While there are ways for users to protect themselves, everyone is in danger. Computer crime is any crime that involves a computer and a network. ... By the year 2000, of over 300 million internet users, 1 million were involved in computer or internet crimes. ... It affected almost 100,000 users and 1/5 of all US businesses. A worm, a type of virus, can even travel through a computer or a network without user transmitting files. ...

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Computers and Education Computers, once unheard of, are now found in almost every household in the United States. ... Businesses are based around the computer. ... As someone once said "computers are the wave of the future." ... I still remember the first time I used a computer, in second grade. ... Also, college students having easy access to computers for various school related tasks" like changing complete blocks of text on a term paper in a split second, using graphics to better express a particular point or idea, and being able to tap into the world wide web whe...

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("iMesh") for the limited use of the beta site version iMesh software product, which includes computer software, and as applicable, associated media, printed materials, and online electronic documentation (the "Product"). ... LICENSEE"S RIGHTS This Agreement grants the Licensee the right to install and use one copy of the Product on a single computer, and if the Product includes a function that enable your computer to act as a network server, any number of computers or workstation may access or otherwise utilize the network services of that server. ... RESTRICTIONS Except as othe...

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Virtually any skill user could order something from Amazon.com. ... DELL COMPUTERS I liked the Web site for Dell computers very much. Product presentation was very thorough because for every computer you purchase, you get to specify what options you want on your computer. Users can view what computers are available and what specials they are currently running. ... Dell computers is pretty much like any other computer store online, which lets you customize the computers before they are shipped. ...

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For example, it was estimated that the I LOVE YOU virus affected more than twenty million Internet users and cost billions of dollars in damage. ... Background checks should also be exercised for employees in sensitive positions, and increase awareness among users of cyber-terrorism and the importance of computer security. Also, they should provide warnings that unauthorized users may be subject to monitoring or prosecution. ... Websense web content security filtering tool filters a users ability to go to inappropriate websites. This reduces the potential for a user to download damaging t...

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America Online The internet, what was once a small computer network used by scientists and researchers, has become very popular over the years. ... Both computers and the internet are very accessible for the majority of society. ... The users of the internet range from little kids to teenagers and all the way up to the elderly. ... One company in particular, Yahoo, has regulations and certain terms of service that should be followed by users online. Yahoo's terms prohibit users from posting or sending content that is hateful and or offensive. ...

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In forty-four Harvard University built the first operational computer called the Mark I. Two years later in forty-six the first programmable computer, called the ENIAC computer, was introduced. ... That same year the first commercial computer was sold to the U.S.bureau of the census. ... The Internet was started in eighty-three, connecting people worldwide by computers. ... Robotics introduced the 56Kbps modem, which helped speed up the internet for many PC users. ...

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If privacy-conscious computer users decide that the risks of storing data with a U.S company is simply not worth it, the results are devastating. ... Widespread NSA spying is dangerous because it affects the focal point of communication and computer innovation. In fact, "it will take time for the US tech industry to regain the trust of both users and potential corporate and government clients. ...

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But before the internet, there had to be the invention of the personal computer. Winston (2008) in, Media Technology and Society: A History : from the Telegraph to the Internet, alludes to the fact that, indeed, through the efforts of Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Steve Jobs, various softwares were developed that enabled the computer to be a personalized experience for the users. ... A majority refer to the computer invention as a significant part of the inventions to exist in the world. Other than the computer, the telephone and the internet, the other greatest American technological advanceme...

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The employees will be paid in Dollars (1), however they must be able to speak English and know how to use the computer (2) . ... (2) It is a disadvantage to be obliged to learn how to speak English or use the computer. ... Yet according to the same study, 55 percent of U.S. companies have done nothing to customize their websites for foreign users. ... For instance, language is a very important issue for internet users and firms which use the internet. ... Signs and symbols are also important when people work with different countries, especially when we think about the number of internet use...

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Computer Hacking came in just about 1981 when IBM introduced its new computer model which was stand alone and fully loaded with a CPU and software (Slatalla). ... They trespassed in each others private computers and jammed telephone lines. ... Treating low level computer intruders as mass murderers. ... Treating low level computer intruders as terrorist is not the answer. ... I"m not saying that editing the bill will be 100% but it will be fairer to the citizens of the United States and its web users. ...

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Introduction Cyber law represents a part of civil and criminal law that concerns the use of computers, and activities performed over the internet and other networks. ... One of the main function of cyber law is to resolve disputes that result from the wrongful use of computers and the internet. ... Laws 11-52-4.2 defines cyber stalking and cyber harassment as: Whoever transmits any communication by computer or other electronic device to any person or causes any person to be contacted for the sole purpose of harassing that person or his or her family.... ... Every user of the internet needs to ...

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For example, Napster (similar to Morpheus) was sued for providing software that enabled internet users to download music at no cost. ... Because the internet is sometimes considered unregulated, users often assume that the law does not apply to its use. ... People have the ability to copy or download the book onto their computer, thus creating numerous copies of the book from the original source. Once the book is copied or downloaded, the owner of the computer basically owns a copy of the item without ever having to pay a single dime to the author. ... Lawrence Wollersheim and ...

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Promote the dialogue between all players and users of the information Increase the interconnection between Research & Development communities both regions. ... Implement innovative applications that are duplicable, such as computer programmes, the installation of material or the set up of networks. ... Each of the projects will contribute to bringing closer the communities of players and users of the two regions and facilitating the integration of the Latin-American countries in a global information society. 1. ... The @LIS International Stakeholders Networking: how to build critic...

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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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I had designed many computers, so I was way ahead of him in electronics and computer design, but we still had common interests. ... In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computer. ... They also went to computer homebrew meetings with Woz, which is creating your own programs, with the computer homebrew club. They worked on making computers and working on motherboards ("Extraordinary Career" 2). ... They also revealed an online shopping store, iTunes which would allow users to buy and sell their own music on there. ...

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Like many other Internet users, terrorists have access not only to maps and diagrams of potential targets but also to imaging data on those same facilities and networks that may reveal counterterrorist activities at a target site. Bombmaking information is literally at the fingertips of anyone with access to a home computer equipped with an internet connection.Much of the information available in print pertaining to nuclear weapons also can be found on the Internet. A number of websites have included compilations of nuclear weapons information gleaned from literature elsewhere in the publi...

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This involves continually monitoring your employee's every move using techniques such as computer monitoring, which involves examining an employee's use of a computer both during and after it is used. ... Log Files: Computers are full of log files that provide evidence of what you have been doing (eg. ... These signals can be intercepted by a desktop monitoring program', which can be installed on a computer at the operating system level or the assembly level. The person receiving the intercepted signals van see each character being typed and can replicate what the user is seei...

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• Only few computers have Internet access, and they must have to share for secret communications. ... Powel indicated that he wants Internet access on every employee's desktop, but he also wants to add a secure Internet connection to 30,000 unclassified desktops computers. ... The goal eventually is a user-friendly interface of the type common in modern corporations. ...

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Apparently, 70 percent of online users don't see piracy as a form of "theft ". ... This watermark will oversee how a song may be copied and played and manage whatever fees may be incurred when songs are copied to a computer. ... Personal computers used to be more, well, personal. ... Now, more than 60 percent of people use a wireless connection, which that means several computers, not necessarily in a close proximity, can connect to the same router. In the end, this means trying to pinpoint a single computer responsible for piracy is not reliable. ...

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This follows on from the Heckscher-Ohlin theory and can be seen in industries such as computer manufacturing. ... The final assembly of the computer is a low skilled task, so developing countries such as Mexico are targeted as they have large pools of low-cost labour. ...

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As far as the consumers go, they would enjoy such things as standardized, common billing, which in turn could lead to standard user profiles that people across the globe could view. ... They said that they will act as a phone, computer, television, pager, newspaper, diary, and even a credit card. ... Kearney study, 61 percent of mobile phone users in 15 countries are aware of the services offered by 3G. ...

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Marijuana can be used for medical use or personal use, and every year the government is cracking down on users, spending millions of the tax payers money. ... The consequences are seized merchandise, frozen bank accounts, confiscation and dissection of computers, and deleted web sites. ...

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In weeks after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, FBI agents obtained search warrants and went to Peterson Public Library and obtained two public computers in order to search for clues for the activities that had taken place with "ties to the city". ... The New Jersey Confidentiality Statute "keeps library users" information secret unless a subpoena or court order is produced;" however, since the USA Patriot Act was passed many "librarians have become concerned that their municipal attorneys may be ill-equipped to deal with new types of government intervention and the litigation it ...

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It would be much harder to protect a mark like DELL (computers) against dilution, since the term DELL has been used in connection with other well-known products, such as the Microsoft Corporation, and has been used by numerous other businesses. ... Therefore, it is possible to use a dilution cause of action against users of the same mark even when the defendant's goods and services bear no relation to the goods or services of the famous mark. ...

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