Essays and Research Papers on Internet 

A 12 page discussion of the ease with which private and proprietary information can be unscrupulously gleaned from the multitude of computerized digitized files which exist in the contemporary world. The laws which exist for the purpose of protecting our privacy and the ownership of intellectual property have proven to be a little real ...

This 3 page paper addresses issues in computer ethics and the history of the discipline. Bibilography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page report on 'education in the future.' Sub-topics include the role of the Internet, distance learning, knowledge-based systems, interactive multimedia, and several case studies. Excellent for those studying education or technology. Bibliography lists 10+ sources.

Computer Technology and Social Revolution: This 8-page essay examines how widespread computer technologies can lead to revolution relevant to social/ societal relations. Today, just years after its introduction, the Web has become a major cultural movement involving millions of people. How will this ultimately alter our lives? Bibliography lists 4 sources. SNComrev.doc

9 pages in length. The impact computers have had upon today's home lifestyle has been so tremendous that it is difficult to imagine a time when such modern conveniences did not exist. That people can leave for work in the morning and come home to a ready-cooked meal, program their lights to go ...

A 6 page paper discussing learning and associated theories, concepts, and domains. Two learning theories are examined; constructivism and mastery learning. Their concepts are then applied to appropriate model of instruction within the broad-based domain of computer training and education. Bibliography lists ten sources.

12 pages in length. Policing of computer crimes is considerably more difficult than regulating criminal activity in real life, inasmuch as the perpetrator can move about in complete anonymity for long periods of time before officials can ever connect him or her to a particular white collar crime. Indeed, policing tactics have vastly ...

This 7 page paper examines what computers will look like and what they will be used for at the end of the twenty-first century. Topics addressed include shopping, education and crime. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 6-page paper discusses specific examples of how technology has impacted personal finance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing this programming and functional technique that has existed for many years, dating at least from the 1980s and before. In the early days, it provided an alternative to the sort function within database applications. Today, it still functions similarly but rather than becoming anachronistic among programmers, it has ...

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of computer security. Issues such as honeypots are explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page paper examining why the study of computer crime is valuable. The US Department of Justice divides computer crime into three broad areas. The area is defined according to whether the computer is an object of a crime; a subject of a crime; or an instrument of a crime. It ...

This 3 page paper uses critical thinking skills to brainstorm in respect to ideas regarding the problem of computer viruses and trojan horses. The problem is viewed as a global one but also looked at more personally. Recommendations are made. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

6 pages in length. The advent of computer technology is, in and of itself, a positive move toward overall advancement, but the loss of individual privacy has come to represent a high price paid for such progress. Monitoring and surveillance have come to represent just two of the villainous components of computer use ...

20 pages in length. The continued progress of technological advancement represents a double-edged sword with regard to pertinent social, political and economic issues. That computers have granted society the opportunity to move beyond the conventional restrictions associated with day-to-day tasks cannot be argued; however, the extent to which these same computers have been ...

8 pages in length. Since the invention of computer technology, people have been searching for ways to incorporate the Internet into their daily lives. The problem at hand, however, was addressing the needs of those who either did not want to learn all the computer skills or were not able to fully understand ...

A 5 page paper discussing two companies that heavily participate in Internet commerce, Gateway 2000 and DLJ Direct. Overall, the promise of great success through Internet marketing has not been realized in most areas of sales, but personal computer sales and online brokerage services have been exceptions. Both are wonderfully suited to Internet commerce: Gateway's ...

A 5 page paper discussing why the issue of high tech crime is increasing in seriousness. Only a few years ago, the phrase "high tech crime" referred to the theft of computer equipment or perhaps software piracy. Today's definition is much different, however. The phrase has taken on a far broader - and more threatening ...

An 8 page overview of computer crime related to hacking. This paper explores the ethics and justifications of hacking, dismissing those justifications as simply illogical. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing the topic of retailers adapting to Internet shopping competition. In 1996, when Internet shopping was relatively new, many critics and researchers began to examine the impact Internet shopping would have on the retail industry and what store-based retailers could do to compete successfully to either bring computers users ...

10 pages in length. From its humble beginnings in the mid twentieth century, the computer has taken the world on a never-ending technological ride of immense discovery. From business to personal and everything in between, computerization has eliminated virtually all barriers that once existed within traditional methods of operation. That one's entire ...

This 10 page paper presents several ideas to support the thesis that while nuclear and biological weapons pose the greatest threat to the public, information security could potentially dwarf the overall impact of such attacks. Other aspects of the usefulness of computers in fighting terrorism are discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources. ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of the public key infrastructure (PKI) that is utilized as a means of protecting computer networking systems. This paper assesses the nature of PKI, the development of PKI based systems, and the emerging view that the public key infrastructure is cost-prohibitive for many organizations. Bibliography lists ...

This 18 page paper considers the usage of computer networks and the security threats they may face. The paper considers physical threats as well as virtual threats such as viruses and the problems of hackers with tools such as peer to peer connections are also discussed as well as the way in which these may ...

14 pages. Information technology is a wonderful resource for today's world but along with it comes the abuse that is becoming a major concern. Individuals use expired passwords, viruses, phone lines and router ports to gain access to organization's systems. This paper will detail some of the preventative measures that can be ...