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"This past month in the journal Pediatrics, researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York published the results of a study showing that text messaging could significantly improve the rate of adherence among young liver transplant patients. Using a program called CareSpeak, the researchers issued text messages to a group of 41 pediatric liver transplant patients. The text messages reminded the patients to take their medications, which ranged from one to three different pills once or twice a day. "

An older article, but relevant nonetheless.

"According to a new study by two MIT graduate students, companies and individuals are frequently selling or giving away old computer disk drives with sensitive information still on them. "

Despite the advantages of buying online many problems can occur.

Assange will be tagged electronically! that's something to discuss as it does raise a lot of issues.

BBC article about insurgent's apparent ability to tap into the video feeds sent by the Predator and Reaper drones. Apparently nobody thought to encrypt the feeds.

An interesting article on how the US is finally allowing technology to be exported to these countries. Even more interesting is the reason: "to help...support opposition groups". Interesting for a discussion on how technology can be used to organize and rally support, for example, anti-government protest which would otherwise not be possible openly. (Its interesting to compare this with US Cold War foreign policy too, but that's another story...)

Video and short article that explains the technology behind touch screens. Quite useful as these devices become more and more common.

Discussions and articles on ethics. Be careful to chose those related to Information Technology.

New York Times review of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) machine (aka $100 laptop). Contains good details on the design and specifications. An older article (2007) but still a worthy look at one of the biggest and most famous projects of this type. Includes a video where David Pogue demonstrations throwing water over the machine and dropping it from 4ft (students always like that bit :D)

Concerned with monitoring and taking action against piracy of software.

An interesting article about how a faulty undersea cable blacked out or slowed down the Internet for millions of users in India and Egypt. Can be used to help students understand the Internet infrastructure such as routing and backbones. It can also open up discussion on what services might be affected by such a problem.

Good article on the computerization of medical records. Gives examples of some of the challenges that were faced, as well as the benefits of implementing such a system. Might also be useful for the 2010 Case Study.

New York Times article about the infamous AOL search data release. From the "anonymized" numbered search results of AOL users, NYTimes journalists were able to piece together enough about Thelma Arnold to track her down and knock on her front door. A frightening example of how lots of small pieces of data can build up a clear picture about you.

Article about the introduction of Smart CCTV - software which monitors video feeds for 'unusual' situations and alerts human operators as needed.

Interesting article about distributing health advice using mobile phones, which are often much more common in Africa than laptops or desktops with Internet connections. Deals with various issues including language. (Useful for 2010 Case Study too).

Source of articles for Paper 2.

Source of articles for Paper 2.

Source of articles for Paper 2.