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Trojan is a program that infects computers all over the world. Cyber crooks are behind the rise in these sneakyprograms. It infects it to sell rogue software, send unwanted emails and/or steal personal data from a persons PC. Microsoft reported that the number of trojan programs removed from computers around the world in half of 2007 rose by 300 percent from the first half of the year. The percentage has gone up sso high in the second half of 2007 because computers are downloading software to detect this trojan program and any other malicious programs. “Trojans can log keystrokes to gather passwords, send spam from private computers or harvest email addresses or personal information for criminal purposes.” The most common trojan found last year was called the Win32/Zlob. this program is easily and stupidly downloaded right from the internet. The designers of this program trick people into saving the program, by making them think they need this new piece of software to watch a video or download a song. Once installed pop up messages consistently come up and warnings that your computer is infected flash all over the computer screen. “The trojan then sends adverts offering to sell rogue anti-spyware on sites that could expose customers to credit card fraud. Microsoft said the problem is global and linked to organized criminal gangs.” Majority of trojans come from the United States, China and South America. Infected computer made safe went from one million to 19 million in one year. People have to be more careful when surfing the web and downloading things. Some people aren’t even curious to whether what they are downloading may be a virus. They unwittingly download and click on things that they have no idea about. People should pay attention to the news more often if they want to save their PC’s. http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/sir.aspx

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 Fair use is a doctrine in United States of America copyright laws. This doctrine allows limited use of copyrighted material. It does not require permission from the rights holder.  It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work under a four-factor balancing test.  It is based around free speech rights which are provided by the First amendment of the U.S constitution. A rap band called 2 live crew took ideas from another artist for a song called Pretty Woman. In the 1960’s Roy Orbison and William Dees wrote a song called “Oh, Pretty Woman”. In 1989 2 Live Crew had an album called “As Clean As They Wanna Be”.  One of the songs off the album is “Pretty Woman”. In this song, 2 Live Crew took the obvious bass riff from the original Orbison- Dees song and changed the lyrics.  2 live crew gave credit to Roy Orbison and William Dees on their album.In the case of Campbell versus Acuff-Rose Music the court looked at the factors of permissible fair use and determined that parody was indeed protected fair use, even though the perpetrators gained financially . The fair use doctrine was highlighted in 1994 for the Supreme Court to see, of course due to 2 live crew. http://www.benedict.com/Audio/Crew/Crew.aspx

If you go to creative commons.org and click on learn more it shows you the difference between full copyright and public domain. A creator envisions complete control of their work or complete freedom. There has to be a happy medium. With this website the creator can decide from a wide range of varieties between all rights reserved and no rights reserved. First you choose a set of conditions for your work. There is attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives work and share alike. Then you choose a license. You can choose whatever fits your needs. There is attribution (by), attribution share alike (by-sa), Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd), Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc),Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa), Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Your license choice will be expressed in three ways: a commons deed, a legal code and a digital code. This website is perfect for artists, scientists and teachers and the tools provided are free. It is a non-profit organization that lets you CC to change copyright terms to whatever you want.  http://creativecommons.org/about/license/

The European Union gave video games designers, makers and shops two years to come up with a code of conduct or rating sstem for video games to protect children from the violence portrayed in games. I agree that artists and creators should enjoys freedom to create whatever kinds of video games they want or dream up, but they have to consider how they impact society and our future leaders. Revenues are expected to reach 47.5 billion dollars in two years from video games alone. Video games cause agressive behaviors in children, and cause them to act out violently in shcool and at home. There is no actual linkage of school shootings occuring all over the world to video games, such as Man Hunt  and Man hunt 2, but these children get to sit behind a control and virtually kill one another. There are live video games now, where you can play against people you dont know and hear wwhat they are saying as you play. I have been in a room with my cousins and have heard how violently they talk to kids they dont even know. I have babysat for kids who play “man hunt” games at recess and at home with siblings and friends. Whatever happened to tag and hide and go seek. There is too much violence on television and especially with video games and the new virtual reality and graphic design. I think it is a good idea for video game creators to have to rate their games and come up with a better way to prevent young children from purhcasing “Violent murdering gun games.”  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/wr_nm/eu_videogames_dc;_ylt=As.5piHGnFGHev.DByILgigjtBAF

A man named Stephen A. Schwarzman s a billionaire American businessman and the co-founder of the Blackstone group firm. He Was a professor at the Yale school of Management and is a Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John F Kennedy Center of performing arts. On March 11 of 2008 Stephen A. Schwarzman told the world of his generous contribution toward the expansion of the New York Public Library. he donated One hundred million dollars to transform the center library into a place where you can borrow books and conduct research.  The 1911 Beux Art Structure will have its name changes to Stephen A. Schwartzman Building, when consturction is completed in about 6 years or so. He is a trustee in the New York Public Library and his name will soon show as you enter into the main entrance of the library. They will discreetly display his name to keep pride with the librarys history. Mr. Schwartzman is giving back to a city which has given him everything. He created a life in New York and now he wants have his life remembered in New York with his name at one of the most beautiful and well-known libraries in the United States. This library employs so many people living in NewYork, and with his donation he is creating so many more jobs opportunities for those desperately seeking work. He is a great entripeneur of our time and should be remembered for his amazing achievements.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/nyregion/23library.html?em&ex=1209096000&en=cfe8eac3662dc1ec&ei=5087%0A

Some people believe that emails and online conversations replace offline relationships, but many believe that they only compliment offline relationships. I think that email and online communication is very important. I believe that a good online relationship goes hand in hand with a good offline relationship. The internet is important for everyday life. I can create and send my resume online, which in time will lead to a face to face interview. This process of emailing has saved the applicant and employer very much time and energy. I know that they read my resume, know what to expect and are interested in my skills.  While they know, out of the hundreds or thousands of resumes, that they can schedule interviews with the applicant that has the skills and knowledge to complete the job needed. The email is a way to smooth out the roughness and the interview is the personal test. Internet is also important for a way to keep in contact with important people. Most people cannot pick up the phone regularly and call old friends and family, but they can email them. I have to admit i have facebook. I use it to talk to my cousins, sisters and friends all over the world. I know what’s going on in their lives and can catch up with them if i dont. I use the internet to schedule times to meet up with them, book my flights and everything else needed to get together with the people i love to have that physical connection. Without a doubt the internet has a positive effect in strengthening relationships. The internet provides a never-ending connection of resources. Whether it is something simple like finding a couch on craigs list or finding a job after graduating, the internet comes along with all of your friends, family and important needs.

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i have to admit i was a bit suprised by these hoax websites, especially the RYT Hospital Website. It seems so realistic and well put together. Once you search through the website you can obviously see it is fake. There are no contact numbers or contact information at all. On a normal doctors or hospital website, there are emails, numbers, doctor’s names and evidence that it is a ligit healthcare facility. It is a website that plays around with medical improvements and clinical treatments for the possible future. The website is well put together and looks very professional. It displays stories of new research done on patients and lists the latest technological advances that “supposedly” do not occur anywhere else in the world.  This website even has links to take you to further information on certain medical services provided through this Hoax of a website. Another major thing is how the website has a copyright sign before its hospital name, down on the bottom of the website. It lists a home, privacy notice and disclaimer link at the bottom. The creators really tried to make this website look realistic, and i have to say they did a pretty great job.

March 12 in 1901 a man by the name of Andrew Carnegie, who was one of the world’s most well known industrialists, offered the city of New York 5.2 million dollars to build sixty-five different branch libraries. This immigrant’s fortune eventually would develop many more libraries and charitable foundations. He was born in 1835 and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1848. Working in the American industry and making many investments, he developed a huge fortune before the age of thirty. In the early 1870s, he noticed potential in the steel industry and started J. Edgar Thomson Steel Works.  This eventually became the Carnegie Steel Company. The company took off in 1901. He then sold it to financier JP Morgan for about 480 million dollars. He walked away with 250 million in his pocket and retired. He began writing and studying philanthropy. Carnegie believed that any earned wealth should be distributed throughout the public. Carnegie sis the founder of 2,509 libraries in the USA. He also established several trusts and was the co-founder of Carnegie Mellon University. Carnegie past away in 1919 and it is recorded that he had given away over 350 million dollars. Carenegie Hall in New York is one of the most well known music halls in all of the world. Some of the most talented musicians have played in this hall and some of them still go back to perform there. Carnegie was one of the most generous men to have immigrated to the USA.  

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There is a new application that you can download on facebook. It is called market lodge. The whole idea for this new application is that consumers are more likely to buy products and merchandise from friends and family, rather than something seen on TV or sold in the stores. Facebook members who sell merchandise through this program will recieve 10 percent of the sales made because of their recommendations.  Market lodge hopes to get into the middle of the social network by paying facebook members to sell, sell. sell. There are over 67 million users on facebook as of 2008 and Market Lodge is hopeful that because members can benefit and make money while being online and chatting with friends. Even if a facebook member purchases items for themselves they can save money by using market lodge. Facebookers set a personal store on facebook and display the products they know and love. They then invite friends to join the network to show off the products they recommend. This is how they begin to make that 10 percent. I think this is a bit over the top, but it is a smart idea. Facebook used to have a application called Beacon, which was similar to Market lodge, but the members did not benefit (they did not make any money on the sales). I think alot of facebook members will try this program out and many will benefit from it. I will however, not partake in this new way to make money online.

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I was on the Library of Congress website and they are honoring all of the efforts of outstanding African Americans from our past into the present. Their highlighted theme is Carter G. Woodson and the Origins of multiculturism. Carter G. Woodson is the son of former slaves and is a historian from Harvard. He was a co-founder of the Association for the study of Negro Life and History.  He spread news of black history to the public and informed people that Africa played a large and hard role in developing civilization.

They have a site where you can listen to live African American voices. An example of one of the speakers is The Queen of Buganda.  They also give you some fun facts like, Althea Gibson was the first African American woman to win the All-England tennis champoinship in 1957. They have collections of folk music, art work, jazz tunes and much more that you can log on to see. If you can’t make it to the museum this month for Black History Month, then hop on the Library of Congress website and spend a little time recognizing some of the great contributions made to enhance the origins of multiculturism.  Check it out! http://www.loc.gov/topics/africanamericans/featured/woodson.html