... OSS product as business foundation and particularly for those who have started their venture in Linux world some are still unable to harvest fruit over this business potential. Furthermore, the roles of marketers in Linux firms to support the company's competitive advantages or to overcome its disadvantages also remain vague. Practically Linux has become a major deployment OS with the ... to use and install • Continuous contribution in OSS industry with membership of Open Source Development lab's Data Center Linux Working Group which focuses mainly on financial services (Galli, P., Aug...

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... order to be executed. Once it is running, it is then able to infect other programs or documents. One very destructive virus, the LovSan virus that infected many computers in August, cost companies thousands upon thousands of dollars to fix. A worm is a computer program that has the ability to copy itself from machine to machine. Worms normally move around and infect ... ...

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... as Iran because their whole society is based on authority. Criticising before trying to understand is a very common occurrence between cultures. The roles of gender while in some cultures are very much the same can differ greatly to what we consider to be normal. Suspending judgement of ... our own culture as superior to others, and relates to all cultures. Western cultures tend to discriminate against eastern cultures because of the roles that gender play. For example, western society is highly opinionated on the oppression of women in countries such as Afghanistan. These women although...

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... 's is proven to be true. Discussion Disinhibition, as mentioned before, is a common affect of people communicating on the internet. This is shown by individuals performing activities that they would usually avoid outside of the virtual medium. Disinhibition plays a major role in online relationships mainly due to the ... conducted over the last couple of years have provided evidence that suggests "girls with high levels of conflict with parents or [who] were highly troubled were more likely than other girls to have close online relationships, as were boys who had low levels ... to "foc...

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... have the accessibility to a social media site without parent consent because it can put them in danger without knowing it, parents can help you see how fake a person be over the Internet, having a social media account and allowing private information ... "The social media giant Facebook says kids have to be 13 to get an account. Join the debate as many parents and even more kids disagree with the guidelines, many violate them, most follow the rules, while still others think that even ... know. Children can subject themselves to all sorts of potential problems while having access to soci...

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... school cafeteria and began a shooting spree. Two hours later, they "capped- off the murders of 12 of their fellow students, and a teacher, by shooting themselves in the mouths, thus leaving us with no way to find out what caused them to do this terrible, unexplainable act, and leaving ... did not receive additional royalties or bonuses. White performers fared much better, with a new teen-heartthrob appearing every day, playing songs written by dozens of black performers who had sold the rights to them. That's not to say that all white performers were merely cheap impersonators, ... thoug...

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... sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food. Following the signing of an IMF stand-by agreement in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal from the Paris Club and a $1 billion loan from the IMF, both contingents on economic reforms. Increases in foreign investment and oil ... analysis 3.1.6 STRUCTURE OF PORTER'S FIVE FORCES The structural determinant of porters five forces shows us in the form of a diagram how the four forces in the industry play major roles in affecting the competition i...

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... itself must be fundamentally changed. Systemic reform is proposed as an alternative to tinkering and add-on programs that, critics say, will not meet the demands of business, parents, communities, and students for fundamental change and significant improvement in schools. Although support for systemic reform has been growing, change is never easy. Many educational board members ... harbor concerns about how the roles that are familiar to them will be affected by systemic reform. Much of the push for systemic reform stems from a recognition that the nation's social and economic structure ...

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... but everyone was acting so strange towards her. Several weeks went by and nothing had changed. Therefore, she decided that she could not take it anymore and wanted to switch schools. She had finally confessed to her parents about all of what had been happening knowing they knew something was ... name calling or gossiping, but cyberbullying can go as far as a sentence of threatening about the student or a death threat. Therefore, schools and parents are responsible for educating there students or kids on dangerous effects of cyberbullying. Although, children are getting cyberbullied everyd...

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... According to bullying statistics, over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online (Cyber Bullying Statistics). Anti-bullying organizations, parents, and schools should take a stand on cyberbullying to raise more awareness and educate people on ways to avoid future incidents. This can prepare ... parents and families who ignore signs of cyberbullying to be alert of their child's behavior and thoughts at all times. Due ... , recognize them for excellence, go different places, and also engage parents too. A challenge may be that no matter how much parents try to avoid the beha...

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... and later Internet Protocol that would be used to integrate satellite, packet radio and the ARPANET (55). This standardization made adding new computers to the network possible, and virtually uncontrolled by a private firm. It also allowed for a low cost of entry reducing barriers to for private users to enter in the industry. This was monitored through bringing together researchers, ... government officials, and emerging business researchers to maintain consistent standards on the Internet. ARPA again showed its influence by coercively requiring companies to maintain open coding standar...

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... the first amendment and should not be allowed. There is also the issue of the filtering software's inability to distinguish between pornography and sexually related topics, and hindering internet research by blocking sites with subject matter like sex education or help for rape victims. In this debate I would have to agree that internet access in the library should not be completely ... not violate the first amendment rights of the adults "just because the material is unfit for minors." The library discontinued the complete filtering system and now has unfiltered internet and parents of...

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... in pornography participate from their own free will, the impact on the public is what has to be observed. These sexual images created by magazines and videos show women with unattainable beauty. The women themselves have been primped through hours of professional hair and makeup before they ... the sexually assertive, instantly aroused, uninhibited woman who climaxes as easily as aroused" (Faust 25). By creating these false images the complex experience of sex has been reduced to stereotyped roles portrayed by actors. Specifically the role of violence in pornography is important to recogn...

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... world market, the more business it will do. However, businesses need to be able to communicate globally. Cisco Systems has been able to acknowledge this need by providing Internet Protocol (IP) telephones to businesses all over the world. In an August 7, 2002 press release, Cisco Systems announced the shipment of its one-millionth IP telephone in less than two years. During ... is electricity. Cisco has joined the Electricity Innovation Institute (www.tdworld.com) to ensure the security of the nations electric supply. Cisco will create new ways to manage power by establishing networks de...

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... the potentials hazards of computers and internet on society, and the effect it has on the educational experiences of students. I agree with the concerns posed by Neil Postman as I have observed the people around me are in awe of the benefits of the internet, and fail to take notice of its disadvantages ... The reason it is controversial is because nobody can really intervene on the Internet. Often, young adults don't inform their parents that they're being cyber bullied; as they're afraid their parents might overreact or block Internet privileges. This can very well happen in the case of...

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... Information technology has become a necessary social component is modern academic institutions. It plays a major role in today's academic society with substantial communication and knowledge transformation activities ongoing. By helping people to increase awareness about their environment, information technology improves people's lives through the provision of educational benefits. As a result, life has improved rapidly in recent ... might not have been possible. Life today is better than it was a hundred years ago because of the benefits received from science exploration. Science has pl...

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Are we headed towards the perfect Utopian global society? Is civilization at a stand still? When will total progress be achieved? These are but some of the concerns argued by the top intellectuals and thinkers of our day. History has proven to us that humankind is evolutionary. I say that in the context of our existence within civilization and the human ... first encounter with the internet allowed me to have a conversation with someone living in Australia. This totally blew my mind away! Since then advancements in web technology seem to grow by the day. Information that can be attained fro...

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... , easy to score, and flexible, or, in other words, an easy way to assess a wide range of declarative science knowledge. Teachers also tend to use them more because students and parents are more familiar with these types of assessments. Traditional science tests do have value in offering insight into students" abilities to perform in testing situations, to recall and/or apply ... technical skills. However, the marking on this assessment may be so subjective, so I think the teacher need to negotiate the criterion with other teacher before he/she decide to assess by using this approach. Pra...

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... services in sync with the current HTTP standards. Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The August 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that 63% of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache, thus making it more widely ... the features of Linux. The development effort is not, as many closed-sourced advocates accuse, totally engulfed with chaos. A well designed development model supervised by some maintainers is adopted. Along with this, there are thousands of developers working to port various applications to Linux. Sun Solaris iPlanet iPla...

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Internet Censorship The debate over whether the government should censor the Internet is intense. In 1995 the senate passed the Communications Decency Act written by Senator Jim Exon. The act "outlaws "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or indecent" communications on the Internet," (Exon 130). Americans on both sides of the issue are asking some very pertinent, ... from another's. It must be made clear that although I am neither totally for nor against censorship, I do not wish to have a limit set on what I can and cannot access determined by someone else's values. Those who support censorshi...

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... of ICT diffusion (adoption and use) have large ramifications in both country and community divisions. Work and employment will continue to segregate as knowledge workers, managers and professionals holding elite roles, rising informational inequalities are unlikely to result in a convergence between and within societies (Willis and Tranter, 2002). 3.0 Programs There currently exist a myriad of programs aimed at narrowing the ... programs have generally been aimed at the access issue, attempting to make the Internet affordable to both individuals and schools. However, market forces have ...

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... new area practically impossible. The internet began as a small university network in the United States and has blossomed into a vast telecommunications network spanning the globe. Today the internet is ruled by no governing body and it is an open society for ideas to be developed and shared in. Unfortunately every society has its underside and the internet is no exception. This ... prepared to meet the requirements of the community in which they are being used. "The prime concern in all this desire to protect minors illegal or harmful material" (Rao). Most parents have never been on the...

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... availability of pornography that attracts minors, gives pedophiles even greater access" (Kolbert, Mettger 4). This is a major concern for parents who have young children. Parents have been struggling with the fight to keep pornography off their children's computers. There have been many incidents with people being caught ... encountering pedophiles, which means that parents themselves must become familiar with the Internet. This may mean exploring the Web alongside their children, and giving experienced guidance and wisdom. "If we do nothing to stem this flood of pornography available ch...

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... their innocent children from the emotionally disturbing pictures presented on the Internet. Parents can regulate the Internet in a number of different ways. Parental Controls can include some "blocking softwares" which give parents the flexibility to choose the right level of access for their children. One of the best methods employed by parents is to sit at the computer console with their child. This ... gives parent's the power to regulate cyberporn on the Internet by monitoring their child's use of the Internet. Parents can also regulate their child's use of the computer by purchasing...

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... constitutionally protected in the United States, whereas it is illegal in the Netherlands. Digital communications has changed the paradigm, and we now live in a world where information is not restricted by physical boundaries, except for a few exceptions such as China and Saudi Arabia. On the Internet, a Dutch person can access any information on the US part of the Internet, even ... is illegal in the US. Politicians and governments sometimes see censorship laws as the solution to these problems, and several countries have implemented comprehensive systems of censorship on the Internet...

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