Monday, November 22, 2010

What is the benefit of easily connecting to people and information?

The benefit is you can easily connect to people and information easily. Back a long time ago it would take weeks or months to contact people that weren't nearby. Now it takes seconds with very little effort. The only thing that could be done for contacting people that were far away was by writing letters.  Today we have email, social networking sites, phones for calling and text messaging, and a bunch of other tools on the internet.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

What Kind of Application I Would Make

If I could make an application, I would probably make a game. I think it would be intense and games sell pretty well so I could make a bit of money off it. If I didn't make a game I would probably make some sort of tool to help people, although I'm not sure what exactly.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Software Suites

A software suite is a collection of seperate application programs bundled together and made available as a group. It is cheaper to buy a suite than all the applications invididually.
Productivity suites you can buy and use for buisiness work. They are professional-grade application programs.
Alternate office suites you can download off the internet for free. The downside to this is if you share or save a document on the internet with an application depends on the server that is providing the application.

Friday, October 22, 2010

How can technology be used to create?

Technology can be used to create software and applications.  Applications, like those found on an iPhone or iPod, are small programs. Some you can play games on and some do things like check the weather and check your email.

And using technology to create is sort of easy but sort of complicated.  Anyone could do it, but only more experienced people can design more complicated applications and software.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

iPods

iPods are basically portable music players that can hold large amounts of memory. The creator of the iPod is the company Apple. There is a lot of different models of the iPod so different people can get what they want for their needs. Most of the newer models are touch screens. Touch screens are controlled by your fingers. The previous models of the iPod mostly had small finger pads you used to control what is going on.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Write one to three paragraphs explaining everything you know or think you know about how computers work.

All I know about how computers work is when you push the "On" button, they turn on.  And if you click on stuff then it will open or do something else if you want it to. I also know that you can save stuff on your computer because it has memory.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

When using computers and the internet, what are the threats to personal privacy and how can we protect ourselves?

One huge threat is viruses. If you go to a website that contains a virus or you open an email that contains a virus your computer will become infected with one, usually more though. To prevent this, only give your email address to websites you trust and that don't look suspicious. Also, don't click on random advertises. Especially ones that say things like "Click here for a free laptop." One reason is its a scam no doubt and another reason is, there may be a virus on the link or website, so don't risk it.

If you aren't good at prevention of getting a virus you can use an antivirus software. Most are free and they are easy to use. Also, most computers come with an antivirus software, so you don't have to search for one.

If your computer does get a virus, the creator of the virus can see your personal documents and information and other things like that. Some viruses will even give the creator control of your computer. Unfortunately, getting rid of viruses isn't always easy, so just don't get one in the first place.