ECS Materials
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:39
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on the Federal Communications Commission's regulation and censorship of the public airwaves.
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:36
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: This chapter from Blown to Bits discusses regulation on the Internet: Where should regulation occur? Who gets to decide which content is okay? The chapter emphasizes the importance and difficulty of...
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(Resource book)
28 Oct 2013 - 21:34
Blown To Bits: Appendix Description: A detailed but accessible description of how the internet works.
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:24
Blown To Bits: Chapter 5 Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on encryption and cryptography.
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:25
Blown To Bits: Chapter 6 Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits about copyright and intellectual property on the Internet. Discusses file sharing, digital rights management, and related topics.
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:20
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits on search engines as a guide through the unorganized mass of information presented by the internet.
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28 Oct 2013 - 21:21
Blown To Bits: Reading Description: Chapter from Blown to Bits comparing how information stored on a computer differs from information stored using other methods, and the benefits and risks these differences present.
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28 Oct 2013 - 20:03
Blown to Bits: Reading Description: How had the digital explosion affected consumer privacy? This chapter of Blown to Bits explores the many, sometimes disturbing ways consumers are tracked using modern technology.
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28 Oct 2013 - 18:06
Blown to Bits: Reading This chapter of Blown to Bits discusses elements of the recent explosion of computing in everyday life.
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28 Oct 2013 - 20:00
Reading Description: Before the early 2000's, processors became faster mostly by simply cranking the clock rate up. However, around 2003, processors hit the ceiling of the current technology. In order to keep increasing computing power,...
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