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…As the new millenium approaches the biggest fear everyone has is over the Y2K bug. Y2K stands for y=year 2K=two thousand. The fear is that on Dec. 31, 1999 at twelve o’ clock all computers around the world will go crazy. Every mechanical device…

…As the world becomes more and more reliant on computers the computer hacking industry is greatly rising. With people such as Kevin Mitnick, who is known as a "computer terrorist" (Kjochaiche 1), computerized information isn't safe any more. Kevin…

…Year 2000 Computer Problem (Y2K Bug) No event since the destruction of the city of Pompeii by a volcanic eruption has had this kind of potential to affect the globe. With less than 2 months until the year 2000, two small digits may turn January 1…

…Internet security How do the above concepts apply to the Internet and to personal computers? The Internet is simply a way to communicate. It offers rapid, inexpensive communication among computers that is almost unrelated to how far one computer…

…"Interaction design is more of an art than a science." Discuss this statement in the context of software interfaces and human-computer interaction. As computers become pervasive in our environment, so the problems of user interface design…

…that the underlying structure with no central hub, where each computer is equally powerful, gives unchecked power to the undeserving (Spencer, "Stranglehold" 8). The design also makes controlling the frequency of break—ins almost impossible as well. Both politicians…

…worrying about the cost? Now there is a way to communicate across the world with paying a single cent. The only hardware needed is your own personal computer and a connection to the World Wide Web. The name of this technology is called Telephony. With it you can…

…The Microsoft Dilemma During the early 1980’s, a Seattle based company named Microsoft began it’s business campaign. Lead by a young computer programmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft would soon become the largest computer software maker in the world…

…Bill Gates Bill Gates has proven himself to be the wealthiest man alive. He initiated the monster computer software business called Microsoft and has produced the most widely used computer software programs to date. Bill Gates is a transgressive…

…was eventually developed, but not until 1903 (Encarta 2000). Now, with that in mind, let’s move on to more recent past, and in particular the subject of computers. In the early 1800’s, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage designed an automatic calculation…