... an "Internet Junky". The addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are not even aware of the possibilities that may form from your excessive computer use. You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. Once the novelty of keeping in touch with your ... colleagues wears off, and researching starts to bore you, you may possibly expand your computer usage to chatting. Yes, chatting. It is something that is becoming more acceptable in our lives, but it is still looked down upon by ... And finally, the "Internet Junkies" are unlike the addicts in the previ...

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... an "Internet Junky". The addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are not even aware of the possibilities that may form from your excessive computer use. You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. Once the novelty of keeping in touch with your ... colleagues wears off, and researching starts to bore you, you may possibly expand your computer usage to chatting. Yes, chatting. It is something that is becoming more acceptable in our lives, but it is still looked down upon by ... And finally, the "Internet Junkies" are unlike the addicts in the previ...

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... home and office. As a result of our dependency on computers we as a society are susceptible to computer crime to a certain extent. Along with the growing use of computers comes widespread computer crime. The rise in computer crime can be attributed to the increase in the number of users. The Internet offers a whole new platform form for almost every crime that could be perpetrated in ... marches to the same drum as the potential victim but follows an unanticipated path. "(Blumenthal, 1:2) There is no actual profile of a computer criminal because they range from young teens to elders, fr...

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... and the Internet rising everyday, more and more people are investing in personal computers. These people use their computers for many different reasons. Although there are many categories of users, most users fit into one or more of the following categories. Game freaks are those who will stand in line for hours to be the first to buy the latest game. Many ... people generally have a hard drive filled with items they have downloaded, such as game demos, MP3's, video files, pictures, etc. If one was to look through the files on the computer of a downloader, he or she may find over 100 de...

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... century has brought many new and exciting technological discoveries; one being so important to our everyday lives is the invention and use of the computer. Computers help our lives run faster and more effectively. We no longer have to painstakingly write out papers or have to manually search ... just to name a few are: harassing and stalking, altering of websites, credit card fraud, and creating and releasing a damaging computer program. Harassing and stalking can also occur outside of the computer world, but is starting to grow. A stalker can repeated harass their victim online by sendin...

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... each write a program and put them against each other. The program replicated most in memory was the winner. This game showed the potential for a computer virus. The first reported case of a virus designed to cause damage to a computer system was not until 1986. The 'Pakistani Brain' virus written by two programmers Amjad and Basit Farooq Alvi caused widespread damage to many systems ... start. Since this initial 'outbreak' many programmers saw this idea of being able to shut off several computers with one program appealing and in the following ten years hundreds of computer viruses were...

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... if not the most popular form of computer crime. There are several tactics that hackers use to disrupt e-businesses. Some these include Denial of Service, which is clogging a site until it crashes, mainly to cover up an attack. Next, there is Spoofing, by faking an e-mail address or web page hacker can trick users into giving out critical information like passwords ... or credit card numbers. Also there are Sniffers that covertly search individual packets of data as they pass through the Internet and capture passwords or the entire contents. Software piracy and cyber theft are also in the...

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... point or idea, and being able to tap into the world wide web where vast amounts of information is at the fingertips of the users is a marked improvement from 10 years ago. Many college students are now able to take courses via Internet and only attending classes on ... positive attribute to the classroom teaching because they provide a form of interactive learning. Interactive learning is just another way of teaching information. By using a computer, those who are more visual and hands-on learners will be able to learn things in a manner that is most successful for them, while ... where...

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... point or idea, and being able to tap into the world wide web where vast amounts of information is at the fingertips of the users is a marked improvement from 10 years ago. Many college students are now able to take courses via Internet and only attending classes on ... positive attribute to the classroom teaching because they provide a form of interactive learning. Interactive learning is just another way of teaching information. By using a computer, those who are more visual and hands-on learners will be able to learn things in a manner that is most successful for them, while ... to s...

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... is mentioned, a blank stare may be the resulting response. A server is more than just a machine; it is also the software that performs many different services for the users on a network. Non-computer servers can be: print servers, web servers, application servers, file servers, or mail servers, just to name a few. Software can turn a PC into a server. A print server uses software to control ... the printers on a network. Print server software can be located on a computer, or on a hardware device located on a network printer. These hardware devices can be a plug-in card for printers that...

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... method for evaluating your security risks, security practices that you can implement, and training courses for managers and technical personnel. CERT also has information on how to develop your own computer security incident response team or expand the skills of a team you already have. CERT has become very popular in the educational and training development. The CERT/CC offers learning ... techniques for improving network security. All courses are held in Pittsburgh, PA, unless otherwise noted. CERT offers courses for managers and technical personnel in areas such as creating and managi...

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... Microsoft, a company that really looks into the future in order to stay ahead of the competition, said the Internet is one part of the computer business that he really underestimated. As one of the richest men in the world, I doubt if he makes too many mistakes. Nobody could have ... probably the reason why troubles are rising about the dependability of the web. As usage soars, (some estimate there will be rove eighty million users by the end of 1997) could the Internet overload? Even though no one predicted the popularity of the net, some are quick to foresee ... As mentioned above, sp...

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... built-in Wi-Fi capability and any standard notebook computer can easily become Wi-Fi enabled by simply plugging in an appropriate Wi-Fi network card (also known as a PCMCIA card)."" This new technology allows for Internet users to connect nearly 50 times faster than standard modem ... on the 802.11b platform, developed and supported by the institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)."" A Wi-Fi network can connect computer's together to share such hardware and software resources as printers and the Internet. That means everyone patched can share stored files, photos, and ... ...

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... an "Internet Junky". The addiction begins innocently. At the start, you are not even aware of the possibilities that may form from your excessive computer use. You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. Once the novelty of keeping in touch with your ... colleagues wears off, and researching starts to bore you, you may possibly expand your computer usage to chatting. Yes, chatting. It is something that is becoming more acceptable in our lives, but it is still looked down upon by ... And finally, the "Internet Junkies" are unlike the addicts in the previ...

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... email is hacked or another company has already patented our new idea. That's when we freak out. While there are ways for users to protect themselves, everyone is in danger. Computer crime is any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in committing the crime, or it can be the target. By the year 2000, of over 300 million ... internet users, 1 million were involved in computer or internet crimes. These types of crimes often threaten the security and financial health of a person, business or even a country. The U.S. Department of Justice defines ...

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... . It has many benefits as well as its dangers. File sharing is the one of the techniques used through the internet. Computer users around the world connect to each other with specific programs created to swapping files. Millions of copyright infringements occur as music, movies, games and software are transferred throughout the web. ... widely used form of file sharing is the use of "File Transport Protocols" (FTP). There a several FTP client programs available for computer users to access, many of them freeware as well. FTPs are also another form of direct computer to computer transfer...

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... growing. Internet privacy issues have been the forefront of the technology news for a long time. Individuals are asking how the privacy of Internet users should be handled as we move into a new Internet world era. This paper will discuss some of the Internet privacy issues that communities ... is a growing concern by many people who feel companies like Microsoft has broken the boundaries of what is legal in tracking Internet activity by users that are linked to the company through databases and online. This type of privacy violation is new, but is still getting attention by ... softwar...

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... interactions. Moreover, the Internet is available all the time, and deliveries whatever you request to you. Compare to other media, the internet users think they have more options of information available, more controls than before, and more personal freedom. It seems like the Internet is the ... our family, friends, or any other human beings (p. 649). The results of reducing social involvement are stress, loneliness, and depression. Second, the Internet users spend too much time in virtual reality; their basic communication skills in "real reality" become weaker (p. 651). People don't ...

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... the major payback for E-mail often comes from increased use of less expensive leased telephone lines, the effective system is tailored to the users" needs and one in which the user will feel comfortable in using. The users must feel they have benefited from the change. For Corporations, constructing a worldwide electronic mail system will soon be considered essential for survival. Global E-mail ... a federal crime to intercept and disclose electronic messages, similar to the wiretap statute that prohibits the interception of telephone calls. Although the ECPA protects all systems from i...

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... a costly effort to buy a PC but in the long run it does good to own one. So instead of going down to the dirty, virus filled computer labs on a university campus, a bright, young college student wouldn't have to deal with the hassles of snoopers, they use their own computers to do their ... , print papers, watch movies and play games. Many computers users do many different things with their computers; it all depends on the users taste. College students normal use it to do research and write papers the few days before it's due. A computer is great for research because to give a college st...

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... nearly instantaneous electronic message to anyone else. The "internet phone", which is slowly but surely replacing the regular phone, enables anyone to make free long distance calls, through the computer. With the appearance of "streaming" technologies, broadcasting companies and radio stations are transmitting regularly over the internet, which makes them accessible anywhere on the globe. The only costs involved ... , is taking significant measures to prevent such unlawful actions. Secondly, the internet's structures do not only transport data, but it also transports compact and yet very...

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... Vicomsoft.com). The way cable internet access is possible is my using a standard cable TV coax line as the medium and a cable modem to connect the computer to the Internet. The cable TV provider has a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) that then goes through the coax line to the home. The coax ... service by a different name, but chances are they use one of the two. Once a user finds out their provider has access, they must make sure their computer meets certain requirements, usually being a Pentium class PC running at least a 133 MHZ, Windows 98 SE or higher (95 will only work is not...

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... 11 ~ Personal Firewalls By definition a firewall is any number of security schemes that prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitor transfers of information to and from the network. Nowadays with such focus being placed upon online security for both home and office users, the hardware and software firewall has become standard equipment in the fight against unauthorized access ... the firewall. On the other hand if something like spyware was trying to send anonymous information collected from your computer back to its networks, the firewall would ...

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... only. However, installing another phone line can become costly which makes this an unpopular fix. With broadband access, a subscriber's computer is directly connected to the Internet at all times. There are two main types of broadband, Cable and Digital Subscribers Line more ... ranging from 300Kbps to 1.544Mbps down stream and around 128kbs upstream. That is nearly 30 times faster then 56Kbps modems. DSL users have to install a special modem that separates high speed data from telephone signals. A limitation in the DSL systems is ... because they must contain a tuner. A tuner separates...

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... 1.7 million host computers around the world. The basis of connecting all these computers together is by the use of ordinary telephone wires. Users are then directly joined to other computer users at there own will for a small connection fee per month. The connection conveniently includes unlimited access to over a million web sites twenty ... can sell products on-line very effectively. It is just as simple as making a selection at a regular store, only you are using the computer and probably using a credit card as the method of payment. Depending on how developed and advanced the companie...

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