Hw #10 Raising Internet Price:

In the article "As Costs Fall, Companies Push to Raise Internet Price" by Saul Hansell in the new york times at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/business/20isp.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=As%20Costs%20Fall,%20Companies%20Push%20to%20Raise%20Internet%20Price&st=cse . He states that the internet service providers want to increase their fees. He also states that telephone company and cable company charge more for their services than the internet services providers.

Hw #10 Terms to keep posted:

1. ASCII:Stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange." ASCII is the universal standard for the numerical codes computers use to represent all upper and lower-case letters, numbers, and puctuation. Without ASCII, each type of computer would use a different way of representing letters and numbers, causing major chaos for computer programmers (allowing them even less sleep than they already get).
   
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2. Certificate:An SSL certificate, or secure certificate, is a file installed on a secure Web server that identifies a website. This digital certificate establishes the identity and authenticity of the company or merchant so that online shoppers can trust that the website is secure and reliable. In order to verify that these sites are legitimate (they are who they say they are), the companies and their websites are verified by a third party, such as Verisign or Thawte
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3. Chip:Technically speaking, a computer chip is a piece of silicon with an electonic circuit embedded in it. However, the word "chip" is often used as a slang term that refers to various components inside a computer. It typically describes an integrated circuit, or IC, such as a central processor or a graphics chip, but may also refer to other components such as a memory module.
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4. CMOS:Stands for "Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor." This technology is typically used in making transistors. The "complementary" part of the term unfortunately does not mean these semiconductors are free. Instead, it refers to how they produce either a positive or negative charge.
   
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5. Parse:In the computing world, when people talk about their computer configuration, they are referring to the technical specifications, or the "tech specs" of their computer. These specs typically include processor speed, the amount of RAM, hard drive space, and the type of video card in the machine. No, this is not a typo of the word "sparse." The word "parse" means to analyze an object specifically. It is commonly used in computer science to refer to reading program code.
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Hw #9 Useful Terms:

1. Conficker:Conficker is a malicious worm that has so far infected 9 million Windows-based PCs since it was a first detected in October 2000. by http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402054
   
2. Worm:A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. It uses a network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computers on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. Unlike a virus, it does not need to attach itself to an existing program. Worms almost always cause at least some harm to the network, if only by consuming bandwidth, whereas viruses almost always corrupt or modify files on a targetedcomputer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm
   
3. Patch: a fix for a software program where the actual binary executable and related files are modified.by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch
   
4. A backdoor: in a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing remote access to a computer, obtaining access to plaintext, and so on, while attempting to remain undetected. The backdoor may take the form of an installed program (e.g., Back Orifice), or could be a modification to an existing program or hardware device.by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor
   
5. Botnet: is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software. by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet
   
   
   

Hw #9 News: Conficker Worm:

In the article" Experts See Early Activity From Conficker Worm" by John Markoff,at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/technology/internet/01virus.html? in the New York Times.He states that a very dangerous virus called Conficker could take place today on April 1st 2009. He also state that this malicious virus is powerful enough to affect those huge powerfull servers such as goverment agencies and it deletes all the data in the computers that it infects. Also, He states that Microsoft is offering a reward of 250,000 dollars to find the Author of Conficker.






http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/technology/internet/01virus.html?