Knowledge Society

Hi blog readers. The first project we had to do this course was a Word document about the knowledge society. In it we talk about what the concept of knowledge society involves, its characteristics and its background. This society is a progression from the information and communication society that also allows the management of the information skillfully.
I also speak about the areas in which it is important; our personal development and the social factor that makes us being interconnected and learn dynamically.
Other important factors are the problems that it may suppose with the use of technological devices (the Digital Divide, the cybercrime and other security problems) and I have to tell you to be careful with what you post or upload on the Internet and to control the time you spend on the net and valore if you are really taking advantage of the resources and the time you have in a good way.

Sociedad del conocimiento from Carmen Bueno Iglesias

I wish it was interesting and you liked, you can also watch the document here. Thank you for watching.

See you at the next post.

How to disappear from the Internet

Hi everyone. This term I have to report you about something that may concern you some day: deleting your identity from the net. This can be useful if there's any data or document about you that you don't want to be there.

The first thing you should do is the most evident one: deactivating accounts you know you have. If you search the account settings in a social network or webpage you may find easily the deactivate, delete or close account button. But there are some accounts you may have forgotten you have, so the next thing to do is to search for yourself at the searchers. You will be more assured if you do it through different searchers because some of them may not show everything you have on the Internet. Then you deactivate or delete the things you find. The e-mail can be a very useful tool if you don't remember a password but, if you definetely can't delete something, you can always try to falsify it. Remember to be respectful and don't set anything improper.

That could be enough, but there might be some loose ends. Make sure you aren't suscribed to any mailing list such as from newsletters, ads or promotions and if you are, unsubscribe from there; delete searchers' results about you, through a removal tool they may offer or by contacting webmasters; ask companies from which you are a member to delete your information they have listed online and, in the end and as a drastic resource, delete your e-mail, close your account in it. With this actions you could start rewriting your identity and your dignity on the Internet from scratch.

An example of aim of forgetfulness on the Internet is the one about a spanish man who won the battle to Google defending his "right to be forgotten", with whom the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) agreed. So what's more important, the right to the privacy or the right to the the expression freedom? Difficult cuestion. Anyway Google can be required to remove data so you can be safe.

I wish you never need this but take advantage of it if you do. See you soon, because I have to post something else before classes finish. What will it be? You'll see tomorrow :)

Computing Security

Although we are entering the last weeks of class and we have a lot of hard work, I'm getting advantage of some spare times to write a new post. Some time ago we were told to prepare a report about computing security, approaching different aspects of security on our devices and software. 

I upload here the Word document I've made. In it I define Computing Security and I talk about the different types of Computing Security, which are human, physical and logical security.

Then I also explain what malware is; malicious software that damage something in computing. I explain their types and the options to protect us from them, like the use of antimalware and the awareness of dangers on the Internet. I've also added the information from the previous post and some tips to communicate through the Internet.

It's a broad theme and here you have an -I think- useful summary of the things I found basical, interesting and easy to understand.
I wish you like it and see you at the next post, if I survive to these last weeks.

Computing Security from Carmen Bueno Iglesias

You can also watch it here.

Internet Security

Hello again, I share a new post with you today to explain a bit about security on the Internet. We don't realize but we're surrounded by possible dangers that may harm us or involve us in crimes. We can find two main possible dangers related to Internet connection:

# Accessing fake Wi-Fies

When you are in a public place you will often find some free Wi-Fi. Well, it's sometimes a wifi from the specific place but it's sometimes a fake created by someone to catch your information, and depending on the information you have compiled in your Internet connexion, the hacker can access your accounts, watch and use your media files, supplant your identity... And it can be very dangerous for you, so be careful and try not to connect WiFies which are completely opened or which look suspicious.

# Leaving your WiFi connexion neglected, without enough security

It's not much problem if someone catches your WiFi password to use the Internet sometime, but it'll be a big problem if they use it to commit a crime or access your information as in the previous case. In our routers we usually have WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption codes, which are weak and easily decoded, and worse if we don't change the default codes. If you want to be safer, at least you should have WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Wireless), whose algorithm is stronger. But the safer and difficultly decoded encryption protocols are WPA2, with Advanced Encription Standard. Whatever you have, try to make it secure, change the name and the password, hide any weak point...

I wish it was useful and you liked, see you next post, as always ;)

Social Networks in Prezi

Welcome again to my blog with this new post. We're starting the third term and I have a lot of work for these easter holidays, but I'll explain you what we're doing in computing, as usual.

We have been made to make a Prezi presentation about Social Networks, which we are used to use every day.

Prezi is a webpage where you can login and make 3D presentations with cool transitions, very dynamic and original. When you set a background you travel through it and through each frame, with visual attraction, and you can add almost any kind of document. It is also interactive; you can go anywheree in the presentation.

As this program works through the Internet you can access your presentation whenever you need it, but you can also download it for your PC (paying, but you have a free sample period).

I leave here the link to my Prezi, I wish you like:

http://prezi.com/lmych4lpn8sq/social-networks/

And if you don't have Adobe Flash Player or your computer doesn't let you see it, you can also watch it here or here.

See you next post and have a good holiday time :)

Computer Networks

Hi everybody :) How is this term going? In computing we've started studying computer networks, so I'm going to explain you a bit.

# What's a computer network?

It's a set of interconnected technological devices which can share data, resources, information and services between them and allow economising and improving management.

# What kind of computing networks are there?

- According to administration: P2P(Peer to Peer) or Client-Server

- According to size of the area: WAN(Wide), MAN(Metropolitan), LAN(Local) or PAN(Personal)

- According to connection mean: Wired, wireless or mixed.

- According to topology: Bus, star, ring, tree, mesh or VPN(Virtual Private Network)

# What characteristics do computer networks have?

- They communicate computers through a protocol with unique numerical addresses called IP addresses, with four groups of numbers between dots and between 0 and 255.

- Each network device has a network card with an unique MAC address assigned by the manufacturer which works as interface between the device and the network cable, that can be a twisted pair cable or an optical fiber cable (faster and better communicator).

- Some devices as the hub, the switch or the router control the network traffic or distribute data between the network devices.

This is some of the information I can give you as abstract, but this is a broad topic so you'd never stop learning about computer networks. In addition, we continue developing IT's daily, so there's an infinite world of surprises and advantages for you to discover. Have a great weekend and see you at next post ;P

Phubbing

Now, another curious actual fact that's happening nowadays. I'm sure you've suffered, done or seen it but you don't know;

# What's "phubbing"?

This is the fact of underestimating people, not heeding them and being rude, because of using smartphones and any kind of technological gadgets all the time; for example, using your mobile phone while someone is talking to you or in a meeting or lunch. It's usual in young people, because children aren't educated by society in that aspect and it's more and more usual.

# What's its origin?

This word, appeared in 2007, it's the combination of phone and snubbing, and it started to be used with the use of smartphones, to describe that kind of behabiour. It was popularized by the Stop Phubbing campaign created by McCann, which was part of a promotion of the Macquarie Dictionary of Australia.

Now, you know a bit more about technological vocabulary :P Happy holydays and have a nice day!

Information Technologies

This is my first project at computing. In this Word I speak about IT's. The headlands of this theme are:

• Definition of IT, main characteristics, advantages and disadvantages and evolution
• Communication with IT's and their effect in society
• Application in the professional field (commerce, education, health service, banking, administration and govern and industry)
• Communication tools; browsers and searchers
• Communication as way of generating knowledge
• Responsible use of IT's' tools
• Copyright
• Data protection act
• Actual situation and future
• Bibliography and vocabulary

IT's: Intormation Technologies from Carmen Bueno Iglesias

You can also watch it here.