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LanSchool students download the software onto their computer,

When students leave the class, they sign off of the channel, disabling the teacher from viewing the student’s screen.

In the US this year, there was outrage when people in job interviews and in schools were asked to hand over their Facebook passwords. Dwyer said that in the future and with the arrival of the semantic web and linkable data there is a danger that insurance companies may be able to find out if applicants had done a search for keywords like cancer stretching back 15 years.

Aerial maps and GPS-style systems will measure "the distance from each property to a series of amenities and services".

Each of the buildings in the database has a unique identification, and the system can specify the use of around 90pc of buildings in the country – if they are, for example, a newsagents, school, takeaway or office block.

The spokeswoman said the GeoDirectory "provides information on property location and type; and spatially derived data that indicate relative distances of all residential properties from a series of key amenities and services including transport, health, education and emergency services".

Stereo or binocular vision created by two optical channels, as in two eyes. Three-dimensional vision blends the separate images seen by each eye into one composite image, which gives us the ability to perceive depth and judge distances.

A movable, rotating joint, as in the human wrist or as in da Vinci’s patented EndoWrist® instruments

A 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) uses sophisticated computer software to conform or shape the distribution of radiation beams to the 3-dimensional shape of the diseased prostate, sparing damage to normal tissue in the vicinity of treatment.

These strange-looking planes carry a wealth of sensors in their bulbous noses: colour and black-and-white TV cameras, image intensifiers, radar, infra-red imaging for low-light conditions and lasers for targeting. They can also be armed with laser-guided missiles.

Each multi-million dollar Predator or Reaper system comprises four aircraft, a ground control station and a satellite link.

Although drones are unmanned, they are not unpiloted - trained crew at base steer the craft, analyse the images which the cameras send back and act on what they see

Smart card transactions can be quicker, because the terminal and card communicate with each other -- the terminal verifying that the card is authentic and vice versa -- instead of the terminal having to communicate via Internet or wireless with the card issuer to verify that the card is real and hasn't been reported lost or stolen, says Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Smart Card Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to promote the adoption of smart card technology.

Also, when a card leaves the cardholder's physical presence, it can be compromised, using a hand-held information-stealing device called a skimmer,

in which information is encoded into a magnetic stripe on the back of the card, and the newer so-called smart cards, which contain a computer chip that holds information.

But the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers expressed concern that California was moving too quickly to embrace self-driving cars and needed to first sort out liability issues

Autonomous cars can make roads safer, free commuters from the drudgery of driving, reduce congestion and provide transport to people who can't drive themselves, such as the blind, disabled, elderly and intoxicated,

Autonomous cars use computers, sensors and other technology to operate independently, but a human driver can override the autopilot function and take control of the vehicle at any time.

police and media attention was drawn to a particular post on the Facebook page

tweet from rioters describing their deeds and where they were headed next. Some posted pictures of looting and burning police cars

iPlayer service by checking the physical location of the Internet provider you are using to connect to the Net

f you've got access to a PC back in the United Kingdom you can make a virtual private network tunnel back to that PC and connect to the iPlayer web site thru that PC, this can cause it to look like you are in the United Kingdom.

Firstly should you pick substitute or VPN options,

Yes, but only in very limited circumstances. A

Yes. At our discretion

Health and safety of employees, passengers and other members of the public Prevention and detection of crime and anti social behaviour

Figure 1. Gantt Chart Example: Planning a custom-written computer project Task Earliest start Length Type Dependent on... A. High level analysis Week 0 1 week Sequential B. Selection of hardware platform Week 1 1 day Sequential A C. Installation and commissioning of hardware Week 1.2 2 weeks Parallel B D. Detailed analysis of core modules Week 1 2 weeks Sequential A E. Detailed analysis of supporting modules Week 3 2 weeks Sequential D F. Programming of core modules Week 3 2 weeks Sequential D G. Programming of supporting modules Week 5 3 weeks Sequential E H. Quality assurance of core modules Week 5 1 week Sequential F I. Quality assurance of supporting modules Week 8 1 week Sequential G J. Core module training Week 6 1 day Parallel C,H K. Development and QA of accounting reporting Week 5 1 week Parallel E L. Development and QA of management reporting Week 5 1 week Parallel E M. Development of Management Information System Week 6 1 week Sequential L N. Detailed training Week 9 1 week Sequential I, J, K, M

I don’t believe society understands what happens when everything is available, knowable and recorded by everyone all the time,” he told the paper.

For the smart card technology to work, it must be backed up by fingerprint and eye-scanners in banks, shops, estate agents, hotels, and public services such as hospitals. To check your identity they in turn must have 24hr access to the National Identity Register (NIR). Every time the card is used, information about when, where, and how it was used is stored on the database in the form of an audit log.

The data includes passport and National Insurance numbers and bank details. They relate to people who had expressed an interest in, or joined, the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the RAF.

McKinsey & Company analyzed energy use by data centers and found that, on average, they were using only 6 percent to 12 percent of the electricity powering their servers to perform computations. The rest was essentially used to keep servers idling and ready in case of a surge in activity that could slow or crash their operations.

To guard against a power failure, they further rely on banks of generators that emit diesel exhaust.

Even running electricity at full throttle has not been enough to satisfy the industry. In addition to generators, most large data centers contain banks of huge, spinning flywheels or thousands of lead-acid batteries — many of them similar to automobile batteries