Introduction The future of training and development in the workplace over the next five to ten years will be impacted both by changes in the business environment and technological advances. The entry of a new generation of individuals who grew up with computers, changing definitions of ...

In today's society, where technology and the Internet seem to dominate our daily lives, a new villain has entered our consciousness. The hacker is feared by many, but respected by few. Everyone seems to know who hackers are and what they do, but there is a major misconception about hackers tha...

Free Speech on the Internet: The Boundaries of Censorship With the ever-growing popularity of the Internet more and more people are concerned with the vast amounts of uncensored material that can be accessed. Although there have been many attempts to legally censor the Internet, thus far mo...

New times bring new crimes. Computers and the Internet especially, are growing everyday. A personal computer makes home, school, and office life tremendously easier with its expandable loads of information and possibilities. People of all ages ar...

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an application environment and a set of communication protocols that allow the development of applications and services that enable mobile phones and other mobile devices, such as pagers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to, manufacturer-, vendor-, and techno...

John Brown Pornography in the New Age With the birth of the Internet as a new medium to the public instantly the problem of pornographic material emerged. Pornography on the Internet should not be regulated due to the fact that it violates the bill of rights, the economy would suffer and it would ...

The Slowing Revolution Technology, a progressive tool in the last decade! Every day technology influences many Americans in their daily living, from cell phones, microwaves, CD-players, home personal computers, to lap top computers technology has made the American standard of living easier and con...

Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is essentially the buying and selling of goods and services using the Internet, and is revolutionizing the way business is being conducted. The most common form of E-Commerce takes, and the one most people are familiar with is online shopping. Creating a "virtual st...

The exponential growth of the Cyber society and Cyber culture within the Internet has not gone unnoticed by the "religious community." As I write, church web sites are being published and electronic prayer groups zip by in modems and wire networks across the globe. Even isolated monast...

Business continuity is of great importance to organizations and continually attempt to find better ways to protect the availability of information through technology. There are three business drivers that have brought this issue to the forefront of management and boardroom discussions. They are th...

Summary: SR&J bookstore is now exploring the possibility into expanding into the e-commerce world. Currently we have a small side business that produces gift baskets for special occasions. Although this store is doing quite well at its current location, we fell that the opportunity to expand nation...

Abstract With the turn of a new century accountants see the need to get involved in the ever-evolving world of computer technology and the Internet. The AICPA saw the need for assurance in electronic commerce, and they found a way for them to benefit from it. It is the WebTrust seal of assurance...

Are the Dangers of Internet Child Pornography Exaggerated? The Issue Is a part of society over-reacting to the accessibility of pornographic material on the Internet? Is pornographic material as easily accessible as some believe? Julia Wilkins Opinion Julia Wilkins is an author of several ...

Times have changed and the world of technology is growing. These new times are also bringing new crimes. The crimes that I am talking about are crimes committed with computers. Computer crimes started in the early 1970's and have become more and more prevalent. The reason computer crimes hav...

A tremendous economic change is taking place. We are witnessing the emergence of the Digital Economy. Computers, the software that runs on them, and the networks that connect them are the key enabling technologies of the new economy; an economy based on the digitisation of information. Information ...

The politics of privacy in America are imprudent and sentimental, fired by heart-tugging anecdotes that capture public imagination. Not too long ago TV actress Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered by an obsessive fan that obtained her address through the department of motor vehicles. This later led Con...

Opportunities and Challenges of the Internet In a world of light-speed data transmission, any individual with little training and expertise can make a fortune from the Internet. Many companies, like E-bay or Amazon.com, thrive from business done only through Internet transactions. As comput...

Computer Networks Computers by themselves are useful tools. But once they are interconnected, they surge in usefulness and suddenly become media. One computer is connected into a network which is then patched into a network of networks. Computer networks have the potential to break the monopolies o...

Surfing the Internet is like strolling through a library. With just one click of the mouse, a person can enter an amazing world of information. The Internet takes away the inconvenience of having to drive to the public library, plus, the Internet is open twenty-four hours a day. But, not only can a ...

There is a war raging throughout the music industry right now. Unfortunately it is not about which big star can sell the most records by producing the best music. Instead, this battle doesn't really involve any big names at all. It is in fact, all about the little guy, the consumer, and more sp...

Our Once Distant World has become a Connected Global Village Marshall McLuhan, a famous Canadian Author, once stated that the world is becoming more and more like a global village. Our advances in technology are making communicating throughout the earth a simpler and simpler task, almost as easy...

The Internet has changed the way we work, the way we play, and clearly the way we communicate. Some experts might even say the Internet has spawned its own dialect, with words such as "dot com," "blog," and "Web site" non-existent before the advent of the Internet. Some might call this a...

Sex in Society Sex plays a major role in today's society. From television, radio, music, and advertisements, to video games, the Internet, and even art and pictures, all forms of media use sex to help sell their products. With the public being exposed to so many different types, the overuse a...

Technology On The Rise We live in a world of industrialization. Things are changing by the second and humanity is learning to adapt and keep up with the times. There have been so many remarkable advances that have made society stronger and more knowledgeable. There have also been advances that...

Sex in Society Sex plays a major role in today's society. From television, radio, music, and advertisements, to video games, the Internet, and even art and pictures, all forms of media use sex to help sell their products. With the public being exposed to so many different types, the overus...