The growing popularity of computer-based activities was widely predicted to result in a corresponding decline in television viewing. Recent studies have found that, in the United States, people who own computers watch, on average, significantly less television than people who do not own computers. In itself, however, this finding does very little to show that computer use tends to reduce television viewing time, since .

Discuss the ways in which electronic information associated with payments is addressed in terms of security. include encryption, secure sockets layers, and secure electronic transactions in your discussion. are there any other ways that consumers and businesses can keep their payment information secure in an electronic commerce environment? do you feel that your information is safe when conducting electronic business? why or why not?

Design a class tictactoe that: holds the following information about the game: two-dimensional array (3 by 3), and winner. add additional variables as needed. includes the functions to perform the various operations on objects. for example, function to print the board, getting the move, checking if move is valid, determining if there is a winner after each move. add additional operations as needed. includes constructor(s). write the functions of the class, and write a program that uses the class. the program should declare an object of type tictactoe. the program will create the board and store it in the array. the program will allow two players to play the tic-tac-toe game. after every valid move update the array, check if there is a winner. if there is no winner and no tie, then print the board again to continue.

Why would a business likely use a java applet - to back up their data files for the business - to create a program that a customer can launch in their web browser - to create music on a powerpoint presentation - to organize files on their company directory