CS 306 Computers in Society - Fall 2009

Instructor: Jacques Chansavang

Week_2: Calendar

Monday, August 31 - Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Current_Events: Due weekly on Monday (in class for Hardcopy) or submit through Blackboard Vista by 11:59 P.M. Late assignment will be penalized or no longer accepted.

Current_Events_Assignment: Due weekly, Monday, 9/07/2009

Guideline Current_Event

Discussion: Guidlines

Group Assignment: Handouts in Class 8-26 - Due in class 8/31/2009

Individual: Handouts in Class 8-26 - Due in class 8/31/2009

Text Book Gift of Fire:

Presentation: Chapter_1 - 2_Privacy

Chapter 2 Privacy
2.1 Privacy and Computer Technology
2.1.1 Introduction
2.1.2 New Technology, New Risks
2.1.3 Terminology and Principles for Data Collection and Use
2.2 Big Brother Is Watching You
2.2.1 Databases
2.2.2 The Fourth Amendment, Expectation of Privacy, and Surveillance Technologies
2.2.3 Video Surveillance
2.3 Diverse Privacy Topics
2.3.1 Marketing, Personalization and Consumer Dossiers
2.3.2 Location Tracking
2.3.3 Stolen and Lost Data
2.3.4 What We Do Ourselves
2.3.5 Public Records: Access vs. Privacy
2.3.6 National ID Systems
2.3.7 Children
2.4 Protecting Privacy: Technology, Markets, Rights, and Laws
2.4.1 Technology and Markets
2.4.2 Rights and Law
2.4.3 Privacy Regulations in the European Union
2.5 Communications
2.5.1 Wiretapping and E-mail Protection
2.5.2 Designing Communications Systems for Interception

2.5.3 Secret Intelligence Gathering
2.5.4 Encryption Policy

Text Book Computer In Society:

Unit 2: The Econmy for next classes

4. Click Fraud, Brian Grow and Ben Elgin PDF File

5. Online Salvation? Print Friendly

6. The Big Band Era, Christopher Swope - PDF File

7. The Beauty of Simplicity, Linda Tischler - Print

8. The Software Wars, Paul De Palma PDF

 

Key Terms: Reading and Digging Deeper

Presentation:1. Introduction to Computer

2. Operating Systems (OS)

Windows 7:

1. It's naggy and instrusive! Popping up warnings/ messages)

2. It's slow!(40 second starting up/shuttingdown)

3. It's a resource hog! (A Gigabite Mem/ Processor)

4. It's incompatible!(0nly 2800 programs certified)

5. It's confusing!

Windows 7 beta: http://video.on.nytimes.com/

6. The editions are bewildering!