or the nature of their relationship,
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  • Feelings of insecurity, which would otherwise be easily quashed when the relationship is explained in person, become more frequent and more intense online
  • world's first divorce by Facebook
  • The more time you spend on the social networking site, the more likely you are to feel jealous
Maliha Rahman

Rogue pharmacies still a problem for search engines | Health Tech - CNET News - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10303655-247.html

SOCIAL reliability integrity IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The study, conducted by LegitScript, an online pharmacy verification service, and KnujOn, an Internet compliance company, found that 90 percent of the reviewed Internet pharmacy advertisements were from fake or illegal Internet pharmacies.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (IT systems: communication system): the idea that 90% of the pharmacies advertising online through the internet are fake and illegal , and is providing people with a unreliable communication system.
  • "We were able to purchase potentially addictive drugs without a prescription or any age verification via Bing.com ads," LegitScript President John Horton told CNET News. "We also received counterfeit medication. Microsoft profits from these illegal ads, which put Internet users at risk."
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      fake unreliable advertisements selling addictive drugs without a prescription and giving out incorrect information in order to get money. (can cause serious health issues and creating an unreliable communicating environment)
  • "the Internet has become a haven for drug seekers and abusers, particularly (regarding) controlled substances. It is a much more serious and dangerous phase of the Internet."
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      unreliable, illegal communication system
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  • Microsoft disputes LegitScript's claim that 90 percent of the sponsored Internet pharmacy ads on Bing are fake or illegal, adding that it is working to weed out the rogue advertisers that do slip through. The company uses an Internet pharmacy verification service called PharmacyChecker--a competitor of LegitScript--to ensure that its sponsored prescription drug advertisements are legitimate.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (social, integrity)getting fake internet pharmacy verification lacks intregity. in this case selling unprescribed drugs that can cause serious health issues heavy concequences
  • The authors took a closer look at 10 of the 69 online drugstores. None of the 10 required a valid prescription. Orders were placed with two of them. Of the two drugs received, both were tested and one was found to be counterfeit.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (Impact, Health) People all over the world are using unreliable sites and purchasing counterfeit drugs which is highly risky to one's health and can badly affect a person.
  • Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
     
    The NABP's own analysis of search results from Google and Yahoo turned up many drug ads from sketchy purveyors.
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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8199802.stm

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
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