name :
wan adibah hanis binti wan aziz ( 084656 )
nur syafiqah binti abu zarin ( 084641 )
chapter 6 web activities question 5
question
Enter www.dell.com, go to 'desktops', and configure a system. register to "my cart" ( no obligation ).what calculators are used there?what are the advantages of this process as compared with buying a computer in a physical store?what are the disadvantages?
answers
we choose desktop inspiron 546 the price before customize :
AMD Phenom X4 9750 ( 2.4 GHz, 1066 MHz, 4MB )
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1, 64 bit
No Monitor
16X DVD+/-RW drive
4 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz-4DIMMs
500GB serial ATA hard drive ( 7200 RPM ) w/data burst cache
intergrated ATI radeon HD3200 graphics
intergrated 5.1 channel audio
1 Yr LTD hardware warranty, in home service after remote diagnosis
save $60 off this inspirion desktop
Free 3-5 day shipping
Limited time offer free 4 GB memory upgrade
Starting price $564
subtotal $429
The price calculation after customization :
CART SUMMARY
inspirion 546 configuration :
inspirion 546 $1131
QTY : 1
San disk sansa fuze $80
QTY : 1
8GB cruzer micro USB $40
Flash drive
QTY : 1
Web root spysweeper $30
SUBTOTAL $1281
Total Discounts -$175
Subtotal $1106
Shipping and Handling $69.99
Tax ---
Total ---
Dell prefered account $36/month*4
ADVANTAGES
Being able to access a vast number of product and services, around the clock.
Provide information for free.
Can use an e-payment system to pay for goods and services electronically.
Save time and energy to go to the physical store.
Can choose our design of goods by ourselves rather than have someone talk too much about the design.
We can get the exact list of price of the product compared to physical store, we do not get the detail of the price.
DISADVANTAGES
Unresolves legal issues.
Unsecured transaction e-payment.
No expert people that can consult to us about the best goods that we want to buy. We have to know better about the goods that we want to buy such as computer. Consider people that do not know much about computer.
Sometimes the product that we purchased do not exactly the same as we ordered.
Goods or items have the fee for the shipping delivery and high pay taxes that cost of the product become more higher.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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Chapter 5, Web Activities Question no. 2
TEAM MEMBER:
Muhammad Haiqal Bin Nordin (081847)
Muhammad Hussaini Bin Mazlan Zulkifli (081901)
QUESTION:
Visit www.cdt.org . Find out what technologies are available to track users’ activities on the Internet. (Chapter 5, Web Activities Question no. 2)
REPORT:
Based on Center for Democracy & Technology website (www.cdt.org), there are several technologies that can track users’ activities on the Internet. One of the common technologies is “cookie”. An Internet “cookie” is a unique piece of text that a Web site, through Internet browser, saves on user computer's hard drive and retrieves when user revisit that Web site. Cookies may contain information such as login or registration data, online "shopping cart" selections, user preferences, and Web sites that user have visited. They have legitimate purposes, but they are used far too often and serve a tracking role with implications for privacy.
In addition to cookies, Web sites can use other forms of data, generally called “objects” to track user online. Basically, an "object" is any kind of content that Internet browser receives - everything from basic text and images to style sheets, scripts, "Flash cookies" and more. Some of these objects are not even visible to user on Internet browser window. When the same object is delivered to user repeatedly across different sites, it could potentially be used to track user.
Other technology that can track users’ activities on the Internet is spyware. These programs, which can be installed on users’ computer without their knowledge, may deliver obnoxious pop-up ads and otherwise affect how users’ computer operates. The worst forms of spyware collect personal or sensitive information and transmit it to fraudsters.
Other than that, technology that can be use on tracking users’ activities on the Internet is keystroke logging. In fact, this technology is being used in some country by their government; it is called government spyware by them. This technology captures every keystrokes enters into a computer. However, some third party uses this technology to gain users’ personal information on the internet for their own purpose such as identity theft.
Once installed, this keystroke logging enables the third party to record information entered into a computer within the sanctity on one’s home and to access a person’s most private matters that contain in that computer whether conveyed to another party or not. In some ways, keystroke logging is more dangerous and intrusive rather than the interception of a phone call or email communication.
Aida + Sumaiyah
Sheilazatul Aida bt Saleh 084752
Siti Sumaiyah bt Yahya 084333
Chapter 6, Web Activities, Question 4
Question:
Enter www.alibaba.com. Identify the site's capabilities. Look at the site's private trading room. Write a report. How can such a site help a person who is making a purchase?
Answer:
www.alibaba.com is the world's largest online Business to Business (B2B) marketplace with almost a million registered users in its international marketplace. The B2B means that the buyers and sellers are business organizations. The major B2B applications are selling from catalogs and by forward auctions (the sell-side marketplace), buying in reverse auctions and in group and desktop purchasing (the buy-side market), and trading in electronic exchanges and hubs.
This website provides many types of of products and services from all over the world. It also provides useful advices and also chatting room for buyers and suppliers sharing their ideas and opinions. Most information provided by this website are up-to-date and true. Alibaba.com also provides Safe trading Tips, Trade Guide, Market Data and Security Bulletin. These features ease users on making transactions.
But online transactions is not always perfect. There are some disadvantages when doing business throug online. Some informations about products and services are not always true. When we already paid for products that we want to purchase, sometimes the products are not being delivered or sent to us.
In conclusion, this website helps users a lot.
ASSG
AHNAF AZIZI RAZALI 080267
MUHAMMAD HELMI ABDULLAH 084443
Chapter 6 Question 4
Access www.espn.com. Identify at least 5 different ways it generates revenues.
REPORT/FINDING
ESPN.com is a website about sport worldwide. 5 ways it generates revenue are:
1. Advertising/Media Kit
As it is a website with a huge number of hits, we can expect the main revenue generated by espn.com is by advertising. There are two ways to advertise in this website. Organisation can choose budget higher or lower than 3000$. But other larger companies prefer to make partnership with espn.com to save cost and time.
22. ESPN Shop
However, there are several other ways a customer can place order. These methods could also be used by International customers.
- Phone Orders
- Fax Orders
- Mail Orders
3. ESPN Insider Magazine
This the magazine for the avid sports fan produced by espn.com. Customers who subscribe this will receive the ESPN magazine as well as exclusive live content that could only be viewed by subscribers. But customers must register with ESPN.com first before they are allowed to subscribe this magazine. The exclusive online content enables the subscribers to view previous match and can manipulate the viewing mode at will (record, rewind, playback, etc.)
4. ESPN Books
This is where ESPN.com sells books with the major interest in sports. The books range from biographies, heart-warming stories about sport personnel’s, interviews of major sports stars, health books, knowledge books, and many more. These books are available via online purchase and as always users must register first at espn.com before purchasing. This is to make deliveries and confirmation of private information easier.
This service is one of the best services offered by espn.com. By subscribing high speed internet
connection from affiliates of ESPN.com, customers can view sports event across the world live during the enjoy matches or sports games from the comfort of home without the hassle of buffering or loading as it is broadcasted in a high speed internet connection with the cost of a low payment. But in order to subscribe to this function, they must be using internet service providers that are affiliated by ESPN.com. It can also be viewed using mobile phones.
ASSIGNMENT 2
NAME: ATHIRAH BT MOHD RAMZI (084613)
WAN BAZLIN BT WAN ABD AZIZ (084839)
Chapter 6, Web Activities Question 7
Access http://www.outofservice.com/ and answer the musical taste and personality survey. When you have finished, click on Results and see what your musical taste say about your personality. How accurate are the findings about you?
Answers
ATHIRAH : Based on the website given, I have answered the psychology test that will tell me how other people see me based on what type of music I listen to. The survey requires me to indicate the extent to which I like listening to different types of music. The different types of music are narrowed down to four different personalities, which are reflective and complex, edgy and aggressive, fun and simple, and lastly energetic and upbeat. The result of how other people see me are stated based on the percentage of each different personalities, after answering the music taste survey. I got mostly accurate for reflective and complex, same goes to edgy and aggressive. As for fun and simple, I got exactly accurate as well as for energetic and upbeat.
WAN BAZLIN : Based on the website given, i've answered the psychology test that will tell me how type of music i listen to will reflect my personality.The survey requires me to indicate the extent of different types of music that i like.The results are narrowed down to four different personalities, which are reflective and complex, adgy and aggressive, fun and simple, and lastly energetic and upbeat.For reflective and complex, only some of it accurate and the same goes to edgy and agressive.But for fun and simple, i got mostly accurate as it does fit my personality.Finally, for energetic and upbeat, again, only some of it is accurate.
IL assignment
Name
Mohd Azwan bin Juperi (081344)
Question
Chapter 6, Problem Solving Activities Q#3
Answer
Types of Electronic Payments
i. Electronic checks
• Mostly used in B2B (Business to business) transaction.
• Carry a verified signature in digital form thus enhancing the security level.
• The process could take some time as there are some proper procedure should be taken for safety measurements.
• High cost
ii. Electronic credit cards
• Credit card information & amount purchased are encrypted in browser. Thus, keeping them safe while on the net.
• The information will only be decrypted at clearinghouse.
• Mostly used for B2C (Business to customer) transaction.
• High cost but affordable
iii. Purchasing card
• A B2B version of credit card
• Payment is settled within a week which is very fast.
• Companies normally give limits for amount per purchase.
• Safety level is pretty much the same with a regular electronic credit card.
• High cost
iv. Electronic cash (Appears in 4 major forms)
• Stored-value money
- Vey convenient to use as it allows users to store fix amount of prepaid money.
- Normally used in cell-phones
- Very safe as the prepaid money stored are not exposed widely.
- Very fast transaction as the prepaid money is already stored in the device(card)
- Affordable
• Smart card
- Can be use as credit card, debit card, or a stored-value money card.
- Very convenient to use as it is multipurpose in terms of usage.
- Ideal for micropayments
- Low cost & affordable
• Person-to-person payments
- Allow users to transfer funds between accounts.
- Registration can be done online which is very easy to be done.
- Low security-level
- Affordable
• Digital wallets
- A software mechanism
- Store information of the buyer
- Very convenient to use as all the information are stored automatically after a purchase.
- Do not have to re-enter the sensitive information for another purchase.
- High security-level
- Affordable
assignment 2 IL
NAME
NURHAFIZAH BINTI MOHD SAPIYAN ( 084614 )
NORSHATHIRAH BINTI MOHD ZULKIFLY ( 085272 )
TOPIC
CHAPTER 7 PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES QUESTION 1
QUESTION
Using the serch engine, try to determine whether there are any commercial wifi hotspots in your area. Enter www.wardriving.com. Based on information provided at this site, what sort of equipment and procedures could you use to locate hotspots in your area.
ANSWERS
- COMMERCIAL WIFI HOTSPOTS IN PETALING JAYA
- COMPUTER
PCMCIA slot for the wireless card and a serial port for the GPS.
: The super-stealth configuration is a laptop or sub-note book concealed within a back pack
with antenna and GPS attached.
: A laptop is not required if you have the space and capacity to take a full size computer
with you, then as long as you have a wireless card it will work.
- WIRELESS CARDS
modem, just without the wires.
: Most 802.11b cards come in the PCMCIA form factor. some regular 802.11 gear consisted
of SSA's ( single station adapters ) which acted as media translators between wireless and
an ethernet card.
: However, the PCMCIA form is most popular. There are adapters to fit these cards into
full-size computers through the PCI or ISA bus.
: Linux does work the ISA variety, Windows with both ISA and PCI.
- ANTENNAS
cannot approach the effective area of the wireless access point, then they are a must.
: Many companies that sell cards, will also sell you an antenna, but many cards do not come
equipped with a jack to plug an antenna in.
: So many have resorted to modifying cards to add jacks or soldering wires to the built in
antennas of their cards. They focus the 2.4 Ghz wave, usually through a condenser, to an
element specifically place in the antenna.
- Switch on your wireless connector on your laptop or mobile phone.
- Search for any available wireless services around your area.
- If passcode is needed, get it from the administrator.
- If the passcode is not required, just proceed to connect to the wireless.