Internet Essay Samples
[...] The requirements for email are minimal, making it the most available of all Internet tools. Distance learning is another curricular area where email is being used. Today's email software can handle text in a wide variety of languages. The software also allows us send sound and images as attachments that enhance the context of the written communication. Electronic discussion groups or "lists" use email to provide a forum where people of similar interests can participate in a professional dialog and share resources. Some are service lists, such as LLTI (Language Learning Technology International Discussion Forum), which distributes information about all aspects of the technology used in language teaching. [...]
[...] On a global scale Internet further divides people depending on the country of origin and cultural background. Global Reach research estimated that worldwide Internet population was 280 million, and more than half used English not because it has become the language of "global village," but because the world's Internet users are predominantly from Western Europe and Northern America. Disproportion Internet information and service resources in English is even greater compared to the ones provided in different languages. This is indicated by the number of computers that run those resources (i.e. serverces); two thirds of the total world's servers use English as user language. Therefore in addition to the telecommunication infrastructure demands, Internet has a linguistic and cultural barriers, which is hard to overcome for the developing countries, where level of literacy in native language is poor, not to mention the knowledge of foreign tongues e. g. English. [...]
[...] One of the first and most popular file-sharing applications that were maid available to the public was Napster, which emerged in 1999. This application allowed its users to exchange music encoded in MP3 format, downloading files from computers of other users of the system, which were logged in at that moment. Napster's servers did not store the files, but only managed connections between users and pointed them to any other users' systems where the requested file was located (Borland). Many thousands of people found Napster to be a wonderful tool and used it daily. It then seemed that nothing could be done to stop file-sharing, yet this was true only for a short while. [...]
[...] One of the most important factors contributing to the apparently growing concern about the protection of personal information appears to be the Internet. The Internet has allowed individuals around the world to become more interconnected and has facilitated the rapid exchange of information between people separated by large physical distances. While such exchange of information certainly has a number of benefits, it also has a number of risks including, notably, the fact that individuals' personal data can be circulated to a very large audience. While the Internet is clearly a source of useful information for individuals, it is also a large source of information about individuals.
Government and industry organizations have declared information privacy and security to be major obstacles in the development of consumer-related e-commerce. [...]