Electronic commerce, also known as e-commerce, has developed rapidly in the last few years. In this paper, I will talk about the advantages along with the disadvantages of e-commerce. E-commerce consists of many things. People today are aware of the common phrase \'e-commerce\', but there is a lo...

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...

Remember the time when there was no Internet? Where advances in telecommunications and computing largely occurred side-by-side in the past, today, they converge in the Internet. Timesharing, the concept of linking a large numbers of users to a single computer via remote terminals, was developed ...

Intro "E-Commerce (E-Business) refers to All business processes that take place across electronic networks. This includes everything from the selling of goods through the World Wide Web to bar-coding in supermarkets to interactive television and a whole host of other emerging technologies. e...

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 nationa...

Fred is just like any other normal American In the United States, he has kids, a family, and, before yesterday, a job to support them. According to an article by Stephen Barr that appeared in the Washington Post, this sort of thing will be happening to over 9,000 American postal employees this ye...

"This site kicks-ass!!" Initially, the Internet was designed to be used by government and academic users, but now it is rapidly becoming commercialized. It has on-line "shops", even electronic "shopping malls". Customers, browsing at their computers, can view products, read descriptions, and som...

Internet Business and E-Retail: A New Medium for a New Millennium?The Internet is no longer the sole domain of the nerd and the physics professor. Increasing use of the Internet in schools and the integration of Internet protocols into existing hardware (i.e. TV, mobile phones, and fridges) has wid...

Security on the Internet Internet has become an essential tool for daily tasks. The options people have nowadays are limitless: banking, shopping, booking reservations, chatting, and so on. However, several drawbacks have arisen that are of concern to all of the internet users. Unfortunately, in...

Early in our great nation's history the trend was set to oppose and reject any attempt by the government to impose unfair or unnecessary taxation. Many debates have formed from this issue and most recently, with incredible strides having been made in the technology sector, the discussion has turned ...

Executive Summary The explosion of the Web has strongly impacted all of us. It has become a critical tool for businesses and consumers to exchange information, conduct commerce and more importantly to develop and maintain communication. With Web traffic increasing at an exponential rate, and sites...

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...

The technology revolution is upon us. In the past, there have been many triumphs in the world of technology. To this date, people are able to communicate over thousands of miles with the greatest of ease. The Internet connects nearly 400 million users worldwide and is an essential part of how we wor...

Marketing/Management 422Strategic Case StudyCircuit City And Its Use Of the InternetAs a Business StrategyPrepared byJose C. GonzalezSubmitted04/19/2001CIRCUIT CITYINTERNET BUSINESS STRATEGYIntroductionIn the fifty years since Circuit City opened its first store, the company has become one of the be...

Uses of Internet! Following the principle the more man gates the more avarice and greedy he becomes, vowing for the positive side of this, the human brain has been constantly striving for the fulfillment of its needs and is directed towards the betterment of its race. With the ...

Main reasons to shop online The first objective of the research was to understand the concepts behind online shopping and to analyse the existing literature. Further down, this aspect was categorised under three sections, starting with the reasons behind shopping online.When asked to select one prim...

In today's world you do not have to look very far to see things that very well could have come out of George Orwell's novel 1984. The world is globalizing at an expontential rate compared to years past. With the advent and widespread use of the Internet and inter-continental travel the need for he...

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 ...

"Beam me up, Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story, Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living ...

Explain the ways in which hacking is an offence under the UK Computer Misuse Act (1990). Illustrate your answers with examples and cases from the news or text books. Definition of Hacker: "Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems", or "A mal...

Censorship and the Communications Decency Act Censorship: suppression of words, images, or ideas that are "offensive". Offensive: giving painful or unpleasant situations. These two words can easily be looked up and defined when having to use them in a paper, but trying to describe what ...

THE IMPLICATIONS BEHIND INTERNET PEERING INTRODUCTION Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are a new emerging industry in the current age of the Information Revolution. At the top of the chain are a few major Internet backbone providers. Although there are numerous amounts of ISPs dispersed in a...

The Trends in Self-EmploymentBy Jennifer PeddleThe lack of stability in the traditional workplace is resulting in a change in the way people do business. Instead of looking to large corporations or government offices for full-time paid work, people are taking matters into their own hands. Self-emp...

Every new technology and invention brings along a promise of revolutionizing some area of our lives. Electromagnetism and similar other electronic technologies have however not only made a promise, they actually kept it too. The changes that has resulted from these technologies have truly revolu...

Internet can be said as the most significant invention of the century. It simplified many annoying processes such as banking and shopping into one simple step that can be achieved at home. Nevertheless, there are some drawbacks. The control of one's personal data on net is not as easy as in real lif...