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DIRECTIONS: Choose two topics and submit a post for each per Discussion! Also, read and respond to two other student posts for full credit. The links below are to help you. You may and should look for your own sources of information in addition to these.
 
Discussion 1 Topics
Discussion 2 Topics

 
  • Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us a short video

  • New! Will users pay to use Social Networking sites (aka Web 2.0)? In what other ways can Social Networking sites to make money?

    Ning Users Have To Pay | Twitter Puts Ads in Mix of Tweets

  • New! What are Netbooks and are they taking over the computing world?

    Discussion Option: What is a netbook vs a laptop or a notebook? What are the advantages and uses for netbooks?

    Netbooks | NotebookReview | Laptop | NoteBooks

  • New! What is the best or at least most popular browser?

    Browser Software Popularity 2007 - all are free downloads

    • Internet Explorer - 65.2% (down from 92.6% in 2003/2004)
    • Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) - 25.1%
    • Mozilla - 2.9%
    • Opera - 1.5%
    • Netscape Navigator - 0.3%
    • Oxygen <1%
    • Safari <1%

    America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)

    For browser news and info:
    http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

    http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/index.htm

    Discussion Option: What is the most popular browser and what does the future seem to be for the current contenders and newcomers?

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About electronic privacy and identity theft?
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Discussion 4 Topics

  • How good is the new Windows Operating System Windows7?

    Windows 7 (formerly code named Blackcomb and Vienna) is the latest release of Microsoft Windows, an operating system produced by Microsoft. The primary version for consumers is called Windows 7 Home Premium, and the version for Business will be called Windows 7 Professional. They will also release lower end Basic and Starter to PC makers and a top end called Ultimate for large corporations.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7

    Discussion Option: How good is the New OS, Windows 7? Does Google plan to introduce a free OS pose a threat? Does Opera 10 have a place in the browser, OS and server wars?
    Article1 Opera Browser a Server| Article 2 Google Chrome OS System

  • New! Windows 8: How good is the new Windows Operating System Windows8?

    • Q: I'm curious about Windows 8, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to install the preview version of it on my PC. Would it be better to just wait for the final version?

    little newspaper gifDiscussion Option: How good is the New OS, Windows 8?
    Windows8 |     Windows8 | Do your own search |

  • There is a new MS Office version as of Spring 2010, MS Office 2010?

    It was called Office 14 (initially Windows 14 with Bulldog alluding to a Microsoft acquisition called Stratature)

    It entered development during 2006 while Microsoft was finishing work on Microsoft Office 12, which was released as the 2007 Microsoft Office System. The major version number 13 has been skipped, presumably due to aversion to the number 13. It was previously thought that Office 14 would ship in the first half of 2009,[1] but more recent information suggests a late 2009/early 2010 release timeframe.[2] Microsoft Office 14 is expected to be released around the time of Windows 7.

    Wikipedia
    Windows 14 with Bulldog
    Ben Hickman Blog
    Softpedia

    Discussion Option: How will Office 2010 improve on the 2007 version? What is new and how will it compete in the software and web markets?
    Article 1 Office 2010 test opens | Article 2 TechCrunch Complete Guide | Blogs

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About the future of computers and computing and your lifestyle?
    future1 | future2 | future3 | future4 | humans | SmartHouse | cars | cars | health | H2 | Dentist |
Discussion 5 Topics
 

  • Is there a real market for e-Readers?

    Yes! Amazon's Kindle, introduced in 2007, has become the "brand" most people know. Readers allow digital books to be read via a portable device larger than an iPhone but small than a NetBook. Many e-readers have been developed. Developers develop proprietary products much like MS Office versus Corel's WordPerfect Office Suite. The myriad of e-book formats is sometimes referred to as the "Tower of eBabel". Competitors publish E-books in a text format that may or may not allow formatting and graphics, and the "readers" are the devices created specifically to receive the file download and allow reading with a device smaller and more portable than a laptop and able to hold many "books".

    Discussion Option: Are there many markets for e-Readers and will they become as popular as MP3 players? Should formats be standardized or remain proprietary? What are the compatibility issues/
    Article 2 E-Readers Turning the Page | Drawbacks? | Kindle | Sony's eReader |

  • New! What is Cloud Computing? is it new or an old idea revisited?

    Discussion Option: Cloud Computing - Bigger and Better for Business? What is "Cloud Computing" and is it good for businesses? Good for individual, private users? Is it new and, if so, how is it new? Who will benefit, what are the limitations or drawbacks? Who are the providers and how will it work.

    Cloud Computing | Wiki | Video1 | Video2 | News | News | Latest | Clouds in the Forecast | Microsoft Cloud | In the Office

  • New! What's Happening to the Domain Names System?
    A New World of Domain Names | ICANN Approves Plan | ICANN 500? |
    | ICANN Nwe gTLDs | Find your own source of info

    newspaperDiscussion Option:10 Things You Didn't Know About the ICANN development of new TLDs?

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About computers and jobs after graduation?
 
 
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