... use of internet which was explored in the ACMA Communications Report 2007 "08. 1.2 Research objectives This report seeks to analyse how socioeconomic and demographic factors influence participation in the digital economy, specifically: 1. the take-up and use of the internet (including frequency of use) 2. the services and applications undertaken online 3. the use of internet services and ... applications such as email, chat, instant messenger and user-generated content 4. the level of non-participation in the digital economy. 2 Methodology Data within this report are drawn from a number ...

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... to purchases computers for their homes. The students that are enrolled in inner-city schools are deprived of computer education in the classroom, but in their homes as well. The digital divide refers to the increasing disparity between poor and affluent families' access to technology and the Internet. It has been well documented as a major issue threatening inner city communities. ... where one-third of the residents live in deteriorating public housing, only 22.1% of the population are employed, and children face violence, drugs and gang activity. As serious as the digital divide issu...

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... describe today; that embedded in this challenge are fantastic opportunities; and that teaching should and could be the most exciting profession on the planet. In addition, essential to leading schools is the understanding that education in the twenty-first century is about conversation-not just the conversation ... , and in their daily lives. The correlation is clear: higher income and better education leads to improved access. We must address the Digital Divide and make efforts to correct it, or the result will be serious social and economic splits, both nationally and internationally....

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... ethics in the face of another challenge of technology, that is, environmental pollution by industrial technology. Until the industrial revolution, the need for a treatise between mankind and the planet was non existent. Therefore, there are no ethical guidelines concerning the environment. For example, the Ten Commandments contain two kinds of prescriptions: those concerned with human relations to God ... this to mean that humans should be treated no differently from animals, environmental ethicists have more persuasively argued for the moral treatment of animals, plants, mountains, ecos...

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... ethics in the face of another challenge of technology, that is, environmental pollution by industrial technology. Until the industrial revolution, the need for a treatise between mankind and the planet was non existent. Therefore, there are no ethical guidelines concerning the environment. For example, the Ten Commandments contain two kinds of prescriptions: those concerned with human relations to God ... this to mean that humans should be treated no differently from animals, environmental ethicists have more persuasively argued for the moral treatment of animals, plants, mountains, ecos...

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... the World Wide Web has lately been thought of as the World Wide Wait. Fortunately, for most the wait has ended. In the quest for speed, a battle has unfolded for digital dominance across the nation; the cable companies versus the telephone companies. Both corporations have been busily upgrading their network technologies to bring the consumer an Internet connection of highest quality ... and speed. The competition between the cable modem and the DSL (digital subscriber line) has brought out a new stream of options for every type of consumer. The development of new technology has bombard...

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... did!" (Meltzer, p 4) Computers have even been turned in to actual art. Darel Eschbach, the executive director of telecommunication services for Arizona State University, held an exhibition entitled, "DNA: Digital Not Analog," in which he displayed art work made from discarded computer parts. He combined hard drives, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and other items to create an entirely new form ... camera to their computer and download their images. Steven Krause, a professional fashion photographer from New York City, enjoys the lack of mess, chemicals and travel involved in going digital....

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... ADSL, Cable, Satellite and WIFI Hotspots. At the moment, companies are also trying out wireless broadband access. 1.2.1 ADSL ADSL is short for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. This type of broadband can be provided by a number of suppliers, but mostly the ISP's have ADSL as one of the connection ... to be special splitters installed at both the telephone exchange and your computer. This is done to isolate the voice, which is analogue, and the digital signals. Another requirement is that at the exchange a DSLAM, short for DSL Access Multiplexor, needs to be installed. This is quite sim...

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... late 20th Century, mass media could be classified[by whom?]  into eight mass media industries: books, newspapers, magazines, recordings, radio, movies, television and the internet. With the explosion of digital communication technology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the question of what forms of media should be classified as "mass media" has become more prominent. For example, it ... channels (frequencies), for example  BBC One  and  Two. On the other hand, two or more organisations may share a channel and each use it during a fixed part of the day.  Digital radio and  ...

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... the user to receive information easier. Fig 1.1 1.1 Research Problem: What is the need for Personalized Information Services on the Web? Sub Problems: What is an information overload? What is the digital divide? What is an information agent, and how does it work? What is SDI? What is push technology, and when is it used? 2. Selective Dissemination of information: 2.1 What is Selective ... on the Web. The program is free for personal, non-commercial home use or educational institutions. ScienceIndex A demo version of citation index available on the web, which aims to be a digital library...

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... the user to receive information easier. Fig 1.1 1.1 Research Problem: What is the need for Personalized Information Services on the Web? Sub Problems: What is an information overload? What is the digital divide? What is an information agent, and how does it work? What is SDI? What is push technology, and when is it used? 2. Selective Dissemination of information: 2.1 What is Selective ... on the Web. The program is free for personal, non-commercial home use or educational institutions. ScienceIndex A demo version of citation index available on the web, which aims to be a digital library...

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... post office. The main bulk of traffic on ARPANET was not long-distance computing, it was news and personal messages. The incredibly expensive network using the fastest computers on the planet was a message base for gossip and schmooze. Throughout the 70s this very fact made the network grow, its software allowed many different types of computers to become part of the ... say their involvement was minimal; at least one of them had asked Rimm to remove his name. Brian Reid Ph.D who is the director of the Network System Laboratory at Digital Equipment Corporation is the author of the netwo...

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... themselves. The Internet provides a new way for people to gather and share information in the form of web pages and other non-tangible digital files that is free of corporate and governmental control. The Internet's free and open exchange environment contradicts many of the modern day business ... not utilize the basic business and economic principle of supply and demand. On the Internet there is only demand (Negativland 7). No supply exists because digital files can be copied and distributed an unlimited amount of times. Because the Internet breaks the most basic economic principle, is ...

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... This paper will also look at some of the different types of security tools and standards that can be used to defend against these attacks such as firewalls, cryptography, digital certificates. Internet Vulnerabilities Trojan Horses Trojan horses are an increasingly popular instrument for intruders to use. A Trojan horse is an apparently useful program containing hidden functions that can ... and other identification information required to uniquely identify the holder; the holder's public key; the name of the Certification Authority that issued the certificate; a serial number; and a val...

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... of 33MHz. The cost of buying the hardware has come down considerably as the machines have become commodity items. IBM was first co-operate with Digital Research but when the collaboration failed, they turned to Bill Gates, then 25 years old, to write their operating system, that was MS-DOS ... distance telephone call). At present, the fastest analog modems operate at 56 kbps (Kilobits per Second) for transferring data. We also have Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) that operates at 128 kbps and is available from your phone company. Technically, consists of two 64 kbps channels th...

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... in the early 1600's. This device, invented by Charles Napier, consisted of a series of rods that could be used to perform multiplication. The first digital calculation machine was built by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal, intending to help his father (a tax collector), created a system of dials that could perform ... the addition of numbers. Several decades later, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz invented a digital apparatus that could not only add, but could also multiply. It was not until 1820 that a mechanical calculator, developed by Charles Xavier Thomas, was ... effective way to back u...

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... , however, transactions over the internet do not necessarily have to be in writing and certainly will not be signed in the traditional sense. Digital signatures are developing to cover this legal aspect, but they are still in their infancy. Payment Payment is perhaps the most interesting of the ... Electronic transactions do not allow for any of these traditional fail-safes. The most widely used replacement technology is the digital signature. The signatures are not just physical representations of hand-written signatures; rather they are complex strings of numbers and figures which iden...

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... problem; even older phone lines can usually handle it. Connections at 28.8 Kbps and 33.6 Kbps are much trickier, however and both count on there being some more advanced, digital telephone technology in place on the circuit between the two connecting modems. If the telephone circuit between your modem and the Business Internet service relies heavily on older technology, or ... that can withstand some delays in transmission, such as e-mail messages and Web pages. X.25 Packet Switched networks allow remote devices to communicate with each other across high-speed digital links without the ...

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... get qualified visitors to access the web site the company must aggressively promote the site. The web site can be promoted through mass-media promotions to drive consumers" online or digital promotion, which is aimed at online users. As a matter of fact, traditional promotional methods work well to promote all web sites. A placement of advertisement with the address of the ... to increase interest among company's target market or simply a web site that serves as information gatekeeper that acts as a gateway to other sites about a particular subject. "The use of digital technology in the...

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... mediums. Upon doing so, the newly merged company had many industries that were blending together. These industries include but are not limited to the following: broadband, cable modem, net access, digital cable television, and Internet online music. In order to obtain a competitive advantage in each of the aforementioned industries, AOL Time Warner must be aware of how efficiently it is operating ... Comcast. As this industry continues to grow, the recently merged company will be forced to find different ways to compete so that AOL Time Warner can maintain its competitive advantage. Digi...

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... - number in thousands (Kerckhove 1995. Sv "Parallel Gallery"). Art no longer encompasses 'traditional high art aspects', but has steered towards a more technological basis, which include holographic art, biotechnologies, digital imaging and Virtual Reality, to name but a few. An example of art work dealing with the Virtual Reality environment would be Margaret Tan's Virtual Reality : Tan explores the ethical implications ... as we know it (in the traditional sense) might become encompassed as 'craft' and disappear in the light of global technological innovation (Jayemanne 2003. Sv "Ezine...

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... more involved than most of today's society can fathom. There is a long historical line that actually begins with the inception of the computer in conjunction with the establishment of the digital protocol. To stay focused with the intent of this paper, it will jump ahead in time and look at the inception of major aspects of how computer sciences (specifically the ... can lead to issues for the nation in terms of money and time spent to fight the crime and money and time lost by those who are victimized. "A discussion of digital risks should be on the agenda of board meetings everywhere ...

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... can create the illusion of widespread interest by posting a series of messages under different code names. Fraud over the Internet can come in many forms. George Mannes in his article "Digital Dollars- defines Net Cash. This is electronic money that takes the form of letters and digits. Net Cash is a new method to send money across the Internet. The advantage of ... over the illegal information and the transactions crossing the invisible boarders on the Net. Some governments according to Post and Johnson have even given up trying to track down the digital information and concentrate on ...

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... , September 28, 2000 4 Main Report SECTION ONE: A SUMMER OF COPYRIGHT BATTLES Since our first online music report was released on June 8, 2000, arguments over the place of copyright protections on digital music have raged in court, in Congress, and in the press. The fundamental issue is whether Internet users should be allowed the unfettered ability to share music files created in ... few weeks. This service allows users to copy a CD to the company's database and have immediate access to it through a password protected folder on the company's website. Certain CDs (called Digital Automati...

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... . The leading Internet encryption method for e-business is the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) developed by Netscape (Whiteley, 2000). This encryption should protect the data from unauthorized scanning and modification. • Digital Signatures - A digital signature is used to authenticate the sender and ascertain the integrity of the massage. The authentication certificate is issued separately by a third party certification authority. The ... digital signature is encrypted when sent in with the certification authority and whenever it is sent with messages. Customer Centric Operations - The Way...

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