Oct 1

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/im_a_pc_made_on.html?cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL?cid=nl_IWK_daily_T
Microsofts recent pc vs. mac commercials were recently discovered to have been created on a mac. Microsoft found it embarassing and possibly controversial so they removed the information making it unaccessible to the public.

I see how this would be very embarassing they are trying to humiliate a companies computer that they are using for things they are doing.

Robotics

I only know about robotics from a blog ive done. If they had robotics classes I would take them just because robots are cool. I would rather take it on a 7 period day because it would be more spread out instead of cramming a years worth of robotics in 1 term.

7 period school day

It will make us earn less credits every year which could make it harder for some people to graduate. It will make the classes alot more dull because you will be doing the same thing year round compared to me this year having almost all 1 semester classes. It wont because I still want the same classes they will just be more dull due to it being year long courses.

Intereactive Powerpoint Reflection

I liked working in groups it made it easy and it boosted my grade : )

Government with technology

http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210602749
I do think it is a good way to get information out there on elections instead of them tying up to tv channels and etc all night fow when they want to say something. In 20 or so years we may be using probably a similar way but just more compact and stuff like that.

Sarah Palin gets hacked!

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Sarah-Palin-Hack-an-Example-of-Password-Recovery-Backfire/?kc=MPOP
Sarah Palins email was recently hacked and posted screenshots on wikileaks the poster was anonymous. Later the son of Tennesse Sen. Mike Kernell claimed he was the hacker. He says he did it by using a mix of google and wikipedia to find out her password recovery questions.

CERN gets hacked!!!!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601664
Cern the company that created the collider was going to test it on 10/9/08 got hacked and one of there web pages got defaced. The group that hacked them went by the "GREEK SECURITY TEAM" they say they were not trying to tamper with the collider they were just mearly pointing out flaws in their security systems.

Google Docs

Google Docs is a online area where you can create documents that other people that have the password to access it can and edit the document. This would be a excellent tool if you were working with others in far away locations so you could be able to work on it send it to others if they see a error they can fix it. It can cut out alot of hastle that you would have to go to send someone a document back and forth.

Sept 18 Warm Up

http://www.informationweek.com/news/storage/portable/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601214
It is the largest flash drive they ever created although someone has made on that can run faster.

Chapter 3 Review Questions

MATCHING
1. C. BSD Unix
2. D. BSD Unix
3. C. Holding down the control key as you click
4. A. It issues a computer command
5. A. It keys an alternate character or symbol
6. A. At the top of the screen
7. E. All of the above
8. B. It moves the file to the new location
9. D. A pointer or short cut icon that directs you to the original file
10. C. general preferences

FILL IN THE BLANK
1. Darwin, Aqua,& Classic
2. System Preferences
3. Icon View, List View,& Panel View
4. Key Caps Utility
5. CD

Sept 17 Warm Up

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601357
Bill Gates and Jerry Sienfeld recently did a commercial together advertising basically that microsoft is coming out with some incredible things is the way I interpeted it. No I have not seen the commercial but it sounds like a good way of teling people not exactly saying what it is but its something big.

Smart Garments

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210601357
Smart garments are progressing at a amazing rate they are now capable of changing song type and speed by the run speed of shoes. Shirts are able to read how much u perspire and are capable of doing alot more.

Open Source Software and Linux

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
One of the most used open source softwares that can be freely modified.

Open source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Allows partial accessibility to software(free) and can change the programing.

Mainframe Computer Vs. Personal Computer

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

MainframeCcomputer- Generally very large and would take up entire rooms.

Personal Computer- Small computers for houses now portable due to introduction of laptops.

ROM, RAM, Caching, & Virtual Memory

They are all some form of memory.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/rom.htm
ROM- (Read Only Memory) Integrated circuit Programmed with specific data when manufactured.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ram.htm
RAM- (Random Access Memory) Memory that can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that its in.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cache.htm
Caching- based on memory sub-system of a computer. Allows computer tasks to be done more rapidly.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question684.htm
Virtual Memory- Looks for areas in RAM that have not been recently used and copies them to hard drive to free up RAM space for new applications.

Operating systems Vs. Application Software

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

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

Operating Systems- the software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer.

Application Software- subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities of a computer directly and thoroughly to a task that the user wishes to perform.

These items were copied and pasted from sites above

Dates in Computer History

http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/
1972 Intel´s 8008 microprocessor was released
1974 Robotics and Artificial Intelligence was introduced

Contextual Clue

The word is software, they are programs on the computer that allows the computer to perform functions.