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Ali Parrish

Nokia: New Laptop Offering - 0 views

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shared by Ali Parrish on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The Booklet also has integrated Bluetooth, GPS, a webcam and an SD card reader. Nokia claims it has a 12-hour battery life.
  • "The presence of this internal wireless modem is why the Booklet 3G is a natural extension to Nokia's traditional phone handset product range."
  • "A growing number of people want the computing power of a PC with the full benefits of mobility," said Kai Oistamo, Nokia's executive vice president for devices.
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  • The Booklet has an aluminium case, weighs 1.25 kilograms (2.75 lbs) and its 10-inch screen is HD-ready.
  • Mr Fogg said the Booklet's unique selling point was an "internal mobile broadband card with a SIM slot." "Other netbooks rely on external USB mobile broadband modems for Internet access," he wrote on his blog.
  • The Windows-based device is about 2cm thick and will offer 3G connectivity as well as wi-fi.
Ali Parrish

YouTube Shares Video Profits with Individual Users - 0 views

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SOCIAL control globalization people IT SYSTEMS int systems IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Ali Parrish on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The new scheme aims to identify hugely popular videos from individuals
  • Such videos are typically by individual users; the more entertaining among them get posted in many other places and as a result get a rapidly growing number of views.
  • For instance, Lauren Luke of northeast England began posting make-up tips on YouTube in 2007. She was approached to become an advertising partner and now the hobby has become her main source of income.
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  • The Partner Program will start in the US, and YouTube says it plans an international version soon.
  • and have helped many people earn thousands of dollars a month as their videos went viral and endured over time," YouTube product manager Shenaz Zack said in the post.
Jeewon Yoon

BBC NEWS | Technology | MySpace to acquire music service - 0 views

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SOCIAL authenticity IT SYSTEMS basics IMPACT arts ITGS

shared by Jeewon Yoon on 22 Aug 09 - Cached
  • MySpace will acquire the popular music discovery service iLike that allows users listen to and share music across social networks.
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 22 Aug 09
       
      Social Authenticity Impact Art
  • The company has 55 million registered users and has been prominent on most social networks apart from MySpace
    • Jeewon Yoon
      Jeewon Yoon on 22 Aug 09
       
      IT system Basic
Kavita van der Loop

Privacy of Facebook - 0 views

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Privacy SOCIAL integrity security IT SYSTEMS IMPACT business ITGS

shared by Kavita van der Loop on 17 Aug 09 - Cached
  • limit application developers' access to user information,
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      social impact - control/ privacy
  • deactivated account information should be deleted
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      ongoing privacy issue - social impact
Kavita van der Loop

Digital TV fails - 0 views

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SOCIAL reliability IT SYSTEMS IMPACT business arts ITGS policies

shared by Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Americans who only gets TV signals over the air, you may find yourself with some new options,
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      social impact = no TV available for people
  • The cold economic facts are that broadcasters collectively spent $10 billion just switching over to digital TV. And content is expensive: Producing just one evening newscast can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      economic impact on T.V. companies
  • we've got the digital TV," Copps says. "Now what are we going to do with it?"
    • Kavita van der Loop
      Kavita van der Loop on 27 Aug 09
       
      more TV = not better quality
Sarwat Khan

MP is named Labour 'Twitter tsar' - 0 views

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SOCIAL policies people IT SYSTEMS applications comm sys IMPACT politics ITGS

shared by Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • and rather than replacing traditional ways of doing things, it is about making traditional campaigning methods even more effective."
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09
       
      social Policies
  • She will train MPs and candidates in the best use of the internet.
    • Sarwat Khan
      Sarwat Khan on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social People
  • 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 27 Aug 09
       
      Area Of Impact: Politics IT Systems : Communication systems:Internet Applications: facebook, twitter.
Maliha Rahman

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

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SOCIAL reliability integrity IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

shared by Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • 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
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (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
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      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
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (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
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      (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.
  • Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
     
    The NABP's own analysis of search results from Google and Yahoo turned up many drug ads from sketchy purveyors.
anonymous

BBC NEWS | Technology | Web tool oversees Afghan election - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 20 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Their reports feature alongside those of full-time Afghan journalists to ensure the election and reporting of it is as "free
  • The Alive in Afghanistan project plots the SMS reports on an online map.
  • The text messages are collected via a free-platform known as FrontlineSMS, developed by UK programmer Ken Banks.
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  • Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
  • authenticity.
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 2
  • Ushahidi
    • Chalana Perera
      Chalana Perera on 27 Aug 09
       
      stakeholder 1
  • National Security Council
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stakeholder 3
  • "We hope to enable people to report on what is going on in the country
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Stalkholder 4, the people create the impact, and are going to use the SMS technology.
  • of Afghanistan has asked all domestic and international media agencies to "refrain form broadcasting any incidence of violence during the election process".
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 27 Aug 09
       
      Areas of Impact>Politics and Government
  • anonymous on 20 Aug 09
     
    Any attempt to rig or interfere with Afghanistan's election could be caught out by a system that allows anyone to record incidents via text message.
Maliha Rahman

Users file privacy lawsuit against Facebook - 1 views

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SOCIAL privacy IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT education politics ITGS

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  • violating California privacy and online privacy laws by disseminating private information to third parties for commercial purposes.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
       
      Social ethicial issues: Violating privacy through social networks
  • alleges the social-networking site
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 19 Aug 09
       
      charging a site that is represented through the internet(communication system)
  • The five plaintiffs are described as two children younger than 13,
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
       
      impact-Educational
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  • Facebook is no stranger to privacy controversy. In July, an investigation by Canada's privacy commissioner suggested Facebook is unconcerned with members' privacy and called on it to do more.
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 27 Aug 09
       
      Impact- political issues, filling lawsuit can also affect government
Maliha Rahman

Missouri woman charged with cyberbullying | Politics and Law - CNET News - 0 views

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SOCIAL privacy IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health ITGS

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  • Thrasher is accused of posting a photo of a teenage girl, along with personal information about her, in the "Casual Encounters" section of Craigslist
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 23 Aug 09
       
      using communicating system to violate privacy
Ali Parrish

Music Copyrighting - 0 views

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  • 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.
Sung Won Kwak

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft previews new controller - 0 views

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shared by Sung Won Kwak on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The controller uses a microphone combined with visual and infrared cameras to control the onscreen action.
  • Two demos were on show at gamescom for people to try out, including a playable version of Burnout Paradise in which users control cars using an imaginary steering wheel, moving their feet forwards or backwards to control the speed.
  • Microsoft has allowed the public to get their hands on its new hands-free games controller for the first time.The US firm showed off the "Natal" technology, designed for use with its Xbox 360 console, at the European games convention gamescom in Germany.
Maliha Rahman

BBC NEWS | Technology | Tech 'has changed foreign policy' - 0 views

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shared by Maliha Rahman on 23 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "Massive changes in technology have allowed the possibility of people linking up around the world,"
    • Maliha Rahman
      Maliha Rahman on 23 Aug 09
       
      Communicating system
Sung Won Kwak

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony cuts price of PS3 consoles - 0 views

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shared by Sung Won Kwak on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Sony Entertainment has announced it is reducing the price of its PlayStation 3 games consoles.In Europe the price has been lowered to 299 euros, in the US to $299 and in the UK to £249.99.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      area of impact-business
  • new slim-line PS3 would be available from the first week of September. "It has the same features and functionality [as the old PS3], but now it is 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consumes 34% less power," he said.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      it systems-Basics:hardware
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      socialðnical issue-people&machines
  • a new digital reader for the PSP - called Digital Comics - that will allow users to read Spiderman, Fantastic 4 and other DC comics on their portable, along with a range of graphic novels.
    • YooJin Jung
      YooJin Jung on 19 Aug 09
       
      it systems-basics:software
Elvira Russ

BBC NEWS | Technology | A life recorded in bits and bytes - 0 views

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SOCIAL People Control IMPACT Science Health ITGS

shared by Elvira Russ on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
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  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
  • includes everything he has accumulated, written, photographed, presented, and owned.
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      The plan is that one can include all of their information on to the programme like Gordon Bell. If the system is to fail or have some sort of error, one's privacy as well as security is at stake.
  • in the future we may all be able to offload our own memory into a comprehensive e-memory.
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Applications
  • Bell, a principle researcher at Microsoft Research, has now written a book about how
    • Bhumika Regmi
      Bhumika Regmi on 19 Aug 09
       
      education
  • "You basically have a great sense of freedom, because you are able to offload your bio-memory, and just commit all of the facts to an e-memory."
  • He said that the time is right for people to take e-memories seriously.
  • "I wouldn't have said this 20 years ago because of the difficulty and the cost to do it. The opportunity now is: it doesn't cost anything to do this."
  • For Mr Bell the benefit of his experiment is simple: it makes him feel better.
  • "I have a reasonably complicated life - so I wanted to find out just how many bits were coming and going, and how to deal with it."
  • His life is kept in a database for a project called MyLifeBits.
  • Elvira Russ on 21 Aug 09
     
    Gordon Bell has digitised his entire life, from shopping receipts to phone calls.
anonymous

Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for false tax returns them. - 0 views

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SOCIAL privacy security IT SYSTEMS int system IMPACT business

shared by anonymous on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Gangs are stealing taxpayers' passwords and submitting claims for tax refunds to be paid to them, HM Revenue and Customs has warned.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Impact: Politics- Stealing against the law
  • details via the internet.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Comm Sys: Via Internet
  • They then used these details to make fraudulent repayment claims, requesting funds be sent to other bank accounts.
    • Salman Rushdi
      Salman Rushdi on 19 Aug 09
       
      Security. Authenticity.
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  • ugh the self-assessment repayments system has been disc
Risa Yokoi

Physical abuse at Internet addiction Treating Camps in China. - 0 views

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SOCIAL control people IT SYSTEMS comm sys IMPACT health education ITGS

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  • a boot camp to treat internet addicts in China
  • to have been beaten several times by the camp's principal
  • children spend too much time online
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  • the camp claimed it could cure the "problem" for 5,000 yuan ($730; £450).
  • China has more internet users than anywhere else in the world - almost 300 million.
  • He said most people running internet addiction boot camps were not properly qualified to treat or handle youngsters.
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