Analyse the ‘Broken Window’ theory in relation to crime prevention. What are the main strengths and weaknesses of this theory. The Broken Windows theory was first proposed by two social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling in the 1982 article‚ "Broken Windows"‚ ( Wilson and Kelling‚ 1982). The analogy of broken windows used to explain this theory is that signs of disorder in a neighborhood inhibit the efforts of the residents to show social control. Any lack of social control makes
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Jealine Marie Bernabe 3bio3 Timeline: Development of Windows Operating System 1975–1981: Microsoft boots up In 1975‚ Gates and Allen form a partnership called Microsoft. Like most start-ups‚ Microsoft begins small‚ but has a huge vision—a computer on every desktop and in every home. During the next years‚ Microsoft begins to change the ways we work. The dawn of MSDOS In June 1980‚ Microsoft focuses on a new operating system—the software that manages‚ or runs‚ the computer hardware and also serves
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Jiirgen Bitzer and Philipp J. H. Srhroder (Editurs) O 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V. Linux vs. Windows: A Comparison of Application and Platform Innovation Incentives for Open Source and Proprietary Software Platforms Nicholas Economides and Evangelos Katsamakas ABSTRACT The chapter analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is open source
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Linux Vs Windows 1. Why has Microsoft been so successful with Windows? Windows has been successful with Windows for a number of reasons such as below: * Dominant Operating System/Large Installation Base: Windows was first launched in 1983‚ and has been the most dominant Operating System with a huge market share and installation base. * Enormous plethora of GUIs: Microsoft windows provide a range of features from a step-by-step user interface for novice users to powerful interfaces
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Windows Azure™ Security Overview By Charlie Kaufman and Ramanathan Venkatapathy Abstract Windows Azure‚ as an application hosting platform‚ must provide confidentiality‚ integrity‚ and availability of customer data. It must also provide transparent accountability to allow customers and their agents to track administration of services‚ by themselves and by Microsoft. This document describes the array of controls implemented within Windows Azure‚ so customers can determine if these capabilities
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Securing Aircraft Solutions Aircraft Solutions‚ headquartered in San Diego‚ California‚ is a company specializing in business-to-business products and services. Their customers are primarily in the electronic‚ commercial‚ defense and aerospace industries. They specialize in offering low-cost design and computer-aided packages to help their customers lower their costs for development and involve their customers in every step of the fabrication process while utilizing the Business Process Management
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Advantages of Windows 7 1. Interface •Windows 7 features a new interface with the Taskbar. The Taskbar has icons rather than labels‚ so you have less clutter on your screen. When you mouse over an icon‚ a thumbnail appears (a process known as Live Preview) so you can get an idea of your open applications before clicking them. You can rearrange icons on the Taskbar by clicking and dragging them. Other enhancements to the interface include Aero Peek‚ which allows you to see through open windows on your
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*Brief History of Windows After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800‚ Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS)‚ the creators of the new microcomputer‚ to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform. In reality‚ Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS’s interest. MITS president Ed Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo
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Windows PC’s versus MAC by Apple While shopping for a computer many people ponder if they should buy a MAC or Windows PC. It is a debate that has been ongoing since both computers came into the tech scene. There are loyal and devout followers to both companies and computers. For some‚ it can be a tough decision with the many options and features of each computer‚ but for others the choice to be made is not very tough to make. A Windows laptop is a better complete computer then a MAC book because
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Sliding Window Protocol Introduction: Sliding window protocol is used where a reliable transmitting of frame is required. It relies on packeting the frame queue to a definable window size which is provided to sender and receiver. Sliding window protocol defines maximum transmitter window size‚ Ws which is always one less than the sequence number. How transmitter window is defined: It is contains the data that are ready to be send. The lower limit in transmitter window which is waiting for
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