In general, every successful Apple product has benefited brand recognition and perception and invigorated the sales of other product lines, even those not directly related to it. By the end of 2005, Apple had sold approximately 22 million iPod units and more than half a billion individual song downloads through its music store, iTunes (George & Jones, 2008)
Business -- Apple Computers Strategic Analysis 2005 Strengths and Opportunities In 2005, Apple Computers experienced significant sales increases attributable to the earlier rollout of the iPod (Robbins & Judge, 2009)
Some proponents of command line forensic tools "argue that most users really do not know what is going on when they 'point and click' their way around a computer forensic examination." (Kuchta, 2001) This may be a true statement but is somewhat beyond the scope of this text since the testing information is not being submitted in a legal proceeding
Since the Enron case where data was destroyed by the terabytes, "recovery and analysis of data has come to form a central part of internal investigations." (Marlin, 2004) But with every advance in detection software comes an advance in obfuscation software
This tool might be used by someone who wants to delete personal files that contain sensitive information or by someone working for a company that is attempting to "prevent employees from wasting company time on things such as pornography and music downloading." (Rothke, 2004) Many companies are beginning to more closely examine the files on employee computers to assure that misuse is not taking place
In order to avoid the need to patch holes in security measures or fix other defects in programming, the most important facet to developing new solutions or upgrades is the testing process. It is important to test for protocol and services interworking, performance, capacity, network strain, and more, because they need to ensure any glitches or shortcomings are identified before the new product or solution is rolled out to the user community, in order to avoid costly and embarrassing problems (Linask, 2009)
It is therefore clearly an example of the theory of methodological behaviorism. This methodological theory states that the human mind, and potentially animals too, needs to explain away behaviors which it cannot understand through the application of basic logic, so they look for ways to take what they do know to be factually true and apply it to the current situation, even if it is not a proper fit (Churchland 1999,-page 88)
Intent is, by definition, what a person plans to do in a given situation, although what someone intends is seldom what comes to pass because people are conflicted with the intentions and desires of others. According to the intentional stance, all the predictions that a person makes are intentional, whether or not we are aware of this (Dennett 1971,-page 90)
Computers assist people in performing their jobs better, they help people to manage their personal lives, and they even play a substantial role in the way in which people not only socialize with one another but also communicate. These facts are all the more staggering when one considers the fact that personal computers have only been around since the early 1970's (Cox, 2013)
Once trends were identified, they were stratified into those pertaining to positive and negative impacts on this field. One of the advantages of the usage of computers is that they allow for a large influx of data, due to notions of big data and the rampant use of social media (James, 2013), which can be used to identify anthropological and sociological trends
One of the advantages of the usage of computers is that they allow for a large influx of data, due to notions of big data and the rampant use of social media (James, 2013), which can be used to identify anthropological and sociological trends. Additionally, computers are useful to the field of social and behavioral sciences because they allow for researchers to readily store and access their work (Lee, 1973, p
The quality of research conducted via computers may be suspect, due to websites with ulterior motives. Finally, the usage of computers is part of the culture of instant gratification which may foster a degree of impatience in researchers and other dysfunctional symptoms (Sim et al
243). Lastly, computers are effective for working in this field because they provide access to a bevy of research materials and papers from external sources that researchers can examine, enabling faster calculations (Ward, 1955, p
Because not only curriculum documents, but course materials, lectures, discussion boards, and other shared materials are electronically available and achieved, the ability of a different segment of student (adults, geographically isolated, etc.) are able to take advantage of education in a way never before experienced (Griffiths, 2006)
Key punch cards for input were a way to get information into the system at one time, yet as chips evolved and were able to handle more multitasking and greater memory needs, so evolved the languages used (and graphical abilities) of the machines. As each step in the improvement of technology occurred, so then did both the user needs (what if, why can't we do that, we should be able to) as well as the technological evolutions and means to change and improve the programming languages (O'Regan, 2008)
and, since this seminal question enters in all technological advances -- it also answers the issue of technological intent. It is not likely that we are hard at work improving technology so that leads to destruction, but we have seen several decades in which that could have happened (Sokolski, 1060)
Clearly, netcentrism is hear to stay. While it requires a change in focus, attitude, teacher function and structure, as well as more individual self-motivation that other forms of education; one may be certain that the is now a global phenomenon that perpetuates almost geometrically (Truyen, 2004)
One group expressed this as: … a new age has dawned in scientific and engineering research, pushed by continuing progress in computing, information, and communication technology, and pulled by the expanding complexity, scope, and scale of today's challenges. The capacity of this technology has crossed thresholds that now make possible a comprehensive "cyberinfrastucture" on which to build new types of scientific and engineering knowledge environments and organizations and to pursue research in new ways and with increased efficacy (Tucker, 2004)
As technology continues to change the manner in which society operates, more and more technology is being adopted in non-traditional settings, including the classroom. Up until recently computers and technology were not yet widely adopted at all levels of the educational setting, particularly at the elementary level (Collis, et
Methods case study qualitative methodology will be adopted for purposes of this study. There is evidence suggesting that case study analysis remains "indispensable to the progress of the social sciences" allowing researchers the opportunity to study social phenomena and practices relatively inexpensively (Feagin, Orum & Sjoberg, 1991)