Thursday, October 18, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thusday's Discussion 10/11/07
Article: TechCrunch from 11/16/07 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/16/phonezoo-make-and-share-free-ringtones/#comments
Summary: Many of the phone companies charge users to buy ringtones for about $2.50 a piece. With this new website phonezoo.com people can log on and upload music to the site. This allows them to create ring tones that are at maximum 20 seconds long with good sound quality. The site then sends the file to your phone via a PIX message. This process is completely free unless you have to pay for receiving picture messages.
Reaction: I personally love this whole idea of having free ring tones. Some people get tired of their ring tones and like to change it frequently. Having to pay for the ring tones can rack up a large bill, which of course the corporations don't mind, but some people get tired of paying for new ones all the time. I love how the site allows you to pick the segments you want of the song and not just some excerpt of the song that may not be your favorite part of it.
Summary: Many of the phone companies charge users to buy ringtones for about $2.50 a piece. With this new website phonezoo.com people can log on and upload music to the site. This allows them to create ring tones that are at maximum 20 seconds long with good sound quality. The site then sends the file to your phone via a PIX message. This process is completely free unless you have to pay for receiving picture messages.
Reaction: I personally love this whole idea of having free ring tones. Some people get tired of their ring tones and like to change it frequently. Having to pay for the ring tones can rack up a large bill, which of course the corporations don't mind, but some people get tired of paying for new ones all the time. I love how the site allows you to pick the segments you want of the song and not just some excerpt of the song that may not be your favorite part of it.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Thursday Discussion 10/4/07
Source: CityNews http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_15359.aspx 10/4/07
Summary: The Canadian author states that hackers have been changing their ways and have been trying to send out viruses through other sources other than e-mail. Apparently there has been several attempts of putting viruses out through false links on YouTube. Hackers are realizing that not only has anti-virus software is getting better but the average computer user is becoming more wary about what they open up. So they have been working on spreading their ilk in other ways.
Reaction: I feel uneasy about all this. I thought I was ok about viruses and now after reading this I'm growing concerned. Now just a simple act of clicking on a YouTube video just to watch a video that looks interesting could be a horrible down fall. I don't like looking over my shoulder constantly and now it seems like there's no end to it. It makes me wish hackers had lives actually and would be at least constructive with their work.
Summary: The Canadian author states that hackers have been changing their ways and have been trying to send out viruses through other sources other than e-mail. Apparently there has been several attempts of putting viruses out through false links on YouTube. Hackers are realizing that not only has anti-virus software is getting better but the average computer user is becoming more wary about what they open up. So they have been working on spreading their ilk in other ways.
Reaction: I feel uneasy about all this. I thought I was ok about viruses and now after reading this I'm growing concerned. Now just a simple act of clicking on a YouTube video just to watch a video that looks interesting could be a horrible down fall. I don't like looking over my shoulder constantly and now it seems like there's no end to it. It makes me wish hackers had lives actually and would be at least constructive with their work.
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