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callan_diigo

How Technology Has Changed Workplace Communication - 0 views

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    I would say that while I agree with this article in terms of what it is saying about distanced communication in business being a result of the way technology has developed, I would also say that in this situation the benefits outweigh the problems by far.
danielabimibola

Shoppers cheated by supermarket scanners - National - NZ Herald News - 0 views

  • It's worth knowing that these machines aren't infallible."
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      ITGS Shopper cheated by supermarket scanners
  • "I think it should be of real concern to consumers. If you translate it into monetary terms, it has to be in the millions of dollars. "The implications from a study like this are massive. Consumers in New Zealand are not making enough noise about it yet," he said. In one case, a supermarket offered bottles of coke for 99c, but displayed the wrong size bottles under the sign, and charged the shopper $3.
    • danielabimibola
       
      These paragraphs talk about the implications that the technology error caused in the society.
  • In another, a cooked chicken was advertised on sale for $6.99, but the original price of $11.99 was charged at the checkout. In this case, Pickering said, the mistake was spotted and the customer was given the chicken for free. But more often, retailers respond badly when errors are pointed out. Shoppers who took part in the study reported sales people "rolling their eyes" when asked for a refund, having to fill out forms to get a $2 overcharge returned, and being offered cash refunds only when the original purchase was by credit card. "The errors are happening right across the retail area, particularly large-scale stores," Pickering said. "When you're pumping 100 items through a till, it's much easier to make a mistake and much more difficult for the customer to keep up with the things flying through the scanner."
    • danielabimibola
       
      This part of the article discusses the social impact on the society as a result of the development in a technological problem. It talks about the economic importance of this because a lot of consumers are losing money which transfers to millions of dollars in total. 
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  • Pickering said he'd like to see companies here make efforts to solve the problem. "There's an opportunity for these big businesses to say, 'The problem exists, we haven't been able to sort it out completely, but we going to do something about it'."
    • danielabimibola
       
      What feasible solutions can be applied to overcome problems? This paragraph talks about the fact that the supermarkets don't knowthe solution but are trying to work it out.
    • samaraad
       
      Good contribution Daniel
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    Shoppers cheated by supermarket scanners - National - NZ Herald News This is your first ITGS article you were suppose to read. what ethical issue can you see here?
samaraad

BBC News - Hackers take control of 300,000 home routers - 2 views

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      Lots of issues here can you choose any?
  • more than 300,000 routers in homes and small businesses that have been taken over through loopholes in their core software.
  • These first victims had been in Eastern Europe, but now most of the machines were in Vietnam with the rest scattered around Europe as well as a couple of other countries, said Team Cymru.
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  • t's a definite evolution in technology - going after the internet gateway, not the end machine," Mr Santorelli told the BBC in an email. "We see these leaps in concepts every few years in cybercrime." Team Cymru had contacted law enforcement about the attack and informed ISPs with a lot of compromised customers, he said.
samaraad

teleworking - 0 views

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    Telecommuting is a practice in which an employee works at a location-usually, but not always, one's home-that is remote from the actual business facility at which he/she is employed. Under this arrangement, the employee maintains close contact with coworkers and supervisors via various forms of computer, Internet, and communication technology (i.e, electronic mail, telephone, computer disks, etc.)
dentonlamb

It's 2013: why aren't more people teleworking? - 0 views

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    I found this Very Interesting, I can see how working at home has it's benefits, however I feel you'd get more done at work, as your in a working environment and so more stimulated. Even if you don't do as much you would be more active. funnily this is like the difference between a house cat and an outdoor cat. It all about the environment you live in, and work in.
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    Agree! there are some limitations with teleworking.I also think you will miss the social life of working from an office
samaraad

Is teleworking driving us crazy? - BBC News - 0 views

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    There are strong arguments in favour of remote or teleworking. Time saved not having to commute into a central office can translate into higher productivity, better quality of life, and give people with families more flexibility over how they organise their time.
carlo_ikin

Why e-voting is not a good thing - 0 views

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    Scenario: the shortest most accurate scenario is that voting machines are terrible choice as they are now. The longer version is that the old rules for security will either have to change or there will be major security issues such as vote auditing will have to be done with software which has to be checked and the software checking that has to be checked. or if votes are kept anonymous there is no way of knowing if 30% of votes were deleted then filled with fake ones. Social ethical issues: If the technology is compromised then it allows the peoples opinion to be hidden by stronger powers. This can lead to dictatorships or buying victories instead of winning them. It systems: the ease of computers also allows for ease of changing things. This means that there is no way (yet) to separate the pros from the cons . Stakeholders: Political parties, business, hackers, countries
dentonlamb

New Phones - 0 views

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    I personally don't like phones that much, however it is interesting to see the stats on how phones are changing. It also Interesting to see how this article
dentonlamb

Hack attack to destory infrastructure - 0 views

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    I find this very Interesting as it shows a newer side to hacking, instead of steal to destroying.
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    Hmm, this is rather interesting however I would like to see an analysis of this article from a critical point of view as allot of the information seems slightly blown out of proportion which, in turn makes it seem biased. My apologies for bringing Tok and possibly English into this but i just thought that this exemplifies the fact that the media seems to take hacking and use it as a way of talking down on other groups of people such as "activists" as mentioned within the article.
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