Empowerment Technologies

The  Ten Commandments of Internet or Computer Ethics  were created in 1992 by the  Computer Ethics Institute .  The commandments were introduced in the paper "In Pursuit of a 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics" by Ramon C. Barquin as a means to create "a set of standards to guide and instruct people in the ethical use of computers." They follow the  Internet Advisory Board's memo on ethics  from 1987. The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics copies the archaic style of the Ten Commandments from the King James Bible. The commandments have been widely quoted in computer ethics literature  but also have been criticized by both the hacker community  and some in academia. For instance, Dr. Ben Fairweather of the "Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility" has described them as "simplistic" and overly restrictive. Social networking and the internet has such an impact on our generation for a variety...

The Evolution of the Web The web today is a growing universe of interlinked web pages and web apps, teeming with videos, photos, and interactive content. What the average user doesn't see is the interplay of web technologies and browsers that makes all this possible. Over time web technologies have evolved to give web developers the ability to create new generations of useful and immersive web experiences. Today's web is a result of the ongoing efforts of an open web community that helps define these web technologies, like HTML5, CSS3 and WebGL and ensure that they're supported in all web browsers. Since the first internet browser was launched in 1991, there has been a rapid expansion in the number of browsers and the variety of features available. They have wanted to take stock and make sense of all this innovation, and the only way they know how: visualisation!   Hyperakt and Google Chrome felt the same way, so they worked together to create Evolution...