Current Events Executive Briefing Group 4

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• -Current Events Executive Briefing Group 4
• -Stu Steimer, Desirae Slaugh, David Isaacs, Chad
  Hametz
• -February 19, 2007

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Japan Embraces GPS Tracking Systems for KidsBy
Stu Steimer

• Came after a rise in Child Abduction in past 5
  Years
• NTT, DoCoMo, KDDA, and Softbank Major
  Manufactures of Devices
• Sales of Tracking Devices have Skyrocketed since
  their premiere

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• How are the Devices Utilized?
• GPS Subscription Network
• Mobile Phone with Tracking System
• Intelligent Handsets

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Spring Forward Fall Back?By Desirae Slaugh

• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Consumers will have a much easier time with the
  transition than businesses
• System patches will ease the confusion

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PROBLEMS

• Incorrect arrival and departure times
• Errors in bank transactions
• Incorrect cell phone billing
• Confusion with time card software
• Synchronizing problems with smart phones and
  computers

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SOLUTIONS

• TiVo, updates were sent out last month
• Smart phones need to update both the mobile phone
  and the synchronizing software
• Palm Devices, no update yet available

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Relevance?

• Communication software packages Windows, Cisco,
  etc.
• Communication devices smart-phones, computers,
  televisions, cellular phones, etc.

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• Intels Teraflop Chip
• By David Isaacs
• 1 trillion calculations (1.01 teraflops)
• Uses as much energy as an average light bulb
• No existing O.S. can manage its power
• Broad applications across all computer based
  businesses

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Man Sues IBM Over Adult Chat Room Firing By
Chad Hametz

• Man dismissed from job after visiting adult chat
  room
• Suing IBM for 5 million dollars for unfair
  firing
• The man used the internet as a way to cope with
  post-traumatic stress disorder
• Claims there is no rule against internet surfing
  at work

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How this pertains to us

• Many of us will be entering the business world
  shortly
• Rules against surfing the web at work
• Internet/computers/IBM
• Internet might be overused and taking away from
  daily work
• Companies might ban internet use other than for
  work or strictly monitor internet sites visited

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Solutions

• Security settings on computers
• Clauses in contracts about internet use
• Zero tolerance policy
• Constant reminder of internet policy

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• The End