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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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      social& ethical issue -people and machines ITsystems in a social context -Applications -Integrated Systems Areas of impact -Business & employment -Scoence & the enviornment
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  • And technology that turns phones into credit cards and IDs poses several potential problems.
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      social & ethical issues -security -authenticity -integrity -control
  • In the late 1990s and early 2000s, banks and cell phone makers started conducting trials with U.S. customers. Limited groups of people were given the ability to scan their phones to make payments, enter stadiums and access public transit.
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      areas of impact -business & employment
  • If phones replace wallets, would-be thieves will see every person walking down the street talking on his or her phone as a target for robbery, said Lillie Coney, associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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      social & ethical issues -security
  • Eye scans and fingerprints would make phone IDs and payments more secure, Brown said. The ID technology might work like a corporate security badge, which pulls up personal information when scanned.
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      social & ethical issues -reliability -security -integrity -privacy IT systems in a social context hardware integrated systems
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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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      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.
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      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
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'Facebook Lite' gets public debut - 0 views

  • Facebook Lite appears to be a cut-down version of Facebook and is aimed at countries where broadband is limited.
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      IT systems in a social context-software & applications
  • "Facebook Lite is a fast-loading, simplified version of Facebook that enables people to make comments, accept friend requests, write on people's walls, and look at photos and status updates," the statement continued.
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      social & ethical issues- globalization, equality of acces
  • The site is currently on trial in India and it is thought there are plans to extend this to China and Russia.
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      areas of impact- business
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  • In a statement Facebook said the new service would be a "faster, simpler version similar to the Facebook experience you get on a mobile phone".
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      social & ethical issues people and machines
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Spider-Man, X-Men comics coming to PSP - Games - msnbc.com - 0 views

  • NEW YORK - Sony is adding a digital reader service that will allow owners of its handheld gaming system, the PlayStation Portable, to download comics.
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      social & ethical issues---intellectual property
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      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.
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      areas of impact---art entertainment & leisure
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