CSC 101 Introduction to Computers Spring 2008 CRN: 1478 - Mon. & Weds. - 12:40pm to 2:00pm - NH Room 125 Instructor: Susan E Traudt Sue@ttsw.com / Sue@ox.ttsw.com

Survivor's Guide Schedule Course Units & Assignments Article Summaries

Announcements All missing assignments from any Unit, Except #9, are due by May 7, 2008 Unit 9 - Final Project due Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Assignments Due this Week:

• Monday, May 5, 2008 - Unit #8 quiz
• Wednesday, May 7, 2008 - Article Summary #5, A missing homework

Next Article Summary - #5 - Due Wednesday, May 7, 2008

In the News this Week:

• 4/17/08 - Technology Lessons from the Rolling Stones - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Retail/Technology-Lessons-from-the-Rolling-Stones/
• 4/17/08 - Where Did All the Girl Geeks Go? - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Careers/Where-Did-All-the-Girl-Geeks-Go/
• 4/17/08 - PayPal Outlines Strategy to Slow Phishing - http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=151194&print=true
• 4/17/08 - China defends anti-piracy efforts - http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_PRODUCT_PIRACY?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
• 4/17/08 - Google adapts copyright-ID technology for child-porn fight - http://news.wired.com/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBIT_GOOGLE_CHILD_PORN?SITE=WIRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Course Description

Companion web sites for course textbooks

Technology in Action: http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_evans_techinaction_4

Getting started with Windows XP: http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_grauer_exploring2003_1

Go with Microsoft Word 2003: http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_gaskin_gobrief2003_2/0,11625,2931802-,00.html

Go with Microsoft Excel 2003: http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_gaskin_gobrief2003_2/0,11625,2931992-,00.html

Useful Course Links

Stumped?? Please remember that I am available 24/7 via e-mail - Sue@ttsw.com If you wish to talked to me directly, please e-mail me your phone number and the times you may be reached and I will call you.

Skills you'll need for this class

Reading Your Textbooks - http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/Txtbook.html

Time Scheduling Suggestions - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesug.html

Time Scheduling - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesch.html

Concentration: Some Basic Guidelines - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/concentr.html

Older News Articles

• 3/21/08 - A MooreÕs Law for medical breakthroughs - http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=811
• 3/21/08 - Comcast Claims FCC Can`t Enforce Net Neutrality Rules - http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Government/Comcast-Claims-FCC-Cant-Enforce-Net-Neutrality-Rules/
• 3/21/08 - World of Warcraft Shines Light on Terror Tactics - http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/news/2008/03/wow_terror
• 3/21/08 - Obama passport records breached; IT system flagged violation - http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/03/21/Obama-passport-records-breached_1.html
• 3/21/08 - E-Voting Vendor's Web Site Hacked - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,143651/printable.html
• 3/21/08 - How Much Excel Is Too Much? - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/mcallister_on_software/143498/how_much_excel_is_too_much.html
• 3/21/08 - Florida botnet herder sheared by cops, faces 10 years in pen - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080320-florida-botnet-herder-sheared-by-cops-faces-10-years-in-pen.html
• 3/21/08 - MPAA to Congress: Filtering is in collegesÕ best interests - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080320-mpaa-to-congress-filtering-is-in-colleges-best-interests.html
• 3/21/08 - NY bill would police intersection of online ads, privacy - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080321-ny-bill-would-police-intersection-of-online-ads-privacy.html
• 3/21/08 - Tibet effect: China shutters 25 video sites, penalizes 32 - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080321-china-shuts-off-video-sharing-sites-in-wake-of-tibet-riots.html
• 3/21/08 - The reality of the RDF: how Apple motivates us to creativity - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080319-brands-as-personality-why-apple-motivates-us-to-creativity.html
• 3/6/08 - Microsoft Releases New Web Browser Beta - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080306/D8V7VJFG0.html
• 3/6/08 - Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed - http://www.smh.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html
• 3/6/08 - Boffin stacks 16 PS3s to simulate black hole collisions - http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/28/ps3s_put_to_use_simulating_blackholes/
• 3/6/08 - Insects become fly-on-the-wall spies with tiny cameras, radio controls and microphones - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=527328&in_page_id=1965
• 3/4/08 - Security vendors prep anti-virus software for Mac OS X - http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/03/04/Security-vendors-prep-anti-virus-software-for-Mac-OS-X_1.html
• 3/4/08 - Microsoft yanks Vista SP1 update causing endless reboots - http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/02/20/Microsoft-yanks-Vista-SP1-update_1.html
• 2/29/08 - Supercomputer Unleashes Virtual 9.0 Megaquake In Pacific Northwest - http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Supercomputer_Unleashes_Virtual_9_0_Megaquake_In_Pacific_Northwest_999.html
• 2/28/08 - Invisible dots left by printers 'breach privacy' - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml;jsessionid=VN5WGUFHTROAXQFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/02/18/wpriv118.xml&site=5&page=0
• 2/28/08 - How to Hack Into a Boeing 787 - http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,331088,00.html
• 2/26/08 - Computer Programmer's Attorneys Use 'Geek Defense' - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/23/AR2008022300693_pf.html
• 2/26/08 - Pakistan causes worldwide YouTube outage - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080226/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_outage_pakistan&printer=1
• 2/22/08 - Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise - http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ifrgeDBfUGAvXtLH_vgVrKcm0s_wD8UPLR8O1
• 2/22/08 - Attack on computer memory reveals vulnerability of widely-used security systems - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/pues-aoc022108.php
• 2/18/08 - Google finds evil all over the Web - http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/08/02/15/Google-finds-evil-all-over-the-Web_1.html
• 2/18/08 - Scientists Ponder the Successor to Moore's Law - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,142561/printable.html
• 2/18/08 - Get Ready for a Crackdown on Broadband Use - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,142476/printable.html
• 2/18/08 - GDC 2008: Gaming's Futurama Forum - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,142470/printable.html
• 2/18/08 - Google Begins Testing Video Ads - http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/google_advertising/google_begins_testing_video_ads.html
• 2/12/08 - Things I Learned At The Apple Store - http://www.burbia.com/node/1614
• 2/12/08 - Combating Enemies Online - http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=4FC31039-5A9C-4ADC-97EB-583829145052
• 2/11/08 - Keep Windows XP until 2009, analysts tell Microsoft - http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080208/tc_infoworld/95169_1&printer=1;_ylt=Ame2IDT7NiYpmVste7cRdqO73MMF
• 2/11/08 - One year after Mac hack contest, Linux & Vista may be tested - http://security.itworld.com/4341/mac-hack-contest-080206/pfindex.html
• 2/11/08 - Backstage at the Grammy Awards, Macs run the show - http://www.macworld.com/article/132032/2008/02/grammys.html
• 2/4/08 - Overhaul of net addresses begins - http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7221758.stm
• 2/1/08 - U.S. government conducts mock disaster drill - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22935732/page/2/print/1/displaymode/1098/
• 2/1/08 - Microsoft offers $44.6B for Yahoo - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo&printer=1;_ylt=Arh3AoXuMEBfGJGx7WjAzyNk24cA
• 1/31/08 - 'Facebook fatigue' kicks in as people tire of social networks - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/31/myspace_fb_comscore_drop/print.html
• 1/31/08 - All because of you: U2 manager says ISPs are ruining music - http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/01/29/tech-u2.html
• 1/28/08 - From today, feel free to download another 25 million songs - legally - http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3261591.ece?print=yes&randnum=1201530221692
• 1/28/08 - Bill and Steve's Dueling Keynotes End With a Whimper - http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Bill-and-Steves-Dueling-Keynotes-End-With-a-Whimper-61386.html
• 1/24/08 - The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303695_pf.html
• 1/24/08 - New Hack Attacks Can't Be Blacklisted - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/57768&printer=1;_ylt=AlWSDViVJtqmdnYzqZJry26KfD8C
• 1/24/08 - MPAA admits mistake on downloading study - http://www.newsweek.com/id/98009/output/print
• 1/24/08 - New Sophos Security Report reveals cybercriminals moving beyond Microsoft - http://www.sophos.com/pressoffice/news/articles/2008/01/security-report.html?_log_from=rss
• 1/24/08 - Gates seeks 'creative capitalism' - http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9857386-56.html?tag=nefd.lede
• 1/24/08 - Virgin Unveils Private Spaceship Design - http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=205917956
• 1/24/08 - The Prank That Could Kill You - http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142098&print=true