http://www.google-phone.com/t-mobile-1gb-data-restriction-undone-24410.php#more-410
Published on September 24, 2008 by, Brenda Stokes on Google-Phone website.
Yesterday T-Mobile announced the future release of the G1, the first ever Google phone. The critics are already comparing it to the I-phone, which has taken the telecomunications industry to a new level. The article that I read on Google's website talks about the planned initial release is to be in October, by T-mobile. This news is of importance or relevance because it displays the actions being taken by an Internet website to take over the technology world. The article talks about some of the extreme features that will be offered by the new phone. At first, the data plan was going to be almost too expensive for the average person to afford. The Google company decided to down grade the expenses to allow more common people, especially Google customers, to be able to afford it. All customers will experience the full data capabilities of the device and the full 3G network. The data plan for the phone will cost T-Mobile customers twenty five dollars, in addition to their regulsr plans. Google and T-Mobile feel that this is a reasonable price for all to afford, if they desire to have the most recent and most technologically advanced phone on the market. I feel that this phone, just like the I-phone, should be available for all cell phone customers, and not just AT&T or T-Mobile customers. It just so happens that I am a Verizon customer and the only way I can purchase one of these awesome phones is to but it off of Ebay for several hundred dollars. The new phones are great for society and the communication world, but I just wish they were available for all.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Internet Blackouts
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/09/17/ike.internet.outage.ap/index.html Published September 17, 2008....CNN.com
Loss of Internet Power
The blackouts across the gulf coast, caused by power outages from Hurricane Ike, has affected the Internet service of millions of Americans. On over four hundred networks there was service interruption in a way that put individuals apart from reality. Internet connections in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania were the hardest hit. But the storm also caused outages in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Surrounding states had scattered outages as well. Apparently, this outage was the largest blackout or Internet shortage since the Northeast blackout of two thousand three. The information for the number of blackouts was computed by the number of networks who lost power for at least an hour. A network can consist of one neighborhood, a University, or an individual Internet service provider. On Wednesday, September 17 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas was still having Internet and power issues; this was several days after the impact of the hurricane.
The idea of entire schools or communities being with out the Internet is intense and possibly devastating to the typical Internet user, who depends on the Internet for everything. In today’s day and age we as a society have become so dependent on the Internet for all of our daily information. We use the Internet for everything from the news to music, and for even watching movies or our favorite television shows. I think the Internet is a good thing but we should not be so dependent on it for our daily activities.
Loss of Internet Power
The blackouts across the gulf coast, caused by power outages from Hurricane Ike, has affected the Internet service of millions of Americans. On over four hundred networks there was service interruption in a way that put individuals apart from reality. Internet connections in Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania were the hardest hit. But the storm also caused outages in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Surrounding states had scattered outages as well. Apparently, this outage was the largest blackout or Internet shortage since the Northeast blackout of two thousand three. The information for the number of blackouts was computed by the number of networks who lost power for at least an hour. A network can consist of one neighborhood, a University, or an individual Internet service provider. On Wednesday, September 17 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas was still having Internet and power issues; this was several days after the impact of the hurricane.
The idea of entire schools or communities being with out the Internet is intense and possibly devastating to the typical Internet user, who depends on the Internet for everything. In today’s day and age we as a society have become so dependent on the Internet for all of our daily information. We use the Internet for everything from the news to music, and for even watching movies or our favorite television shows. I think the Internet is a good thing but we should not be so dependent on it for our daily activities.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Information Literacy
Information Literacy
The general idea is the lack of information literacy that the up and coming generation has obtained through school. Most students are very well trained in areas like Facebook or how to “Google” something on the Internet. If you ask a current student how to do a proficient academic research online, then a large percentage of students will go to Wikipedia, which is not always true facts. To attempt to change and diversify this lack of research knowledge in today’s students, librarians around the country are gathering up to educate the undergraduates. These teachers are first setting up an online effective method for students to have access to, when they need the resources to a valuable, scholarly, academic information useful site. These library sites that contain the scholarly journals and effective research tools are all present in the libraries on our campuses; what the librarians are doing for us, to these tools, is placing them online so we have easy access to them. The information is organized so effectively that the student only has to type in a subject title or keyword to find intelligence on the topic of interest.
I feel as if this type of engagement for the younger generations should be started at an early age, in middle school when writing my first research paper. If we teach the students at an early age then this will be their only way of knowing how to research. This will in turn minimize the amount of information literacy in our society.
The general idea is the lack of information literacy that the up and coming generation has obtained through school. Most students are very well trained in areas like Facebook or how to “Google” something on the Internet. If you ask a current student how to do a proficient academic research online, then a large percentage of students will go to Wikipedia, which is not always true facts. To attempt to change and diversify this lack of research knowledge in today’s students, librarians around the country are gathering up to educate the undergraduates. These teachers are first setting up an online effective method for students to have access to, when they need the resources to a valuable, scholarly, academic information useful site. These library sites that contain the scholarly journals and effective research tools are all present in the libraries on our campuses; what the librarians are doing for us, to these tools, is placing them online so we have easy access to them. The information is organized so effectively that the student only has to type in a subject title or keyword to find intelligence on the topic of interest.
I feel as if this type of engagement for the younger generations should be started at an early age, in middle school when writing my first research paper. If we teach the students at an early age then this will be their only way of knowing how to research. This will in turn minimize the amount of information literacy in our society.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
DaVinci
DaVinci
The creation of libraries began with the creation of art and presenting of ideas on a canvas. Here we have read about the artwork of DaVinci and how it passed through several hands through time to display the idea of transition in libraries. The similarities of the means of communication of a painting and books are the same, but just two different forms. As time has passed, the transition of the communication of ideas, facts, and events has evolved in to a machine. In the past individuals sometimes did not even have access to the knowledge set away in libraries, and if they did then there was sometimes a payment that crossed hands to view information. Now days we just need a computer or cell phone with the internet or a library card to be able to research something in just a few seconds. The discussion of where we want our technology of the flow of information to go in the future is of intense debate. The article speaks of getting rid of the keyboard and using our voices to transmit ideas to one another. This is a major development that will one day seem very current to everyone. The libraries and the books inside of them are feeling the pain of the technology wave. Yes people still do use the libraries and have the need for the customer service of librarians, but the desire or the amount of need has dramatically decreased. We must preserve the libraries and all the history inside them.
The creation of libraries began with the creation of art and presenting of ideas on a canvas. Here we have read about the artwork of DaVinci and how it passed through several hands through time to display the idea of transition in libraries. The similarities of the means of communication of a painting and books are the same, but just two different forms. As time has passed, the transition of the communication of ideas, facts, and events has evolved in to a machine. In the past individuals sometimes did not even have access to the knowledge set away in libraries, and if they did then there was sometimes a payment that crossed hands to view information. Now days we just need a computer or cell phone with the internet or a library card to be able to research something in just a few seconds. The discussion of where we want our technology of the flow of information to go in the future is of intense debate. The article speaks of getting rid of the keyboard and using our voices to transmit ideas to one another. This is a major development that will one day seem very current to everyone. The libraries and the books inside of them are feeling the pain of the technology wave. Yes people still do use the libraries and have the need for the customer service of librarians, but the desire or the amount of need has dramatically decreased. We must preserve the libraries and all the history inside them.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Music Lovers Dream: News Report 1
Travis Crow
Music Lovers Dream
In this CNN online article, the issue of the buying power of music is reevaluated and put into a different perspective. Three music lovers and Internet users have designed a website that not only allows you to buy the popular music that is out, but get a return on every purchase. Hannes Hesse, who is one of the creators of the site, Popcuts, is attempting to “align the interests of artists who want to sell their music and fans who want to get it for free.” Basically, Popcuts is a site that allows you to download music after purchasing each song for ninety nine cents. The idea behind their site that sets them apart is the credit back that each customer receives for each purchase. Every time a customer buys the same song that you previously purchased, then you are given a percentage of that sale. The percentage that you achieve from future sales, after your original purchase, currently goes into your Popcuts account as a credit line for future purchases. The owners of this site would like to in the future be able to give back cash refunds to the customers, but they are not quite at the level yet. The site currently has seven hundred songs from two hundred artists, and has contracts in the works to bring a more diverse selection. I think this is a great idea for a few reasons. One reason is that it gives the buyers of the music incentive to use their website. Another reason is that it allows the creators of the music to be compensated for their hard work. The artists getting a cut of the music they put their heart and soul into is something that I will always be a fan of.http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/03/music.site: CNN: Published September 3, 2008
Music Lovers Dream
In this CNN online article, the issue of the buying power of music is reevaluated and put into a different perspective. Three music lovers and Internet users have designed a website that not only allows you to buy the popular music that is out, but get a return on every purchase. Hannes Hesse, who is one of the creators of the site, Popcuts, is attempting to “align the interests of artists who want to sell their music and fans who want to get it for free.” Basically, Popcuts is a site that allows you to download music after purchasing each song for ninety nine cents. The idea behind their site that sets them apart is the credit back that each customer receives for each purchase. Every time a customer buys the same song that you previously purchased, then you are given a percentage of that sale. The percentage that you achieve from future sales, after your original purchase, currently goes into your Popcuts account as a credit line for future purchases. The owners of this site would like to in the future be able to give back cash refunds to the customers, but they are not quite at the level yet. The site currently has seven hundred songs from two hundred artists, and has contracts in the works to bring a more diverse selection. I think this is a great idea for a few reasons. One reason is that it gives the buyers of the music incentive to use their website. Another reason is that it allows the creators of the music to be compensated for their hard work. The artists getting a cut of the music they put their heart and soul into is something that I will always be a fan of.http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/03/music.site: CNN: Published September 3, 2008
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