Issues 5

1.) I don't think spyware or cookies should be banned, because I think they can be very useful to do things like monitor the types and location of people that visit your webpage or the number of hits your webpage gets. However, I think people shuold be aware of what cookies or spyware is going on, and be able to opt out of it if they want.

2.) Well, I think law enforcement agencies should be reponsible for putting an end to phishing. Well, he can check to see its legitamacy and instead of providing the information through email he could log on to the website and check there to really see if he needs to update his information or whatever. Well, better awareness on how to avoid phishing and better methods of stopping it. Probably consumers more so than companies, since theyre the ones opening the emails and answering the questionss. 3.) No, it wouldn't do much good to create new laws to punish those who spread viruses and worms. Our prisons are crowded enough, and it would be wasting huge amounts of effort to track the hackers who are sending out viruses and worms. I think yes, if they are punished it should be related to the damage they do?

Issues 4

1.) No, the government should definitely not step in, that would just anger people. However, a better public understanding of cell phone etiquette may be a beneficial solution. Maybe in a TV commercial, sign on the street, etc, reminding people how fun it is to be polite!

2.) Banning them more than they already are wont get anywhere, people will always find away around the rules. During lectures and lessons, they should not be banned, since they can provide a helpful and simple method for students to record notes or record lectures. So in short, computers tablets etc, are great for use during classes and lectures, but should not be allowed during a test or exam.

Issues #4

Ethics and Issues #4?

1.) I think interenet dating services can  be worth it. Since some people are shy, unsure, and just would benefit from it. Its changing the way people interact, instead of meeting someone in person you can develop relationships behind the comfort of a computer, and then later in person. I would never use an internet dating service, but if I did, I would meet on my terms and conditions. And I definitely wouldn't give away my address, birthdate or things like that.
2.) As far as advantages, if someone has a disability, or is a long commute away from a college and cant
change that, an online course would be great. Or has family/kids to take care of and is unable to attend a college. I think yes, an online degree does/should have the same value, because you earned behind a computer or not. I think course study depends a little bit, for instance many community-college type courses would be difficult to learn via online learning, or a medical degree. Best suited, perhaps computer-related college courses, and worse suited would be something like surgery, would be almsot imposisble to teach online from what I can imagine.

iPad 2- Basically the model for all other tablets and the leading tablets in the market. Lightest of 3 tablets at just 1.4lb. Can stores more data than the other tablet models. Plays music and video through iTunes. Has the longest battery life. Has the best picture quality. Lots of Apps, apps and more apps.
HP Touchpad- Weighs 1.6lb. Plays music through Beats audio. Can play audio in more formats than iPad or Motorola. Has a new version of WebOS. Has flash player. No apps. Two piece hardware, not durable.
Motorola Xoom. Weighs 1.6lb. Difficult to use music media player. Has the shortest battery life. Has a dual-core processor. No apps.

Tablet Prototype: The Sony Tablet. Sony announced yesterday that it intends to release its new prototype tablet to the market tomarrow. It will be be based of off Google's Android Operating System. Two different versions will be release. The first version will have an single large screen like most tablets on the market, while the second will have an unfolding touch screen. They have not yet decided on pricing.

If I were to choose a tablet, I would choose the iPad. Has lots of space, iTunes, APPS... on the con side, it lacks flash player, which is annoying to me.

ETHICS

1. Yes, I think music sharing severely harms CD sales, and legal downloads also (to an extent). Now you don’t need to go to a store and buy a CD while you can download for Free in a matter of minutes. Music sharing does result in higher sales, if done legally. For example, through an authorized online music provider, such as iTunes or Amazon mp3. However, because illegal methods of downloading exist, such as frostwire, overall, music sales are harmed. While the music industry is very greedy, I believe its complaints here are justified, because there is not much being done about unauthorized music providers sharing music is very prevalent.

2. Its “ethical” do so, if you are doing so in a legal way. If its unauthorized, it’s unethical… It is definitely 100% ethical to make copies for yourself, for instance if I bought an album on iTunes and wanted in on CD format to play in the car or something. Now for a friend…. if you think about it, illegal downloading is only hurting the people in the record industry, the artists themselves aren’t being harmed- they generate most of their revenue through touring, and album sales, while having declined, are still pretty stable. It’s a question of, “Do I want to support this?” Its up to the buyer I suppose. The industry can install all the software they want to CD’s etc, but people are always going to find away to get around it.

3. Noooo. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Cash all the way. Nobody can hack your cash. If you loose it the only person to blame is yourself. No need to “guarantee” anything on cash.  Now if these so-called “smart cards” became common use in the ‘states, I wouldn’t object, just wouldn’t

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Define the following terms in your own words:

i. Analog - Analog device are NOT read in 10101 pattern of digital devices, rather they are in a series of bumps and grooves.

ii. AC Adapter- External power supply, looks like an oversized plug.

iii. Bay (computer bay)- Reserved space where hard or floppy disk drives can be inserted.

iv. Bluetooth- Bluetooth allow for short range wireless contact between devices.

v. Bit- Comes from the phrase "binary digIT", its a single digit number in base-2, it is the smalelst unit of computer data.

vi. Bus- In a computers data the bus data goes up and down. Most computers have several different buses to transmit data, also run on a certain speed that is measured in megahertzs.

vii. Byte- A set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computers memory. Do not confuse the term with "byte"

viii. Cache- Cache's store recently used information so that they can be recalled again. The most common instance of this is in web browsers, where a cache is used to remember web pages that are visisted frequently.

ix. Celeron- A brand name given by microcorp to several microproccessors.

x. Central processing unit (CPU)- Pretty much the brain of your computer. Proccess everything from simple to complex functions.

xi. Chip- Technically, is a piece of silicon with a circuit embedded in it, but cn also refer to different components within your computer, such as an integrated circuit.

xii. Digital- Unlike analog, with runs on bumps and grooves, digital reads information in a 10101 pattern.

xiii. Dual-core processor - A dual-core processor is a CPU with two processors or "execution cores" in the same integrated circuit.

xiv. Expansion slot- An opening in a computer where a circuit board can be inserted to add new capabilities to the copmuter. Nearly all comptuers except some portable ones contain an expansion slot. The boards inserted are called expansion boards.

xv. Firmware- A software program programmed on a hardware device. it provide instructions on how the device communicates.

xvi. Gigabyte- Around over a billion bytes. Usually hard drives are measured in gigabytes, for example
160GB". It is the predesecor to terabytes. Abbreviated "gigs"

xvii. Gigahertz- Equal to 1,000 megahertz and is commonly used to measure a computers processing speed.

xviii. Megabyte- Around a million bytes and precedes the gigabyte unit of measuring computer data.

xix. Memory- Refers to how a cmoputer stores digital data much like we store our memory./

xx. Motherboard- The main circuit board of your computer.

xxi. Pentium- A registered trademark, refers to some microsoft processors.

xxii. Port- can refer to an internet (protocol) or hardware port, is a general term.

xxiii. R.A.M- Stands for random access memory. Small chips that recall memory from a memory module, installed on the computers motherboard.

xxiv. R.O.M.- Stands for Read-only memory, the comptuer uses this when it boots up.

xxv. USB port- Stands for universal serial bus. A very common type of port on computes, often used for attatching many types of peripherals.

xxvi. Video Card- Gives the CPU a break, used for loading graphics.

Trailblazers 12

1. Michael Dell is the CEO and founder of Dell computers. They are the largest computer manufacturer in the world. I use dell computer often, and am typing this on a Dell computer right now.
2. Tom Anderson is the cofounder and former president of myspace. He along with his cofounder pioneered the social networking platform, which gave rise to other social networks. Although I do not use MySpace, I know people who do and I use othe social media websites.
3. Logitech is a large company that produces peripherals for computers. They dominate the peripheral market, creating all types of keyboards, mouses, webcams, etc. Most people who use copmuters have proabbhlu used a logitech peripheral.
4. Cisco is a large company that sells user electronics. They make many electronics, liek WiFi linksys ports which my neighbors use.