... become an industry where computer crime and hacking is a thing of the past'. REFERENCES ABIX (Australasian Business Intelligence) 1999. Safety fears slow down e-commerce. http://www.sofcom.com.au/technews/archive/1999feb/16.15.html (16 Feb. 1999) AGPS Press (Australian Government Publishing Service Press). 1995. Computers for small business. Australian Government Publishing Service. 1995 Anonymous ... become an industry where computer crime and hacking is a thing of the past'. REFERENCES ABIX (Australasian Business Intelligence) 1999. Safety fears slow down e-commerce. http://www.sofcom...

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... devices that function in several capacities: as a cell phone, fax sender and personal organizer, among other things. PDA's use a stylus, or pen, rather than a keyboard (www.darwinmag.com). The topics discussed in this paper include how this technology works, the business and technical problems PDA's are designed to solve and any possible limitations. In addition, how this technology ... on Palm's Connected Organizers, but also has been licensed to third-party handheld manufacturers such as Handspring. It all depends on the consumer's needs when shopping for a PDA (www.handheldcomputerde...

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... leader in technology and the design and performance of the Power4 only serves to reinforce there leadership status. Annotated Bibliography Anonymous, "IBM Power4 and Power4+ Processor Table,"" Geek.com: ChipGeek, http://www.geek.com/procspec/ibm/power4.htm. This website displays a table that compares the old power4 processor to the newer modified power4 processor. The new chips are dubbed the power4+ ... provide concurrent and deferred maintenance, multilevel recovery from error, and runtime diagnostics."" C. King, "IBM POWER4 wins best microprocessor award,"" Press Release; Cahners In-...

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... possess extreme computer skills, people who enjoy learning different computer languages and learn them very fast, and also "people who would appreciate the work of other hackers" (http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci212220,00.html). Some years ago, just before the internet was introduced to our lives, the hackers were supposed to be people that helped companies improve their security ... back when then first computer was introduced. As an article states, back in the 1960s, "computers were big mainframes, locked away in temperature-controlled, glassed-in lairs" (...

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... , previous injuries, and other conditions. Smoking may also increase the risk. Anyone with any of these conditions --- particularly obesity --- should be especially careful about prevention- (www.office-ergo.com/alternat.htm). It is not uncommon for people to have to leave computer-dependent careers as a result, or even to be permanently disabled and unable to perform tasks such as ... research has determined that if these biomechanical conditions are present, the incidence of work-related injuries increases. These conditions are therefore known as risk factors for musculoskeletal injury-...

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... have transformed personal computing throughout the world. His idea of "a computer in every household and business" has come true (http://www.microsoft. com/billgates/bio.asp). Bill Gates has used his excellent education and love of computers to make himself a rich and powerful entrepreneur. William Henry ... spending hours at a time in the lab. The students formed the Lakeside Programmers Group and quickly outsmarted their teacher (http://www.teamgates.com/library/life.htm). The students wrote programs, read computer books, and did anything to learn how the computer and software worked. ...

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... leaves a void to be filled. However a few competitors were still found, none of which however were Australian based. Gameplay - http://www.gameplay.com/ UK Based Online Gamers store. Generally a good site layout but suffers a bit from information overload as a lot of information is presented at once ... . The following indirect competitors were selected out the many found, as they are the most likely competitors. AusPC Market - http://www.auspcmarket.com.au This site sells a wide range of PC Hardware and delivers free around Australia. Included in it's range of inventory are mice and ... ...

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... second layer14. 1. Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (2003). http://www.crnano.org/overview.htm 2. Howard Lovy's NanoBot (2003). Nano goes back to school for Ethics 101 http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_08_24_nanobot_archive.html#106190202923248397 3. Foresight institute (2002). Nanomedicine http://www.foresight.org/Nanomedicine/ 4. Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (2003). http://www.imm.org/ 5. Nanodot.org ... (2003). The Nano-Brain Barrier http://nanodot.org/article.pl'sid=03/10/17/0646258 6. Howard Lovy's NanoBot (2003). http://nanobot.blogspot.com/2003_10_05_nanobot_archive.h...

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... the System with CONFIG.SYS Once DOS has been loaded the computer is able to read simple ASCII files (simple text files) into memory. COMMAND.COM will search for a file named CONFIG.SYS upon loading, and if found, will configure the operating system to the settings found there. Typically, ... . Running Programs at Startup with AUTOEXEC.BAT Once CONFIG.SYS has been located and its settings incorporated into the system, COMMAND.COM will next look for another text file called AUTOEXEC.BAT. This file may contain any number of DOS commands that will be executed, in ... turn, by COMMAND.COM. S...

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... be the best deal on the market. Lindows History Lindows was started by Michael Robertson, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of MP3.com. He now is the current Chief Executive Officer and founder of Lindows. Kevin Carmony has served as the Lindows president and Chief Operations Officer ... Windows. They have designed their system around the ability of high speed internet and the ability to play MP3's associated with sister company MP3.com. Lindows Ownership Lindows is privately held and owned by the founders and creators of the operating system. Because Lindows is private it h...

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... identify them. I wanted to be sure that what I thought were my strengths and weakness, were realistic of what society saw as a strength or weakness. I found a website (www.sbishere.com), which gave an excellent approach on how to identify your strengths, as well as your weaknesses. So I began my journey. Strengths I started by identifying my strengths using the following criteria ... positive approach to identifying my weaknesses. Dr. A.J. Schuler said, "A Negative Attitude will sabotage any success you may seek" (www.schulersolutions.com) The definition I found for weaknesses is "A feeli...

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... great that they stop using them. Works Cited 1. http://www.ibew.org/stories/02journal/0212/p12.htm 2. http://www.hackershomepage.com/index.html 3. Apprehending the Computer Hacker, http://www.shk-dplc.com/cfo/articles/hack.htm 4. Computer Hacker, http://computerhacker.newstrove.com/ 5. CYBER-TERRORISM THE POLITICAL EVOLUTION OF THE COMPUTER HACKER http://www.businessit.bf.rmit.edu.au/aice/events/AICEC99/papers1/WAR99024 ... .pdf 6. http://virusall.com/worms.html 7. Steven Levy's Hackers Page, http://www.echonyc.com/~steven/hackers.html 8. http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings ... ...

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... The page did not have a "date stamp", but its reliability was good enough and it was hosted from a education page. 2: http://www.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm This page hosted by the how stuff works team is mostly like its other pages. It's chockfull of info relating to mobiles, how ... use and a good history. Nice clean website, good for really techy stuff but unfortunately slightly dated. Written by John Scourias 4:http://www.mysiemens.com/MySiemens/CDA/Index/0,2730,HQ_en_0_product%253AMW%252FHD%252FHD%252FSL45%252Fdesc,FF.html The siemens website provided the latest information on s...

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... , and an internet standard for all countries. Works Cited ADigital use of movies sparks free speech fight in lawsuit@ 7Aug 2000 http://www.post﷓gazette.com/headlines/20000807dvdsuit1.asp KopyKatz http://www.kopykatz.com 13 Nov 2000 Napster. http://www.napster.com/win/download/ 13 Nov 2000 ANapster may be the King of Sales Spin@ 9 Nov 2000 http://www.post﷓gazette ... .com/interact/20001109radin.asp Oz, Effy. Management Information System. Cambridge, MA : Course 2000 AVideo on demand: Any DVD movie can be copied, sent online@ 6 Aug 2000http://www.post ... ...

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... can entice people to the detriment of the family, home, career and health". An article taken from the Center for Online and Internet Addiction (netaddiction.com), states that nearly 6% of over 17,000 respondents in an online survey met the criteria for compulsive Internet use and 30% use the Net to ... ). Not everyone gets addicted to the "Net". It is difficult to say who should shoulder the blame. In an article printed by Computer Weekly.com, issue dated Sept 23,1999, psychologists say that "Constant use of the Internet creates high levels of the adrenaline-like chemical dopamine which g...

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... prior to your purchase). Start your favorite Web browser, enter a URL in the locator; that is: www.Company.com, (replacing the word "Company" with the name of a company). For instance, www.compaq.com (Compaq), www.ibm.com (IBM), www.gw2k.com (Gateway 2000), or www.dell.com (Dell). Usually these hardware/software/component(s) manufacturers, will have a complete listing of their line of products, the system ... ...

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... good website is hosted by the Gibson Research Corporation and has several helpful feature like "Shields Up", the address for this site is www.grc.com. Another popular site with many useful utilities would be www.dslreports.com. If these sites show you some holes in your security they will recommend several actions. One of the easiest and most effective would be ... can be either automatically configured of manually. Hardware involves connecting your computer into another device. Two of the more popular software firewalls are Zone Alarm (www.zonelabs.com) and Norton Personal Firewall (ww...

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... /2705/Approaches.html http://library.thinkquest.org/2705/history.html'tqskip=1 http://molmed.ummed.edu/`dal/mytexts/aipaper.html http://www.cs.berkely.edu/`russell/intro.html http://www.pcai.com/pcai/ Encarta science technology channel.com encyclopedia.com Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Vers. 7.0. http://www.pathfinder ... ...

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... the usual questions. 4. Re-boot computer 5. Configure download --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 ZoneAlarm Firewall Installation Cited Works 1. Goncalves, Marcus. "Firewalls: A Complete Guide", McGraw Hill, 2000: pages 253, 2. BlackICE Defender. http://www.black-ice-firewall.com/ 3. ZoneAlarm vs. BlackICE Defender. http://cws.internet.com/reviews/lannet-zonealarm5.html 4. Four Personal Firewalls Reviewed. http://www.computerworld ... ...

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... the way we do business in the next century. There are simply too many e-businesses to name here but there are a few worth mentioning. Amazon.com, an on-line retailer, not only sells books but also offers many other products to its consumers. They offer everything from music to gifts and ... DVDs (Digital videodiscs). They have recently added auctions. Another is Homegrocer.com, which is what it sounds like; a grocery store on the Internet. This is a very good idea. It's simple to get what you need as ... and will even find the car you want at a nearby dealer. However, you still have to ...

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... was introduced in 1970. It was then replaced by the 5.25-inch drive in 1976. In 1980, the 5.25-inch drive was also replaced by the 3.5-inch "micro-floppy" (Geek.com). As time went by, the floppy drive got smaller while the memory of it grew larger. The 3.5-inch floppy drive was single-headed and had a storage capacity of 322 KB ... (Geek.com). The disk was protected by a hard plastic jacket which increased its durability and made it easier to handle. Steadily over time, the drive became dual-headed and came reached today ... 2 MB; but then, it would be useless since a computer can not ...

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... components would be cheap to purchase and easily obtainable. I would recommend upgrading in order of priority from an online retailer. Such companies can be found on a website like pricewatch.com or pricegrabber.com. My friend's computer is an adequate one for his purposes. His expansion needs are not as rigorous as a person who is interested in gaming, graphical work, CAD, or other ... his casual upgrade routine because of their low prices (and if ordered out of state, the absence of tax is a great thing). I recently ordered several components from the retailer newegg.com, which provid...

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... 't even protect it's own files. The underground net is where many people are able to get software to help crack passwords and tap into all sorts of files. (www.computerworld.com) From the Pentagon: Democratic and Republicans; Israelites and the Palestinians; as well as emails and personal websites, satellites, or lockers; hackers are using their special skills to terrorize and exploit ... and get in. Not only can they find the loophole but also they can also totally crash the unit if they want to as many consumers have reported. (www.sonicwall.com) Another prevention method that needs to...

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... their overpricing/shoddy products." This forced the worlds leading computer manufacturer (Compaq) to start making their systems with the AMD processor. In 1994, Intel Pentium had a FPU bug. www.computerhope.com/help/cpu.htm says "This bug evolved the Pentium incorrectly performing floating-point calculations with certain number combinations, with errors anywhere from the third digit on up. This issue can ... is also a security scare. Intel's Pentium III processor put individual number tags on each chip that could search the programs on a system when a person goes online. Zdnet at www.zd...

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... -42. Kent, Dean. "How to Install...Motherboards." PCNovice/Smart Computing Guide to Upgrading 7.10 (1999): 86-92. Kleppinger, Joel and Scott Wainner. "How to Build Your PC." SysOpt.com. 5 Feb 1999. http://www.sysopt.com/buildpc/index2.html (5 Nov. 1999). Phelps, Alan. "How to Install...CPU's." PCNovice/Smart Computing Guide to Upgrading 7.10 (1999): 33-37. Sems, Marty. "How to Install_A Hard ... Drive." PCNovice/Smart Computing Guide to Upgrading 7.10 (1999): 44-48. "Start From Scratch: Build your own fast PC." Cnet http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reports/Special/Speed/Scratch/ss01 ... ...

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