Essays on Hard Drive

Abstract

The paper investigates state and international policies on e-waste and on so called “planned obsolescence”. But first it explores the personal emotional story behind the most important and meaningful electronic device in the author’s life. Keywords: favorite personal electronic device, international policies on e-waste, planned obsolescence problem

My favorite device

My favorite and really meaningful for my whole life electronic device now is the Seagate Fast HDD Portable Drive which can store up to 4 terabytes of files and documents of any nature. It looks like a black cigarette package with attached to it a short 40 cm cable with the ...

Executive summary

The ever increasing use of computer based information system and internet in the personal, professional and commercial segments is accompanied by relevant collateral issues relating to privacy, security, and ethics as regards use of the system. The privacy and security issues mainly stem from two elements; advancement in information technology that makes privacy and security of information vulnerable to breaches, and inability of the service providers to adequately protect information and data. During 1970s Walter Maner introduced the term ‘computer ethics’ in order to define ethical problems aggravated, transformed, and created by information technology (Joshi, 2015). This paper is ...

Introduction

In the current assignment the participators were asked to ‘learn by doing’ and to operate a real business. They were asked to tackle the real issues faced by these businesses in the real world and produce a successful company. They were asked to focus especially on the brand advertising, market share as well as sales productivity of their company. It was found that perhaps the most important requirements of any company are successful advertising campaigns and product quality. Over 6 quarters of our simulation we were told to go through a simulation course which helped us in learning how ...

Personal Computer Purchasing Project

Personal Computer Purchasing Project. 1.0 Introduction: When purchasing a personal computer for home or business use, buyers are faced with a myriad of options to choose from in the market based on brands, technical specifications, pricing, quality, and reliability. In this case, it is important to conduct significant market research, read customer and technical reviews, and make your own comparison before deciding on the PC to buy. Some of the major considerations include the intended usage i.e. for home entertainment, business or gaming, etc. There are considerations to be made with regard to software such as operating systems and ...

Part one

Personal computers have now become not just used for computation but also, a source of entertainment inform of PC games. The personal computing industry is now in growing at unprecedented levels regarding the hardware and software components. Hardware and software sales are up, and the challenge that computer consumers face now is identifying the computer model they need that will fit their requirements. Especially for the hardware components, the users will need to consider their hardware choice combination than include, graphics card, processors, storage, memory and power consumption. To do this, computer users will require determining whether the product ...

Introduction

It has become difficult to distinguish once traditional media from the new media, as the former have integrated all the capabilities of the latter. In such a scenario, it would help to compare a traditional medium of communication with a relatively modern/new medium with respect to the circumstances around their origin, and how did they facilitate interpersonal and mass communication. This essay will discuss and analyze two cases: coffee houses as really old media, and podcasts as new media. While the coffee houses gained importance in Europe the mid-1600, and have been around since then, their importance as facilitators ...

Information System Security

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Introduction

The decision by CIO to allow employees to bring smartphones and tablets into workplace to boost productivity is parallel to the industry concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). BYOD is getting large acceptance as organizations are adapting to the concept.

BYOD provides benefits to both the organization and the employees. Organizations enjoy reduced cost with regards to spending on devices, maintenance, and training while employees enjoy flexibility and availability of organization data on their personal devices that boosts their productivity (Ghosh, Gajar, & Rai, 2013, pp. 62-70).

Security Concerns

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Business with online customers and intellectual properties are using cyber forensic investigators to deal with electronic crimes and employee’s wrongdoing. PayPal scam is one of the cyber crimes that required the knowledge of forensic scientists. Database and Internet investigators played a tremendous role in discovering credit card thieves. PayPal merchants reported being redirected to mock PayPal site. Forensic investigators discovered that the PayPal accounts were opened using the same IP address. The team used Sam Spade, trace route, and freeware network discovery to investigate the matter. Based on the investigation, there is evidence that could be used in ...

Computer forensic is one of the crucial science in the modern society. It is worth noting that computer forensic has become an important science in the criminal justice system. This is because it entails identification of evidence that is found in digital storage media and the computers. Computer forensic has been used in resolving various cases in the criminal justice system. The BTK serial killer case was resolved through computer forensics. There is forensic evidence that was crucial in the case. In 2004, the serial killer began communicating with the police. This became a breakthrough for the police in ...

Background

The major responsibilities of the position of Senior IT Specialist & Systems Analyst at Upton, Martin Ulysses, & Clapper (UMUC) explicitly incorporate duties of determining market tendencies and new technological streams of advancements, specifying resources required for comprehensive computation power of the work stations to provide users with comfortable work environment, advocate and consult management of the company on the contemporary state of the equipment, support users of the machines and any other firm’s technological assets with corresponding services, contribute to company’s IT improvement and evolution. UMUC possesses a set of specific fields of activity, including, but not restricted ...

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Introduction:

GPUs that stand for Graphics Processing Units (also called visual processing unit) are used for high-speed image creation in applications that require images or videos to be shown on screen. This is done by manipulating and altering of memory. A frame buffer that is intended for output to a display is used for the purpose of image creation. The most common devices that use Graphics Processing Units include cell phones; both smartphones and some common mobile phones, personal computers and laptops, workstations and game consoles. The newer versions of Graphics Processing Units are very effective, and they ...

Financial discrepancies are part of the issues affecting companies today. It is worth noting that forensic investigation in a computerized work environment solves fraudulent activities. This process demands high-level expertise in forensic investigation. A forensic investigator uses various steps in investigating an employee computer. The forensic expert has to follow various steps during the investigation process. These include planning stage, gathering information stage, review process, and reporting. Investigation on employee computer is streamlined towards finding out the fraudulent activities, where and when it took place, identify those involved and quantify the monetary value of the fraud. Getting authorization to ...

Introduction

It is remarkable how technology has advanced over the years. Since the industrial revolution that started in Europe in the early 19th century, technology has changed dramatically in almost all fields of human endeavor that it would be quite impossible to enumerate. Despite several drawbacks, technology is generally perceived as beneficial. Some people, for instance, may criticize that computers and the internet make people lazy or stupid, but ironically, the same people who criticize technology are also the ones that are utilizing it. But despite mainstream society’s fondness of technology, all these technological advancements today does not seem ...

The information management allows not only to focus in the processes and phenomena in the surrounding working environment, but it also helps to speed up and to optimize the decision-making process (Robertson, 2005). All these operations require qualified professionals, and, first of all, they require modern computer technologies. In order to choose the best computer of a high quality, the deep analyze should be done. Our choice will be made between three brands of computers: ‘Asus’; ‘Dell’; ‘Lenovo’. Chosen computers are the computers of the type All-in-One. The first computer is ‘Asus ET2701IGTH-C2’. His heart is a processor Intel ...

INTRODUCTION

A small business network lacks external support from corporate entities and as such, should be straight forward and easy to manage. In this network design, we are going to adopt a simple strategy that will follow the simplest strategies to achieve the desired results. In this billing business, only a single employee is available to troubleshoot, diagnose and maintain computers. The network comprises modest computing and networking resources and a dozen or fewer computers, printers and servers. The network should allow member of the business to share files, printers, and other peripherals on a single LAN. The small office LAN is managed by a ...

Business Process for Improvement:

Myra, the owner of UMUC’s Haircuts has to receive appointments and mostly does this using the phone. She also takes in walk-in customers who come in whenever they are available. The expansion of UMUC’s Haircuts has led to increased customers (Burgess 2002). It has caused increased difficulty in assigning the employees certain days on which to attend to the customers following the appointments. The process of matching the employees with the appointments at hand has, therefore, become close to unmanageable. It is not until recently that Myra becomes a little more comfortable with the idea of her employees ...

• Choose a workplace with no with no carpet on the floor, carpets generate a lot of static charges and are supposed to be avoided.• Once you install the power supply clip the wrist strap ending to the power supply. This is done to prevent electrostatic discharge by ensuring that those who comes in contact with the electric wires are not electrocuted.

• Never plug your computer in power when you are connected to it by the wrist strap. Care needs to be taken because you can easily get electrocuted. In simple terms, people are often advised to stay away from ...

1. Discuss the role of networks within different organizations and the resource implications of networks.

Of late, networks have become a principal mode of data transmission helping in collaboration, dissemination of knowledge, creative reproduction and gathering resources to undertake research. The networking system is integral to organizational function. Within different organizations, networks play the following roles:

- The network of an organization helps the employees increase their productivity by allowing them exchange ideas quickly. - It keeps the employees connected all the time from anywhere by allowing them remote access. - As there are several computers connected to a ...

This is a computer mainly meant for use in the day-to-day operational activities in the school office. This specification note will be submitted to several suppliers such that those with the most favorable terms will supply the product. The computer should be a desktop with a stand. The desktop have ability to adjust it brightness with the LD screen.

Purpose of the computer:

The main purpose of this product is to perform the daily activities in the office like recording, processing data as well as presenting data in of graphs, tables and charts for faster decision making. The computer is also meant for storing massive data ...

Introduction to Computing

The progress of Virtual Learning Environment has totally changed the training and learning system. VLE provides progressive developing and learning enhancement functionalities that are being offered to provide a reliable and secure approach in learning, which takes place in a virtual classroom environment. Although the VLE has not yet established its greater importance of convenient learning and its appearance is still in a development phase various schools and other learning organizations already considers VLE as an opportunity that will allow learners to take self-assessment projects and access academically prescribed materials through the internet at a fraction of a cost. VLE is a learning system which ...

Recent decades brought a lot of changes in businesses. Information security has become very essential to the companies and ensuring this safety has become a big problem. Nowadays, information is mostly saved in electronic form on computer hard drives, but this is not the most secure way. The problem is that computers can break down, they can be stolen, hardware or software failure can cause damage or loosing important files or even the user can delete important files by mistake. Along with development of computers, people started to think how to secure the information. The best way to prevent data loss ...

How they Have Changed Music Production

Abstract The music industry has made many changes over the years. From old style music played on phonographs, to music made purely on a computer, the past century has brought forth incredible technology. Arguably, the biggest change in music production has come in the form of digital audio workstations (DAWs). DAW’s have changed the music industry from being dependent on large music production studios, to being able to happen in anyone’s living room. The purpose of this paper is to explain the many ways in which DAW’s have impacted the music production industry. In order ...

Module 3 Professional Development

For starters, it would be very important for the nurses who are a part of the team to be able to identify the key characteristics of the Hmong people who are migrating into the new communities that the current nursing team is handling. This would make a lot of future steps and decision making instances a lot easier. Basically, the Hmong people, is a general term used to pertain to people who live, or in this case, have lived in the mountainous regions of Vietnam, China, Thailand, and Laos. In terms of ethnicity, the Hmong people can be traced back to the Miao ...

Laptop Contrast Comparison Essay

In these times for those who are not submerged in technology matters, can result very difficultly to make the best decision when buying a new laptop. There are a lot of brands that manufacture laptops, different base software, and each manufacturer made different laptops, to cover different needs, and as it wasn’t enough around every 3 weeks a new laptop or upgrade comes up. This makes people to study very much at the time of getting a new laptop and analyzing what is the best option given the price in most times. In the past two years a rising technology has come ...

Hewlett Packard (HP) did a great deal when he successfully innovated one of the smallest computer hard disk in middle 1992; it was so tiny especially compared to those of the previously made computer. Those hard drives that were made in early 1956 were almost the same size as that of two modern fridges placed together. In spite of the fact that the HP team did not achieve their sale expectation on the hard drives as they had anticipated by the year 1994, it was still a great successes and one can easily say they still had thrived in the market ...

Question 1

Computers have been embraced by most people due to their benefits like speed of work, a complex storage area hence space saving, and the accuracy of the data and information. Nevertheless, laptops are prone to some failures which can have adverse effects on the organizations and individuals who solely rely on it (Liu, Ashok 165). The failure mode of laptops and the effects they have are all diverse in nature since they are different and affect different soft wares and hard wares in the laptop.

Failure mode

The power supply failure is the most common modes of failures in laptops especially if ...

Summary of the Case Against Mr. Didid

This report is for the evidentiary file of Mr. Isure Didit. The five contraband images previously discovered on Mr. Didit’s laptop were matched by using hash values by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to those of known child pornographic images (previously tied to known underage victims) Because of this discovery, Mr. Didit’s company exercised its right to monitor employee activity at all times and to take company property back into its possession. Thus, we instigated an investigation into the contents of Mr. Didit’s office. In the office, the digital evidence was : ...

Introduction

Spotify is a music provider company that provides music online. The users need to register to Spotify either by connecting it through facebook or by registering their e-mail id. There is a vast choice of music available that can be streamed to computer of any smart gadget in minutes. All the tracks are legally available and the music that is unauthorized to be broadcasted in a particular geographical region, it is eliminated through Digital Rights Management (DRM). The users can choose free tier or a Premium tier by paying around £3.19 and get music advertisement free and at a higher bit rate. The users ...

Introduction

The term “cluster computing” and “grid computing” are used interchangeably when describing networked computers designed to run distributed applications in order to share resources. However, they are used to in describing the varied set of distributed computing with ambiguous solutions. Both cluster and grid computing are used simultaneously to improve the performance of the application. The both help in sharing available resources such as printers, scanners and speakers (Dongarra et al., 2004). Nonetheless, grid and cluster computing have different approaches in problem solving since they differ in terms of their infrastructure and technologies. Grid and cluster computing can be ...

1975 words APA

Computer Calendar Applications Introduction Many calendar applications have been developed to meet the needs of users for their social and their business needs, Groups of users can be catagorized as workers in businesses and offices, friends, and families. but each application has problems that have not been solved. Users want to be able to open their calendar and handle their schedules as quickly and efficiently as possible, but all the applications are target to businesses. Microsoft Calendar is especially good for businesses users. Friends have a large choice of social networking possibilities and instant mobile ...

PERSONAL COMPUTERS: WHERE DID THEY COME FROM AND WHERE ARE THEY GOING?

1.0 Personal computers: Where did they come from and where are they going? 1.1 Overview NASA’s first computer, a typical UNIVAC, filled a room the size of a house (Tomayko 1987). Since that time computers have become smaller in size until finally, they have reached the size of micro-mini. The micro-sized computers are used in mobile devices as small as a cell phone. The personal computer appeared when computers became small enough to sit on a desktop. With the advent of the desktop PC, the computer market opened up to small businesses and home use consumers. The development of the ...

Growing Popularity on the Internet 3

Threats on the Internet 5 Combatting Security Threats 9 Cyber security Threats 11 Safeguarding the Open Internet 13 Security Tokens 15 Other industry features on the Internet 16 Strain between Cyber security and Open Internet 16 We Have No Control over Security on the Internet 18 Conclusion 19

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Security on the Internet The internet is an integral part of modern communication. Yet it is also the source of many security issues of private information because of its widespread nature and availability. These security issues are associated partly to the inherent ...

Introduction

The video game industry has come a long way so far. This essay is discussing on the reasons for the extensive popularity of Sony video game (PlayStation). PlayStation video game has gained global scale popularity and acceptance since the introduction of PlayStation 1 because of its wonderful technological features that offer its users a wider variety of games to choose. The popularity that PlayStation has enjoyed for decades now is anticipated to rise. Currently as the video game is entering its fourth installment, it is not only becoming popular with children but also with adults. A significant customer population of the ...

The internet is an integral part of modern communication. Yet it is also the source of many security issues of private information because of its widespread nature and availability. These security issues are associated partly to the inherent characteristics of the internet and to human error (Holden, 2003). The advancement of technology has allowed services and items to be delivered through the internet by collecting information. However, such information comes with a price. In exchange of convenience, consumers become targets to cybercrimes because of the information they provide (i.e. bank account information, address, and personal identity) (Sicari, 2013). Indeed, protecting ...

The title of the “text” shown above is what I have chosen to analyze. The Effects of Social Media on Kids concerns the thesis that social media has offered to us nothing but better and faster way of communication, especially to kids/school aged children. The topic comes from my readings of different reputable online resources about social networking sites. The context in which it is usually experienced is over the internet. I chose to study the text because it has always been timely these days. The rhetorical concept/philosophy that I will be utilizing in my study of the text ...

Dell New Inspiron 23

When you are up to purchasing a computer system, you first need to list down your requirements and preferences. Since, every brand is famous for its special offer so once you will narrow down elements for the choice of your computer; it would become really easy to find the best system. During this phase, you first need to decide that for what purpose you want to purchase a computer system; is it for office use of home? Second, whether you want to have the latest features in your system or an ordinary computer can work for you. Third, the most important, ...

Technology

Introduction Cloud computing denotes a pattern modification to overall information technology resolutions even thoughhovering the user-friendliness, scalability and efficacyover its empoweringtools. Conversely, transferred cloud boards and amenities cost benefits as well as enactments are often times a bit obscure and rarelyconcise. The economic processes along with the in slump economic periods have not only elevated the bar of animproved information technologicalsupplyprototypes but have provided mereright of entry to toolssupportedamenities via web sphere. Fortunately, cloud computing has enormousprobabilities in relations toslendermarketingsystems that of which maycurtail the in operation cost by consuming the third party based information technologicalcompetences, as anamenity. Moreover, ...

Part 1

I am looking for the desktop computer system for my home use. Along with the desktop PC, I also want to purchase a monitor and a printer. For this purpose, I browsed through the internet, read reviews and the ranking of the best desktop PCs. Finally, I have made a decision to purchase Dell XPS One 27 online. There are number of reasons why I have chosen this desktop PC for my home use. First and the most important feature of this desktop is its incredible touch display. It offers high resolution, and multi touch display with dual-hinge articulating stand. So ...

Virus, worm and Trojan Horse

In order for ABC Corporation to succeed in its business environment, it must secure its resources, networks and employees. Security is a broad topic that comprises of both the physical security of the buildings, infrastructure, computing devices, networks and finally employees. As Network Solutions, we are going to provide the best security architecture solutions for ABC Corporation so that its resources can be protected from intentional or unintentional attacks. A virus is a type of malware that replicates itself by adding copies into computer programs, data files, boot sector of the hard drive. When the replication process succeeds the affected ...

The basic tasks of a computer forensics specialist

Acquisition of data – A computer forensics specialist works in cooperation with law enforcement for gather of recover data from computer systems. In the case of this company, the forensics expert can recover emails from the hard drive and validate them. They can also get information about the author and date from the internet service provider. Preservation of data – A computer forensics expert needs to store the recovered data in stable media. This is done to maintain the integrity of the same. The expert should also record all steps taken to obtain the data and any editing done to ...

Introduction

The computer hard disk drive, also known as hard drive, hard disk or simply HDD is a storage device which is non-volatile (HDD Scan, 2010). According to Mamun, Guo & Bi, (2007), it is used for the storage of digitally encoded data on platters which have magnetic surfaces. The platters are secured on an axle which holds then centrally to allow them to rotate. The motorized and mechanical aspect associated with the computer hard disk gives it the name “drive” (Bhargava, 2008). This is a distinction from other storage media like tapes or floppy disks in that it has an internal motor ...

Internet Use Affected Privacy

Internet use refers to World Wide Web users, internet service providers (ISPs), and third parties (online social networking websites) who access, collect, store, utilize, and secure data/information . Whenever an individual or entity goes online, internet use starts. Internet use also means the intentional (or even unintentional) sharing and distribution of information that can lead to unintended consequences. For instance, in the event a cracker/hacker breaks into your computer to change, steal, destroy, or infect your data/information, your privacy is at risk. Your important personal data such as credit card details, exact physical address, and other private information can be used ...

Abstract

The use of encryption and decryption techniques for securing communication is as old as the art of communication. Technically, a code is used instead of data which is a signal for intent to keep data secret. In order to recover the contents from an encrypted signal, accurate decryption key is needed. The key is basically an algorithm that is used to reverse the work of the encryption technique and get original form of data. There is always a potential threat from hackers to decode encrypted signal, to avoid such issues specialized intellectuals have worked hard and defended these threats by developing more ...

Now, it’s time for me to buy a new computer. I have pretty specific requirements and that’s why, instead of buying a laptop computer, I have chosen to buy a desktop PC. This PC will be built by me from the parts that I will buy separately. This approach suits me because I will be able to choose the pars with such specifications, which will be tailored to my needs. I need to have a computer for gaming and partially for design; additionally I would like to watch moves on it. Gaming will require high performance and high quality multimedia devices, ...

Setting

This year on Valentine’s Day my boyfriend took me to a romantic restaurant for a candle light dinner. My boyfriend is a kind of shy person so he booked a table at a corner of the restaurant, so that people around us won’t be staring at us and consequently we will be able to have a memorable dinner. Luckily we got a table reserved as per our requirements but the only problem was that the glass of the window was transparent through which the pedestrians walking in the street were able to see us. Although I was fine with this situation because nobody ...

Introduction

This paper will provide a systematic procedure of how to build a computer. The main purpose of building a computer is cost reduction considering that it is cheaper to build one than to buy. When assembling the computer, use a flat and dry table with access to a power source. In addition, follow the instructions carefully as they will help you in assembling the computer. The task may take approximately one and a half hours to complete.

Requirements

For one to be able to build a computer, one must be have access vital parts, which include a CPU casing that has already been attached with its power supply. ...

Building own personal computer rather than buying an already built PC is better because, with this option, one is able to get a computer that suits the needs they have. It will also be a lot easier to do the upgrading of the PC in the times to come because the owner understands the machine well. Another reason for this option is that it saves money when opting it build own machine when compared to purchasing something that is already built. Getting personal computers that have already been built is expensive as the sellers include the cost of assembling the computer. ...

Although most of the systems these days are multi-utility and can be used for various purposes however in order to obtain optimum performance, it is always recommended to choose the configuration of a desktop computer in such a manner that it is specifically assembled to cater according to the customized requirements. In this paper, we will look at the various configurations of systems on the basis of specific requirements provided for the procurement of desktop computer systems within a specified budget of $ 2000. The first system, which is being prepared, is for the purpose of extensive gaming and entertainment; therefore it ...

Introduction

Innovation of computers has made the work of man easier and has also changed the way man does his things currently. However, despite the fact that computers are said to be effective and efficient in data storage, computer viruses can turn that idea into a nightmare all of a sudden. A computer virus is described as set of instructions in a computer that may attach and reproduce it’s self in other codes which are executable. A computer virus is normally said to be manmade and can stand on its own without the support of other programs. A computer virus is generally ...

Cloud gaming: overview

Cloud gaming has been a new phenomenon in the gaming industry that has been recently making headlines and has come with promising features aimed to revolutionize the future of gaming. Already the stir produced by cloud gaming has had many enthusiast falling for the concept as they find it cheaper to convectional network gaming platforms such as Xbox and play station. This has been evidenced by notable services such as Netflix where one can benefit from a wide collection of games at only $9.99 per month. The cloud concept of Software-as-as-service is already delivering attractive features such as Onlive which ...

Part 1

I would choose to implement a database rather than a file system because a database has more capabilities than a file system. For one, a database allows a search to be performed based on the file’s metadata. On the other hand, the user must know the path of a file’s location when searching for a file in a file system. A database allows for the data to be filtered and sorted in a number of ways, which is not possible with a file system. In addition, a database system comes with data backup and redundancy features. Creating backups and checking for redundancy need to be performed manually in file ...

In my first call, I am told that there are stability problems with a computer running Windows XP. First, I would determine exactly what kind of stability problem it is - there are many different kinds of problems to deal with. First, the PC could be suddenly rebooting at random without an error message. Secondly, the PC could be freezing, with no response from the mouse or keyboard. The PC could show a 'stop error' blue screen upon encountering the problem, or there could be a program failure that is specific to Windows XP.

First, I would ask the user to run ...

Introduction

A computer hard drive also known as a hard disc is a storage device that is used to record and read data which is represented by a collection of magnetized particles on some spinning platters. A hard drive can also be referred to as the long-term memory of a computer that preserves data programs and the computer’s operating system. The internal components of a hard drive cannot be easily seen as it is usually not left exposed especially when the hard drive is in operation. There are about four platters in a hard drive that can be visible when one opens up the computer ...

In today’s modern age, the computer has become the base of operations for nearly everyone, both innocent and guilty. A criminal often has incriminating files on their computer – whether they be text, audio or visual evidence of wrongdoing, or a confession, or what have you. They do not want this information to be seen by the police or other investigators in the event of questioning, as it would incriminate them and destroy any potential defense. As a result, they delete it the way they normally would on a Microsoft Windows computer – they drag and drop the file to a Recycle Bin, right ...

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

Introduction

Computer networking is a term that is used to refer to the interconnection of computers so as to facilitate communication and share resources. Computer networks can be classified according to a variety of characteristics such as the medium which is used to transport data. Networks can also be classified depending on the method of connection used. We can have wired computer networks or wireless computer networks. A wired computer network uses cables to interconnect different computers in the setup while the wireless networks do not use any kind of physical connection. In wireless networks we can use Bluetooth, infrared rays ...

Begin working on your final project early over the span of the next seven weeks. It is divided into two sections worth a total of 300 points with a grading rubric for each section. Please keep and save project files, updating them as necessary, completing each sectional requirement.

Length of report for Section I should be a minimum of 300 words using the APA guidelines for citing all sources used. Label each Section I & II.

Section one - Fedora Installation (100 points)

As part of your textbook, there is a Fedora Installation DVD that came along with it, located at the end or back of the textbook. Fedora is a Linux-based ...

Introduction

Over the years the growth and development of the internet has brought many opportunities for businesses and individuals to gather personal information about other users and to direct their advertising at these people. However, the means by which these things are done give rise to many ethical issues. For one thing, there is the question of whether an individual’s browser history is his or her private property, or is it something which others should be allowed to share? Another issue is at what point are companies being simply unethical? At what point are they breaking the law? At ...

The features of spotify and its abilities

Accessibility of portable music has come a long way, from the invention of music records to the use of cds .The music industry is prone to change and the introduction of spotify has taken it a notch higher. Spotify a company that originates from Sweden is the new way of accessing music thorough the internet. The creations of iphones and iPods seemed to be the greatest invention for music lovers around the world (Yoon 28).People could now download their favorite music in these devices and listen to their favorite music whenever they wanted. The introduction of ITunes into the industry further ...

Introduction

Computer forensic also known as cyber forensic involves the acquisition of legal evidence which is found in computers and digital media storage. It involves using analytical and investigative techniques for the collection and examination of evidence. This technique is commonly used for criminal investigations or civil litigation. (Holley, 2000) There are several computer software which are used for this kind of investigation and analysis of evidence. They include: EnCase, The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy Browser among others. Using a single tool cannot produce substantial evidence to be used for prosecution. There is need to employ at least two of these ...

1. Introduction

Computer hard disk drives are storage devices for digital data. The digital data is stored on high-speed rotating magnetic surfaces. They are non-volatile and use the random access technique to access data stored on them. It consists of fast rotating discs which have magnetic surfaces onto which data is stored. They are permanently mounted on the computers and cannot be easily detached like floppy disks. It is known as hard disk drive as both the disk and the drive are contained inside the same unit. The costs of hard disk drives have fallen in the last few years and ...