Has CCTV turned the UK into a surveillance society? Many argue that it has. CCTV is just a tool, like any other, in the law enforcement armoury, so much depends on in whose hands it is used. In recent years there have been a number of high profile incidents that have raised public concerns. In 2005, CCTV control room operators in Merseyisde used street CCTV to spy into the home of a female resident and film her preparing to take bath - they were found guilty of voyeurism and jailed. A test case in the European Court considered the case of a man who was saved from committing suicide by being spotted on CCTV but who later claimed that his Human Rights had been violated when the local CCTV operator released CCTV images - in which he was identifiable - as part of publicity campaign to demonstrate the value of CCTV. The EU court agreed his Human Rights had been violated. In the UK a number of organisations - including the government's own regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office - have raised concerns about the use of CCTV. There is a dynamic between, on the one hand, the police and intelligence services who wish to have as much freedom to surveil whoever they wish and, on the other civil liberties groups who believe all such intrusions into people's lives should be curtailed. What's the appropriate point between these two extremes that will give the public the maximum protection for the minimum of privacy intrusion? Recent the UK parliament's House of Lords has considered this vexed questions, and has made a number of recommendations intended to curtail CCTV's excesses. These recommendations include that CCTV should only be deployed where its use is 'proportional' - where the activity it is to surveil is of sufficient seriousness to justify the intursion of people's privacy that it will entail; that the use of 'privacy impact assessments' should be considered prior to each new CCTv deployment; and that all CCTV data (including ANPR data) should only be kept for the minimum period defined as necessary within the Operational Requirements. The Home Office and the police have between them produced a National Strategy for CCTV in the UK, which includes the recommendation that, because CCTV necessarily entails privacy intrusion, it should not be everyone who can use it - there should be a licensing/registration/vetting programme for CCTV. However, regardless of all of this, national surveys of the UK public's attitude to CCTV continue to show acceptance levels for the measur e of greater than 80%.Saturday, July 18, 2009
Big Brother is Watching
Has CCTV turned the UK into a surveillance society? Many argue that it has. CCTV is just a tool, like any other, in the law enforcement armoury, so much depends on in whose hands it is used. In recent years there have been a number of high profile incidents that have raised public concerns. In 2005, CCTV control room operators in Merseyisde used street CCTV to spy into the home of a female resident and film her preparing to take bath - they were found guilty of voyeurism and jailed. A test case in the European Court considered the case of a man who was saved from committing suicide by being spotted on CCTV but who later claimed that his Human Rights had been violated when the local CCTV operator released CCTV images - in which he was identifiable - as part of publicity campaign to demonstrate the value of CCTV. The EU court agreed his Human Rights had been violated. In the UK a number of organisations - including the government's own regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office - have raised concerns about the use of CCTV. There is a dynamic between, on the one hand, the police and intelligence services who wish to have as much freedom to surveil whoever they wish and, on the other civil liberties groups who believe all such intrusions into people's lives should be curtailed. What's the appropriate point between these two extremes that will give the public the maximum protection for the minimum of privacy intrusion? Recent the UK parliament's House of Lords has considered this vexed questions, and has made a number of recommendations intended to curtail CCTV's excesses. These recommendations include that CCTV should only be deployed where its use is 'proportional' - where the activity it is to surveil is of sufficient seriousness to justify the intursion of people's privacy that it will entail; that the use of 'privacy impact assessments' should be considered prior to each new CCTv deployment; and that all CCTV data (including ANPR data) should only be kept for the minimum period defined as necessary within the Operational Requirements. The Home Office and the police have between them produced a National Strategy for CCTV in the UK, which includes the recommendation that, because CCTV necessarily entails privacy intrusion, it should not be everyone who can use it - there should be a licensing/registration/vetting programme for CCTV. However, regardless of all of this, national surveys of the UK public's attitude to CCTV continue to show acceptance levels for the measur e of greater than 80%.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Who's LOOKIN at U?
In the 15 years since government funds first became available for public CCTV, the UK has evolve to be the most surveilled country in the world. it has more surveillance CCTV than anywhere else on Earth. Even as long ago as 2002, according to researchers, the average UK city dweller, going about their ordinary business, is caught on camera more than a hundred time a day. So enthusiastically has the UK embraced public space surveillance that this small island is now home to 20 per cent of the world's CCTV cameras. Huge sums of money have been spent, and over 600 of the UK's towns and cities now deploy CCTV cameras on their streets. And, though accurate figures are hard to come by, best estimates suggest there is now one CCTV camera for every 14 citizens-an astonishing 4.2 million lenses pointing at the population. CCTV is now a routine and accepted part of British daily life. It is omnipresent. It's in every major publi
c space, at every transport hum, inside every shop and office, in schools, stadiums, colleges and hospitals, it covers every major highway and every major public event.
c space, at every transport hum, inside every shop and office, in schools, stadiums, colleges and hospitals, it covers every major highway and every major public event.DOES CCTV WORK?
So what's been learnt in these 15 years of public scrutiny? Has CCTV increased public protection? Well, the short answer is that CCTV is proving a very useful and valuable tool for a whole range of different applications-except for the one thing it was originally installed to achieve: crime prevention. All of the research conducted thus far, and there have been several academic studies, indicates that CCTV's power to deter (or displace crime to areas without CCTV)-just through the fact of tis being there - is quite limited. It can have a deterrent effect on a few specific types of crime (for example, car crime in controlled areas such as multi-story car parks). But research by the UK Home Office and others, shows that the mere fact of CCTV surveillance does not prevent many serious crimes. Those involving violence, or crimes of vandalism, especially those where the perpetrator has been consuming alcohol. The reason for this is obvious, if you think about it. People who indulge in crime of passion have no time to take into account that they are being filmed. People who are drunk tend not to think rationally about the consequences of their actions. And of course, any would be terrorist or suicide bomber probably doesn't care less one way or the other if his captured on CCTV is now so all pervasive in the UK, that it is pretty much impossible for the career criminal to avoid. They must work within its gaze, because they can't work beyond it. However, luckily for all those who ear their living through CCTV, the measure has come to be acknowledged as an exceptional, even indispensable, tool for a number of other purposes. CCTV has turned out to be very good indeed for:
INVESTING CRIMES:
Nearly every major police investigation now involves seizure of all relevant CCTV image data, and a great many criminal prosecutions now include CCTV evidence. Even in the case of a recent double-murder that took place inside the victims' house, CCTV evidence from street cameras was used to show that eh perpetrators then used the victim's cash till cards following the crime- a critical piece of evidence helping to sway the jury to bring in a guilty verdict. CCTV evidence is proving to be enormously persuasive with both juries and, more importantly, with the arrested criminals themselves. If the analysis was to be done (which unfortunately it hasn't been) then CCTV would be shown to be paying for itself, probably several times over, in terms of the time and money saved to the police, criminal justice system and courts through its power to encourage criminals who are shown CCTV images of their crimes to opt for early guilty pleas. There has also been a separate benefit of CCTV. It has uncovered a whole new layer of crimes taking place in society's public places, which hitherto would have gone unnoticed, or unreported. Police now view CCTV as the 'third forensic discipline', rivaling DNA and fingerprint evidence in importance. CCTV data is now routinely recovered following any incident (and increasingly following more minor incidents), and it is often now handled and precessed by specialist police CCTV evidence teams, operating within newly established regional forensic CCTV image labs. A particular advantage with CCTV is that, because cameras run 24/7, investigators can view the events leading up to an incident.
For example, following the London terrorist bombings in July 2005, security services were able not only to identify the bombers, but also discover the background to the crimes and view the rehearsal that the bombers made in the weeks prior to the attack - giving the security services important new clues about the background to the attacks and the individuals involved.
Intelligence Gathering:
CCTV is now frequently used to investigate those who are believed to be planning criminal activities. This surveillance is either carried out overtly or covertly. Often this will involve the deployment of temporary CCTV cameras for the duration of the operation. for this, the authorities use either mobile CCTV (Vehicle-based cameras) or relocatable CCTV (cameras that can be temporarily mounted on lamp posts). In May this year, in a bizarre overt example of this type of investigation, police used Body Worn Video cameras (miniature cameras that are worn, usually either on headgear or on uniform jacket) to follow the activities of a group of suspected burglars in Essex. Police notified the individuals concerned by letter that they would be videoed, and then they followed them with cameras. Burglaries in the area during the period of the operation fell by half.
Aiding response to incidents:
The third way in which CCTV has proved valuable is though its ability to help police and other responding services, including paramedics and social services, to provide appropriate response to incidents. Monitoring staff in CCTV control rooms can provide a 'live' assessment of the type of incident, allowing responders to roaster response accordingly. If the event escalates, staff can inform police who will take necessary action to perhaps increase resources being devoted to the incident. Authorities responding to an incident are also reassured, knowing they are being watched on CCTV. There are documented instances where a police person, seeking to control public disorder, has been prevented from calling for back-up, but has been seen in difficulties by CCTV staff, who have then been able to quickly notify police to send reinforcements. CCTV staff can also quickly review CCTV data in the lead-up to an incident, even as it is happening, and communicate directly with police attending the scene, to ensure that police on the ground questions the right people, or to ensure that key witnesses do not wander away from the scene.
So what's been learnt in these 15 years of public scrutiny? Has CCTV increased public protection? Well, the short answer is that CCTV is proving a very useful and valuable tool for a whole range of different applications-except for the one thing it was originally installed to achieve: crime prevention. All of the research conducted thus far, and there have been several academic studies, indicates that CCTV's power to deter (or displace crime to areas without CCTV)-just through the fact of tis being there - is quite limited. It can have a deterrent effect on a few specific types of crime (for example, car crime in controlled areas such as multi-story car parks). But research by the UK Home Office and others, shows that the mere fact of CCTV surveillance does not prevent many serious crimes. Those involving violence, or crimes of vandalism, especially those where the perpetrator has been consuming alcohol. The reason for this is obvious, if you think about it. People who indulge in crime of passion have no time to take into account that they are being filmed. People who are drunk tend not to think rationally about the consequences of their actions. And of course, any would be terrorist or suicide bomber probably doesn't care less one way or the other if his captured on CCTV is now so all pervasive in the UK, that it is pretty much impossible for the career criminal to avoid. They must work within its gaze, because they can't work beyond it. However, luckily for all those who ear their living through CCTV, the measure has come to be acknowledged as an exceptional, even indispensable, tool for a number of other purposes. CCTV has turned out to be very good indeed for:
INVESTING CRIMES:
Nearly every major police investigation now involves seizure of all relevant CCTV image data, and a great many criminal prosecutions now include CCTV evidence. Even in the case of a recent double-murder that took place inside the victims' house, CCTV evidence from street cameras was used to show that eh perpetrators then used the victim's cash till cards following the crime- a critical piece of evidence helping to sway the jury to bring in a guilty verdict. CCTV evidence is proving to be enormously persuasive with both juries and, more importantly, with the arrested criminals themselves. If the analysis was to be done (which unfortunately it hasn't been) then CCTV would be shown to be paying for itself, probably several times over, in terms of the time and money saved to the police, criminal justice system and courts through its power to encourage criminals who are shown CCTV images of their crimes to opt for early guilty pleas. There has also been a separate benefit of CCTV. It has uncovered a whole new layer of crimes taking place in society's public places, which hitherto would have gone unnoticed, or unreported. Police now view CCTV as the 'third forensic discipline', rivaling DNA and fingerprint evidence in importance. CCTV data is now routinely recovered following any incident (and increasingly following more minor incidents), and it is often now handled and precessed by specialist police CCTV evidence teams, operating within newly established regional forensic CCTV image labs. A particular advantage with CCTV is that, because cameras run 24/7, investigators can view the events leading up to an incident.
For example, following the London terrorist bombings in July 2005, security services were able not only to identify the bombers, but also discover the background to the crimes and view the rehearsal that the bombers made in the weeks prior to the attack - giving the security services important new clues about the background to the attacks and the individuals involved.
Intelligence Gathering:
CCTV is now frequently used to investigate those who are believed to be planning criminal activities. This surveillance is either carried out overtly or covertly. Often this will involve the deployment of temporary CCTV cameras for the duration of the operation. for this, the authorities use either mobile CCTV (Vehicle-based cameras) or relocatable CCTV (cameras that can be temporarily mounted on lamp posts). In May this year, in a bizarre overt example of this type of investigation, police used Body Worn Video cameras (miniature cameras that are worn, usually either on headgear or on uniform jacket) to follow the activities of a group of suspected burglars in Essex. Police notified the individuals concerned by letter that they would be videoed, and then they followed them with cameras. Burglaries in the area during the period of the operation fell by half.
Aiding response to incidents:
The third way in which CCTV has proved valuable is though its ability to help police and other responding services, including paramedics and social services, to provide appropriate response to incidents. Monitoring staff in CCTV control rooms can provide a 'live' assessment of the type of incident, allowing responders to roaster response accordingly. If the event escalates, staff can inform police who will take necessary action to perhaps increase resources being devoted to the incident. Authorities responding to an incident are also reassured, knowing they are being watched on CCTV. There are documented instances where a police person, seeking to control public disorder, has been prevented from calling for back-up, but has been seen in difficulties by CCTV staff, who have then been able to quickly notify police to send reinforcements. CCTV staff can also quickly review CCTV data in the lead-up to an incident, even as it is happening, and communicate directly with police attending the scene, to ensure that police on the ground questions the right people, or to ensure that key witnesses do not wander away from the scene.
Ditital LIFE
MasterONE:CRV-43:
The CRV-43 from NEC Display Solutions is a staggering 43-inch display. Four DLP monitors are stitched together, to give one seamless 2880×900 display resolution. We are guessing that the monitors will be used for workstations, but gaming rigs may benefit if the game can handle the 30:1 aspect ratio. The monitor is available for $8,000, but good luck finding wallpapers for it.
Anti Gravity Globe:
The Levitron Anti Gravity Globe, is both, a great display piece and a toy for children, Microchip controlled electromagnets levitate a slowly revolving glove above an anti-gravity base. There are no anti-gravity waves involved, but the resulting effect is stunning nonetheless. Unfortunately, the countries and the continents are labelled, spoiling the effect a bit. Order one of these at Thinkgeek or Amazon for $80.
Flight System G940:
Logitech's Flight System G940 is a controller kit aimed at flight-sim enthusiasts. Compatible with most flight-sim games, the package consists of a controller kit, pedals and a split throttle. We can understand the force feedback allows for turbulence and the behaviour of the aircraft, we are unsure of how the gadget can simulate g-forces, but Logitech claims it can. Club this thing with the CRV-43 for the ultimate flight-sim fanatic experience Pick one up for $300.
COREL PAINTR 11
DIFFERENT STROKES:
Corel's Painter is meant for 2D artists who normally sue a canvas and painting and drawing tools to create artwork. The interface hasn't changed a lot from previous versions. One of the nice features of Painter is the mixer window that lets you add and mix color like they would in a real p
alette. Painter even lets you use different kinds of canvas and there are some brushes like the water color that won't work on regular canvas. Thankfully, layers are present so you can separate bits and pieces of a painting. The watercolor and spray paints spread on paper like they would in real life. So there is very good attention to detail and at the same time, it makes Painter good fun to use. There is no shortage of brushes and there are plenty of presets for each kind of brush. The application is really simple to get used to and layout is more or less like any other image editor. There is basic effects such as blur and color tone changing tools in Painter. The improvements and additions to this version are basically a few brushes. There is a noticeable improvement in performance. We tried on different systems including a Pentium 4 with a gigabyte of RAM and it ran perfectly fine. We also had the Wacom Intuos 4 tablet with us for review an it worked will with painter. Painter 11 is excellent for anyone deeply interested in painting and sketching. There are a few alternatives but Painter is probably the most matured one of the lot. A lightly simpler and open interface would be nice. This software is a must have for anyone in the 2D art industry or a lot of interest in the art form.
alette. Painter even lets you use different kinds of canvas and there are some brushes like the water color that won't work on regular canvas. Thankfully, layers are present so you can separate bits and pieces of a painting. The watercolor and spray paints spread on paper like they would in real life. So there is very good attention to detail and at the same time, it makes Painter good fun to use. There is no shortage of brushes and there are plenty of presets for each kind of brush. The application is really simple to get used to and layout is more or less like any other image editor. There is basic effects such as blur and color tone changing tools in Painter. The improvements and additions to this version are basically a few brushes. There is a noticeable improvement in performance. We tried on different systems including a Pentium 4 with a gigabyte of RAM and it ran perfectly fine. We also had the Wacom Intuos 4 tablet with us for review an it worked will with painter. Painter 11 is excellent for anyone deeply interested in painting and sketching. There are a few alternatives but Painter is probably the most matured one of the lot. A lightly simpler and open interface would be nice. This software is a must have for anyone in the 2D art industry or a lot of interest in the art form.When online romance goes wrong
Interesting internet love stories are not new the type that even thought it is forbidden and people known it to be wrong, still indulge in it. But what if it goes terribly wrong and one fall i love with a woman, who is actually a man wasting time and playing a prank, how does one react to that? A common scenario of a prank like this is when the victim is actually known by the prankster, so all the details about his or her likes and dislikes are known and can be exploited upon. But why would anybody do such a thing. Well recently, the latest person to have fallen prey to this type of internet abuse is none other than Antonio Castro, the son f Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The individual to blame for this-Luis Dominguez, who has been exiled from Cuba and has been blogging from Miami. He posed as a 27 year old Columbian sports journalist under the name of Claudia. Now Dominguez knew that Antonio had a weak spot towards young women and sports, so he combined the two to create this fake identity. How has this helped anybody? Well for starters Dominguez was able to penetrate the wall of privacy, created by the Castro family, and came to known about the daily routines and life of Antonio Castro and also found out some very intimate details. Another thing this operation has revealed is how the internet can be sued to conduct sting operations, though we aren't advising any of you to mess around with your friends in this manner. Apparently, Dominguez is offering no apologies for what he has done and is proud to have achieved his goal by invading the privacy of the Castros. In Cuba, people are denied internet access even from Hotels, but Antonio Castro used to chat with Claudia from his BlackBerry device with had unlimited access to the net. Here's the best part of this all, Antonio is engaged to a 26 year old TV producer in Havana, wonder how she is reacting to all this?Thursday, July 16, 2009
Network magic
Many households today have more than one PC. Even if each family member has his or her own desktop or laptop as well as a cellphone, the Home Theater PC, games consoles, a couple of smart appliances scattered around the house, and even a few gadgets in the car can all be networked so that you can store all your media centrally and share it between them. The first thing to decide about a home netwok is how much of it will be wired and how much will be wireless. You'll need Wi-Fi for your mobiles devices and laptops, but tethered computers (especially the media server and HTPC) will benefit from the bandwidth of a wired gigabit Ethernet connection. You'll need to try several spots before you find the optimal lace to put your router.Signal strength will be affected by distance, the number and type of walls between the router and each device,and also other wireless devices in the vicinity. A basic 4-port Wi-Fi router should e enough for a small home, since most of the devices will be wireless. Of course, the router can also be used to share your broadband Internet connection to all the devices.
When you have a network with three or more networked computers, t makes sense to have one central server. With a digital hoe entertainment network, you can store all our large movies files o the server rather than keep copying them between computers. This is also a good way to ensure that your precious family photos and home videos are backed up regularly-you can set up an automatic backup routine for the server and rest easy knowing that everything is safe. You could also just use an old computer that's just lying around. Pop in a gigabit Ethernet network card and a large enough hard drive, and just configure it to sit on the network with its data in shared folders. If all the computers on our network run windows, it might make sense to ivest in windows media center hardware and software to broaden your file-sharing horizons. Windows Vista Home Premium and above come with media center by default. Media Center Extender devices can connect to your TV and hi-fi sound system, and pull music and movies from your computers to watch on the big screen. These can be used instead of full-fledged HTPCs, but you lose the functionality of a full computer in the living room. The Xbox 360 also functions as a Media Center Extender, and is one of the most popular such devices available. If you want to stream music or video off the Internet to multiple computers on your home network, a god broadband connecting will be necessary. Anything less than 2 Mbps and you'll deal with "buffering..." messages and spinning hourglasses at very step.
As with any hoe or office network, it's also important to make sure your network is adequately protected with a firewall and antivirus /antimalware programs. Viruses and infections can spread rapidly over a network, so you'll need to scan even a pen drive if a friend plugs one in to any of the computers
When you have a network with three or more networked computers, t makes sense to have one central server. With a digital hoe entertainment network, you can store all our large movies files o the server rather than keep copying them between computers. This is also a good way to ensure that your precious family photos and home videos are backed up regularly-you can set up an automatic backup routine for the server and rest easy knowing that everything is safe. You could also just use an old computer that's just lying around. Pop in a gigabit Ethernet network card and a large enough hard drive, and just configure it to sit on the network with its data in shared folders. If all the computers on our network run windows, it might make sense to ivest in windows media center hardware and software to broaden your file-sharing horizons. Windows Vista Home Premium and above come with media center by default. Media Center Extender devices can connect to your TV and hi-fi sound system, and pull music and movies from your computers to watch on the big screen. These can be used instead of full-fledged HTPCs, but you lose the functionality of a full computer in the living room. The Xbox 360 also functions as a Media Center Extender, and is one of the most popular such devices available. If you want to stream music or video off the Internet to multiple computers on your home network, a god broadband connecting will be necessary. Anything less than 2 Mbps and you'll deal with "buffering..." messages and spinning hourglasses at very step.
As with any hoe or office network, it's also important to make sure your network is adequately protected with a firewall and antivirus /antimalware programs. Viruses and infections can spread rapidly over a network, so you'll need to scan even a pen drive if a friend plugs one in to any of the computers
Big Home Entertainment Ideas
Music, videos and photos should not be confined to a single room or device. Here are some ways to sling your media files around and keep yourself entertained, everywhere you go.We live in a digitat age and analog is passe. Content in various forms has been digitized and stored on gigabyte sized hard drives. The PC may be confined to that special corner in the home, but you'll want to access its contents from anywhere, using various devices. This seems to be a bit challenge. In a typical scenario, digital media are stored on a PC in one of the rooms and you(or other) may want to access files across rooms. In another scenario, your songs are stored on your smart phone or portable player, and you want to listen to these on your multimedia PC or home theater system. And wouldn't it be convenient if your cold take your favorite DVD movies an TV shows with you and watch them while commuting?
There are varius ways to transfer digital media from device to device or room to room.
INSTANT SOLUTIONS:
Home theatre PCs and gaming consoles are for those who want an instant solution. No messing around with networks and cabling. Also consider consumer electronics solutions like Philips Streamium.
NETWORK DEVICES:
If you've got more than one PC and gaming consoles in your home, then set up a home network. You'd probably opt for a peer to peer network, but a home media server gives you plenty of options.
GO WIRELESS:
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity are best for connecting portable devices like smart phones and personal media players. One you've connected your PCs and evices for sharing media, there are a lethora of application to enjoy. Video and audio streaming, Internet radio, photo slideshows on the LCD TV, ripping DVDs and transcoding video for portables are some exciting ones to try.
There are varius ways to transfer digital media from device to device or room to room.
INSTANT SOLUTIONS:
Home theatre PCs and gaming consoles are for those who want an instant solution. No messing around with networks and cabling. Also consider consumer electronics solutions like Philips Streamium.
NETWORK DEVICES:
If you've got more than one PC and gaming consoles in your home, then set up a home network. You'd probably opt for a peer to peer network, but a home media server gives you plenty of options.
GO WIRELESS:
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity are best for connecting portable devices like smart phones and personal media players. One you've connected your PCs and evices for sharing media, there are a lethora of application to enjoy. Video and audio streaming, Internet radio, photo slideshows on the LCD TV, ripping DVDs and transcoding video for portables are some exciting ones to try.
Convenient Mini Keyboard
Logitech has unveiled the sleek diNoVo Mini pam-sized keyboard with media remote and Clickpad. Designed for people who have connected their Pc to their TV, the compact and stylish diNoVo Mini keyboard makes it easy to control PC entertainment for the sofa. For easy navigation, the diNoVo Mini keyboard features backlighting and an innovative Clickpad, which can be sued as a touchpad to point, scroll and click or navigate menus and make selections. The mni-keyboard uses Bluetooth 2.0 for unfetered use from the sofa or anywhere in the living room. The diNoVo Mini keyboard feateures dedicated hotkeys for media players and Web browsers, as well as prominent [Page up] and [Page down] buttons which allow people to scroll when surfing the Web as well as zoom in and out of documents and images.Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Powerful Security Suite
Kasper sky Lab has announced the release of its new and improved Kaspersky Internet Security2009 in India. The new version is designed to address the challenges in the security software space, the exponential increase in malicioius threats and the unprecendented sophistication of cybercriminal activities while overcoming the bane of security software slowing down the system. Kaspersky has entirely rebuilt its award winning anti-malware security engine and now boasts of powerful detection and scanning speeds. Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 is a the first consumer PC security rotection which ombines traditional signature scanning of bad application(blacklisting) with the extensive database of more than 400 million known good application(whitelisting).Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Strategies
The Computer Education strategies shall be adopted to accomplish to above mention objective in a fair and competitive manner;i) The School shall act as a promoter, facilitator and regulator.
ii) Computer education shall be incorporated in academic curriculum starting from primary school level.
iii) IT shall be used to improve the quality of Eduction.
iv) High priority shall be given to implement computer education.
Objectives
ii) To build a knowledge based school environment.
iii) To give education of information technology.
Computer in Education
Computers are used in teaching aids, research tools and analyzing systems in educational institutions. Teachers use computer to organize and prepare courses materials; children are being taught to use computers at an early age; and more and more institution are using computer assisted instruction system. Educational software has become a major influence at all levels from elementary schools to universities. Elementry and Secondary schools are using computers to play multimedia in educational programs.Societal Impact
Computer is the central tool in the information society. It has made great inroads in our everyday life and thinking. It is also transforming the organization in which we work, the kinds of skills available and the skills needed to succeed. Perhaps one day, our world be fully computerized. We may never be able to get away from them.Concepts
After decades of slowly expanding behind the scenes, information technology has suddenly exploded into public view and seems to be tightly woven into the fabric of our lives. Our lives are becoming increasingly dominated by information technology. In most instances, information technology has had a very positive impact, making our lives easier and more productive. The world's least developed countries including Nepal have availed themselves of the opportunity to rapidly develop education, health, agriculture, tourism, trade and various other sectors using information technology. The extensive application of this technology will engender economic consolidation, development of democratic norms and values. It is information technology, which will engender economic norms and values. It is information technology, which will turn out to be a strong infrastructure for mitigating Nepal's geographical adversities.Intro...
Micro Care is one of the IT base company established under IT policy of Nepal in the year 2006. Its main aim is to provide quality education in computer and increase knowledge in information and technology sector. Under the scheme of IT policy of Nepal. It has already implemented many computer in different school. The company have its own hardware Technician for technical crisis and provided qualified instructor for teaching aids. All the books and practical courses provided by company was recognized by the Education Board of Nepal. The main objectives of the company is to keep up to date knowledge on Information and Technology and provide quality education in reasonable charges. Company is abide for all kinds of problem raises in the field of IT and giving its best support to mend it.
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