The Week of April 26

• Homework: Write a two-page paper (in Word, double spaced, 12 pt font) stating both sides of the Microsoft Antitrust suit.

• Reading: Chapter 13 in Discovering Computers 98 (Shelly, Cashman and Waggoner).

• Monday: Go to the web and find some data on this week's expected temperatures. Plot them in Excel. Save as HTML. Then make a web page that uses the graph you made.

• Wednesday: Search the internet for information on the following:
  • Find the name of some encryption software.
  • Find some software or a service that will make your surfing the internet more anonymous.
  • Name a way in which the Y2K problem might affect you directly.
  • What is identity theft?
  • What is ergonomics?
  • What is spam?
  • What is a trojan horse?
  Answer as many questions as you can and provide the URL of a relevant site or sites.

• Friday: Lecture on Privacy, Security and Ethics. See the slide show on the web or download the PowerPoint presentation.