Tell about some recent computer News

I found the interesting news on the Internet. On February 18, Microsoft reported that it will release a new version of Office called Office14 in 2009. Actually, it released Office 7 just a few months ago. Surprisingly, it is typical for Microsoft to release a new version of office every 2 or 3 years. In the new version, Microsoft try to improve search relevance, enhance the management of complex documents and contents, and bring business intelligence into the business process itself. Moreover, Microsoft reported that it is planning to release a new version of Windows called Windows 7 or Vienna in 2006. Therefore, I think that the computer will improve more and more in the near future, so it is important for people to know what their require is and buy the best computer that fit their purpose.

Introduce 3 good web sites

First, I want to introduce the webpage of Apple (http://www.apple.com/). In this page, you can know the latest news of productions of Apple. For example, Apple announced that the completely new type of phone called iPhone. You can not only know the function but also see how it works by the simulation on the screen. Moreover, if you have an iPod, you can download some music and make a play list of your iPod. I think this type of webpage is really rare, and you can enjoy it
Second, when you want to know what is happening in the world, I recommend Google news (http://news.google.com/). In this page, you can search the news by country. For instance, if you want to know the top news in Mexico, you can see it by only selecting Mexico in the searching box. Moreover, you can edit the news and save it as your own page. By doing this, you can see your favorite and most interesting news at once.
Finally, I want you to visit You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/index). Actually, this page is controversial, but I think this is the new type of media on the Internet. In this page, you can watch so many kinds of short videos that are shot by viewers of You Tube. In fact, some of videos are from actural TV programs, so it has a problem in terms of copyright. However, in this page, there are a lot of interesting videos, such as cute pets or children.
Not only above three, there are more webpage to introduce, but I strongly recommend these website, so please visit and enjoy!

What is Social Engineering.

Social Engineering that is called also Social Hacker is to steal someone’s personal information by using social ways, and most of them are done without facing each other. For example, there is a way called Pretexting. It usually uses a telephone to get information with some pre-knowledge about the targets such as the date of birth, Social Security Number, and last bill amount. This technique makes private investigators be able to know telephone records, utility records and so on. Moreover, we are always faced with the danger of Social Engineering. Please imagine that you are an office worker. You through a piece of paper some important passwords on it, and someone stole it from the trash box secretly. It is one of the Social Engineering. Like this, everyone can be obtained their personal information, so we have to care about protecting our any kind of information

What do you know about the Mac (Apple computers)?

I did not know much about Mac until I started to learn computer in the second semester. However, I learned a lot of new things in this course.
First, Mac is used by only 5% in the world. I think that most Japanese people have an image that only Windows is the best computer. I have such a kind of image too, and I was thinking that Mac is more difficult to use than Windows, but it is not true.
That is a second point. Mac is more easy to use, and it has a fashionable appearance. This means that Mac is really fit for people who are interested in music or movies, and I think especially for young people.
Finally, I learned that Mac and windows use the different OS. Mac use Mactel, so we can use both Mac and Windows on the one computer. I did not know that I could use both OS on the Mac, so I was really fascinated with it.
I do not know much about Mac yet, but when I need a new computer, I want to try to get a Mac and enjoy it!