Srikant Devaraj

Do you all know various terms used in stock market and what they imply? If not, then you may have got an idea during the ICS 601 Nasdaq assignment. I am listing below frequent terms used in stock market and their meaning.

12(b)-1 Fee
Fee assessed shareholders by the mutual fund for some of its promotional expenses. A 12b-1 fee must be specifically registered as such with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the fact that such charges are levied must be disclosed.

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The 2008 Olympics is likely to stimulate an outburst of hacker activity, says Websense Inc, which specializes in web filtering and security software, released the top ten computer security threats for 2008.

"Looking at the current attack trends, cyber criminal techniques are evolving quickly and efficiently to not only evade detection, but to steal data and manipulate trusted content such as Web sites and applications," said Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research, Websense, in a media release. "It's critical that organizations and individuals recognize that attackers are changing techniques and launching targeted attacks."

The top 10 security threats are:

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Many of us are daily using cellphones and multimedia applications in one form or the other. In these applications, maintaining a separate Quality of Service issues are challenging one. I will be focusing on the basic concepts of Quality of Service (QoS).

Problems faced with packets as they travel from origin to destination:
When packets travel from source to destination, lot of things takes place which results in different types of problems as viewed by the sender and receiver.

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Today we are living in the era of information and communication renaissance where in each and every activity of a person are directly related to the advancements (birth) in the communication area

It has become obsolete where the pages housing the route maps guiding the driving directions. Today global positioning systems (GPS) has bolstered the people in quick access of the information with addition to safety and time parameters there by administering hassle free and safe journey.

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Now a days, we have been hearing the word "Web 2.0" frequently. I came to know this word only during my initial days of ICS 602 class. Let me jot down my knowledge about Web 2.0.

Etymology of Web 2.0
Before going to the definition of Web 2.0, I would like to write about etymology of that word. This term was invented by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty. They saw that many of today's successful companies shared a similar set of characteristics. The Web 2.0 companies shared a very different approach from the dotcom companies of 2000.

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Mr. Ted C. Fishman in his book China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World has carefully examined the impact of China's exceptional growth, forced by the world’s most rapidly changing economy. This book reflects facts on China’s growing dominance as an industrial superpower. Fishman says that the foreign investment and knowledge of technology drives the increasing output of China's low-cost factories and the growing desire of its consumers. China’s transition state from communist ideology and poverty, to the center of global market reflecting the wide spread words “Made in China” in terms of money is truly exceptional.

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Translation of language for people to understand has been prevailing since fifteenth century. Martin Luther in 1534, translated the Bible into German language for the people. It was the first time the concept of translation came into existence. Luther believed that the Bible should be translated into the German language so that all the people of the Holy Roman Empire’s German territory could have access to its teachings.

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