CNIT 131 Bowne HW 11

Researching Power Tools for the Internet

25 Points Maximum

Topics

Choose a specific product from one of these categories:

• Alternative browsers (not Internet Explorer)
• Download managers
• Firewalls
• Media players
• Pop-up stoppers
• Web accelerators
• Spyware cleaners
• Browser toolbars
• Other Internet topic (confirm it with me before doing the assignment)

Research that product -- if possible download it and try using it yourself.

However, do not download software on CCSF computers without the permission of the faculty monitor of the computer lab first. Most labs do not permit students to download and install software -- ask FIRST. You do not have to download and install software to complete this assignment.

Then write a short (about 1 page) report summarizing your results. Your report must contain these elements:

Requirements

• Give the name of the product you are researching, and the URL of a Web site that it can be downloaded from.
  
  
• What does the publisher of the product claim that it will do?
  
  
• What is one good thing you expect this product to do for you?
  
  
• What is one bad thing about this product -- something it won't do, or some harm it will do?
  
  
• What really happens when people use the software? You can fulfill this requirement either by trying it yourself and writing a paragraph about your experiences, or by finding online reviews written by customers.
  
  
• You must write at least one paragraph of original writing in the report -- usually that will be the paragraph describing your own experiences with the software.
  
  
• If you use text, images, or any other content from a Web site, you must give that site credit. I will deduct points if I find things on your page that are copied from Internet sites without giving them credit.
  
  
• You may turn the report in either as a printout, by e-mail, or posted as a Web page.