Essays on Information Science and Technology

The article addresses the surveillance of telephone records of citizens who use Verizon by the security agencies such as NSA (National Security Agency) and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) ("Surveillance of Phone Calls is Troubling", 2013). Surveillance is a key operational tool by these agencies to ensure that the...

Alex Gibney’s film, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, ” is an interesting documentation of the case of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, and how their activities have revolutionized the manner in which democratic nations address secrecy, confidentiality, and the right to information. Based on the movie, WikiLeaks’ mission is...

A security patch and its importance A security patch is software of small size. Usually, it is given by companies when they discover security flaws in the software of their technical devices such as computers or smartphones. Security patches cover the holes in the software, thus, preventing hackers from exploiting the...

A search engine refers to a software system designed for information searching on the World Wide Web. The debut of search engines was in December 1990. The results of search engines are presented normally in a line of results in most cases termed as engine results pages. The information searched...

The Name of the Firewall The name of the firewall installed on the personal workstation is Comodo version 10.1.0.6476. The firewall is capable of providing virtual internet browsing and is able to block ads. Besides, Comodo firewall can act as a Domain Name System (DNS) server which can be customized (Borgolte...

The type of food eaten determines eating habits of individuals. 2. How DNA affects height. Variables: Independent: DNA                  Dependent: Height Hypothesis: The DNA of an individual has impact on tallness or shortness of a person. Data Analysis How Food affects Habits The appropriate data analysis techniques for the study will be use of Statistical Package for...

(a)Draw a diagram similar to figure 7,page 63,Block 6,Part 2 to show how the above signals would be connected to MC68H05B6. (b)Write down the instructions that shall start the conversion for the analog channel selected by you for humidity measurement. Briefly explain how the instructions work and how the conversion-complete condition...

The memory for a certain computer consists of 4 Mbytes of RAM.This is to be made up from 256K by 4 bits RAM chips. What is the number of RAM chips are needed in total.                                                                  (3 marks) What is the number of address bits that must be fed to an address decoder...

The idea that learning is the creation and not consumption places the present-day education at a platform that requires learners to be digitally affiliated. Digital affiliation confirms that knowledge is created and not absorbed. With that fact in play, learners are required to portray excellent digital fluency as having extraordinary...

Requirements: Solving for area of solar array (m2) and number of cells. Solution Power that must be produced by the solar cells P sa = power requirement = 1.30 kW For multi-junction cells, power output P0 = 1300W/ (0.03*0.06) m2 = 722.22 W/m2 Beginning of life (BOL) power production capability, P BOL = P0*I d*Cos...

Introduction Internet addictions have been a major debate around the featured in several articles airing a range of topics that interest the majority of the readers. As several researchers in this field can attest several debates discuss about the primary challenges around the subject or disorders and problems connected to the...

Everyone dreams for that time when the elections will be of integrity, free and fair. There has been a lot of debate whether the voter ID laws are the solution or not. All Americans can freely acquire the photo IDs even though some may get it easier than others depending...