Home Computer GamesThe number of computers sold and the percentage of people who own them is steadily on the rise. Since such a big rise has occured, a great demand for more enterainment has been made for computers. The number of personal computers that have been purchased throughout the world has r...

Did you know that you\'ve probably committed a computer crime, and might not even have known? In fact, you really don\'t have to know much about computers to commit a computer crime. Did you know every time you burn a CD you are committing a crime; or when you cut and paste a picture of text from th...

Hackers, Not Slackers Since the introduction of personal computers in the 1970's, the art of computer hacking has grown along with changing roles of computers in society. Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them; our electricity is run by computers, the g...

"The Y2K problem is the electronic equivalent of the El Niño and there will be nasty surprises around the globe."--John Hamre, Dep. Secretary of Defense When I was in the first grade, my elementary school invested in several computers and started Introduction to Computers classes...

Civilization's dependence upon computers has grown exponentially in the last thirty years. Businesses use computers to keep their records, write reports, and to converse with colleagues and clients. The average businessperson depends primarily on their computer to complete a day's wo...

1,326,920,000, that is the number of web pages that are currently available to the public today. It could go up dramatically by the end of the week. With the internet becoming such a big part of our everyday lives, is it safe for everyone? Should such an un-regulated form of technology suddenly be r...

In a world of computers and the Internet, lack of privacy is rapidly becoming an immeasurable concern. Underestimation of the Internet as a dangerous resource is commonly apparent, as is the ignorance of an unlawful breach of privacy resulting from a bipolar hope of convenience and safety. I would v...

Dear judgement, teachers and students: Funding is the most hotly issue in Australia. We strongly believe that private schools should not have funding from the government anymore! It is a kind of waste money by giving funds to private school. Private schools receive 150...

Cyberspace and the American Dream: "A Magna Carta of the Information Age" Though reading this article and the class discussions, I felt that this was a very interesting article. Here we strayed into a very grey area of today's cyberspace domain. How do we institute rules and regul...

"GLOBAL WARMING" IS A GRAB FOR POWER Although Sowell's article was interesting reading and had some good points in it, for me, it did not support its conclusion. That is that Washington wants to scare the population about Global Warming, so it can expand its power in answ...

When Globalization tried to makes it way into the world's economy people started to say that countries with nation-states would meet its demise. The key to avoiding taxes is through the Internet and this trend caught on quick. Nation-state systems are said to work better then other forms of gov...

Whats the big idea? Ray Bradbury had a grim outlook for the future. In his book everything that could go wrong in the future, did. People rarely left their houses. They where ruled by technology. There was a loss of communication between human beings, since everyone was molded to think and act t...

The 5-4-20 Mandate Should Remain Victorian nurses, on the 9th of November 2003 launched a campaign to block the progress of the state government move to change work conditions for Victorians nurses. All the Australian nursing Federation (ANF) wants is to keep the 5-4-20 Mandate. Introduced...

Socially, economically and, politically, the 1950's were the "happy days." The 1950's were marked with many historical events, positive and negative. The decade had its downfalls, but they were nothing compared to the improvement of life in all aspects. The economy was boomin...

National ID Cards In many countries all over the world governments keep track of everything their citizens do from what they watch on television to where they shop and for whom. And in some cases who they marry and how many children they can have. These kinds of governments are called communist...

Privacy in the Information Age: I N T R O D U C T I O N ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The world is changing rapidly. There used to be a time when we could be confident that no one could learn too much about our personal lives. There used to be a time when...

"Do interest rates have an important negative influence on investment expenditure?" Plan of the essay Introduction Part A 1. The interest rate 2. Investment expenditure 3. Relation of the interest rate to the investment expenditure Part B 4. Econometric model ...

In a country, the government is the one who controls and manage their people to become who they are. The government shaped its people to become productive and efficient by educating them. Education is the most important element and that's why the government had put its highest priority to it. ...

In the article "Student Disengagement in Higher Education", Eric Main argues that the cause of disengagement of students in higher education is caused in the author's opinion by two main players. One reason is the increase in the availability of the internet and other structural medi...

Civilization is defined as a relatively high level of cultural and technological development, but what does this really mean? This definition is relative to when and where you live. Someone living in Milwaukee today will have a different description of civilization than someone living in twelfth-cen...

Do you think modern technology has made life easier and safer? Or do you think that modern technology has made life more difficult and more dangerous? Technology today has made life easier and quicker but dangerous. As we look at technologies, questions are risen. By the way what are technologies? ...

Internet CensorshipIn the 1960's, the internet was established for the United States government to serve as a way for the armed forces to communicate. In the 1980's, the government expanded its use to the public. In the 1990's, use of the internet spread into schools and homes all across the count...

ASSISTED SUICIDE Assisted suicide has been around for a very long time. ever since man could be impaired physically or mentally. People with life treating illnesses have had to deal with law after law. Bills, laws, and proposals take a long time to put together and enforce. The political stand...

The patriot act as a document is appalling in its entirety. However to discuss the document and what is wrong with it, in its entirety, would take fifty pages. I have decided to discuss one specific provision, discuss its impact and suggest an alternative provision. In the wake of the September 11th...

Mr. Speaker, distinguished members of the house, The opposition concedes that proctecting children and to enable adults to avoid material which offends their personal & community standards should be one of the goals of the government. Having said that, we must find realistic and practical sol...