Almost everyone believes that technology has made life easier and more comfortable and that it has enabled us to perform tasks that we could not do otherwise. ... It is possible to argue that the invention of the calculator is largely responsible for the inability of many people to do simple math; it is likewise possible to prove that electronic spell-checking (which is, and may always be, imperfect) has created at least one generation of individuals who cannot spell and know nothing about the logic of language. ... In contrast, few of us question the value of technological advances in t...

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Software Crimes: The Ethical and Economical Downfalls In 1996, worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $15.2 billion to the software industry, with losses of $5.1 billion in North America alone. Some sources put the total up-to-date losses due to software crime as...

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