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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 b
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One of the most commonly asked questions is, "Will the Net help me sell more product?" The answer is yes, but in ways you might not expect.
The effects may be benign: on variation of the famous "Stoned" virus merely displays a message calling for the legalization of marijuana. Online education introduces unprecedented options for teaching, learning, and knowledge building. The files are then resold to all kinds of firms, which use them to sharpen their marketing strategies, assess the economic reliability of customers and adjust to specific commercial demands. , professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh. Such programs find the majority of viruses but virus detection is likely to remain a serious problem because of the ingenuity of crackers. Hypertext links allows users to move from one piece of information to another. E-mail is enabling radically new forms of worldwide human collaboration. By putting so much medical data online without proper safeguards the Government, the Health Care Industry and the Information Industry are clearly undermining the foundation to the confidential doctor-patient relationship. By computerizing these real estate records, liens, incorporations, licenses and so on, they become more than public documents. It is especially persuasive when applied to those rights involving our liberty and personal autonomy. These records, containing highly sensitive and revealing information, are being collected and stored in databases maintained by hospitals.
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