Computers and Internet Access

We live in the age of technology. New technology appears everyday, ranging from mini-CD that contain entire encyclopedias to giant space telescopes that can send photographs of distant stars back to earth. Of all the new technological wonders, in Australia there are increasing people enjoying the high level of electronic connectedness and these products had the greatest influence on the daily lives of many people. This assignment will describe the high level of electronic products (Computers; Internet Access; Television; Fixed Line Phone and Mobiles) affect the people’s daily life, through causing both positive and negative factum.

 

Computers and Internet Access

 

Personal computers have especially revolutionized communication and business practices in the past twenty years. Perhaps the most important effect of personal computers has been to expand our ability to communicate with the outside world. The university students in Darwin can obtain statistics for a history paper via the net from a library in Sydney; a lonely people in Melbourne can talk can talk with a similarly house bound person in Brisbane; a computer user can send an email message to millions of people all over the world with one keystroke; or they can get together in an online chat room to discuss their interests and problems with others who have similar interests and problems, also they can share the information with others.

 

For example, Kenjun Wu who is planning a vacation, he is in Taiwan and he wants to know the names of the best beaches in Australia.  Via the Internet access he login to chat-room and ask others who have already been there for suggestion and also he meet a someone who is in gold coast on the net, and they become a very good friend when he visit there. He said he the Internet access is really benefit to him because the possibilities of computerized communication are unlimited. Besides improving communication, personal computer have made it possible to do business from home to take care of personal business. For example, you can buy airline tickets and send flowers to a friend; you can pay your bills, buy and sell stocks via Internet access from home computer at any time of the day. As myself, I used to sell my clothes and shoes via the Vogue forum and also I have brought a pair of shoes and some clothes in Taiwan Yahoo sale space. I think this is a great convenience for people who are busy during the day and for physically disabled people who find it hard to leave their homes. Furthermore, telecommuting – working at home instead of going to the office has become a choice for thousands of business people. Susan Carreiro, a financial manager for a large company in Brisbane. She goes to her office only once a week. Another four days, she works at home and communicates with her staff by computer. She say, “I am much more productive when I work at home because there are no interruptions. I also don’t have to spend three hours traveling to and from the office everyday.” She saved time and saved company money by telecommuting.

 

In brief, the computer and Internet Access age has arrived and starting changing our lives. It has made communicating and doing business faster and more convenient; it has greatly increased our access to information. Along with the computers have become common in home, school and business, it also has caused some problems via the computer communication.