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shalani mujer

Online PC Support No Once Can Match - 1 views

When I avail of ComputerTechSupportOnline online computer tech support services, I am always assured that my computer is good hands. Whenever I have problems with my PC, I know that they can fix ...

online computer tech support

started by shalani mujer on 12 Oct 11 no follow-up yet
shalani mujer

Reliable and Fast Online Computer Tech Support - 1 views

I love watching movies and I usually get them online. There was this one time that my computer automatically shut down while downloading a movie. Good thing I was able to sign up with an online ...

online computer tech support

started by shalani mujer on 10 Nov 11 no follow-up yet
Maliha Rahman

Protect Your Kids From Online Stalkers With Facebook's New "Panic Button" (Techgenie) - 5 views

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    This article talks about the panic button itself. how it is useful and how it really isn't. It basically, as the title itself states, talks about the protection of kids from online social networking sits like facebook.
Rafae Wathra

Preventing Online Fraud (Paydit) - 0 views

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    Article about the technology used to keep online transactions safe.
Chalana Perera

Subtitles on Online Programs (BBC Technology) - 0 views

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    The famous tech show "click" now has subtitles online and this article discusses the impacts of having subtitles for its internet versions of the show.
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    The famous tech show "click" now has subtitles online and this article discusses the impacts of having subtitles for its internet versions of the show.
Maliha Rahman

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

  • 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
       
      (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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      (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
       
      (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.
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    The NABP's own analysis of search results from Google and Yahoo turned up many drug ads from sketchy purveyors.
Elvira Russ

BBC NEWS | Technology | Kids' top searches include 'porn' - 0 views

  • In a statement Symantec's internet safety advocate, Marian Merritt, said that with the service, "parents can stay in the loop on what their kids are doing online".
  • "Any of us who have been teenagers are not surprised kids look for information about sex," Ms Merritt told AFP news agency.
  • "It also helps identify 'teachable moments' when parents should be talking with their kids about appropriate online behaviour and other issues in their kids' online lives."
iman mustafa

BBC NEWS | Technology | Online politics reserved for rich - 2 views

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    Online civic engagement remains in the hands of richer, better educated Americans, a US study finds.
YooJin Jung

Quiet, Please - the Library Is Online! - 0 views

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    Quiet, Please - the Library Is Online!
Jeff Ratliff

TypingMaster Online - 0 views

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    Login page for AISD account
Chalana Perera

Online Bank Account Hackers - 4 views

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    spear phishing, malware, spyware, online banking, transfer hacking, key stroke logger
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    spear phishing
ajay tambay

How It Works: Online Gaming (PCWorld) - 0 views

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    How online gaming works. Servers
funeral director

Faster Search of Funeral Director in Glasgow Online - 1 views

It was heartbreaking to learn that my father died almost five months ago. I immediately rushed to the hospital to see my father. Although nothing could be done to bring back his life, I did everyth...

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started by funeral director on 16 Dec 11 no follow-up yet
shazad rouf

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      Areas of impact: Health, Education, Arts, entertainment and leisure
Maliha Rahman

Young 'cyber-mentors' step up (BBC) Criterion B - 1 views

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    this article talks about cyber mentors or in other words people who help out others, are stepping up in the technological world of the internet and mentoring people or users who are being bullied or bugged through online sources
iman mustafa

BBC NEWS | Technology | Downloading is not enough - 2 views

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      Area of Impact- Business & Arts, Entertainment & leisure
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    Bill Thompson says young people's needs from online music may be too complex and transient for the industry to track.
Chalana Perera

Exploiting Browser Information & Privacy - 0 views

  • easy it was to exploit security loopholes
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Easy exploitation leads to a lot of negative consequences and areas of impact include all sorts of education online, banking and financial reserves, businesses and mainstream market affairs, governmental and nongovernmental work and damage to personal information and biological/health data. This also harms intellectual property and ideas can be stolen online far easier than usual... reliability & security....
  • redirect traffic
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Redirecting internet connection or regular user traffic could lead to a backlog of information on the web and a loss of personal details and this again as huge areas of impact including security, reliability and extended impact on finances and personal details & anonymity....this also affects systems in the social context with networks being hacked and codes and enscriptions being changed..
  • access and steal any information exchanged
    • Chalana Perera
       
      Stealing information can also connect to software and the usage/creation tools of software and other application....communication systems are also greatly affected such as wire tapping systems
YooJin Jung

BBC NEWS | Technology | Google books deal battle heats up - 0 views

  • The date for comments to the New York court overseeing the class action suit was extended from Friday to Tuesday, after the filing system went down. As time ticks away, supporters and critics have been manning both sides of the debate to win the public case.
    • Andrew Beadle
       
      SOCIAL: Policies- This article deals with policy between google and authors in sharing literary information.
  • digitise the world's books and create a vast online library
    • Andrew Beadle
       
      IMPACT: Arts, Education: By digitising out of print literature, Google will open up the accessabilty of the literature to everybody, which will have a boost on education. IT SYSTEMS: Int System This is an intellectual system that will hold online information accessible to anyone.
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    The battle between critics and supporters of Google's effort to create the world's largest virtual library intensifies.
Jeff Ratliff

SQLCourse for beginners - 1 views

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    Excellent short tutorials with online SQL interpreter.
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