The Internet is a relatively new media,  yet it has introduced new business models that shattered long-standing ones.  Books, CDs and practically anything that can be packaged and shipped may now be sold online.  Publishers create online versions of their newspapers and magazines then sold online advertisement to companies targetting the audience of their publications. [...]

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Protect yourself online by knowing your enemies Ever wondered where all your junk emails come from? You check your email only to see senders whom you don’t know and subjects that say ‘congratulations! you win in our lottery’, ‘we need a Filipino nanny here in London’, ‘we will give you a bank account with millions [...]

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VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) This system uses packet-switched telephony wherein the voice information travels to its destination in countless individual network packets across the Internet. This type of communication presents special TCP/IP challenges because the Internet wasn’t really designed for the kind of real-time communication a phone call represents. PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) [...]

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Tech Quiz What’s the general term for Internet-based communications technologies that have traditionally used the public telephone system? Hint: 2 words, 11 letters all in all Answer Brain-twister of the Week The term ______& _____ interface is sometimes used as a synonym for a telephone handset itself, or for a headset-and-microphone combination that allows hands-free [...]

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Know these techie terms: Domain – The part of the Internet address that specifies your computer’s location in the world. The address is written as a series of names separated by full stops. E-commerce – Performing business transactions on the Internet – which may include the use of credit cards, ‘shopping trolleys’, forms, and secure [...]

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Know these techie terms: Backbone – A high-speed link joining together several networks. Bit – A unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or 1. Domain – A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit. Gateway – A device on [...]

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With the buzz about of Internet technology, most of us wouldn’t want to be left out when our friends start talking techie terms. So in this issue, let’s get to know some of the terms you would most likely encounter when talking with people about the Internet and Internetworking technologies. DTE – Data Terminal Equipment [...]

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For most ordinary office work needing the use of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications, there is no longer a need to purchase MS Office licenses. The open source and free software called OpenOffice is now a very stable and feature rich application that should gid rid of the excuse to use pirated MS Office [...]

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Stay safe when ordering online, checking your emails, or doing online banking. Follow this tip to make sure you are protecting your transactions. Secure Internet Connections How do you tell if the Internet connections are secure? Many web sites use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the credit card information that you send over [...]

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The proliferation of broadband service and WiFi technology has made computing very convenient. However, this convenience brings with it some serious security concerns. It is a common practice of some users to try to use open WiFi networks and they delight in being able to use these WiFi networks for free, without the owner of [...]

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