... with each card holding up to 80 digits. At the time however punched cards were an enormous step forward, they provided a means of input, output, and memory storage on a massive scale. For more than 50 years following the first use the hole punch system did the bulk of the world's business computing and a good portion of computing work in science. By the late 1930's engineers at IBM ... less expensive more reliable and more efficient. The Semiconductor Corporation invented the integrated circuit, a tiny chip of silicon that contained an entire electronic circuit. The bulky computer days we...

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... to prevent red boxes from working (Phone Losers, 2002) From Phreaks to Hackers For many phone phreaks, the next challenge was hacking into computer networks. This was tough in the early days when the Internet consisted of only a few networks. Hacking on the old ALTAIR PCs was difficult, but when a pair of hackers/phreaks from Berkeley, Steve Jobs and Steve ... around on networks, but not doing any real damage (Schnell, 2002). Hacking took off in a big way in the 1980's. IBM released new PCs, networks were growing, and more and more people were being introduced to computers and networks....

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... hundreds of thousands or computers around the world interconnected for communication. The concept originally started out in the 1960's by the Department of Defense's Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA), with the intention of sharing info between the governments super computers. The actual term of "Internet" would not be used until 1982. By the end of the 1960's, four college campuses" had put the program into place, sharing ... using a new protocol for sending and receiving data. TCP/IP was the new protocol standard of choice by the Internet. The explosion of the Internet in the mid 8...

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... , people spend greater amounts of time searching and collecting data from the web and organizing information 5. Computer Addiction-during the 80's, computer games such as Solitaire and Minesweeper were programmed into computers and researchers found that obsessive game playing became a problem in organizational settings as employees spent most days playing rather than working Internet addicts can form emotional attachments to on line friends and activities ... to understand that there are treatments available for Internet Addiction just as there is treatment available for the drug or alc...

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... find out how it works, 1 in 8 want business information and 1 in 2 go to the Internet for education, hobbies, job listings, and entertainment. In 1993 less than 1% of users paid for the use of the Internet. By 1995, it rose over 200% due to the profits companies made from providing the service. Because of the demand for the Internet around the World, and the amount of capital a business could ... hours a day 7 days a week and it had unlimited boundaries, meaning, e-mail can be sent anywhere in the world (Reid 28). Education is becoming popular with the Internet. More than 51% of instruc...

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