Facts About Technology

ID FraudTwo Types Of Fraud • Account fraud? • ID theft? How can Identity Fraud Happen? • Theft of a purse or wallet• Mall theft• Dumpster drivingFive things you can do daily to protect your personal information.• Protect your social security number• Don’t give out personal information to unknown callers• Regularly review bills and accounts statements• Protect important documents at home• Save documents that contain important documents

Social MediaSome types of social media• Twitter is a site that mostly stars and young people use. With twitter you can keep

up with the latest gossip and also let followers know what you are doing. You can also upload pictures for followers to see.

• Facebook is an online social networking service. Its name stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by some American university administrations to help students get to know each other.

• LinkedIn is the largest social media site dedicated solely to professional networking.

Internet BasicsSome Types of Internet Basics• Internet 101: New ways of accessing, interacting and connecting with

people and content.• Internet Explorer 8: The latest web browser developed by Microsoft in

the Internet Explorer browser series.• Chrome: Web browser from Google that is becoming very popular due to

its speed and simple design.• Internet Safety: Phishing, Trojans, Spyware, Trolls and Flame Wars

Copyright

• Copyright was once regarded as not being relevant to the sale of products other than those with a creative element, such as books, art and gramophone records.

• Today in addition to these traditional areas, copyright is vital in preventing piracy of computer software and preventing copying of other related works. Software developers first turned to statutory protection under the Copyright Act since the writing code was similar to other forms of writing; computer languages were regarded as a different form of language.

• The Copyright Act gives a copyright owner exclusive rights over the reproduction, preparation of derivative works, distribution and public performance and display of the copyrighted work

Reviewing Basics• Information Processing Cycle- Information processing is the change (processing) of information in any

manner detectable by an observer. ...• Workstation- a desktop computer terminal, typically networked and more powerful than a personal

computer.• Network- connects as or operates with a network.• Internet- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the

TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange• Intranet- a local or restricted communications network, esp. a private network created using World Wide

Web software.• Extranet- an intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside users, enabling businesses to

exchange information over the Internet securely.