... system. Almost every computer in schools, libraries, offices, and home is equipped with either Windows 3.X, Windows 95, or 98. As far as browsing the web, there are some major browsers including: AOL, Netscape and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. When Windows 98 came out, it already had Microsoft's Internet Explorer installed, compared to Netscape which users had to pay $50 for the ... program before being acquired by America Online. Basically Microsoft is being sued for having an illegal monopoly over personal computer's operating system and repeatedly quashed competition to preserve its...

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... and millions of people, this activity became an epidemic, resulting in millions of dollars lost. One person would purchase a CD, upload all the songs to his computer, than share them with thousands of other end users who in turn would download the songs and listen to them freely. According to the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, it is legal to make ... . The solution to the "Napster" problem has been at first to shut it down, with it later being refined to the users paying a monthly fee. Consequently, Napster lost most its user base when these changes took effect, with most users switch...

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... appointments for the day, and the directions to get there. Houses automated to control the environment and do such tasks called smart homes are becoming popular. Smart homes store the users profile and act depending on that for any given situation. Currently smart homes do detect movements in the house when the owners are known to be out and inform them ... on the cell phone. 2. Cooltown: recently HP has launched its vision of the future using simulation, wherein users can link all manner of computing devices to people and places via the Internet. 3. E-Government: in places in India, th...

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... analyze the competitive forces in the industry environment in order to identify the opportunities and threats confronting the company. In 1973 the main users of airfreight at this time were to ship time sensitive, high priced goods such as computer items and medical instruments . The airfreight,at this time, was shipped on passenger airlines with the freight in the cargo section of ... ...

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