Advertising spyware logs information about the user, possibly including passwords, e-mail addresses, web browsing history, online buying habits, the computers hardware and software configuration, the name, age, sex, etc of the user. As with spam, advertising spyware uses CPU, RAM and resources of the users computer, making the user pay the costs associated with operating it. ... Often these ads are pornographic and make no allowances for underage users who may be using the computer. ... What steps can a user take for protection? ... Before selecting any products for protecting you and ...

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It all began with a computer network called Arpanet. ... Here is christian the user name and cybercity.dk is the mail server. ... Every time the user is going to check or send mail he enquires the post office (the mail-server). ... I have bought roller-skates and computer games. ... Today most private users pay per minute they are online. ...

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Electronic mail's purpose originally was to directly transmit a message from one user at one computer to another user at another computer. For the original email to work, both computers had to be simultaneously on and ready to receive and send email. ... Thus, computers were born and then the internet. ... Secondly, because of too many users using email at once, we have to watch out for Internet overload. ...

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It is brought to your computer screen by converting analogue telephone signals into digital computer signals. ... It can circulate freeware and shareware that a user can download to his or her computer. The Internet can provide entertainment to the user with interesting sites or online games. ... You can also "chat" with other users and it can be a place to meet new people. ... The Internet is becoming more and more accessible to the user with now access from almost every computer and things such as WAP Mobile Phones and personal organisers. ...

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To many users, what was radical just years ago may be becoming monotonous. But the computer industry is looking to change all that. ... For most users, the Internet experience will change dramatically over the next year or two. ... Also, lots of companies will jump on to the trend to make better computer products. Computer-game maker Electronic Arts is the first company to test the capabilities of the new connectivity. ...

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Spam is a burden to the person who gets it and to the network of computer systems that deliver it. ... Once received the unwanted message has to be stored until read and deleted by the user. ... Although the cost of a single spam message to an individual user is small, the combined cost of wasted time for an organization can be huge. ... Many spammers are using techniques to disguise e-mail and to trick users into opening messages. ...

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They are both forms of computer-mediated communication. ... The Designed Tourism Web page is information based (it may contain email facilities) which enables to user to gain easy access to the facts. ... The web page is dealing with a wider but specific audience using a user-friendly manner. ... For instance, large offices often have interoffice email systems that enable employees to communicate within the office computer network, partly replacing interoffice telephone communications. ...

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On the internet, there are many hackers who invade the privacies of many computer users. When online, hackers can enter through "back doors" of your computers and gain access to information such as, their addresses and their phone numbers. ...

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With the explosion of the World Wide Web several years ago, almost anyone with the proper computer knowledge was able to publish his or her ideas to the world. However, with the recent carving up of the internet domain by the corporate world, amateur internet users find themselves being forced out of a market that was intended for all. ...

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The Division I was assigned too had installed the software Windows NT too better monitor what users were viewing. Administrators were assigned to monitor computer usage of the internet and websites service members were using and also blocking those that were not in the interests of the division. ... They monitor email that enters their system by using software that that records information and or activity on a computer and then sends the information to the person or company that installed it. ...

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In the article "The Virtual Community" by Barry M Leiner, the author asserts that the Internet is "a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location." ... For example, Pasadena City College offered many computer courses online. ... They argue that this "cyberspace" doesnt exist in reality because the basic elements that build up this virtual world are only electronic signals and computer programs, which cannot be used to substitute for the warmth and emotion involved in real h...

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