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Eunice Vincent

It's Your Health - Safety of Cell Phones and Cell Phone Towers [Health Canada, 2009] - 0 views

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    2009 article from Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada regarding Safety standards related to cellular phones and resources concerning radiofrequency (RF) energy
anonymous

TLS (Transport Layer Security) - (Wikipedia) - 0 views

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    An overview of TTS (transport layer security) and it has changed from the orginal one, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). TLS is the standard track protocol, that was based on the earlier SSL specifications developed by Netscape corporation
Chalana Perera

Live Theater Captioning (Hearing Loss Web) - 0 views

  • Captioning Systems has a great method of delivering captioning in the theater.
  • Prior to the performances the script was converted from a standard live theater/musical theater script to standard captioning format using PCS Live Theater Captioning software
  • One in 10 people has some form of hearing loss, and this larger group would appreciate communication enablement,
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  • Sign language interpreters are useful to a minuscule group of deaf people fluent in sign language who are positioned close enough to be able to watch interpreters' hand movements
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    This article offers many insights on to technology and shows that are deaf-viewer-friendly and provides links to shows which have captioning options for the many interested deaf audiences.
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    This article offers many insights on to technology and shows that are deaf-viewer-friendly and provides links to shows which have captioning options for the many interested deaf audiences.
Mahmud Shihab

Advanced Distributed Learning - What Is SCORM - 2 views

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    SCORM is a collection of specifications and standards used as a "reference model" of interrelated technical specifications for Web-based learning content and systems.
ajay tambay

BBC - dot.life: Teenage hackers: Making a better world - 0 views

  • Around 70 teenagers had gathered for this weekend event which is the brainchild of Rewired State - an organisation thinking of clever ways to free up public data.
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      Social - Equality , Globalization
  • different groups as they spread themselves across the third floor of the Googleplex, taking advantage of the free wi-fi - and food - laid on by the search company.
  • different groups as they spread themselves across the third floor of the Googleplex, taking advantage of the free wi-fi - and food - laid on by the search company.
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  • One group was seeking a way to scrape bus timetable information from the Transport For London website
    • ajay tambay
       
      IT Systems - comm sys (internet)
  • they mingled, discussed software, the rights and wrongs of file-sharing, how to get free access to Spotify's premium music streaming service - and how they'd found out about the event through a friend or some enthusiastic teacher
    • ajay tambay
       
      Impact - education
  • Sunday afternoon, they presented their ideas to a panel of government officials and web luminaries. Among the winners was that group trying to free up London bus data - TFHell won the "Most Likely to be Bought By Google" award. One of the judges, Ben Hammersley of Wired UK, said he "found the standard of the work produced by 15-18-year-olds in many cases infinitely superior to that produced by government professionals."
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      Impact - Business
Eunice Vincent

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views

  • The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
       
      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.
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      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
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    Asia-Pacific\n
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    Asia-Pacific
Chalana Perera

Large-scale Credit Card Fraud - 0 views

  • identity theft
    • Chalana Perera
       
      SOCIAL --> Privacy, Control & Security
  • internet and telephone transactions
    • Chalana Perera
       
      concerns/impacts networking systems but also social issues regarding privacy, loss of information and security & anonymity.
  • payment systems of retailers, including the 7-Eleven chain.
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  • This is a fairly common way that fraudsters try to gain access to consumers' card details.
  • Once they find a weakness, they insert a specially designed code into the network that allows them to access card details.
  • "a pretty standard way" for fraudsters to try to access personal data.
  • any victim of fraud would "always be refunded in full".
  • corporate victims included Heartland Payment Systems - a card payment processor - convenience store 7-Eleven and Hannaford Brothers, a supermarket chain, t
  • ckers, is already in custody on separate charges of hacking into the computer systems
  • that online, telephone and mail order fraud were on the increase, along with fraud committed abroad
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    Great article Chalana. :)
Sanchit Jain

DNA Evidence Can Be Fabricated - 0 views

  • they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
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      there is no individuality, aynbody can be "created".SOCIAL
  • You can just engineer a crime scene,”
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      Science and the Environment, Politics and Government IMPACT
  • A potential invasion of personal privacy is another.
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      Control, Policies and Standards, Integrity SOCIAL
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  • stored in law enforcement databases as a series of numbers and letters corresponding to variations at 13 spots in a person’s genome.
    • Sanchit Jain
       
      IT SYSTEMS: basic hardware, used in the process to create DNA
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    they could construct a sample of DNA to match that profile without obtaining any tissue from that person.
iman mustafa

BBC NEWS | Technology | Engineer error knocks out Gmail - 0 views

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    Google issues an apology after an engineering miscalculation causes a "widespread" outage of its Gmail service.
Chalana Perera

Why Subtitles may affect Theatre Set up (Electronic House) - 0 views

  • Constant Image Height' widescreen setup
  • There are three common subtitle placements for standard DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc transfers that Hollywood has settled into: Within the film frame (like it would be if you were watching in a movie theater)Below the film frame in the bottom black bar spacePartially within and partially below the frame
  • Some disc players are capable of shifting the placement of subtitles on the screen
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    This article analysizes the impacts of onscreen subtitles in theatre and screened shows, and how there are several disadvantages to having subtitles on the screen.
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    This article analysizes the impacts of onscreen subtitles in theatre and screened shows, and how there are several disadvantages to having subtitles on the screen.
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