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User identification is the process of establishing the user's identity and usually requires very little interaction on the user's part.

Authentication is the process of a user proving that s/he is actually the person who s/he claims.

Authorization is the final process in user-level security. It is the process of determining what resources a user can access after successful identification and authentication.

must move towards a model with comprehensive mobile access to online services

mobile’ has come to encompass an ever-expanding field of devices, platforms and content

Smart (internet enabled) or dumb/cellular

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The Safer Internet Group brings together a diverse group of stakeholders who all share the goal of developing the Internet as a platform for education, communication and economic activity.

Australia needs to take effective action to ensure that Internet users, and particularly children, have a safe experience online, while ensuring that the benefits of the open Internet are available to all Australians.

We believe our way is comprehensive and practical. More importantly, we know it works. It delivers:

Your library or organization should consider adopting the following rules for network passwords:Passwords may not be blankPasswords must be seven or more characters longPasswords must use a mixture of letters (upper and lower case), numbers and charactersPasswords must be changed on a regular basisPasswords must be successively unique (in other words, users shouldn't use the same password repeatedly)Passwords must never be written down or posted in an insecure location (such as on a monitor)In addition, consider adding these prohibitions:Passwords cannot be the user's name, the name of someone in their family, or their birth datePasswords must not be constructed by adding a numeral or character to the beginning or end of a regular word; this is too easily guessed (e.g."chair1")

The Web is an application that runs on the Internet

Although internet and web designs are separate, a Web user is also an Internet user and therefore relies on an Internet that is free from interference.

Technology for interference has become more powerful

Recording video with the Zoom Q3HD is quite easy. Press one button on the side of the device to power it up, press the large red record button on the back of the device once to start recording, then press the record button again to stop. Playback is equally easy, with a play button conveniently located just below the display.

In the end, it's all going to boil down to two things: whether you have the money to buy a secondary video camera such as the Zoom Q3HD and if you truly need the extra video quality of this camera for your needs

We experienced freedom to explore alternate avenues, to innovate, to take risks in ways that would have been difficult under the direct control of a district council.

patrons made it clear that while they appreciated that computers were a necessary part of a modern library, they did not consider them the most important part.

Our overall objective was to source a library system which: could be installed before Y2K complications immobilised us, was economical, in terms of both initial purchase and future license and maintenance support fees, ran effectively and fast by dial-up modem on an ordinary telephone line, used up-to-the minute technologies, looked good, and was easy for both staff and public to use, took advantage of new technology to permit members to access our catalogue and their own records from home, and let us link easily to other sources of information – other databases and the Internet. If we could achieve all of these objectives, we’d be well on the way to an excellent service.

Already libraries are creating RSS feeds for users to subscribe to, including updates on new items in a collection, new services, and new content in subscription databases.

hybrid applications, where two or more technologies or services are conflated into a completely new, novel service.

personalized OPAC that includes access to IM, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, tags, and public and private profiles within the library's network.

Cloud computing is internet-based computing whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.

Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet.

There are a range of applications that can be delivered to users via cloud computing models, from email or content management to specialist applications for activities such as project management or human resources management to data storage.

Ten criteria must be met in order for a software distribution to be considered open source:

Free redistribution

the source code freely available to developers.

For many years now we have been hearing that the semantic web is just around the corner

most libraries, however, is that we are still grappling with 2.0 technologies.

By marking up information in standardized, highly structured formats like Resource Description Framework (RDF), we can allow computers to better "understand" the meaning of content

Search queries, the words that users type into the search box, carry extraordinary value.

In addition to making content available to search engines, SEO also helps boost rankings so that content will be placed where searchers will more readily find it.

Hadopi takes its name from the 2009 legislation which permits authorities to fine copyright infringers, or to cut off their internet connection.

In the UK, the Digital Economy Act makes some similar provisions, although the exact nature of possible sanctions has yet to be fully explained.

It has sent a total of 470,000 first warnings by email, with 20,000 users receiving a second warning through the mail.