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VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY - AN OVERVIEW
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This 4-page paper examines the video game console industry, its major players and its strategies (both development and marketing).
Filename: MTgameindu.rtf

Video On Demand
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A 9 page discussion of video on demand. Addresses how television will be changed to support the emerging technology and considerations such as narrowcasting, new applications which will be implemented, and the incorporation into on-line systems. Emphasizes existing use in education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Vdemand.doc

Video, Audio and Text Compression;
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This 10 page paper looks at the different methods of compression for various types of files. Concentrating on the different MPEG formats for audio and video, their operation and used are considered and security issues are discussed. Text compression is considered in the same way, with an examination of how the compression works, the problems and security issues. The MLA style bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEdatacp.wps

Virtual Beauty
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A 10 page paper discussing ways that a beauty salon can take advantage of web-based services. Salons that do have an Internet presence may well use their websites only as electronic brochures urging customers or potential customers to call the business to speak to a "real person" or to come to the physical location for the same reason. The purpose here is to develop an appropriate and workable approach to e-commerce that can be used by a local beauty shop or salon. Some of the customer uses discussed include making appointments, trying the "virtual stylist," asking advice, buying beauty products and other uses that can expand the salon's bottom line. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSecomBeauty.rtf

Virtual Communities
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This 17 page paper considers what is meant by virtual communities and how they compare to real or physical communities. The paper looks at how they emerge and the social order that is seen within these communities along with the advantages and disadvantages. IRC (Internet relay chat) is then considered as an example of how communities are formed and the impact they have on those who take part. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEvircom.rtf

Virtual Communities -- A Threat to Real Community
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This 10 page report discusses the existence and proliferation of virtual communities and whether or not they truly exist as the new and future form of community building and human interaction. The most fundamental concepts of community has been long recognized as having a central place in the social fabric of human life. Therefore, the question presents itself as to whether or not virtual communities serve or damage the larger human community. This writer examines the issue from the view that virtual communities are ultimately detrimental and serve purposes that have little to do with true community building. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: BWvircom.wps

Virtual Private Networks
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6 pages in length. The vastness of today's virtual commerce represents myriad benefits to merchants, manufacturers and consumers like never before; that such a tremendous reach stretches across the entire globe speaks to the need for augmented security measures to ensure "fast, secure and reliable communications wherever their offices are" (Tyson, 2005), which has resulted in virtual private networks (VPN). Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLC_VPN.rtf

Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
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A 5 page paper discussing VRML, what it is, how it works and what the future of it is. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Vrmlang.doc

Virtual Teams at ARCO Alaska
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A 15 page paper in two sections. The first is argument in support of the value of virtual teams, which allow organizations to address issues in the team structure without the constraints of geographical proximity. The second section selects five components of virtual team tool list of 14 items, naming them as being crucial for effective virtual team performance. Those 5 items are web publishing, discussion forum, chat systems, electronic meeting systems and task and project management. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtVirtTeams.rtf

Virtual Volunteering
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A 3 page summary of the article Virtual Volunteering: Current Status and Future Prospects by Vic Murray and Yvonne Harrison. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAvivol.rtf