Crime

Technology is always advancing, this seems great but there is a side effect of new crimes being created.

Spamming
Spamming is where a company or someone constantly sends you pointless, or even harmful content, but most of the time advertising. The most common type of virus to come through an online message is usually a Trojan, which is where an attachment is created that carries the disguise of something that would do no harm but then once it’s in your system it will corrupt your computer and can do a whole host of bad things. Spam can also look like trusted companies that ask for your data and so they can steal all your money and even sell your details to other people.
Advancements in programming make it harder for spam to reach you but it shoots itself in the foot when these advancements also make it easier to send spam as well.

CCTV and other crime proventing technologies.
CCTV stands for closed circuit television and is a small camera usually placed high up or on posts over a town, most of the time in places people aren’t usually seen to be. This raises issues concerning the privacy of the public but on the other hand it makes it more awkward to do illegal things.  

Other

Mobile phones make it easier to report a crime just by dialling 999. However, mobile phones can also be hacked by other phones and can carry valuable data that can be sold and misuse. A common example of mobiles being used in crime is that most drug dealers will have 2 mobiles. One for personal use and one for dealing, in order to deter the police. Phones can be traced to location through making a simple call to make catching criminals easier.

How e-mail Works

Where it Started

• The first e-mail was sent in 1971, when Ray Tomlinson sent a message successfully from one computer to another. In order to differentiate messages between users on the same computer from e-mail messages to users on other computers, Ray used the @ symbol. You used the username followed by @ and the address of the recipient computer. Although we no longer strictly tie e-mail address to places in exactly the same way, this was the basis of what e-mail is.

Preparing the Message

• E-mail starts with your e-mail client, which is the software or web interface you use to compose e-mail messages. First you need to add a header, a header requires a to and from address. Like a postmark, it stores the date and time an e-mail was sent. The header also shows you if there is an attachment, and what format the message is in. How it’s encoded.

Communicating With Your E-mail Server

·        If you’re using software such as Outlook or Mac OS X Mail etc then you’ll need to set it up to communicate with your e-mail provider and then also input the recipient’s address.

You enter two different server addresses in the setup because there is often a different server for sending and one for receiving. This is because a different protocol, or system of communication between servers, is required for each operation. For sending e-mails, a protocol called SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is commonly used. This protocol tells your e-mail client how to communicate with the server so it can transmit the e-mail. At this point, the information in your e-mail message is sent from your computer or web client to the SMTP server.

Transmitting to the Recipient's Server

• The SMTP server looks at the header of the message, and determines the address of the server where the recipient's e-mail account is located. Using the Internet, your SMTP server connects with the recipient's server and transmits the message. The message then goes into the e-mail inbox of the recipient, where it stays until an e-mail client downloads it, or until the message is viewed using a web interface.

Receiving E-mail

• When the recipient of your e-mail wants to send a message back, the return message follows the same path, but in reverse. When you check your e-mail using your mail client, it usually uses another protocol, POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) to communicate with your e-mail server and request the message. The reply message is downloaded and displayed on your screen.

Sources:

http://www.oasis-open.org/khelp/kmlm/user_help/html/how_email_works.html

http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBzLPmx3xTU

 

Crime & Crime Prevention - Spam Texting

Crime & Crime Prevention - Spam Texting

ico.gov.uk states that it "is the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals". It helps the public understand what their rights are when having pro

About Ebooks

eBook Formats

If an ebook is made to be visible online so the readers can read it through a site a good option would be HTML format with the links made at the bottom of the pages made in the purpose of an easy navigation. These types of ebooks can even contain links, sounds or video files. There is also a more fancy looking option when it comes to ebooks or online magazines or newspapers. This option is called “page flip” and it will give you an amazing visual effect where you can flip pages just as it was a real book. This effect could be achieved if the publisher uses more advanced software to publish his work.

Ebooks done in any kind of format don’t need to be just pure text. There is always some room for a nice design of a page cover, header and footer and input of photos, diagrams, graphics, etc. However, this depends on a publisher and the overall purpose of ebook.

Devices For Reading eBooks

When it comes to devices (apart from your computer) which can display ebooks there are a few options available. The most popular device that can display ebooks is called an ebook reader. This device could only be designed for this purpose or could also be used in other purposes. When it comes to advantages, this device has plenty. Its main advantages are portability, battery longevity and readability of its screen.

What Is The Difference Between PDA And An eBook Reader?

Any PDA (Personal Data Assistant) device can display text of an ebook on its screen so it is basically capable of acting as an ebook reader. However, the major difference between a PDA and ebook reader is that the ebook reader displays e-inks.

Reading an ebook on your desktop computer, on a laptop while being comfortably relaxed on your bed or on an ebook reader from any place where you might find yourself, is nice and the choice is purely up to you. Ebook readers come as a more advanced solution since they are smaller in size, their battery lasts longer while at the same time they don’t lack the storage space.

source: http://www.buyebooks.org/

Death Of MSN - Good Or Bad?

MSN has proven a popular source for tens of millions of users. However, since microsoft has got a few different ways of messaging already, their next step was to unify their users in to one space that did all the things that MSN (their best IM service at the time) and more.

Things such as:

• Private group messaging
• Improved webcam and voice chat
• File sharing

They needed something that does all this but better. Skype had all these things and did it better than MSN. So, Microsoft bought Skype for £5.3 billion

MSN had 100 million users whereas Skype had 280million just before November 2012, so with Skype proving themselves more popular than MSN it is a very good business move to colaborate with Skype.

 If you used Skype before Microsoft bought them, then you should notice small changes have been made to Skype such as:

1. Windows Live accounts (MSN login) are now compatible with Skype.
2. Ads will start to appear in your calls.
3. New tools for internal corporate communications.
4. Different look. With Windows 8 being released with it's clean orderly looking box-grid-square-rectangle layout they have applied this theme to Skype. The layout is stays exactly the same but with a Windows 8 hint. For example, rather than curving the edges of a rectangle button and maybe shade it to give it more depth and easier on the eye, it becomes a basic simplistic rectagle with sharp vertecies and one colour all over, some people like it and some poeple don't.

However the iPhone and android application has not changed what so ever. It freezes all the time and you can't join a conference call because the button doens't exist in the app but it does on the PC version.

Catalogue To Online

Catalogues which are still being printed in UK:

• Littlewoods
• Avon

Can not find anymore shops that send out catalogues.

How many are now being replaced by online versions?:

• Argos
• Next
• John Lewis
• WHSmiths

Is there a problem with shops taking their catalogues online?

With the majority of the western hemisphere gaining access to the internet, wether it be in there home, public library, or an internet cafe, it is not a surprise that most of the shopping people do is done online. Therefore, it is definatly a good move to take catalogues online. The only inconvenience is that you have to usually pay about £3 packaging.
 Because of the increase of internet access from home, companies do not want to waste time and money on mass producing catalogues of which will never be picked up or used by the majority.

Tool Man - Increasing Productivity

How to use the following ICT to change and hopefully improve your working style.

PDA (personal digital assistant): Does nearly all the same functions that your computer does. Usually runs MS Office, can send messages, take pictures, email, diary, calender, note taking, planner, calculator.

GPS (global positioning systems): Tells you exactly where you are and can read out directions for you so you can keep your eyes on the road so you don't compromise your safety. It usually gives you estimated time of arrival aswell so timekeeping is easier.

Laptop and software: Laptop folds up and is very portable, and loaded with the right software such as MS Office,  MS Visio, and other software to replace the paper based system.

Mobile Phone: Some phones do all the things PDAs do and more so save money and buy a smart phone.





The disadvantages to employing alot of ICT is that the money he spends on ICT has to be productive enough to make his money back and maybe make profit.