FACEBOOK Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004‚ owned and operated by Facebook‚ Inc. As of June 2012‚ Facebook has over 955 million active users‚ more than half of them using Facebook on a mobile device. Users must register before using the site‚ after which they may create a personal profile‚ add other users as friends‚ and exchange messages‚ including automatic notifications when they update their profile. Additionally‚ users may join common-interest user
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CYBERTHREATS in PC and Smartphones Cyber threats: denial-of-service attacks‚ worms‚ viruses‚ and Trojan horses Objective no 1. Identify the different types of cyber threats in personal computer and smartphones. DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS A denial-of-service (DoS) attack‚ or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack‚ consists of making repeated requests of a computer system or network‚ thereby overloading it and denying legitimate users access to it. Because computers are limited in the number
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Mumbai company cons HSBC of Rs 330 crore MUMBAI: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Mumbai police have registered a Rs 330 crore cheating and forgery case against a city-based company and its representatives on Tuesday for duping HSBC by securing investment with fake promises. The accused told the bank that they entered into contract with BBC to upgrade their entire library from 2-D to 3-D. The accused wanted to purchase technical equipment and programs for it and asked for the money. They submitted
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Facebook The Positive Effects----Keeping in touch with family and friends- Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with your family and friends that live far away. With instant messaging and even video chat‚ Facebook is the perfect environment to stay connected. With the status updates‚ photos‚ and profile information‚ it can keep you up to date on the happenings of all of your close ones. Making new friends- Facebook makes meeting new people extremely easy
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Facebook has come to be probably the most commonly used social networking site‚ nearly half of Facebook’s users view their profiles every day. Some of the users spend an unreasonable amount of their time on Facebook‚ whiling the hours away unnoticed‚ while chores to go unfinished‚ and even going to the extent of ignoring family and friends in the real world. Although a majority of the hundreds of millions of people use Facebook as a social networking device‚ it has several of negative impacts
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Rationale Facebook has become so much a part of our life now that it’s so prevalent across the world. With close to a billion users out there‚ one can easily throw a stone and hit a Facebook user. The amount of time users engage in Facebook activities‚ like updating statuses‚ posting photos‚ commenting and ‘liking’ posts has also been increasing with smartphones and 3G/Wi-fi networks becoming commonplace in recent years. Some people also find the time to enjoy some of
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Olivia Powers History 121: The Sixties Professor David Sowell November 30‚ 2013 Floyd B. McKissick Sr. was a veteran of World War II and a pioneer in the integration of higher education in North Carolina. In the summer of 1951‚ he was admitted to the University of North Carolina‚ becoming one of the first African American students to attend UNC Law School. While being a key participant in the integration of UNC law school‚ McKissick also took on leadership positions in Civil Rights activists
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their back garden during the summer‚ and you have an anticipation that you can enjoy some privacy while you do so. Having just moved into a new home and discovered that privacy is no longer there‚ you want to rectify this problem fast. Before you get on the phone to your fencing contractor‚ however‚ you need to ask yourself two important questions to help you get the perfect privacy screen for your home. Council Regulations The type of privacy screen you can have is going to be partly determined
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Solutions for Violations of Internet Privacy. In the past thirty years computer technology has been developing very rapidly. Internet in last decade has revolutionized the way how we conduct our lives and businesses. Internet has become a daily necessity we cannot live without. Development of Internet and wireless technologies together with advancement in miniature technology has made it possible for us to have access the internet on the go. Every year we expect new and more advance models
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If you have ever bought something online with a credit card‚ made some simple web searches‚ or even had a social media account‚ that all your information is stored in a databases ever. People may think that all their information is stored somewhere safe‚ somewhere government or hackers cannot get into it‚ but that is not always the case. There are so many different ways that people can get this information‚ and sometimes they do not need to be a hacker to do it. Even though many people think they
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