COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & COMPUTING SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS

Baguio City

Computer Applications
1st Tri 2014-2015

Internet Web Hunt 1

GUIDELINES:
1. The goal of this activity is to find information on the Internet. Work individually.
2. There are nine (9) questions and each question corresponds to a particular number of points.
3. Indicate the search engine and the URL of the site where you found the answer. Deductions will be
made for missing/incomplete URL.
4. Date of Submission: July 2, 2014
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What sorts of tasks do operating systems not do that you would like them to do?
How do you think you will obtain software for your computer in the future? Explain your answer.
If you were in the market for a new microcomputer today, what application software would you want
to use on it? Why? What are some dream applications that you would like that have not yet been
developed?
4. How do you think you could use desktop publishing at home? For personal items? Family
occasions? Holidays? What else? What hardware and software would you have to buy?
5. Think of three new ways that software companies could prevent people from pirating their software.
Explain.
6. What is your favorite application software program of all? Why?
7. What is your opinion of downloading free music from the web to play on your own PC and/or CDs?
Much attention has been given lately to music downloading and copyright infringement.
8. How do you think you could use desktop publishing at home? For personal items? Family
occasions? Holidays? What else? What hardware and software would you have to buy?
9. What do you think is the future of Linux? Experts currently disagree about whether Linux will become
a serious competitor to Windows. Research Linux on the web. Which companies are creating
application software to run on Linux? Which businesses are adopting Linux