1. Introduction The computer and the Internet have become important tools used in the lives of many all around the world. Traditionally the computer and the Internet are used as an information tool, although it is beginning to be used for unlawful activities, such as a way to distribute child pornog...

Computers have gone long way from its first invention to today\'s high speed machine that plays big role in mathematical modeling to the fields of medicine. Further down as the computers reduced in sizes they took on different purposes in communication, digital media (photography and now DVD), sho...

1. Introduction The computer and the Internet have become important tools used in the lives of many all around the world. Traditionally the computer and the Internet are used as an information tool, although it is beginning to be used for unlawful activities, such as a way to distribute child por...

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...

Computer Technology and its Impact on Society By Julie A. Rodgers, For The Paper Store - July 1999 VISIT www.paperwriters.com/aftersale.htm -- for more information on using this paper properly! Most of us are benefiting a great deal from the technological advances being made in the compute...

Symposium De Virtual Webster defines "cyberspace" to be " the online world of computer networks", which only makes you believe that Webster has no clue what it's talking about. Yes, it is a large network, but it is oh so much more. It has its problems such as cyber crime, hacking, invasion of priva...

Computers are a part of everyone's life. Although they do help us live much easier lives, they also raise many questions about our well being. Will our weight problem continue to rise, due to many people sitting in front of computers all day? Do we have enough money to keep up with personal ...

Computer has become the basic requirement of the life. The computers have become so common and important that many of us will be incomplete without the computers. Having said so it becomes even more important when it comes to buying a computer. Before buying a new computer, th...

The 20th century was filled with many impactful and life changing events for Americans. There were wars, depressions, technology and inventions that changed the way Americans would live forever. The most significant of all these events was the invention of the Computer. In the 1930's America ...

In today\'s fast-paced world, the high-tech computer industry offers a unique opportunity for high-paying jobs. Many people start their careers much younger than I have, so consequently, I have to search for a career in a field that will offer me adequate financial rewards in a limited amount of tim...

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 have inc...

Computer Crimes It's the weekend, you have nothing to do so you decide to play around on your computer .You turn it on and then you start , you start calling people with your modem, connecting to another world, with other people. This is all fine, but what happens when you start get...

Information Systems In BusinessThe topic of computers in business is probably the broadest topic available to me. It covers every way that the computer affects the business world - from computers used by businesses to the rapid rise of computer manufacturing businesses to the computers used by the ...

Introduction If libraries are to continue to serve man in his pursuit of knowledge, services must all incorporate all ways of knowing. Integration of Information Technology and Computing are providing new kinds of materials and are affecting libraries similarly. The integration of Informa...

Society is on the precipice of a digital revolution; Pentium and PalmPilot will replace pen and paper in the coming decades. In 1981 Bill Gates said, "640K of memory should be plenty for anyone." What he didn't know then was, number one, he would be the wealthiest man in the world ten years from the...

What comes to mind when you hear the word \'hacker\'? For most it means stealing information through the Internet, gaining illegal access to another person\'s PC, or simply - disruptive behavior using a computer. The subject of hacking is no secret to the general public. Many people have been expos...

In today's fast-paced world, the high-tech computer industry offers a unique opportunity for high-paying jobs. Many people start their careers much younger than I have, so consequently I have to search for a career in a field that will offer me adequate financial rewards in a limited amount o...

Title: The Impact of Computers on Society Today Computers have made such an enormous impact on our society today. There isn't a place where you can turn where there isn't a computer involved. In the present time, most businesses rely on computers and it's similar technology. ...

The meaning of Hacker is one who accesses a computer, which can supposedly not be accessed to non-authorized people of the community. Hackers may use any type of system to access this information depending on what they intend on doing in the system. MethodsHackers may use a variety of ways to hack i...

The Internet has revolutionized our era and in order to hook up to the net, the primary device required is a modem. A modem is a phone line that connects to the computer and can serve as multiple purposes; however. The most well known purpose for a modem is for the Internet. Most people ...

The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as: To work as a hacker. We hear about it a lot but many\'s understanding of it is very vague. Hacking, its been around for more then a century and has caused many problems for people. Many are frightened by the word but for good reasons. Hacking is ju...

Computer Science In the last decade computers have become a part of everyday life. Whether it be surfing the web or a simple visit to Wal-Mart everyone faces computers daily. Since movies and television portray people who have knowledge of computers as nerds many misconceptions have existe...

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...

Computer CrimeTechnology experienced a break-through with the invention of computers. With this break-through came a new quest for knowledge and power. Society relies more and more on computers each day and people have found that a quest for knowledge or power on a computer could give them more th...

One of the most common attacks on insecure e-commerce systems comes in the form of denial of service attacks. Denial of service attacks can literally overload a server to the point where it can no longer function. This shutdown halts all business transactions that were taking place at the time, and ...