CSC 101 Introduction to Computers Fall 2010 CRN: 3541 - Thursday - 2:15pm - 4:55pm - Long Wharf Room 147 Instructor: Susan E Traudt Sue@ttsw.com

Survivor's Guide Schedule Course Units & Assignments Article Summaries

Announcements Any missing homework from Units 1 - 7 are due in class on December 9th

MyItLab Course ID: CRSABNW-811246

Assignments Due this Week, December 9, 2010:

• Unit 8, Powerpoint - all online skill-based trainings and textbook exercises
• Fifth article summary
• Any missing assignments from Units 1 - 7

Fifth article summary due - December 9, 2010

In the News this Week:

• 12/6/2010 - WikiLeaks' Assange will release encrypted 'doomsday file' if arrested - http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/international/wikileaks_assange_will_release_encrypted_TMdRdOm0JfvW4Z9rjWwLQO
• 11/18/10 - China sentences woman to labor camp for Twitter post - http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/china.tweet.punishment/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_world
• 11/11/10 - Man Loses $20 Million After Taking Laptop for Repair - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,210365/printable.html
• 11/11/10 - Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Internet - http://apnews.myway.com/article/20101107/D9JBHNDG0.html
• 11/11/10 - Celebs beware! New Pandora's box of 'personal' drones that could stalk anyone from Brangelina to your own child - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1327343/Personal-recreation-drones-developed.html?printingPage=true
• 11/9/10 - Aircraft bomb finds may spell end for in-flight Wi-Fi - http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19665-aircraft-bomb-finds-may-spell-end-for-inflight-wifi.html?full=true&print=true
• 11/9/10 - Company Accused of Firing Over Facebook Post - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/business/09facebook.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
• 11/7/10 - US Cyber Command becomes 'fully operational - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/04/cyber_command_go/print.html
• 11/7/10 - Sinister scams 'sextort' social networkers - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/05/social_network_extortion_scams/print.html
• 11/7/10 - Ruskie gang hijacks Microsoft network to push penis pills - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/12/microsoft_ips_hijacked/print.html
• 11/7/10 - Cybercrooks Use USB Devices in Attacks - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,209853/printable.html

Lectures

10/7/2010 - Internet Safety

9/23/2010 - Computer Networking

9/16/2010 - Hardware Lecture #2

9/9/2010 - Hardware Lecture #1 - We will finish on 9/16

Course Description

Companion web sites for course textbook

My IT Lab: http://myitlab.com/index.asp

Useful Course Links

Stumped?? Please remember that I am available 24/7 via e-mail - Sue@ttsw.com If you wish to talked to me directly, please e-mail me your phone number and the times you may be reached and I will call you.

Skills you'll need for this class

Reading Your Textbooks - http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/Txtbook.html

Time Scheduling Suggestions - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesug.html

Concentration: Some Basic Guidelines - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/concentr.html

Older News Articles

• 10/31/10 - Apple faces legal action over iPad name - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4e10735e-e1f3-11df-a064-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=9a36c1aa-3016-11da-ba9f-00000e2511c8,print=yes.html
• 10/31/10 - The Critics Are Losing the Apple Price Argument - http://www.technightowl.com/2010/10/the-critics-are-losing-the-apple-price-argument/
• 10/31/10 - LimeWire's file sharing halted by injunction - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LIMEWIRE_INJUNCTION?SITE=DCSAS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
• Pentagon Will Help Homeland Security Department Fight Domestic Cyberattacks - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/21cyber.html?_r=1&src=twrhp&pagewanted=print
• 10/23/10 - Apple's iPad Gateway Drug: The Mac App Store and Beyond *(multiple pages)- http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/apples-ipad-gateway-drug-the-mac-app-store-and-beyond/14229?tag=nl.e539
• 10/23/10 - Yep, Apple Killed The CDĘToday - http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/20/a-compact-death/
• 10/9/10 - Sick PCs should be banned from the net says Microsoft - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11483008
• 10/9/10 - 15 Search Results Google DoesnŐt Want You to See - http://www.businessinsider.com/15-things-google-doesnt-want-you-to-see-2010-10
• 10/9/10 - Woman Travels 200+ Miles to Kill Internet Commenter - http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendly&art_aid=136885
• 10/3/10 - Police: Eastern European Crime Ring Stole Millions Using Computer Virus - http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=11766688
• 10/2/10 - Rutgers student's death reminds campus of online dangers - http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100930/NEWS/9300381/Rutgers-student-s-death-reminds-campus-of-online-dangers
• 10/2/10 - Rutgers student death: Has Digital Age made students callous? - http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/1001/Rutgers-student-death-Has-Digital-Age-made-students-callous
• 10/2/10 - Inside Stuxnet: Researcher drops new clues about origin of worm - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/inside-stuxnet-researcher-drops-new-clues-about-origin-of-worm/7409
• 10/2/10 - Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069
• 10/2/10 - Current Operating Systems May Only Make Sense Up To 48 Cores - http://www.conceivablytech.com/3166/science-research/current-operating-systems-may-only-make-sense-up-to-48-cores/
• Was Stuxnet Built to Attack Iran's Nuclear Program? - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205827/was_stuxnet_built_to_attack_irans_nuclear_program.html
• Location-Software Maker Sues Google, Saying ItŐs Being Evil (& Microsoft-like) - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/17/location-software-maker-sues-google-saying-its-being-evil-microsoft-like/
• 9/18/2010 - Siemens: Stuxnet worm hit industrial systems - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9185419/Siemens_Stuxnet_worm_hit_industrial_systems?taxonomyName=Network+Security&taxonomyId=142
• 9/18/2010 - Context-aware Computing, Intel Paints the Future of Devices - http://www.anandtech.com/show/3934/contextaware-computing-intel-paints-the-future-of-devices
• 9/18/2010 - Pigeon flies past broadband in data speed race - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11325452
• 9/10/2010 - Medal of Honor game banned from U.S. military bases and why that might be strategically unsound - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/medal-of-honor-game-banned-from-us-military-bases-and-why-that-might-be-strategically-unsound/9382?tag=mantle_skin;content
• 9/10/2010 - New Yahoo Site Targets Issues in November US Elections - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205268/new_yahoo_site_targets_issues_in_november_us_elections.html
• 9/10/2010 - First Look: Sega's Fall Games Lineup - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205274/first_look_segas_fall_games_lineup.html
• 9/10/2010 - 'Here You Have' E-Mail Worm Spreads Quickly - http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,205182/printable.html
• 9/10/2010 - Cyber-Jihad Group Could Be Behind Worm Clogging Email Servers Worldwide, Researcher Says - http://www.darkreading.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=227400137
• 8/26/10 - Windows DLL exploits boom; hackers post attacks for 40-plus apps - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9181918/Windows_DLL_exploits_boom_hackers_post_attacks_for_40_plus_apps?taxonomyId=89
• 8/24/10 - Malicious Spam Exploits Fake Celebrity Deaths - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203996/malicious_spam_exploits_fake_celebrity_deaths.html
• 8/24/10 - Worried About ID Theft? Join the Club - http://www.pcworld.com/article/203983/worried_about_id_theft_join_the_club.html
• 8/24/10 - iTunes Scam: How to Protect Yourself - http://www.pcworld.com/article/203979/itunes_scam_how_to_protect_yourself.html
• 8/24/10 - Rustock Botnet Responsible for 40 Percent of Spam - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/203981/rustock_botnet_responsible_for_40_percent_of_spam.html
• 8/24/10 - Google, Bing Maps Surface Location for Facebook Places - http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=62900&pop=1&hide_ads=1&page=0&hide_js=1&catid=44
• 8/24/10 - Fact check: malware did not bring down a passenger jet - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/fact-check-malware-did-not-bring-down-a-passenger-jet/2354?tag=mantle_skin;content
• 8/24/10 - Intel CEO: U.S. faces looming tech decline - http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20014563-38.html?tag=cnetRiver
• 8/24/10 - Online Impersonation Ban Proposed - http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=AKL4WLINNWA2VQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN?articleID=226900112
• 8/24/10 - New Social Networking, Security Awareness Training Gets 'In Your Face' - http://www.darkreading.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=226800075