A virtual community, e-community or online community is a group of people that primarily interact via communication media such as newsletters, telephone, email, internet social network service or instant messagescomputer network, it is called an online community.
Virtual and online communities have also become a supplemental form of communication between people who know each other primarily in real life. Many means are used in social software separately or in combination, including text-based chatrooms and forums that use voice, video text or avatars. Significant socio-technical change may have resulted from the proliferation of such Internet-based social networks.
Virtual communities, or online communities, are used for a variety of social and professional groups interacting via the Internet. It does not necessarily mean that there is a strong bond among the members, although Howard Rheingold, author of the book of the same name, mentions that virtual communities form "when people carry on public discussions long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships".
An email distribution list may have hundreds of members and the communication which takes place may be merely informational (questions and answers are posted), but members may remain relative strangers and the membership turnover rate could be high. This is in line with the liberal use of the term community.
The embedding of virtual community in the experiences of everyday life and its reflection of and influence on the communication practices and patterns of identity formation make online community a colossal research enterprise which requires continuous investigation and theorizing.
An online game is a game played over some forms of computer network. At the present, this almost always means the Internet or equivalent technology; but games have always used whatever technology was current: modems before the internet, and hard wired terminals before modems. The expansion of online gaming has reflected the overall expansion of computer networks from small local networks to the Internet and the growth of Internet access itself.
Online games can range from simple text based games to games incorporating complex graphics and virtual worlds populated by many players simultaneously. Many online games have associated online communities, making online games a form of social activity beyond single player games.
The rising popularity of Flash and Java led to an Internet revolution where websites could utilize streaming video, audio, and a whole new set of user interactivity. When Microsoft began packaging Flash as a pre-installed component of IE, the Internet began to shift from a data/information spectrum to also offer on-demand entertainment.
This revolution paved the way for sites to offer games to web surfers. Most online games like World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XI and Lineage II charge a monthly fee to subscribe to their services, while games such as Guild Wars offer an alternative no monthly fee scheme. Many other sites relied on advertising revenues from on-site sponsors, while others, like RuneScape, the games made by Artix Entertainment and Mabinogi, let people play for free while leaving the players the option of paying, unlocking new content for the members.
Nokia unveiled N900, its first smart phone running on Linux software, aiming at improving its offering at the top end of the market.
The Nokia N900 runs on the Linux-based Maeme 5 software, featuring true multitasking with applications as well as Web browsing with Adobe Flash support.
Nokia’s workhorse Symbian operating system controls half of the smartphone market volume — more than its rivals Apple, Research in Motion and Google put together. Nokia said Linux would work well in parallel with Symbian in its high-end product range.
Perghh...it is very awesome and very cool...Want to buy it but i'm afraid that i do not know how to use it...hehehe....
Verizon Wireless Set To Rollout 4G in 2010
Verizon Wireless completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fourth Generation (4G) data call in Boston based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard; the company also announced that it had earlier completed the first LTE 4G data call based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard in Seattle.
While Verizon previously disclosed its intentions to test the 4G standard in the two cities, the carrier had not provided details on the trials until now.
The tests involved streaming video, file uploads and downloads, and Web browsing. Interestingly, Verizon also said it placed voice calls using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology to enable voice transmissions over the LTE 4G network, though the carrier has said in the past that it plans to keep most voice traffic on its existing CDMA 1x network.
With smart tags enabled, Word attempts to recognize certain types of data in a document (for example, dates or names) and automatically makes such text a smart tag, visually indicated as a purple dotted underline. Clicking on a smart tag is the selection-based search command to bring up a list of possible actions for that data type.
As an example, in Microsoft Word the words "John Smith" would be recognized as a personal name and smart tagged. The list of actions available when clicked might be Open Contact, Schedule a Meeting, Add to Contacts, or Insert Address.
An address or pointer that does not change. For example, in a spreadsheet, a cell with an absolute reference does not change even if copied elsewhere. Contrast with relative reference.
Relative reference
An address or pointer that changes when the target item is moved or the relationship to it has changed. For example, in a spreadsheet, a cell with a relative reference changes its formula when copied elsewhere. Contrast with absolute reference.
Arpanet
The ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network network, and the predecessor of the global ) created by ARPA of the United States Department of Defense during the Cold War, was the world's first operational packet switching Internet.
Browser
A browser is a software program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.
A browser helps you link to pages on websites around the world. To find a website, type in a URL (web address) or click a link or a button in the toolbar.
Disk drive
A part of the computer that operates the disks that store information.
Disk drives are called "storage devices" because they store information on portable or permanent disks (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks and Zip disks). A disk drive spins the disk around at high speeds as it reads and writes data on the disk.
The Internet is one of the newest and fastest growing markets. Advertising, electronic commerce, online banking and online gambling have raised debate about the future economy. According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 7th Edition, business means the activities of making, buying, selling, or supplying goods or services for money. In the new generation, people tend to expand their business through internet which is called online business. However, people are question how are businesses evolving to target the online community and to meet the demands of the new technologies.
Nowadays, people were exposed to the social network in the internet. The common social networks are Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. For some of the user, they have their own objective when they join this social network. For example, a business person who joins the Facebook, he or she not only wants to make online friends but they also want to market their product and find the buyer.
As companies develop their own communities, this brings some power to social networks like MySpace, Bebo and Facebook. Unfortunately, not all fans will interact with business created communities –so the business people will need to quickly distinguish how their community base is different perhaps in a different part of the marketing funnel but still valuable. They need to promote aggressively their product and give the good services.
Then, some of the business people who want to expand their business through internet which is website think that online business start-ups don't need a business plan. Having a proper plan for the Internet business can have the competitive edge it needs. There are many great website on the Internet that has great contents, great artwork and a fantastic design.The example of the website that promotes online business is “Lelong.com”.
Many people are under the impression that to make a lot of money from the Internet is to simply set up a website on the Internet. However, if you have the determination and the effort, you can certainly make your online business an incredible success and then only your business can make money in your sleep. On the other hand, the business website also will have their own follower when they able to get the online community’s trust.
After that, the business people who are involved with the online business should always aware and alert with the latest technologies. It is because, only with the latest technologies, the process of selling, buying and also the transaction process will be easier. It also can save the time of the seller and the buyer. For instance, for most computer users, the (magnetic) hard disk drive is the last thing they think about, that is, until it fails. With flash-based solid state drives getting more affordable, the industry is looking at a likely replacement for the HDD.
Not only have that, the online business people also need to use the latest technology in term of software. Only with the latest technologies like Widows 7, Twitter Telepathy, and many more, they can run slightly with the technologies. People nowadays want something that can make their life easier. The business people need to update with the latest technology to make sure their business get many profit.
As a conclusion, business people can use online community and also the latest technologies to develop their business associated with their stores. The platform has many features and was relatively easy to implement, earning and to make money with it.
A podcast is a series of digital media files, either audio or video, that is released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.
The mode of delivery is what differentiates podcasts from other ways of accessing media files over the Internet, such as simple download or streamed webcasts: special client software applications known as podcatchers (like iTunes, Zune, Juice or Winamp) are used to automatically identify and download new files in the series when they are released, by accessing a centrally-maintained web feed that lists all files currently associated with that particular series.
New files can thus be downloaded automatically by the podcatcher and stored locally on the user's computer or other device for offline use, making it simpler for a user to access episodic content.
Like the term broadcast, podcast can refer either to an ongoing series of episodes of particular program or to the method by which they are syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. A podcaster is the person who creates the content.
Chain letters are malicious letters sent in a chain from users to users. The contents of the chain letters could be of a threat or sympathy. Chain letter is considered as a big problem, as it wastes users' time and network space/disk. Chain letters always give promising good luck to those who continue the chain. Most of the file is headers from forwarded messages.
How To Detect A Chain Letter
Chain letters all have a similar element such as follows:
a. A Hook
A hook is to catch your interest and get you to read the rest of the letter. Hooks used to be "Make Money Fast" or "Get Rich" or similar statements related to making money for little or no work
b. A Threat
A threat warns you about the terrible things that will happen if you do not maintain the chain. However, others play on greed or sympathy to get you to pass the letter on.
c. A Request
A traditional request is usually in the form of asking you to mail a dollar to the top ten names on the letter and then pass it on. The electronic request simply admonishes you to "Distribute this letter to as many people as possible."
Examples of Chain Letters Example 1
Make nine unaltered copies of this note, and send each copy to a friend or stranger within nine days of receiving this. This completed, you will have received not only luck and positive karma, but you have been PERMANENTLY released from the obligation to send another chain -letter.
Lycos began as a search engine research project by Dr. Michael Loren Mauldin of Carnegie Mellon University in 1994.Lycos then enjoyed several years of growth and, in 1999, became the most visited online destination in the world, with a global presence in more than 40 countries. Lycos was sold to Terra Networks of Spain in May 2000 for $5.4 billion, forming a new company Terra Lycos and maintaining a position as one of the world's largest Internet companies. In October 2004, Lycos was sold by Terra's parent company Telefonica to Daum Communications Corporation, the second largest Internet portal in Korea, becoming once again Lycos Inc. Until now, Lycos is still active.
Bing formerly known as Live Search, Windows Live Search and MSN Search is the current web search engine or advertised as a "decision engine" from Microsoft. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009, with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. In its first few weeks Bing was successful in gaining some market share.
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered and a list of related searches called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results based on semantic technology from Powerset, which Microsoft purchased in 2008. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook and email. On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.
Interface
Lycos offers a Web search engine, subject directories, and several other services. In April 1999, it made its main directory a version of the Open Directory. In terms of general searching, Lycos made significant changes during the summer of 1997, tossing out their old search system for a new one. Lycos interface was quite not attractive because there is no colourful background. For me, I love search engine that offer the beautiful scenery or image and not only the words.
Only ten hits at a time are displayed. Lycos displays the title, a keyword-in-context extract, and the URL. No date, language, or file size information is available. The "Sidesearch" (formerly "Fast Forward") link after the title opens up the result on the right and move the search results to a frame or pane on the left. As some point in spring 2001, Lycos added a translation capability, with a link after each record and directly at translation.lycos.com. It uses the same system software that AltaVista uses. Then, Lycos is not case sensitive. All search terms look for a match regardless of upper and lower case are searched.
Bing interface was quite attractive compared to Lycos interface. Bing was always changing their background image. The images are mostly of remarkable places in the world. The background image also contains information about the elements shown in the image. I can view the information by hovering over the image. The background images can be switched off and switched on.
It is so nice to look and the user did not feel boring when use this search engine. Bing also have left side navigation pane. Includes navigation and on results pages, related searches and prior searches. In addition to its tool for searching web pages, Bing also provides the following search offerings such as health, images, maps, news, shopping and many more.
Time
For Lycos search engine, in the advanced search there is a URL/Site limit for restricting to or excluding specific domains. There are also 47 language limits. Only one language limit at a time can be used. Unlike on AlltheWeb, a language limit cannot be combined with a field search. For me, Lycos search engine is quite fast and easy to search the information that we want.
The Bing best match feature cuts down the number of clicks and gets me to my final destination faster. Best Match results include customer service numbers for retail sites, the ability to track a package right from the search page, deep links to common pages within the site and much more. Bing examines what you are typing in the search box and will automatically suggest similar terms or common refinements related to the term you are typing. So that, it will save our time and my work can be done on the time.
As a conclusion, both search engines are good and have their own specialties. We as the user have to know which search engine that suitable to use and so that, it will not waste our time.
E-learning (or sometimes electronic learning) is a term which is commonly used, but does not have a common definition. Most frequently it seems to be used for web-based distance education, with no face-to-face interaction. However, also much broader definitions are common.
For example, it may include all types of technology enhanced learning (TEL), where technology is used to support the learning process. Although pedagogy is usually not part of the definition, some authors do include it. For example in this definition, where e-learning is said to be: "pedagogy empowered by digital technology" .
It is important to realize that the term e-learning is ambiguous. It is nearly impossible to define what it is, as it has different meanings to different people . Furthermore, it is often used interchangeably with various other related terms, such as distance learning, distributed learning, and electronic learning.
The meaning of the term also seems to be dependent on the context in which it is used. In companies, it often refers to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees. Lately in most Universities, e-learning is used to define a specific mode to attend a course or programmes of study where the students rarely or never meet face-to-face, nor access on-campus educational facilities, because they study online.
Lee Su Kim is an Associate Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and specialisation in Intercultural Communication, Second Language Education. She is very educated and brilliant women.
She gets her Bachelor in Education English language in 1978 from University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and then further her study to gets Diploma in Education TESL in 1978 at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Not only that, she success gets her Master in Education TESL in 1983 at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur and lastly she gets her Doctorate in Education Second Language Education in May 2001 from University of Houston, Texas, USA.
She also loves to write journal articles. For instance, her journals are Lee Su Kim (1987) the use of free writing in the teaching of writing,The English Teacher, Vol. XVI Dec. 1987, 99-103 and Lee Su Kim(2004b) the Language Learner as a Complex Social Being : Perspectives from Second Language Acquisition, In Vethamani, M.A,(Ed.) Readings in TESL Vol. 2: Essays in Honour of Basil Wijasuriya. Kuala Lumpur: Sasbadi-Melta ELT Series.
Besides that, she also active in giving her opinion. She is one of the Columnist for The Star, a leading English language newspaper in Malaysia for 3 years from 1993 to 1996 and Writer for children’s magazine on environmental awareness - Alam Pelangi, publication of the Malayan Nature Society. Not only that, Lee Su Kim also published her own book such as Lee Su Kim (2004) Malaysian Flavours, Second Edition for Pelanduk Publications, Lee Su Kim (1998) Manglish: Malaysian English at Its Wackiest, Singapore for Times Books International, Lee Su Kim(1996) Story and Grammar Charts for Form 1 for Penerbit Fajar Bakti and etc.
What can I see from this story is that women in this film are portrayed as a slave. This shows through the character of Celie where she was being forced by her husband to do all the households and can’t go anywhere without his permission. She also needs to take care of her children. Celie also has to listen to all that was been said and told by her husband and if she ignored it, she will be beaten or punished by his husband, Albert.
Besides that, women also portrayed as someone that are weak, has no right to voice out their thoughts and defend their rights, especially in the public. This show throughout the character of Sofia where she was been imprison because of she want to defend her rights and good name as a black women to the white people. She also was treated badly during she was in prison until she has been leave, she still be slave to white people. It is not fair to Sofia. Other than that, in this film, women also portrayed as the symbol of sex. This shows through the character Celie’s stepfather where her father raped her many times until she got two children. Other than that, it also shows throughout the character Albert where although he hate Celie, but he still want to do sex with her to fulfill his desire. As a conclusion, woman nowadays should be independent and not just depend on men. They also can survive on their own although without men in their life.
I have watched the movie, “The Color Purple” by Steven Spielberg. It is really an interesting movie and I do really enjoy myself watching the movie.
The film starts by introducing about the life of a poor African American girl, Celie, whose was being abused since she is young. By the time she is fourteen, she has already had two children by her father, (which is supposed to be her stepfather). He takes them away from her at childbirth and forces Celie to marry a local widower whom she calls "Mister”, but his name is Albert Johnson. Mister, who likes Celie's sister, Nettie, treats Celie like a slave, ask and forced her clean up his household and take care of his children.
Then, the jazz singer Shug Avery, for whom Mister has admired for many years, comes to live with him and Celie. Finally they become close friends and Shug helps Celie begin to see her appeal as a human being. They also became friend because of the nice and good treatment that was showed by Celie towards Shug.
After befriend with Celie, Shug, which at first is someone that felt her life is useless and always give up, get the courage to face with her father and finally she did it. Shug and her father already accept each other and their relationship became close again. The film ends when Nettie and Celie's children, Adam and Olivia, are reunited with Celie at last. Both Celie and Shug live happily with their own life together with their family.
There are some similarities and differences between “Tragedy of My Third Eye” story and article about child abuse case that I found entitled “Juvenile Killers Deserve Harsh Punishment”. I have read the story Tragedy of My Third Eye, written by Suchen Christine Lim. The story is interesting. I do really like and enjoy myself reading the story.
It is about a girl named Ping. She is a kind of girl that can be said as a pity or sympathy young girl because of she always was being bullied and discriminates by the people around her like her schoolmates, teacher and also by the women that she called as her mother. While the article that I read was about a sixteen- year-old, Lai Ying Xin was abducted and murdered. Before that, the victim was kidnapping and the suspects are worse than animals. So, there are some similarities that we can find are both of them were tell about child abuse.
So, from the both story, what we can found is that the second story is sadder and more inhumanity compared to the first story, “Tragedy of My Third Eye”, by Suchen Christine Lim. When I read the news, it really makes me sad and crying because of all the cruelty done towards the girl until her death. In my opinion, their family should take care of their child and make sure them in a good condition. We also as the people should be more concern and be alert with our surroundings, so that there is no other child or kids that are going to be the next victim for abusing case.
So, how to come this child abuse problem? There are also many ways we can take to overcome this matter. For instance, parents should have loving aspect in their family. They also need take a good care of their children although they were very busy parents.
Then, government also needs to take an action to those who make abuses to the children. The child criminal must accept punishment to their attitude towards children. Besides that, people need to have civic consciousness. If every person has this criteria, I will guarantee that child abuse will not happen again. Love children like we love our self.
Nowadays, there are lots of news about child abuse. Everywhere we go, the child abuse’s stories are the hottest issue. Why these child abuses happen? There are many reasons why these things happen. First of all, busy parents. A mother or a father was busy with their work. When they came home, they were tired and sometimes, they will hurt their children to release their tension. Then, adopted child or illegal children.
The parents think they can do anything to the children because they not their real children. Although they are children, but they still have feeling and want to be secure in all time. Other than that, people want put a revenge child’s family. So that, the easiest way to do that by doing child abuse. Normally, they will kidnap the child and do sexual harassment to the child. After that, they will kill the child without think as a human anymore.
About me??emm,my name is Aida Zuziana Mohamed.i'm just a simple person. What is important for me is my family and friends.My family is everything for me. Without them,io will lost.Hehe..i'm quite shy and hard to socialize with other person. But, once i have a friends, i will be friends with them forever..i love to hangout with my family especially with my sis and my brother and also with my friends..i'm the 6 from 7 sibling.ermmm...i miss my family so much..huhu..=)
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