Internet Piracy has become a worldwide phenomenon and continues to grow everyday. Illegal music downloads‚ movie downloads‚ and now even video games contribute to the growing problem. In the U.S. alone more than 100 songs are downloaded every minute. There are 71‚060 jobs that are lost in the United States every year due to Online Piracy. We have to admit that people pirate a lot of data. Whether it’s for video games‚ movies‚ professional and costly products‚ or operating systems‚ people pirate stuff
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Introduction: (Critical) history of ICT in education - and where we are heading? The use of computers in education is much more a series of failures than success stories. I agree with Erik Duval that in general‚ in a large scale the impact of technology on the way people learn have been minimal. In open distant learning and military training (simulations) there are examples of success‚ but these models do not fit very well to school and university context. So‚ I wouldn’t call them “good examples”
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WITHIN a few months China will overtake America as the country with the world’s largest number of internet users. Even when you factor in (include s/t as a relevant element when making a decision) China’s size and its astonishing rate of GDP growth‚ this will be a remarkable achievement for what remains a poor economy. For the past three years China has also been the world’s largest exporter of information and communications technology (ICT). It already has the same number of mobile-phone users
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Internet usage and gender digital divide in a Romanian students’ sample (Codoban‚ 2005) This research focuses on analyzing gender differences in technology adoption and internet usage. As the global penetration rate of the internet increases‚ the tendency towards the narrowing of gender digital divide increases. Previous studies have shown that there is no gender difference in internet use in the USA and a rapid rise in the proportion of female internet users in China. From the study findings‚
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2013.11.26 Internet addiction Internet addiction is a growing problem for the whole world: estimates show that from 5 to 10 % of world population have this problem. Internet addiction is defined as any online-related‚ compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family‚ friends‚ loved ones‚ and one’s work environment (Johnson‚ 2009). Internet addiction has been called Internet dependency and Internet compulsivity. On one hand‚ Internet should not
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Internet penetration in Malaysia has increased steadily in the past 10 years‚ either through computers or mobile phones. Internet penetration refers to the percent of the population using the internet. It clearly means the number of people in Malaysia that have been using the internet since the internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. From that point on the internet usage of Malaysians has increased rapidly since 1995. Internet penetration in Malaysia has been divided into two groups. That is
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Introduction "The number of the Internet users worldwide has reached the two billion mark"‚ according to the UN’s telecommunication agency‚ "and nearly one person in three surfs online‚ with the world’s population exceeding 6.8 million". The Internet is becoming more and more essential in our daily life. However‚ the problems of study‚ work and leisure which rely on the Internet are becoming increasingly serious. Under the circumstances‚ people should find solutions to make Internet more academic reliable
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Children and the Internet There are repercussions when children get on the internet‚ because the internet influences them in many ways. The internet has become a popular technology in the past years. People are able to play‚ work‚ listen to songs‚ videos‚ texting‚ chatting and even watch movies. All this technology can be harmful not only to adults but can be brutal to children by being so nieve to this technology. The internet has many characteristics‚ which involve hospitals‚ schools‚ banks and
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In today’s society‚ the internet plays a massive role in society. The advance of internet technology in the past two decades has brought a rise in the access of internet pornography. Currently Internet pornography is readily available to any individual that can use the internet. There are no legal frameworks internationally that can regulate internet pornography (Joyce 2008). The laws against internet pornography differ from country to country‚ thus making the regulating it challenging. This
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Internet addiction Title: The problem of Internet addiction is clearly a serious problem and the group most susceptible to it are university students. Discuss Nowadays Internet takes up an important place in our society. Since its invention it has a big influence on our private and working life. Especially university students pass their spare time surfing the internet without knowing their limitations. Internet is a dangerous trap for young people. In this essay the focus will be on the factors
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