AKAM Digital Society ASSIGNMENTS: November 2011

Read chapter 6 from Hacker High School in the pdf link http://www.hackerhighschool.org/lessons/HHS_en6_Malware.pdf on Malware and answer the following questions in the handout provided

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Intellectual property: Ethical Issues

Intellectual property includes ideas, discoveries, writings, works of art, software, collections and presentations of data. Copyright, trademarks and patents exist to protect intellectual property. However, the easy and accurate duplication methods made available through IT can undermine such protection.
Task (Due date 11/11/2011)
Prepare and 3 minute video and upload the same in Youtube on intellectual property. Your Youtube video should include the following:

Definition of intellectual property and local examples

Few examples from research on intellectual property violations

Describe the different ways of protecting intellectual property

Briefly describe some IT tools, systems and methods that have been used to undermine such protection ( other words problems related)

Suggest at least four brief Information technology solutions

Appropriate instrumental music in the background uaed in the appropriate sections

Your own voice recording included in the appropriate sections

Apply most of the skills and techniques of the software of choice appriately and efficiently

Assessment rubric
0-1: The techniques and skills used and the quality of information included in the uploaded video is of low standard.
2-3: The techniques and skills used, the appropriateness, and the quality of information included in the uploaded video is of average standard.
4-5: The techniques and skills used, the appropriateness, and the quality of information included in the uploaded video is of good standard.
6-7: The techniques and skills used and the quality of information included in the uploaded video is of excellent standard.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Computer Networks Investigations

Further to the work covered in the lesson use the links below to make additions to the notes written earlier.

http://www.freewimaxinfo.com/computer-networks-types.html

http://www.wifinotes.com/computer-networks/network-communication-devices.html

What is the definiton of computer network here?

Make any additional notes on LAN, MAN, WAN, VPN, PAN, SAN, CAN

Make additional notes on Internet, Extranet, Intranet, Uses of Intranet, and what are some advantages and disadvantages of intranets.

Distinguish between the following network devices: hub, switch, router, repeater, gateway, bridge.