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Emails and Spam Facts:
60 billion emails are sent daily, 97% of which are spam.
Spam generates 33bn KWt-hours
of energy every year, enough to power 2.4 million homes,
producing 17 million tons of CO2.
9 out of every 1,000 computers are infected with spam.
Social Media:
There are some 1 billion computers in use and some 2 billion TV sets in use.
Facebook has 500 million registered users… and still about 100 million less than QQ – a
Chinese social media portal.
About 20% of the videos on YouTube are music related.
24 hours of video viewing is uploaded every minute on YouTube.
Information Technology:
IBM celebrated 100 years in business in 2011 in honor of
the formation of the core
predecessor companies that would become International Business Machines under one
combined umbrella in 1911.
In 1981, IBM started the PC revolution with the introduction of the IBM 5150,
a compact
personal computer that smoked mainframe processing and came at a price tag of under
$1,600.
IBM invests $6 billion a year on research.
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Speaking Test
Do you know how to convince managers that telecommuting is a must?
Justify that building telehealth strategy is the newest trend.
Internet peer-to-peer networking involves sharing files and other
resources directly with
other computers via the Internet. While some content is legally exchanged via an Internet
P2P network, some content (such as movies and music) is exchanged illegally.
Should Internet P2P networks be regulated to ensure they are used for only legal activities?
Why or why not?
If a P2P network set up for legitimate use
is used for illegal purposes, should the
organization or person who set up the P2P network be responsible?
Would you want to use an Internet P2P network?
