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What’s been so exciting about this project is that I have my own space to put down my creativeness on a blank sheet of paper without much of the concern for a mark. With a few rules obeyed, web designing provides almost an unlimited extent to work out with pretty much everything. And so far, I am very pleased with what I am doing. I’m given time for almost an entire half of the class in which I’m extricated of any work pressures. It’s not that the class had been arduous before; instead, I’m surprised how the class surrounding has changed after beginning of the project. Anyway, I’m working on my design now. It’s projected to be finished within next week.

Here’s the link to my site: http://iisstudents.net/paulkim

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There has been a lot of memorizing for a last couple of
weeks. Moreover, most of them were the matter of
our conprehensiveness. In another word, each word we
learned we had to understand what it really meant.
To do so, we had to do some individual researches
as well as studies. On the test, there had been a
few questions that totally went off my prediction.
What really bothered me were those little questions
asked me what this and that is, so to speak, defining
words problems. Well, now I feel better because I
received decent grade and I will be able to keep my
A as long as I don’t get Mr.Sean angry.

IT Article from NYT

April 17, 2009, 6:35 pm
Can Smartphones Offset Churn?
By Matt Richtel
The wireless industry has succeeded in popularizing the term “smartphone.” This is — at the very least — smartmarketing. Those of us who don’t have phones with touch screens or advanced data features (we redden with shame) are relegated to ownership of, what, DumbPhones, InsipidDevices, BrainDeadGadgets?

A new report out today says the higher-functioning phones, whatever they are called, could prove critical to the wireless carriers. The biannual report from Fitch Ratings about the state of the wireless industry estimates that over the long term, “smartphones will make up at least 40%-50% of an operator’s subscriber base.”

That figure is more optimistic than prognostications from some other industry analysts, who have said they expect such devices to make up around 20 percent of the market.

But Fitch says the short-term will be challenging for the carriers. Echoing other reports and analysis in recent months, Fitch says churn rates for carriers should continue to rise as corporations and consumers continue to belt tighten — becoming less likely to upgrade phones and spend on pricier data plans.

Fitch reports that during the fourth quarter of 2008, carriers’ revenue from handsets fell 5.4 percent from the previous year.

Will smartphones save the day? Will they take over the world from IdiotDevices?

Fitch offers one bit of interesting analysis to make its case. The research firm says that users of such devices generate more data revenue for carriers and thus the carriers can afford to offer greater subsidies. Certainly, more consumers are likely to SmartenUP (I’ve totally fallen for it now!) if they have to pay less to sign up for the program.

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This week has been a lot of note-taking so far. Ever on B or A/B days when I walk into the class and get situated I put my pencil aside or at least my brain does. This week, however, was not.

First look for its domain name & code to see if a website is an appropriate source for your research topic. Domain name often gives an approximate idea how quality information it would provide and code will give if such information is based on reliable resources. Second, look if the authorship is accurately provided. Authorship determines reliability of a work as well as the domain code. Date and time of publication are important factors in determining quality in terms of how recent resources have embodied the information. Determining sponsorship is another important matter. Imagine if what you found about nazi concentration camps are sponsered by Neo-Nazis.

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Let’s say if you’re given a research assignment about the cold war.

If you’re in Mr.Hill’s class, Mr.Hill would probably ask you to find websites that are neither American nor Russian.

Under five categories you can select one or more options that would best fit your research topic.

For this time, I will check off the options that follow basic requirement that Mr.Hill would have asked to us.

specify a country where my search results are located
use a search engine outside the U.S

And this is what I’ve got from noodle.com’s special search feature.

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

See if you find it useful.

huha…

Home > Cell Phone News > Samsung A657 Rugged Flashlight Phone Launches for AT&T

Samsung A657 Rugged Flashlight Phone Launches for AT&T

Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:19 pm

AT&T, the nation’s largest telecommunications company, today released the Samsung A657, a rugged push-to-talk handset with an integrated flashlight built to withstand harsh conditions.

Samsung A657

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The Dallas, Texas-based company said the A657 is certified to Military Standard MI-SID-810F, withstanding dust, shock vibrations, rain, humidity, solar radiation and altitude and temperature extremes.

Its bar form factor easily mounts to a dashboard — ideal for on-site businesses such as transportation, construction and maintenance.

Users can get turn-by-turn directions with AT&T Navigator and track teams with Telenav Track and Xora Mobile Workforce Management tools.

The handset also features a built-in flashlight to shines a light in tough work conditions. Additional features include AT&T Mobile Music and Cellular Video, Bluetooth wireless technology, a microSD card slot and USB 2.0 connectivity.

- Samsung A657 Specs

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Terry Flew, in his 3rd Edition of New Media described what he believed to characterize the differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0.
“move from personal websites to blogs and blog site aggregation, from publishing to participation, from web content as the outcome of large up-front investment to an ongoing and interactive process, and from content management systems to links based on tagging (folksonomy)”
Website 1.0
Web 1.0 is a retronym which refers to the state of the World Wide Web, and any website design style used before the advent of the Web 2.0 phenomenon. It is the general term that has been created to describe the Web before the ‘bursting of the dot-com bubble’ in 2001, which is seen by many as a turning point for the internet. [1]
It is easiest to formulate a sense of the term Web 1.0 when it is used in relation to the term Web 2.0, to compare the two and offer examples of each.

Website 2.0

The term “Web 2.0″ refers to a perceived second generation of web development and design, that aims to facilitate communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications; such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies.

Website 3.0?

Nova Spivack’s Twine is one of the first online services to use Web 3.0 technologies. Its goal is to organize, share and discover information about a user’s interests in networks of like-minded people. Using semantic technologies, and powered by semantic understanding, Twine automatically organizes information, learns about users’ specific interests and makes recommendations. The more users use Twine, the better the service gets to know its users and the more useful it becomes. Twine is an example of Web 3.0 at work, combining the social elements of Web 2.0 with user-specific Semantic Web tools.

Read more: What is Web 3.0? The Next Generation Web: Search Context for Online Information – http://internet.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_web_30#ixzz0BZatQEXA

Read more: What is Web 3.0? The Next Generation Web: Search Context for Online Information – http://internet.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_web_30#ixzz0BZatQEXA

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As Mr.Sean’s quote utters, ‘The internet is very easy place to search for materials, it is also an easy place to get lost’, the internet has both strengths and drawbacks on each of the two sides. In researching materials on the internet, there are several things to be aware to avoid the down side of it. The first thing to bear in mind is not to trust the internet completely. Internet provides plethora of information with variety of resources. Nevertheless, many of the information are superfluous and inaccurate. It is absolutely up to individual burden to discern among web materials by a certain denomination of quality. The second thing to consider before using a website is whether if the website is recognized as ‘reliable one’. No matter how quality information the site provides, many people wouldn’t trust the website unless it is recognized. The last thing to have in mind is whether if a website meets need of an object. Regardless of how much a website is respected and recognized; the website would be totally useless when it does not provide resources that satisfy the main purpose.

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For last few weeks of the third quarter, we as a class have learned some noteworthy materials about social networking tools. As we started off the topic, there had been a lot of concerns from my teacher if we could get the devices work properly. The concern had appeared true, and we perhaps have wasted more than a one full period to simply install hardware for a social networking program called a skype, and the debate that we had on the skype didn’t go that well neither. However, as in old saying, we learn something off from adversities; through the hardship we learned how to set devices properly, etc. We are now up to the next level where most of our concerns are centered on ‘software issues’. The debate was failure however, or for me it was. I wasn’t even prepared for the debate due to a huge pile of homework precariously stacked on my desk, and homework were to be finished by the night after. Over the spring break, we’ve made some examples for the VODcast. It was okay.