Justin Knapp

The way businesses communicate internally and externally have drastically evolved over the past years. The efficiency and reliability at which information is exchanged within a business is of great significance. Everything from internal communication to supply chain management has been restructured around new techniques for information communication. Technology is at the forefront of this restructuring and has created what has been dubbed a flat playing field.

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One of the largest stepping stones in reformatting or innovating the process by which we exchange information is the formation of the internet. The internet changed many things, but most notably the way data or information is distributed. Starting out as a means of communication for the defence department, the internet or "net" has spread its reach across the world. Everyday the net continues to expand and evolve the way we exchange information. It has integrated itself within every facet of everyday life, from business to pleasure, from social to professional. This technology has completely changed the way we interface with each other.

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I don't know how many of you read fictional literature, but if I were to recommend a book that best correlates to our own field, I would have Snow Crash at the top of the list. The book involves a freelance programmer who happens to stumble upon a plot that involves a telecom mogul working towards controlling minds through a virus that is propagated digitally as well as in reality.

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From an outsiders perspective, all hacking tends to be viewed as an obstruction of security, privacy, and most of all, the law. What needs to be understood is that there are two sides to everything. Yes, hacking can be used to foster illegal, harmful activities, but it can also be used to prevent these same activities. Legal issues in hacking depend heavily on the intent of the hacker and whether or not they’re merely viewing information, or using that information for some other purpose. In order for an individual or even an organization to secure their network as well as any sensitive information on that network, they must first recognize all vulnerabilities of their network, including both physical and logical entities. For an organization to assess these vulnerabilities, they must first identify them. This is where understanding the thought process of a hacker can be crucial.

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Being on the edge of a revolution in mobile computing and application deployment, there are many opportunities presented and many challenges to consider when discussing investment within such an industry. The market for mobile applications is extremely diverse, encompassing everyone from mobile phone carriers to application developers. This diverse mobile environment provides a large amount of investment options while also showing the influence and future impact the mobile applications sector will have on consumer and enterprise markets. When considering current deployment of new 3G (3rd Generation) networks from telecom carriers as well as their expansive customer base, it’s clear that mobile applications development has a lot of room to thrive.

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Before perspective, paintings and drawings typically sized objects and characters according to their spiritual or thematic importance, not with distance. Especially in Medieval art, art was meant to be read as a group of symbols, rather than seen as a coherent picture. The only method to show distance was by overlapping characters. Overlapping alone made poor drawings of architecture; medieval paintings of cities are a mess of lines in every direction. Perspective first entered mainstream artistic use around the 5th century B.C. in ancient Greece in the area of skenographia; using a flat panel on stage to give the illusion of depth.

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