Thursday, November 27, 2008

Tutorial 4 - Task 1: Using a search engine other than Google or Wkikipedia

The creator of the Love bug was Onel de Guzman. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html

The world record of the largest watermelon is 262.6 pounds. http://www.hopechamberofcommerce.com/melon_heritage.htm

The Ebola virus was names after the river in the African country, Zaire called Ebola. http://ebola.emedtv.com/ebola-virus/from-what-place-did-the-ebola-virus-get-its-name.html

The largest recorded earthquake in the world was measured in Chile with a magnitude of 9.5 (Mw) in May 22, 1960. http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php

There are 1,073,741,824 KiloBytes in a TeraByte.
http://www.wizbit.net/cd-dvd_production_faqs_what_is_a_terabyte.htm

The ‘Storm Worm’ arrived in Spam email or in the form of e-cards with very interesting subject headings. It was a malicious payload that attacked any windows-based platforms.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/storm.asp
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Resurgent-Storm-worm-attacks-over-Web/0,130061744,339281298,00.htm

This is the only way to contact the Prime Minister:
The Hon Kevin Rudd MPPrime MinisterParliament HouseCANBERRA ACT 2600
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm

Stephen Stockwell is a member of the Brisbane group Black Assassin.
http://live-wirez.gu.edu.au/Staff/Stephen/default.html

Web 2.0 is a platform for a network providing software continuously getting better with the more people interact with it. It enables people to remix and create data shared from other users. It creates an exciting user experience. Examples of this are Facebook and Twitter.
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/10/web-20-compact-definition.html

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