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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Sarwat Khan

Sarwat Khan

BBC NEWS | Technology | Judge bans Microsoft Word sales - 0 views

  • A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      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
       
      IT SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS
  • Microsoft's word-processor Word.
    • Sarwat Khan
       
      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
       
      SOCIAL ISSUE : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Sarwat Khan

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

  • battling swine flu
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      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,"
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      SOCIAL ISSUE - PEOPLE (AWARENESS) , POLICY (SPREAD INFORMATION VIA GAME)
  • The game is played online
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      IT SYSTEMS (COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS)
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  • "Its purpose is simply to create another avenue of information."
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      AREAS OF IMPACT: EDUCATION (SPREADING INFORMATION)
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