Archive for April, 2008
The Can Spam Act (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act) of 2003 allows courts to sue spammers for up to $2 million in damages if they violate certain rules. This Act requires that businesses clearly label commercial e-mail as advertising, use a non-misleading subject line, provide a legitimate e-mail address and physical address, and process opt-out options within ten days. There are those who believe that high penalties will discourage spammers. However there are many weaknesses to this act, including the fact that spamming is a world wide problem and it is very difficult to enforce the act upon the internet.
April 28 2008 | Definition | No Comments »
The idea of Researching in libraries or even just visiting libraries is not appealing for students of our generations now a day especially when researches are done in traditional libraries. Most of the students now a day prefer libraries that offer variations when it comes to research and studying as well as getting information the need in the fastest way possible.
Libraries now a day offers improve functions that traditional libraries offers such as web version of readers advisory and creation and provision of access to local information taken in new life on the internet. If there are improvements, there are also new features that traditional libraries cannot provide. Examples of these are e-journals, “My Library” Personalized Interfaces, Newsletters, Blogs & Wikis, Site News & Evaluation, Virtual Tours, Web forms and Special Collections & Online Exhibits.
April 26 2008 | Information | No Comments »
A directory harvest attack is an action that involves seeking the valid e-mail addresses that are connected to an e-mail server and adding them to a spam database. Harvesting e-mail addresses can be done either by sending messages to different possible usernames which are generated by randomly combining letters and numbers. Another method is sending messages to likely usernames like initials followed by common surnames. If the e-mail account is invalid, the server will reply ‘not found’. However if a valid e-mail account receives the message, the message doesn’t return thus the DHA program retains the e-mail address for future spamming. Spam filters are internet applications that could counteract this; consider downloading them into your computer.
April 21 2008 | Application and Download | No Comments »
B2B (business-to-business) or e-biz, is the exchange of information, products and services between businesses. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) was an earlier and limited version of this. This could also called e-commerce between businesses. These could be sorted into company web sites, product supply and procurement exchanges, specialized or vertical industry portals, brokering sites and information sites. The model of B2B is still evolving and according to studies, the growth of B2B is expected to accelerate rapidly. Another type of B2B enterprise is software for building B2B Web sites. This includes site building tools and templates, database, and methodologies as well as transaction software.
April 11 2008 | Community | No Comments »
The ‘do not call’ list is a list of phone numbers in the United States that telemarketers are not allowed to call. This is maintained by the Federal Trade Commission and consumers can contact the agency to register their numbers. When telemarketers call a number that is included in the list, they are fined. However if a consumer has a pre-existing relationship between a political organization, charity, surveyor or company, these calls are allowed although rules must be followed. The registration is effective usually three months after you apply. After this, telemarketers can call to take surveys or donations but they can never sell.
April 10 2008 | Community | No Comments »
Bullying not only occurs in playgrounds and schools but also in the internet as well. Cyberbullying is the use of information technology such as e-mail, instant messaging and chat rooms to harass someone. This is rampant because a bully can hide his or her true identity and thus makes it difficult for someone to trace and reprimand them. This can include acts like threatening, insulting, racial and ethnic teasing, gay bashing, infecting user’s computers with viruses and flooding an email inbox with spam. You could deal this by limiting the times you are online, not opening e-mails from someone you don’t know, not responding to threats, changing email addresses and Internet Service Providers and tracing the source. You could also report it to the police if necessary.
April 07 2008 | Information | No Comments »
A live demo of mobile WiMAX was successfully presented by Motorola at a sold out trade show in Singapore this week, not long after it announced completion of a successful trial of the technology in Thailand.
Show-goers taking a bus tour at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia reportedly experienced Web browsing, video conferencing, and other wireless applications while moving past Motorola 400 access points (APs) along the route, with mobile hand-off between the APs. Motorola provided backhaul to its facility in Singapore over its wireless IP equipment.
Meanwhile, at the end of March, Motorola announced completion of a mobile WiMAX trial, conducted in Thailand with partner UIH under government permission, to help assess WiMAX as a way of boosting Internet penetration rate that currently stands at only 15% in Thailand.
April 05 2008 | Information | No Comments »
Pray over Internet Protocol (PoIP) is a corporation based on Israel that runs an online prayer site and forum for Christians and Jews all over the world. This allows them not only to send their prayers to the Holy Land but also to visit various holy places virtually. PoIP clients record their own prayers using special phone cards and these recordings are transmitted over Internet Telephone to selected locations. PoIP has equipment at several holy sites in Israel including the Sea of Galilee, Basilica of the Annunciation, the Western Wall. Among others. They could also watch live video streams of the Holy Land through web cams.
April 03 2008 | Application | No Comments »