11/10/08
This article that I found on CNET says that there is a new type of GPS out now. This new GPS shows a 3-D image of the terrain and etc, instead of a 2-D view now. Since it is now 3-D, it will help people find places better. The GPS uses NASA's terrain data and it provides digital elevation too. This GPS also accepts entering addresses by voice and the customer get's free real-time traffic news for life too.
I think that this is a new improvement into technology because we've moved from the 2-D GPS, into the 3-D GPS. This is a big step because people can now see the elevation that they are now on, and even get real time traffic news so they can avoid traffic, and find a differnt route home, or let the GPS find the new route home for the customer.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13557_7-10085941-31.html
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Nearly Half Of U.S. Tech Companies Outsource Offshore
3/3/2008
This article lists a whole bunch of statistical data about companies having their business done offshore or outsourced offshore. One statistic said that 79% of their business operations are done out of the United States. Another statistic is that 64% of tech companies in Silicon Valley said they source services or production of products outside the U.S. Of U.S. technology , 74% are offshoring manufacturing, 51% are offshoring programming and IT services, including internal services and those offered to external customers, 49% are offshoring research and development, 45% are offshoring distribution, and 35% have outsourced call centers outside the U.S.. Another statistic that the article said was that the number one place that U.S. tech places offshore is to India (60%), and the list continues to South Asia(50%), China (46%), West Europe (21%), and then Latin America, which is (19%).
I think that with companies begining to outsource everything out of the country, it's going to be harder for fresh graduate students to find jobs and opportunities because we are now competing with the world. Before all the outsourcing began, we were only competing within our own country, but now we're competing against the world. Also another though is that the other countries are willing to work for less too.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/outsourcing/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206901364
This article lists a whole bunch of statistical data about companies having their business done offshore or outsourced offshore. One statistic said that 79% of their business operations are done out of the United States. Another statistic is that 64% of tech companies in Silicon Valley said they source services or production of products outside the U.S. Of U.S. technology , 74% are offshoring manufacturing, 51% are offshoring programming and IT services, including internal services and those offered to external customers, 49% are offshoring research and development, 45% are offshoring distribution, and 35% have outsourced call centers outside the U.S.. Another statistic that the article said was that the number one place that U.S. tech places offshore is to India (60%), and the list continues to South Asia(50%), China (46%), West Europe (21%), and then Latin America, which is (19%).
I think that with companies begining to outsource everything out of the country, it's going to be harder for fresh graduate students to find jobs and opportunities because we are now competing with the world. Before all the outsourcing began, we were only competing within our own country, but now we're competing against the world. Also another though is that the other countries are willing to work for less too.
http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/outsourcing/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206901364
Monday, October 20, 2008
10/21/2008
Cyber criminals move focus to web
This article talks about how hackers and online criminals are starting to target their attacks more on the web than in the previous years, e-mail. They use the web to attack their victims by putting harmful trojan horses on the web pages. Since a lot of users at work surf the net during their sparing time or watch streaming videos online, they can accidently fall onto one of these harmful pages with trojan viruses getting ready to be loaded on their corporate work computer. If the corporate work computer is loaded with a trojan, hackers/cyber criminals can use that trojan to give them information to access the corporate network. Also a new statistic in 2006 said that trojan horses outnumber windows viruses and worms 4 to 1.
I think that users should usually surf on safe websites only and they should be aware of bad websites that would have malicious viruses on there. It is sometimes obvious if a website is okay to surf on or not. Also, with new technology, google and yahoo usualy picks up if a website is bad to surf on or not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6290413.stm
This article talks about how hackers and online criminals are starting to target their attacks more on the web than in the previous years, e-mail. They use the web to attack their victims by putting harmful trojan horses on the web pages. Since a lot of users at work surf the net during their sparing time or watch streaming videos online, they can accidently fall onto one of these harmful pages with trojan viruses getting ready to be loaded on their corporate work computer. If the corporate work computer is loaded with a trojan, hackers/cyber criminals can use that trojan to give them information to access the corporate network. Also a new statistic in 2006 said that trojan horses outnumber windows viruses and worms 4 to 1.
I think that users should usually surf on safe websites only and they should be aware of bad websites that would have malicious viruses on there. It is sometimes obvious if a website is okay to surf on or not. Also, with new technology, google and yahoo usualy picks up if a website is bad to surf on or not.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6290413.stm
Monday, October 6, 2008
10/6/2008
Watch out for cyber-criminals
10/2/2008
This article talks about the National Cyber-Safety Alliance saying that hackers are creating "Bots" that are installed onto a person's computer. The bot records personal information and sends it to a hosted computer, where it is recorded for the hackers to use and sell their information. The bots are also becomming a bigger and new threat to the personal computer and personal information.
I think that with hackers creating more problems, such as bots, there will always be security there to protect our personal information. Another thing is that we need to be more aware if there is malicious software installed onto our computer. Some of these ways of figureing out if there is malicious software on our computer is if it is running slower than usual.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.10.2008/3604/
10/2/2008
This article talks about the National Cyber-Safety Alliance saying that hackers are creating "Bots" that are installed onto a person's computer. The bot records personal information and sends it to a hosted computer, where it is recorded for the hackers to use and sell their information. The bots are also becomming a bigger and new threat to the personal computer and personal information.
I think that with hackers creating more problems, such as bots, there will always be security there to protect our personal information. Another thing is that we need to be more aware if there is malicious software installed onto our computer. Some of these ways of figureing out if there is malicious software on our computer is if it is running slower than usual.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.10.2008/3604/
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Improper Web links can shock viewers
8/4/08
In this article, it says that yahoo had goofed up on one of their articles by linking the phrase "underage girls" to their photo partner flickr. When this happened, you could surf flickr for images of "underage girls". By clicking the link, you would see x-rated stuff to just children stuff. This error happened because of a bad code on the web page highlighting the wrong word to link to flickr. After yahoo discovered the mess-up, they removed the link and put "under-age" on a banned list for automated links, and some of the photos were also removed from the website flickr.
I think that yahoo did the right things to remove this link and to bann the words that created the big uproar. They can not monitor everything that users put up because it's all done by the public and there would be too much to monitor, but i think they did the right thing. Also, everybody makes mistakes and coding is never 100% finish, there are always going to be kinks within the code.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/08/04/obscene.linking.ap/index.html
In this article, it says that yahoo had goofed up on one of their articles by linking the phrase "underage girls" to their photo partner flickr. When this happened, you could surf flickr for images of "underage girls". By clicking the link, you would see x-rated stuff to just children stuff. This error happened because of a bad code on the web page highlighting the wrong word to link to flickr. After yahoo discovered the mess-up, they removed the link and put "under-age" on a banned list for automated links, and some of the photos were also removed from the website flickr.
I think that yahoo did the right things to remove this link and to bann the words that created the big uproar. They can not monitor everything that users put up because it's all done by the public and there would be too much to monitor, but i think they did the right thing. Also, everybody makes mistakes and coding is never 100% finish, there are always going to be kinks within the code.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/08/04/obscene.linking.ap/index.html
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Federal Court Once Again Upholds Ban On Unconstitutional Internet Censorship Law
7/22/08
In this article, it talks about how COPA got thrown out of the US Courts again for violating the 1st and 5th amendment. The article says that for years that the government has been trying to censor the internet but it has no right too. Since the US courts shot COPA down, it goes back to the district courts to decide where it goes again. Other website owners say that COPA is overbroad and vague, and that there are other alterntatives to solving children monitoring.
I think that this is good that COPA got shot down and that it is a violation of the 1st and 5th amendment. I also believe that there are other approaches to this problem of child monitoring on the web besides COPA.
http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/internet/36071prs20080722.html
In this article, it talks about how COPA got thrown out of the US Courts again for violating the 1st and 5th amendment. The article says that for years that the government has been trying to censor the internet but it has no right too. Since the US courts shot COPA down, it goes back to the district courts to decide where it goes again. Other website owners say that COPA is overbroad and vague, and that there are other alterntatives to solving children monitoring.
I think that this is good that COPA got shot down and that it is a violation of the 1st and 5th amendment. I also believe that there are other approaches to this problem of child monitoring on the web besides COPA.
http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/internet/36071prs20080722.html
Monday, September 8, 2008
CSC 210 Week 4
Heads Up: Chrome's Omnibox May Record What You Type
9/8/08
This article talks about Google's new web browser "Chrome" having a feature that records everything you search in the address bar or search box. The new feature that records all these logs are called the Omnibox. The Omnibox can also record informatin that you typed into the address or search box even if the enter key is not stroked. Also when the Omnibox logs your searches, it logs your ip address along with the search. Google's defence to this privacy issue was that only 2% of your logs would be kept and that you can also turn off the Chrome feature.
I think that this is an invasion of privacy but people could probably care less about their searches being logged along with their IP. I think as long as the user is happy with the results he/she gets, they'll continue using the web browser.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/64387.html
9/8/08
This article talks about Google's new web browser "Chrome" having a feature that records everything you search in the address bar or search box. The new feature that records all these logs are called the Omnibox. The Omnibox can also record informatin that you typed into the address or search box even if the enter key is not stroked. Also when the Omnibox logs your searches, it logs your ip address along with the search. Google's defence to this privacy issue was that only 2% of your logs would be kept and that you can also turn off the Chrome feature.
I think that this is an invasion of privacy but people could probably care less about their searches being logged along with their IP. I think as long as the user is happy with the results he/she gets, they'll continue using the web browser.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/64387.html
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