Computer CrimeJames George states that it is a story as old as humanity: "New times bring new crimes" (97, F1). First came cars, car thieves followed. Telephones were followed by telephone fraud. Now we have computers. Computers have made home, school and office life easier. Our society re...

Computers are one of the most important inventions ever. If computers had not been invented, technology would not be developed to its current state. Since the computers invention, society has changed drastically. Computer technology is so helpful, that it is even used to create newer, bet...

The Digital Divide and Cultural Significance by Dennis L. Wignall, Ph.D.U.S. Government officials and social researchers have long been studying the phenomenon labeled ?The Digital Divide? (DD). The DD is defined as the distance between those people who possess functional computing skills in suppor...

Fraud is a costly problem for business organizations all over the world that has proliferated greatly in recent years due to increase in the use of computers and online e-commerce by businesses. The extent of the problem is reflected in an alarming estimate by the Association of Certified ...

Today's generation of youth from diapers to age twenty have their own name,just as the 50-some baby boomers have: It is the Net-generation or N-geners.This population, which is 80 million strong, is the first generation togrow up surrounded by digital media. Computers can be found in homes andschool...

A quote I heard many times when I was in high school and which I now know traces back to Sir Francis Bacon, one of our earliest scientist or philosophers as they were then called, is the statement "Knowledge Is Power." Today, I believe that the fuller, more correct statement is to say, "the applicat...

The Applications of Technology in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century A quote I heard many times when I was in high school and which I now know traces back to Sir Francis Bacon, one of our earliest scientist or philosophers as they were then called, is the statement "Knowledge Is Pow...

The Influence of the Cold War and the Space Race On the Evolution of Today's Technology A few hundred key inventions have marked mankind's progress from the Stone Age to the Space Age. What were these inventions? Who made them possible? Where would the world be today if the space r...

The Influence of the Cold War and the Space Race On the Evolution of Today's Technology A few hundred key inventions have marked mankind's progress from the Stone Age to the Space Age. What were these inventions? Who made them possible? Where would the world be today if the space r...

The debate between Bilingual Education and English Immersion Programs is defined as any school program that uses two languages. In a more theoretical sense, it is any educational program whose ultimate goal is for the participants to be fully versed in all facets of both languages (i.e., able to lis...

The Debate Between Bilingual Education and English Immersion Programs Cassandra Marquez National University MAT 640 Professor Thomas Reynolds October 24, 2002 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Introduction Bilingual Education Defined.......

IMMIGRATION For many, immigration to the United States during the late 19th to early 20th century would be a new beginning to a prosperous life. However there were many acts and laws past to limit the influx of immigrants, do to prejudice, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. Later on into the ...

The NEW Art of WarConsider the following scenario set some time in the near future: A Middle East state decides the time is ripe for a power grab in the Persian Gulf and directs its threat to an oil-rich neighbor that the United States is pledged to protect. The aggressors elect not to challenge Ame...

What is Information Warfare? "Information warfare is about the exercise of power on the information front. ... It is about using information to influence others in ways that serve your mission." (Dorothy Denning, p. 1). Information warfare is the use of information to combat an opponent. Ever sinc...

Fiber-reinforced composites are composed of axial particulates embedded in a matrix material. The objective of fiber-reinforced composites is, to obtain a material with high specific strength, high specific modulus, high strength, and high elastic modulus for its weight. The strength is obtaine...

The world's scientific experts agree that industrial and land use activities are having an adverse impact on our climate. Burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gasoline creates global warming pollution that acts as the glass in a greenhouse, reflecting heat back toward the Earth and warming...

The Thunder of Hooves and the Thrill of the Race: Technology and the Horseracing Industry There is quite possibly nothing more thrilling than standing at the rail of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky as a field of thoroughbreds comes charging around the turn; unless it is standing at ...

Brain Drain and High Taxes: Is there a correlation? Introduction: Campaigners against high taxes use the problem of brain drain as the perfect scapegoat to portray themselves as defenders of national interest. Brain drain is a pejorative description of the tendency for skilled workers to seek...

Employees in today's society are worrying about their privacy in the workplace. A problem that has become a big controversial issue is monitoring in the work environment. The purpose of this report is to analyze the fairness and control over the personal privacy infrastructure of the workplace. ...

How Emerging Technology Effects Society:The invention of the automobile by Henry Ford in 1903 started a domino effect on society that would change the face of modern civilization as we know it. Within 50 years of its creation, cars were changing from an item of luxury to an item of necessity, and th...

Outsourcing America The outsourcing by definition is not a new concept: the procuring of services or products, from an outside supplier or manufacturer in order to cut cost. Historically, companies have sought ways to lower cost and increase profitability. Often, these two desires have run counter...

INTRODUCTION The popularity of music education in schools comes and goes in alignment with the philosophical view held by educators and the community and the debate on the benefits or alternatively the lack of benefits of music education in school is ongoing historically and traditionally in educa...

Animal Testing/Experimentation: Why not? People who would end experimentation on laboratory animals don't understand the importance it. They don't realize that we have came a long way in animal research that has benefited humans tremendously. From bettering human bodies, curing diseases...

Abstract:o The tree investigated was the Quercus. Pinus, L. This was a very interesting tree. To find out all information on this tree, steps were taken by doing hands on work to determine height, age, circumference, leaf and stem differences. Taking layers off the epidermis of the leaf, a tr...

Ring.... Ring...It's 7:30 PM, it's dinner time, do you know where everyone is? You may not know where your entire family is, but Telemarketers are pretty certain that they will be able to find you, whether the timing is convenient or not. In today's new day and age, the fight to gai...