Essays on Computers And The Internet

Technology has the ability to change all lives, but only if all people are provided equal access to it. Application of technology is important because advancements provide critical tools for empowerment. These new technologies are useful in the definition of social as well as economic advancements. Technological advancements around the world have developed a unique platform for supporting change and helping people live better lives. However, the extent to which different people have access to technological advancements is significant to the definition of how challenging it is for people to access the same technological advancements, hence the creation of ...

White collar crime is the subject that is not widely covered in mass media and is often made public only in cases when it is necessary for some political purposes. However, such little attention to it does not make white collar crime and its consequences less significant and less worth studying. Moreover, modern technologies and the Internet, in particular, have equipped white collar criminals with new and more effective means of achieving their ill-intentioned goals. A click of a button may not only allow criminals to steal millions or billions of dollars in a second, but it can greatly ...

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Introduction Technology is often portrayed in popular media and literature as something that conflicts with man’s safety and well-being. Themes of apprehension regarding technology can be observed even in short stories, which aim to promote awareness towards the negative impact of technology to society. The American author, Ray Bradbury, is one of the many authors that express their activism towards the negative impact of technology. Two of his works, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ have themes that make people think about the underlying drawbacks of technology. In general, ‘The Veldt’ and ‘The Pedestrian,’ creates awareness about ...

Technological advances are amongst the developments characterizing the 21st century. Primarily, the emergence of computers has facilitated automation of processes in different sectors. It has simplified the procedures in various organizations whereby operations are handled at a faster rate as opposed to when carried out manually. The automation also minimizes the errors likely to occur when matters are handled manually. Through the use of internet technology communication between individuals in different geographical locations can be made within seconds. Similarly, it has significantly enhanced socialization where people use the internet to interact with each other via social media. Institutions within ...

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Computers and the internet are two important parts in the everyday life of people. It is important because it helps people to perform activities that could be too difficult or impossible. The communication among people has improved due to computers and the internet. For example, Skype is used for daily real time communication. Information has been availed easily from the internet. Lewis Thomas(2000) researched on computers, and how they changed life’s, he contends ''they can beat most of us at chess,memorize whole telephone books at a glance, compose music of a certain kind and write obscure poetry, diagnose ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Since the conception of the internet, the intentions of users have grown more devious. In the beginning, what appeared to be toy is now often used to commit crimes. When the internet first arrived in homes across America, it was not often used as a tool to hurt others. At most, it was a novelty. However, as time progressed, individuals began to see all the potential held within the internet. A person could go anywhere, do anything, and be anybody. While this must have been exhilarating, it has also proved dangerous. It is difficult to believe at times that some once ...

Technological advancements help steer the future of the human race. In the past, man plows land with the help of farm animals to begin planting rice and other crops, which means farmers often used their hands for manual labor. If foods need to be moved from one place to another, either man walks to and from his destination or is aided by animals. Without the benefit of transport equipment, limited communication between regions or other nations occurred, thus, trade was limited within instead of having the opportunity to barter with other regions for more goods. In the same light, ...

The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

Introduction

Computer ethics is a field of ethics that is undergoing a lot of changes as computer technology advances and develops (Alavudeen, Rahman & Jayakumaran, 2008). It can be viewed as the efforts of professional philosophers to apply traditional ethical theories to the issues on the use of computer technology where such theories include virtue ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics. On the other hand, computer ethics can also be viewed as encompassing a wider spectrum by including things such as corporate ethics, public policy, aspects of computer law, codes of conduct, and standards of professional practice.

This field of ethics has become ...

Introduction

Mobile health can be defined as the use of mobile devices to support the provision of medical care. The services achieved by the use of mobile phones have led to the provision of different business, societal and governmental services. Such services include important applications such as mobile banking, access to parliamentary representatives through short messaging services, and access to vast health information through short messaging services enquiries. People can also access a lot of information through mobile internet. Some phone applications improve the eminence of life by sensing physiological and environmental factors and remote monitoring of patients.

Mobile phones, however, ...