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Elvira Russ

Easy Explanation of Assistive technology and possibilities - 0 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

People and machines Health Portfolio 1 Criterion B

shared by Elvira Russ on 15 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 15 Dec 09
     
    This article is written for people using easy vocabulary and showing how not just big things like huge machines etc are assistive technology devices that will help people, but small small things as well, that people might not think are significant, but that help disabled people a lot with their everyday life.
Jeff Ratliff

When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like "Avatar"? (io9) - 2 views

io9.com/...stop-making-movies-like-avatar

SOCIAL ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 08 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 08 Jan 10
     
    Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it's undeniable that the film - like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year - is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it's a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white people. Avatar and scifi films like it give us the opportunity to answer the question: What do white people fantasize about when they fantasize about racial identity?
Maliha Rahman

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

news.bbc.co.uk/...8221222.stm

SOCIAL privacy control IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health education ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 31 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Maliha Rahman on 08 Dec 09
     
    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
Risa Yokoi

Switching TV signal from analogue to digital - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8193721.stm

SOCIAL control people globalization IT SYSTEMS basics IMPACT arts business ITGS

shared by Risa Yokoi on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The process of turning off the analogue television signal in Wales begins
  • It means that viewers who do not have digital will not be able to see BBC Two from Wednesday, and then they will lose all channels within a month
  • Digital UK said 90% of homes in Wales already had digital TV
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  • process of turning off traditional analogue TV signals
  • "The UK is going digital, the US has already gone digital, some European countries as well.
  • It helps people of my age and it helps people who are very lonely," she said. "It brings life into the home when I can't get out. I couldn't be without it if I tried. I love my TV, I always have.
  • confusion leading to people being overcharged when changing
Elvira Russ

History of Phishing (allspammedup.com) - 6 views

www.allspammedup.com/...history-of-phishing

Security Privacy CriterionB

shared by Elvira Russ on 18 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 18 Feb 10
     
    The history of phishing techniques that people still fall for today. This article discusses phishing from when it first started and why people fall so easily for it, and also how the phishing methods have enhanced.
Elvira Russ

Assistive Technology and Learning Disabilities - 1 views

www.sc.edu/ld.htm

IT Education Business Health Art and Leisure

shared by Elvira Russ on 09 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 09 Dec 09
     
    The South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP) is a federally funded project concerned with getting technology into the hands of people with disabilities so that they might live, work, learn and be a more independent part of the community. This article describes what the technology makes people capable
Chalana Perera

Translating Spectacles (BBC Technology) - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8343941.stm

translation technology spectacles SOCIAL equality integrity reliability authenticity Intellectual IT SYSTEMS comm sys applications IMPACT arts education

shared by Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09 - Cached
  • headset uses a tiny projector to display images on a user's retina
  • used real-time translation to provide subtitles for a conversation between people lacking a common language
  • The cost does not include the price of the translation tools and software
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  • At the same time as a user hears a translation, they would also get text subtitles beamed onto the retina.
  • Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09
     
    This article discusses the Japanese designed NEC Smart Spectacles which are designed to create conversation flowing when there is no common language between the people interacting. The lens reads and interprets, then displays words so the person wearing it can hear and see what is being said by the other person.
  • Chalana Perera on 08 Dec 09
     
    This article discusses the Japanese designed NEC Smart Spectacles which are designed to create conversation flowing when there is no common language between the people interacting. The lens reads and interprets, then displays words so the person wearing it can hear and see what is being said by the other person.
Elvira Russ

The Strange Death of Illegal Downloading - 2 views

infoweb.newsbank.com/...InfoWeb

shared by Elvira Russ on 28 Nov 09 - No Cached
  • Elvira Russ on 28 Nov 09
     
    This article reasons why illegal downloading of music is decreasing. It is because new softwares are allowing people to downloading music free and legally. People prefer this because they are proper, legal and virus free, which makes them easier to use. It suggests that this is a way of making the music industry better by having less thieves as it lessens the law breakers.
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.
Ali Parrish

Music Copyrighting - 0 views

moralpanicsandthecopyrightwars.blogspot.com/...my-reply-to-bens-reply.html

SOCIAL security policies people control IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Ali Parrish on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • the Business Software Alliance is a "far less unpopular organization" than the RIAA. I think the answers are quite illuminating. First, BSA's members have always offered their products for sale to the public, through any channel that wants to sell them. Second, BSA's members are consumer-oriented; they try to develop products that respond to consumers' needs, and not, the reverse: focusing on what they want to sell to consumers.
  • It is true that there have in the past been complaints about the music industry from the public and retailers -- retailers, almost all of whom have been driven out of business. These complaints are though about poor business practices, not business practices. The complaints aren't that the record industry is a business, but that it has been poorly run as a business.
  • The CD is not a fair fight with the download.
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  • Third, because consumers can easily purchase BSA's members products, those who copy without paying are simply scofflaws. I think the fact that the public does not object to BSA's campaign proves my point and disproves yours and the music industry's: people do not want things for free; they are willing to pay for them. If people were simply thieves, then they would have an even stronger reaction against the BSA because the price spread between copying and buying is so much vaster than with music.
Chalana Perera

Facebook privacy lawsuit & child protection - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10312609-238.html

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
Sarwat Khan

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

LABOUR USING TWITTER FOR NEXT ELECTION.

SOCIAL policies people comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • Labour MP Kerry McCarthy has been given the job of improving the party's use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook ahead of the next election.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      AREAS OF IMPACT : POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT SYSTEMS : COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
  • Rather than being something completely new, campaigning using new media is simply doing what we've always done in a new setting - and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 19 Aug 09
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE: POLICY, PEOPLE
Maliha Rahman

loosing money through ebay - 0 views

computer.howstuffworks.com/efencing.htm

IMPACT business IT SYSTEMS comm sys SOCIAL security policies ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 18 Aug 09 - Cached
  • But as these businesses have grown and gained popularity, security issues have also surfaced. Fears over identity theft, account theft, phishing (typically sending out fake e-mails that copy the appearance of trustworthy Web sites in order to dupe unsuspecting customers into giving out sensitive information) or buying faulty or broken products have always been a problem for eBay.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      Fake, old, broken and unworthy products are sold on this site, making it an unreliable source.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (SOCIAL, Security) People sell items for twice the price and can also steal money from the credit cards issued on this site, in other words theft of identity and account which highly insecure and can also violate privacy.
  • the online auction site eBay.com is the perfect place to find a treasure trove of hard-to-find products and collectibles.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      A communication system through which people purchase needed products and collectibles. (internet website)
  • One of a bidder's worst nightmares is spending lots of money on an item, only to receive the wrong product or nothing at all.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (Impact, Business) Ebay is mainly a site where people do their social/personal business, for example biding and buying clothes and shoes. This can be a great rip of because no one knows how good their purchasing item is. it causes a big loss in their own business
Farah Alam

Research shows that gamers are less healthy in many ways than non gamers - 1 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8205017.stm

IMPACT health IT SYSTEMS applications SOCIAL people

shared by Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A team from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also found gamers were less healthy, fatter, and more depressed than non-gamers.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      This is where it shows that games impacts health of many people.
    • Farah Alam
      Farah Alam on 19 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact- health
  • "Health risk factors, specifically a higher BMI and a larger number of poor mental-health days, differentiated adult video-game players from non gamers," he said.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      The specific issues of health that is impacted.
  • Female video-game players reported greater depression and lower health status than female non-players, while male gamers reported a higher BMI and a greater reliance on the internet than non-gamers.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Talking about the different people that are shown as examples.
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  • The team from CDC examined people's perception of their mood, personality, health status, physical and mental health, body mass index (BMI) and quality of life.
  • A UK survey from 2002, conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers Association, found the average gamer was aged between 25 and 34.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Aug 09
       
      Applications, games are involved and the surey was conducted by the Leisure Software Publishers.
Salman Rushdi

Electronista | iPhone 3GS bestselling phone in Japan - 0 views

www.electronista.com/...iphone.3gs.tops.in.japan

SOCIAL people IT SYSTEMS int systems comm sys IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Apple's third iPhone generation has ousted Japan's own phone manufacturers for the top sales spot in the country,
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      People & Business Issue: People are the ones buying which brings sales up and this effects business.
  • outsold even more advanced touchscreen phones from the local market, such as the runner-up Sharp SH-06. Of the top ten, the 16GB iPhone 3GS was the only other non-Japanese phone to make the list, occupying ninth place ahead of the Sharp SH001 camera phone.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Comm Sys: technology that uses communications are involved.
Omkar Naik

BBC NEWS | UK | Small town 'online crime hotspot' - 0 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8240261.stm

SOCIAL IT SYSTEMS IMPACT security privacy politics comm sys int systems reliability integrity people

shared by Omkar Naik on 09 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man.
  • Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because people are told to report fraud to their banks first.
  • Shildon, in the DL area, is a former industrial town with a population of 10,000, and police believe that just one or two people may be responsible for the crime wave.
Jeff Ratliff

Linus Torvalds comments on Linux bloat - 0 views

blogs.zdnet.com/open-source

SOCIAL people reliability IT SYSTEMS basics ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 26 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 26 Sep 09
     
    Read the article and then the comments. The comments will give you an idea of how people think about their operating systems as well as introduce some OS terminology.
Peter Rock

How the Google-Microsoft conflict could hit open source | Open Source | ZDNet.com - 1 views

blogs.zdnet.com/open-source

google SOCIAL politics ITGS policies business control people

shared by Peter Rock on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • The plain fact is that the open source ethos of trusting people and accepting diverse opinions in the code stream is directly at odds with China’s Internet policy
Jeff Ratliff

The iPad developer's challenge (CNet) - 1 views

news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20000393-260.html

SOCIAL people policies IT SYSTEMS basics applications IMPACT business arts ITGS

shared by Jeff Ratliff on 15 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Jeff Ratliff on 15 Mar 10
     
    Simple, right? For the iPad owner, sure. But the iPad means bigger changes for the people who create these apps. Though the iPad has been dismissed by some as an oversized iPod Touch, it's definitely not, as those who attempt to make iPad apps or re-create iPhone apps for it will find out fast.
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.
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