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There's no question that Obama used the Internet better than any previous presidential candidate although if you step back to the party candidate level, Ron Paul is probably his equal. I think the bigger question is will that outreach continue? If Barack and company continue to use the Internet to keep a finger on the pulse of the American people--for everything from opinions to conditions to ideas--in addition to using it for leverage in Congress for his legislation, his presidency will be historic for more than just race.

oct 29

Most of them are using mobile phones. They are saying that cell phones are going to overrule laptop. They are more affordable to buy and easier to carry around. It would change the way to raise money and get money. It is worth understand for people with low income to have cell phones. People are staring to like having cell phone to go on the internet, its growing rapidly in developing countries, over 61% of the world 2.7 billion cell phone users are developing countries to only 10% of the worlds 1 billion interment users.

oct 28

The new operating system that is called Snow Leopard will focus on performance, stability, and resource efficiency and which these are some of the things that makes it so advanced. Many of the software developers has not been trained to write a code that's optimized for multicore processors. Many of the commercial software doesn't take advantage of multicore devices as a consequence. But the UC Berkeley professor of computer sciences made an announcement about the difficulty of parallel programming to assiging 8 repoters to work on a story and only being able to publish it.

oct 27

This article that we read today is about the T-Mobile G1 which is the first smart phone that uses Google Android mobile operating system. The G1 has been said to be a success but it is still undergoing problems that have to be fixed. The Tmobile itself measures 4.60 by 2.16 by 0.62 inches, 3.17-inch touch-screen and weighs a moderate 5.6 ounces. G1 loaded internet pages with photos a few seconds faster than the iPhone. the Android browser displays full Web pages. Also like the iPhone, the Android browser supports JavaScript, but not Flash or Java. Gmail and another one for other mail servers is the two email applications that G1 has.

oct 23

Moore's law describes an important trend in the history of computer hardware. A trend that shows the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits will be doubled every year. This question relates back the decreasing prize of memory chips and it memory chips were to be stoped being produced it will eventually make Moore's Law Extinct.

oct 22

T.V's are headed to be more btter, and have a better picture. Which now the new TV'S You can insert a memory card and view many pictuers. I n 2020 the tv's being made will have be much smaller but with a much bigger picture. It would also have some other applications and would be useful to show three-dimensional displays.

0ct 21

iGoogle is basically just another homepage that you can custom to your very own likings. You can add many different things to your likings such as games, jokings, joke of the day, weather e.t. c. Which the new iGoogle is to the old version as display advertising is to text advertising.

oct 16

Micron is a memory producing company which is reported a $344 million fourth-quarter loss in Oct. 1st. They are closing one of their flash memory facilities, which will result in a 15% worker loss. Memory prices continued to fall so they weren't really making a profit. The Nand flash memory is the core of most USB drives being used. Which is one of the most popular devices that they uses in the Nintendo DS.

oct 15

This article is saying that the smart phone or PDA is possibly the next laptop. It says that most people would rather have a PDA or Blackberry than a laptop. GM is looking to provide more business intelligence and realtime dashboards and reporting on smartphones, including apps that drill fown into vehicle sales information,financial performance, manfacturing metrics and project management status.

oct 14

From reading this article it is just basiclly saying that Apple's laptops are going to be cheaper by 300 dollars. This notebook is crafted from single pieces of aluminum using a laser and water jet process known by the code-name brick. The 9 to 5 Mac web site is a news web site devoted to anything to do with Apple and Mac. Steve Jobs therefore is trying to put in the process of building the ultimate factory run by robots and Mac's.

oct 13

The new blackberry storm is the first touch screen handset from RIM. Which the smartphone sports similar features of apple's handset. It has 3g capabilities, gps multimedia functionality and access to corporate email. The accesories are in great demand in the market

oct 10th

No i havent heard of clickerjacking but from reading the artivle i found out alot. Clickerjacking is a technique that is commonly used to hijack a computers webcam and or microphone to create a malicious surveillance platform. By this it could be used to spy on people, but it does affect a variety of software applications. You can defend it by put tape over your camera and disable your microphone

oct 9

Basically the phone carrier AT&T wireless research study on howtheir customers feel about texting on approximately 1,000 adults between the ages of 18 to 55. From the survey AT&T realized that thier customers find it less complicated to text. The survey also showed that survey said that68% of thier customers send a love note via text messaging while 67% use texting to flirt.

oct 7

basically the iphone killer is just an upgrade. It has what the iphone but just has alot moreand it also has Wi-Fi. iphone will lose the interest of many people.

oct 6

IMB have came out with a new program which they it called iNotes. It is a free web application that lets people access their notes, emails, and contacts e.t.c list through Apple's safari browser on apple's iPhone. Therefore IMB is trying to enter Apple's market.

oct 2 2008

there are many softwares that can be used on mac but a few is that it can offer 14o document layouts. iwork and pages. therefore iwork is the newest to mac by apple

sept 30

I REALLY DONT STUFF CONCERNONG ROBOTICS SO THEREFORE. BUT I DONT THINK WE NEED A CLASS ON IT BUT THEN MAYBE WE SHOULD SO THAT PPL WILL KNOW. YES WE SHOULD HAVE PROGRAMMING CLASSES

7 period

I REALLY DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SEVEN PDS. AT MY OTHER SCHOOLS WE HAD SEVEN PDS BUT NOW I AM USED TO FOUR PDS. ALSO I AM MORE COMFTORABLE WITH HAVING FOUR PDS. WHICH MEANS NEXT YR I WILL HAVE TO BE IN SCHOOL ALL DAY TAKING CLASSES AND CREDITYS THAT I DONT NEED.

SARAH PALIN

HER EMAIL WAS HACKED BECAUSE THEY GOT INFOPRMATION OFF OF GOOGLE. THEY GOT HER PERSONAL INFORMATION TO GO INTO HER PASSWORD HINT. IT WAS VERY EASY IF ALL HE HAD TO DO IS GO ON TWO WEBSITES AND GET THE INFO. NO IT LWOULDNT BE EASY FOR SOMEONE TO DO THIS BECAUSE IM NOT IN THE PUBLIC EYE. SO THAT SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT MAINLY WITH CELEBRITIES.

IPHONE

I THINK THE NEW TECHNOLOGY IS A GOOD USE IN SOME WAYS. I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT CAN BRING YOU CLOSER WITH THE CANIDATE. FOR THOSE WHO DONT WATCH TELEVISION ON A REGULAR BASIS THEY CAN BE ALERTED THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE. THE BAD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THE TEXT MESSAGE ONLY GOES OUT TO PEOPLE'S WHO CARRIER IS AN IPHONE. WHICH IT CAN BE UNFAIR TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFERENT CARRIERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO RECIEVE A TEXT. BUT OVERALL I FEEL AS THOUGH THE TEXT MESSAGES FROM OBAMA IS A GOOD IDEA AND ADVERTISEMENT.

POWERPOINTS

I LIKED THE DOS GAME POWERPOINT BEFORE THE TEST BECAUSE IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME. IT WAS A GOOD WAY OF REVIEWING FOR THE GAME. YOU GET DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS OF WHAT OTHER PPL THINK IS GOING TO BE ON THE TEST SO THEREFORE IT IS A VARIETY. PLUS IT SEE WETHER OR NOT YOU ARE COMPLETELY READY FOR THE TEST. BY WHICH IF YOU GET THE ANSWER INCORRECT IT GIVES YOU THE CORRECT ONE.

IKE

OUR GOVERNMENT CAN HELP CAN REACT THROUGH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES. DEPENDING ON HOW SEVERE THE WEATHER IS. YOU CAN USE A COMPUTER, RADIO, T.V OR PHONE. USING THESE TECHNOLOGIES IT CAN HELP US IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. BUT WE CAN STAY AWARE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES BY LOOKING AT THE NEWS OR THE INTERNET.

SUMMARIZATION OF CERN

CERN'S LARGE HADRON COLLIDER IN SWITZERLAND WHICH WAS HACKED BY A GROUP CALLED THE "GREEK SECURITY" TEAM LAST WEEK. IT IS A COLLIDER THAT IS A MASSIVE UNDERGROUND PARTICLE ACCELERATOR DESIGNE DTO CONDUCT PARTICLES PSHYICS IN EXPERIMENTS. THE HACKERS HELP SHOW THEM THAT THEY WERE HELPING THEM IMPROVE THERE SECURITY

SANDISK MEMORY

SANDISK A 32 GIGIBITES COMPACT FLASH CARD, THE LARGEST CF STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. BUT BASICALLY ON THE COMMERCIAL I CANNOT NOT COMMENT ON IT CAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET.

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.C
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.A
6. B
7. E
8. B
9.D
10.B

SUMMARY

A SMART AGRMENT IS A PPERSONALIZED WEARIABLE MONITORING SYSTEM. IN THE ARTICLE I READ THAT YOU THERE IS GONNA BE A SHOE MADE SO THAT HAS A ALOT OF CAPABILITIES. THE SHOE BRAND IS NIKE. ONE OF THE MKAJOR CAPABLILITIES IS IT WILL IMPROVE THIER RUNNING STYLE. SO WHILE YOU ARE RUNNING YOU CAN LISTEN TO A IPOD. SO THEY ARE SAYING COMPARE THE TIMES IF YOU RUN WITH OTHER RUNNERS AND SEE THE DIFFERENCE. ALSO BY HAVING THE SHOE IT CAN DETECT THE CALORIES YOU GAINE DAND BURNED BY USING A SHOE SENSOR. IN READING THIS ARTICLE I LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE APPLE SMART GARMENT.

what is the significance of linux open source

IT IS INSTALLED IN A WIDE VARIETY OF COMPUTER HARDWARE , RANGING FROM EMBEDDED DEVVICES AND MOBILE PHONES TO SUPER COMPUTERS.

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS BASICALLY CREATIVE PRACTICE OF APPROPRIATION AND FREE SHARING OF FOUND AND CREATED CONTENT. SOFTWARE IN OPERATING SYSTEM.

MAINFRAME AND PC

A MAINFRAME ARE COMPUTERS THAT IS COMMONLY USED BY MANY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CRITICAL APPLICATIONS. HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSYTEMS. SINCE THE MID 1960'2 THE MAINFRAME DESIGN HAVE INCLUDED SEVERAL SUBSIDIARY COMPUTERS

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer

A PC IS BASICALLY A PERSONAL COMPUTER THAT CAN BE A LAPTOP, DESKTOP OR JUST A TABLET COMPUTER. EARLY 1970'S HAD THE OPPURTUNITY FOR THE OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM. ONE BILLION COMPUTERS WERE SOLD WORLDWIDE SINCE MID 1970'S TIL THIS TIME.

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer

COMPARING ROM, RAM, VIRTUAL AND CACHING

ROM-( READ ONLY MEMORY)- IS ALSO KNOWN AS A FILMWARE WHICH IS AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROGRAMMED WITH THE SPECIFIC DATA WHEN IT IS MANUFACTURED. ALSO ROM CHIPS CAN BE USED IN ELECTRONICS AS WELL.
http://http://computer.howstuffworks.com/rom.htm

RAM-(RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY)- BASICAALLY YOU CAN ACCESS ANY MEMORY CELL DIRECTLY BUT ONLY IF YOU KNOW THE ROW AND COLUMN THAT INTERSECT AT THAT CELL.
http://http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm

VIRTUAL- IS A VERY COMMON PART OF THE OPERATING SYSTEMS ON THE DESKTOP COMPUTERS. BY USING VIRTUAL MEMORY THE COMPUTER CAN SEARCH FOR AREAS OF RAM THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED RECENTLY AND COPY THEM ONTO THE HARD DISK. BY DOING THIS IT FREES UP SPACE IN RAM TO LOAD THE NEW APPLICATION.
http://http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question684.htm

CACHE- MODERN COMPUTERS HAVE L1 AND L2 CACHES AND WHICH SOME MAY HAVE L3. THE IDEA BEHIND CACHING IS TO USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE MEMORY TO SPEED UP A LARGE OF SLOWER, LESS EXPENSIVE MEMORY
http://http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cache.htm

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPERATING SYSTEMS AND APPLIED SOFTWARE

OPERATING SYSTEMS- IS THE SOFTWARE COMPONET OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES AND THE SHARING OF THE RESOURCES OF THE COMPUTER
http://http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/o/operating_system.html

APPLIED SOFTWARE- SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO ACCOMPLISH ONE OR MORE, SPECFIC, NON COMPUTER RELATED TASKS
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software

TIMELINE FOR COMPUTERS

1936-1ST FREELY PROGRAMABLE COMPUTER CALLED Z1 COMPUTER

1955-THE 1ST BANK INDUSTRY COMPUTER-ALSO MICR(MAGNETIC INCK CHARACTER RECOGNITION) FOR READING CHECKS

1962- THE 1ST COMPUTER GAME WAS INVENTED

1964-DOUGLAS ENGLEBART NICKNAMED THE MOUSE

1969- THE ORIGINAL INTERNET

1982- THE FIRST LUGGABLE COMPUTER IS INTRODUCED

1982- APPLE COMPUTERS IS THE 1ST PERSONAL COMPUTER MANUFACTURER TO HIT $1 BILLION MARK ANNUAL SALES

1984- THE COMPUTER MUSEUM OPENS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON

1987- MICROSOFT SHARES HITS $100 PER SHARE

1994- YAHOO IS FOUNDED
http://http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?year=1994



http://http://www.computerhope.com/history/198090.htm

a contextual clue

ONE CONTEXTUAL CLUE THAT I FOUND FROM READING THE BOOK "INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS" THE WORD IS DIR COMMAND. AFTER READING A PARAGRAPH I REALIZED THAT A DIR COMMAND IS TELLS THE FILE SUBSYSTEM OF THE KERNEL TO FIND OUT WHAT FILES ARE AVAILABLE. DIFERENT WORDS SUCH AS FILES, DEVICE AND INFORMATION HELPED ME FIGURE OUT WHAT A DIR COMMAND IS.

A NANOTUBE

NANOTUBES HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR USE AS MINUSCULE WIRES OR IN ULTRSMALL ELECTONIC DEVICES. A NANOTUBE TECHNOLOGY IS BASICALLY A SERIES OF MANY DIFFERENT TINY TUBES THAT ARE ROLLED UP CARBON HEXAGONS. NANOTUBES HOLD THE PROMISE OF CREATING NOVEL DEVICES WHICH IT WILL BASICALLY ALLOW MINIATURATION TO CONTINUE BEYOND THE LIMITS OF A SILICON BASED TECHNOLOGY.

http://http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/topics/popups/serious/nano/html/nfuture.html

PSP'S (ASSIGNMENT TWO)

A PSP HANDHELD IS SIMILAR TO ANY PSP'S. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS A PSP IS HANDHELD AND LIGHTWIEGHT. THE SIMILARITIES ARE BASICALLY THE SAME . WITH A PSP YOU CAN SAVE YOUR MUSIC, PICTURES AND VIDEOS AND VIEW THEM AT ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT IS GREAT FOR ALOT OF TEENAGERS WHO GET BORED EASILY WHEN ARE NOT IN THE HOUSE. A USB 2.0 PORT THAT YOU CAN USE TO LINK THE DEVICE TO YOUR COMPUTER, WHICH NO USB CONNECTION CABLE IS INCLUDED. BY USING THIS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD MANY FEATURES TO YOUR PERSONALIZED HANDHELD TO ACCOMADATE TO YOUR LIKING.

http://http://reviews.cnet.com/consoles/sony-psp/4505-10109_7-30895581.html

A PDA (FIRST ASSIGNMENT)

A PDA IS A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT WHICH IS A HANDHELD COMPUTER. A PDA IS CAPABLE OF MANY USEFUL ACTIVITIES. A PDA IS VERY SIMILAR TO A COMPUTER. YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. PDA HAVE MULTIMEDIA FEATURES AND WIRLESS CAPABILITIES. THE MEMORY IS GREAT SUCH AS STORING MUSIC, DOCUMENTS AND CALENDER INFORMATION. THEY ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PHONES THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO YOUR LIKING. WETHER YOU LIKE A SMALL PHONE PHONE OR BIG. http://http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PDA.html