Research Paper

Topics are due Thursday Oct 22nd at the beginning of class.
Late topics will NOT be accepted.
Final Draft of Paper is due December 10th by the beginning of class. Late papers will NOT be accepted. The paper should be turned in as a hard copy, not electronic copy.
Select a computer industry related topic on which to write a research paper. The topic should be a current issue. Your paper should cite at least two sources from the Internet and be about 5 typed pages.
Sample topics ( You do not have to choose one of these. )

The Year 2000 Problem
Desk Top software applications
Battle of the top selling operating systems: SCO Unixware, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Windows NT, Sun Solaris
Programming Languages presently being used
Bill Gates in front of the Justice Department again
UNIX vs. Windows NT
Industry trends in Backing up Hard disks
The Future of the PC
Desktop to Host Storage Management
The State of the World Wide Web
Security Issues on the Web
Electronic Commerce
Virtual Reality software used in Industry
3D Animation software programs used in manufacturing and design
Future and past trends of the cost and speed of RAM
Directions of the major manufactures of CPU's