... closure of an 'E-Company' or the breakdown in security of a major Internet corporation. High profile examples include the report last March on Amazon.com, "Intruders had access to customer credit details for four months at site owned by world's biggest e-tailer". These kinds of reports have led ... all negatives however, firms have shown that with the correct use of available resources a secure environment can be achieved. As far back in the WWW commercial life as 1998, the German mortgage bank, DG HYP, was able to manipulate current technologies to provide a safe service for its custome...

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... burst. Since then, 4,854 Internet companies have been either acquired or have shutdown (Webmergers). TheStreet.com's Internet Index , which was widely thought of as the best proxy for the Internet industry has dropped a staggering 93% since March ... clear on their gross margins. Instead they would use costly tactics, such as waiving delivery fees (pets.com) to attain a greater market share and in turn, hurting profitability. On the other hand, the surviving dot-com's would offer discounts on future purchases as not only an incentive to purchase now, but to return ... Companies who outl...

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... .com www.thecelebritycafe.com www.people.aol.com/people/index.html www.ew.com/ew www.variety.com www.starmagazine.com www.mag4you.com www.icompamagazine.com www.FHM.com www.entertainmentdesignmagazine.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/index.jsp www.undercover.com.au/main.html www.priemiere.com/priemier/index.html www.flatiron.mag.com www.barfly.com.au www.nowtoronto.com www.filmthreat.com www.caranddriver.com www.askmen.com www.wwe.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/index.jsp www.geocities.com/hollywood/boulervard/5080/speak.html www.linenights.com/default.html ...

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... The remedy for this was to upgrade the networks not only to be able to receive information, but to handle the larger amount of bandwidth (www.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 coax line is then connected to a splitter, with one line going to the television or set-top box, and the other to the cable modem (www.Techtarget.com). The cable modem then is connected to a PC via a Cat 3 or 5 cable to a network card. Some modems can also be connected via ... (DOCSIS) standard, an...

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... is a metaphor used in business to business eCommerce for providing customers with an online method of placing an order, Submitting a purchase order, or requesting a quote. (Internet, www.readygo.com) Basically put, eCommerce is the online selling component of a web site. An example of eCommerce actions would be when an individual or business reviews information on products or services on ... shipping address and credit card number. These are the fundamental processes of online shopping and online purchasing. These processes are the actions that are referred to as eCommerce. (Internet, w...

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... to all parts of the British Commonwealth, while the Open University in the UK, since the '60s, has exploited spare time on television, awarding degrees all over Europe". www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/distancelearning.html1 Many people wonder whether or not distance education is effective. "Research comparing distance education to traditional face-to-face instruction indicates that teaching and studying at a distance ... if any opportunities to interact with teachers outside of class, and must rely on technical linkages to bridge the gap separating class participants" http://www.uidaho.ed...

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... easy task. The good web site and the one I really liked seemed as if it was easier to write about http://www.rollingstone.com . The bad site I refer to is the site I do not like and is located at http://www.pinkmonkey.com . For my first critique I have chosen the web site from the magazine, Rolling Stone to which I have subscribed to for over ... 20 years. The site http://www.rollingstone.com is one of my favorite web sites to visit in my spare time. The designer of this web site certainly optimized their talent and tools. The page loads very quickly ... people do because they do not ...

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... the Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS). Other software out to aid in the process is called "Censorware." Several of these programs include NetNanny (www.netnanny.com), Cybersitter (www.solidoak.com/cysitter.htm), X-Stop (www.xstop.com) and Cyber Patrol (www.microsys.com/cyber). They basically do that same thing previously mentioned by effectively screening any activity on the computer and filtering out anything deemed unnecessary by the ... ...

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... the material is unfit for minors." The library discontinued the complete filtering system and now has unfiltered internet and parents of minors may choose filtering options for their children (www.yakima-herald .com). Closer to home, in Washington the Yakima County Public Library came under scrutiny from the city for its internet policy that made the parents responsible for monitoring their children ... whether or not they wanted their child to have filtered or unfiltered access to the internet and the child would then be led to either a filtered or unfiltered terminal.(www.yakima-heral...

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... to inform people about the history of soccer, and the site was updated relatively recently. Furthermore, the site was reached through a reliable source (Google.com) and it is clearly not an ad in disguise because it is just stating facts without much bias. On the other hand, Tony Brown, the ... the site will inform us about the entire history of soccer, the sit is only involved with the history of soccer in England. The sight, http://www.tetrabrazil.com/history_of_soccer.htm is a sight that I would classify as barely a good site, although the text alone seems very adequate, although a bi...

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... internet includes E-mail, instant messenger, chat room, or message boards. With these methods of communication on the internet facial expression, tone of voice and body language become obsolete. (http://www.webliminal.com/essentials/eoc-rtfs/ch03.htm. Date accessed 5/12/03.) This exposes some obvious set backs. Communicating over the internet will cause misinterpretation of meaning. Why are these types of expressions ... talking with is actually listening to us, if they are interested in the conversation, or if they are bored. Without this support, we are left to decipher for ourselves....

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... a network can't even protect it's own files. The underground net is where many people are able to get software to help crack passwords and tap into all sorts of files. (www.computerworld.com) From the Pentagon: Democratic and Republicans; Israelites and the Palestinians; as well as emails and personal websites, satellites, or lockers; hackers are using their special skills to terrorize and ... a loophole and get in. Not only can they find the loophole but also they can also totally crash the unit if they want to as many consumers have reported. (www.sonicwall.com) Another prevention met...

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... now have increased their sales by up to 30% just because of a faster processing speeds and safer transactions: -eBay (www.ebay.com) - Upgraded from a 10baseT (1997) to a 100baseT4 (1999) and then to a 10baseFL (2001). (Increased sales by 25% - eBay survey) -Universal Records (www.universalrecords.com) - Upgraded from 10baseT (1996) to a 100baseT4 (1999) and rewired the entire network which optimized it by 35%. -LG Electronics ... (www.lge.com) - Completely networked the main office in Vancouver. With such a heavy experience we have a reputation of a company that provides real networking...

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... some books and read like a banshee because the more knowledge you have the more elite you will be. Below is a short list of the most common books compiled from amazon.com. a) Maximum Security: A Hacker's Guide to Protecting Your Internet Site and Network, 2nd Edition by Anonymous b) Hack Proofing Your Network: Internet Tradecraft by Syngress Media (Editor), Ryan Russell c) Steal this Computer ... , is the fundamental hacking skill. If you don't know any programming language I would recommend learning Python. It is a very small but useful programming language, and is perfect for beginners...

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... easy for customers to respond and communicate openly with the company. It has been proven that a large number of people prefer to communicate using email because of these positives (http://www.justbetterwebsites.com). Furthermore, email is reliable, the information is not likely to be lost in postage or discarded by indifferent postal workers. Advertising using emails is an extremely successful form of ... marketing, it is said to be more successful than radio or TV advertising in some cases (http://www.bulk-email-supermarket.com). Using opt-in mailing lists is a great benefit for the c...

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... the more secure way to go, users are willing to sacrifice a little security for a faster way to connect to the world. Works Cited Badding, Sean. "DSL Player Eyes IPO" http://www.carmelgroup.com/news/index.php?criteria=category&news_category=TCG+in+the+News Comer, Douglas Comer "BroadBand." Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2002. 1993-2001, Microsoft Corporation. John, Alex "The Saint " - The Broadband ... Power User: Stop The Bad Guys, May, 2002, Vol. 2, Issue 5. Montey, Dana "Inside The Broadband Bandwagon" -- Smart Computing, November, 2002, Vol. 13, Issue 11. Tynan, Daniel "CABLE vs. DS...

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... 's greatest library of information. Works Cited 1. Robert Wright, "Will We Ever Log Off?" Time 21 Feb. 2000: 56-58 2. Scott Rosenberg, "Lonesome Internet Blues, Take 2," Salon.com 18 Feb 2000, 3 Mar 2000 http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/02/18/stanford_study/index 3. Bob Gunn, "Making Clones Among Us," Santa Barbara News Press, 30 Apr. 2000: G1 4. Gil Schwartz, "The Net ... , Study Suggest," The Chronicle of Higher Education 5 June 2000, 5 June 2000 . 7. Ruth C. Eggett, "Romance on the Net," An International Home for Internet Romance 13 June 1998, 24 Feb. 2000 http://www.soft.net.uk...

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... being expelled from the student's high school or university. Students may now go online and find millions of copies of papers and essays already written. Websites such as schoolsucks.com, freeessay.com, planetpapers.com, and many others offer students in any grade papers already written for either free or a price. They may also order a custom written essay from some websites. Using "cheat sites ... ," such as schoolsucks.com, can be an easy way for teachers to spot students that have plagiarized. Most of the essays available on these cheat sites are of a different quality than that of wh...

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... of households in the years since has most certainly increased. In seller's portion of this market, for our region of KY, there are approximately 500 internet service providers (http://www.thelist.com/areacode/859/). There are most likely many entrants at any given time as well. The degree of product differentiation of internet service providers is great. Differentiation in this market is ... of cable television market structure. The top cable operators now account for over 11.25 million broadband Internet subscribers, giving them 65 percent of the high speed Internet market (http//www.n...

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... own labels, to prevent instances such as children looking for information about the White House and ending up in a pornographic website because they typed in http://www.whitehouse.com. Instead it should be something like http://www.whitehouse.xxx. The internet is a very good thing; it allows us to talk to a friend all the way across the United States for less than the ... ...

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... by the government or by companies who deal with Internet security. Perhaps one of the best sources for the information I've found regarding internet security is in this page http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/affiliates/workshops/econsecurity/econws/53.pdf The information contained helps the reader to realize the perspective that most major corporations are coming from. Money first. The ... one of our most dangerous conveniences. The ease of use, yet pain of tracking will make it a truly dangerous digital thing to use, and with internet crime doubling(http://www.ecommercetimes.com/p...

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... clock. These services include payment of government bills, filing of tax return, voter registration, renewal of driving and vehicle license, change of personal address etc. For details, please visit http://www.esd.gov.hk. Government-to-Business: this mode of trading often describes the way in which government purchases goods and services through electronic media such as Internet. The Government of ... online services such as registration of suppliers, tender notification, download facility for tender documents, enquiries handling, submission of tender proposals and announcement of tende...

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... site owner. They offer advice to businesses based on what people buy, how often they buy, what sites they buy from, and how the consumer responds to ads and marketing (www.comscore.com). Finally, how do they get this information? Phone surveys and polling online users are two of the most popular ways the PRC gathers its data ... (www.pewinternet.org). Members of Comscore have agreed to have their Internet behavior monitored. Comscore electronically tracks sites from owners who have agreed. They observe surfing and buying behavior at each ... ...

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... worldwide conversation. The government may not . . . interrupt that conversation. As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the internet deserves the highest protection from governmental intrusion." CNET News.com. Seeing as there are very little restrictions on the internet, most of which a ten year old could get around, it is understandable that people want to protect their children from ... rejected censorship of the on-line medium and establishes the fundamental principles that will guide judicial consideration of the Internet for the 21st Century. Here are some in...

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... your website when consider these other factors. Domain name is one important aspect of building a website. The domain name is the address or in nonprofessional's terms: "What comes after the "www."" The domain says a lot about a website, therefore special considerations upon deciding the name, should be taken into consideration. The domain name can be a combination of letters and/or numbers, up ... remember. Sill after you have put your brain to the test and thought out every possible domain name you must still purchase the domain name through companies like "register.com" or "fasteasyw...

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