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Essays on Technology

What Is An Information Systems Project
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... organizations and people to complete several different jobs for one particular goal. Providing scheduling, cost and budget requirements, and quality control to ensure the customer is stratified. Any mix up in scheduling could cause a delay and increase the cost and reduce profit. Time management and people skills are a must to be a successful project manager. 2. Stud the enclosed article “HOW MUCH TECHNICAL TRAINING DOES A PROJECT MANAGER NEED?” Then, answer the question, supporting your answer. For support, you are not limited to the enclosed article. As stated in the article a project manager needs enough knowledge not to be snowed. In the military ...



The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft
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... The investigation continued on for the next three years without resolve, until Novell, maker of DR-DOS, a competitor of Microsoft's MS-DOS, filed a complaint with the Competition Directorate of the European Commission in June of 1993. (Maldoom 1) Doing this stalled the investigations even more, until finally in August of 1993, (Check 1)the Federal Trade Commission decided to hand the case over to the Department of Justice. The Department of Justice moved quickly, with Anne K. Bingaman, head of the Antitrust Division of the DOJ, leading the way.(Check 1) The case was finally ended on July 15, 1994, with Microsoft signing a consent settlement.(Check 1) The settl ...



Internet, Its Effects In Our Lives And The Future Of The Internet
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... and expanded and TCP/IP is now a "de facto" standard. Millions of people worldwide are using the Internet to share information, make new associations and communicate. Individuals and businesses, from students and journalists, to consultants, programmers and corporate giants are all harnessing the power of the Internet. For many businesses the Internet is becoming integral to their operations. Imagine the ability to send and receive data: messages, notes, letters, documents, pictures, video, sound- just about any form of communication, as effortlessly as making a phone call. It is easy to understand why the Internet is rapidly becoming the corporate communic ...



Computers
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... their use has in itself opened up new areas of development. Database services and computer networks make available a great variety of information sources. The same new designs also make possible ideas of privacy and of restricted information sources, but computer crime has become a very important risk that society must face if it would enjoy the benefits of modern technology. Two main types of computers are in use today, analog and digital, although the term computer is often used to mean only the digital type. Everything that a digital computer does is based on one operation the ability to determine if a switch, or gate is open or closed. That is, the computer can ...



The Serious Year 2000 Problem
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... also affect embedded microcontrollers in non-computer equipment such as elevators, security systems, and air conditioning systems. As an example of the type of incorrect calculation which can be produced due to this problem, when a computer sorts dates by year, “00” could be identified as an earlier date than “99”. A financial spreadsheet or projection therefore might show the financial trend for the 1999-2000 period running backwards rather than forwards. Insurance company computers might report a policy running through the year 2001 as having instead expired in 1901. A bank computer calculating the interest for a financial instrument for the six year period ...



Regulating The Internet: Who's In Charge
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... their boundaries and their system of govenment" (Harassim, p84) The intemet is a group of networks, linked together, which is capable of transmitting vast amounts of information from one network to another. The internet knows no boundaries and is not located in any single country. The potential the internet has of shaping our world in the future is inconceivable. But with all its potential the internet is surrounded by questions of its usage. The intemet was named the global village by McLuhan and Fiore in 1968, but recently the internet has been more properly renamed the global metropolis. Robert Fortner defines the internet as a place where people from al ...



Computer History
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... a calculating machine that could add and multiply. In 1812, computer developments had risen in Cambridge, England. Charles Babbage wanted to develop a machine that would operate the long computations to be able to operate automatically. He then devised an automatic calculating machine, which he named a "difference engine". By 1822, he had constructed a small working model for demonstrations. In 1823, he started construction of a full-scale "difference engine". It was designed to be steam powered, fully automatic and was to be comanded by a fixed instruction programer. Babbaged worked on the "full-scale difference engine" for 10 years, but in 1833, he began to l ...



Technological Advances In Agriculture Since The 1600's
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... of civilization. However, as advances were made in tools and discoveries were made in cultivation, these cultures became more stationary and more time was diverted from the pursuit of nutrition to the development of civilization. This can clearly be demonstrated through the fact that all major ancient civilizations including Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and India were founded upon a stationary, river-based agricultural system ("Agriculture" Encarta 1999). Similarly, technological advances in the field of agriculture in more recent times have led not only to improved farming techniques and productivity, but have had the far-reaching effects of allowing ma ...



Ethernet
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... If you have a Pentium or faster you want to buy a PCI Ethernet card. If you have a 486 or slower you want to buy an ISA Ethernet card. At the bookstore, they sell a Kingston ISA Ethernet card for $19.95 and a D-Link PCI Ethernet card for $26.95. Now comes the frustrating yet simple task of putting the card in the computer. Make sure you unplug the power supply cord from the back of the computer. Every computer opens in its own unique way. Most will have screws in the back that hold the case cover. Unscrew them and slide the case off. Some might have to be tugged and pulled roughly, but don’t worry, it will come off. Which slot is for your card? I to ...



Morality And Ethics And Computers
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... that make the practice okay? According to Kenneth Goodman, director of the Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy at the University of Miami, who teaches courses in computer ethics, "There's hardly a business that's not using computers."1 This makes these questions all the more important for today's society to answer. There are also many moral and ethical problems dealing with the use of computers in the medical field. In one particular case, a technician trusted what he thought a computer was telling him, and administered a deadly dose of radiation to a hospital patient.2 In cases like these, it is difficult to decide who's fault it is. It could have been the co ...




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