Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/23/technology/23link.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

Political reasons for the digital divide

In the countries UK, China and North Korea what types of web sites do there government restrict them from seeing, how do they sensor what you look at and also why do they do this?

The UK government don’t stop the UK from seeing many websites because our country have a freedom of speech therefore giving the public freedom to look at sites that they wants to look at. Our country has a massive difference to countries such as North Korea; in this country they do not allow internet access to the public. Only a few members of the government can get to access they can do this by using a Chinese connection. The government do not allow this country to have access to the internet because the government want to protect themselves and don’t want the public of that country to find out information about them. So they decided to ban the internet complete with other things such as mobile phones and other electrically devices.  In China they are allowed to use the internet access they may well have but it is very restricted. The Chinese government have covered lots of things up to make the government look good. One of the main events which China has blocked from the internet was the protest which took place in the 1989 where a man stood up to the government. Chinas government did not want to look weak and sensor everything about this topic around the country, people knew not to talk about it also. A student who went to Uni a few years after was shown a photo of this had no clue about what happened. This shows how well the government sensor this just to protect there backs so they didn’t look weak in front of the rest of the country. 

 

Copyright, Designs and Patents Act

When you buy software, for example, copyright law forbids you from:

·         giving a copy to a friend

·          making a copy and then selling it

·          using the software on a network (unless the licence allows it)

·          renting the software without the permission of the copyright holder

Names, titles, short phrases and colours are not generally considered unique or substantial enough to be covered, but a creation, such as a logo, that combines these elements may be. Normally the individual or collective who authored the work will exclusively own the rights. However, if a work is produced as part of employment then normally the work belongs to the person/company who hired the individual. For freelance or commissioned work, rights will usually belong to the author of the work, unless there is an agreement to the contrary, (i.e. in a contract for service).Only the owner, or his exclusive licensee can bring proceedings in the courts against an infringement.

The websites which I used to find this information is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/legal/2copyrightrev1.shtml

 http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/uk_law_summary

Freedom of Information

This system was agreed to on 30^th November 2000 and then came into place in January 2005. This allows the public to access recorded information held by public authorities. The BBC and many other media organisations are using this act to gather information about the operation of other public bodies. This then helps them to contribute towards the making of programmes and the content of our websites.

The public can find things out about the government by using this freedom of information act. The government agreed to this as they thought they had nothing to hide until the public looked more into these topics on what MP’s and parts of the governments were calming and using there money on then public then didn’t agree with what they was spending there money on. The act is trying to make the government more transparent. This act affects lots of different organisations such as:

• Publicly funded organisations
• Government departments
• Local Authorities
• Police and Police Authorities
• National Health Service
• The armed forces

This is the website link which I used:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/foi/about/foi_explained.shtml

Communication Methords

 

 

 

 

Phones for the Granny

Phones for the Granny!!

I have chosen this phone that would be best suitable for my granny. I think that this would be best suitable because the buttons are clear and you can just type like your typing on a keyboard making it easy to use. The phone is pink so they have a nice looking one. It looks simple and easy to use and is basic but can be used for technical things such as the internet. This nokia phone has a camera where you can click one button and it catches it then and there and is fast and easy to use. Also has Bluetooth so they can send photos of things such of there grand children.

Case Study - Tool Man

Case Study 1 – Tool Man

John is a sales representative selling tools to garden centres and DIY stores. He travels over 1000 miles a week to see new and existing clients. For the past 20 years he has carried round a large diary, address book, large road atlas and numerous A-Z’s, as well as numerous small coins for phones. He prides himself on punctuality, but even so he is occasionally late as struggles to find a new client or is delayed by traffic. He always takes along a calculator, and a bulky sales catalogue with the latest price lists and order forms. He is usually on the road four days a week, six hours a day and spends two further hours a day completing his administration. He spends every Friday in the office ensuring all his administration and sales are handled properly. He has always said he likes the time spent in his car between appointments, as it is his time when he can listen to his CD’s undisturbed.

Here we see that John the tool man has a problem to resolves this problem there is many different things he could do here are some of my ideas:

• When John is late due traffic and road issues he could but an up to date sat nav I think this is a good idea because on some of the new sat navs they have apps which you can see where road works are and how the traffic is. Giving you the quickest safest route there making John get there on time.
• If he wants everything on one device like a smart phone e.g. IPhone, this would be suitable as he can do anything he wants such as Music...Location...Calculator...Word...Diary and ring the customer if he is running late.
• Instead of carrying lots of CDs you could get an IPod and out your music from the CDs onto this.
• Also, you could get an IPad or a tablet, these are easier to use because there bigger so clearer to see, and are big enough to use easily and there not very big so they will be easy to carry round.