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• Internet Security Tips for Seniors

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  According to the U.S. Census Bureau 40% of of people 65 and older have a computer at home. Of this total, approximately  25% of these individuals are connected to the Internet.If anything, I’m sure these numbers are now even higher, since these numbers were taken from the census of 2005. In Canada, where I [...]
  14 hours ago

• Invisible Me | momlogic.com

  
  The Wealthy Soul — Authority: 153
  Eventually, I got a job sitting in a cubicle fact-checking cover stories at a magazine. See more here:  Invisible Me | momlogic.com
  1 day ago

• Guide for Talking With Kids About Being Online

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 597
  On Guard Online offers a fifty-four page PDF guide to talking with kids about being online. Net Cetera: Chatting With Kids About Being Online offers numerous suggestions for having conversations with students about online behaviors. The guide offers differentiated suggestions based upon the age of the children with ...
  2 days ago

• The Mega-D Botnet Bites the Dust – Sort Of!

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  BOTNET. The name sounds as if it belongs in a Sci Fi flick, in which it’s used to describe a robotic zombie army up to no good; bent on committing general mayhem.Take the Sci Fi movie out of the equation and you’ve got the right idea. A botnet is a zombie army; but an [...]
  2 days ago

• On-line CPD: Internet Safety and Responsible Use (Glowing Thursday)

  
  OllieBray.com — Authority: 127
  Most Thursday’s Jennifer McDougall (one of our Glow Development Officers) at Learning and Teaching Scotland hosts an on-line CPD session that we call Glowing Thursday (the name comes from here ). The programme is available well in advance and the CPD sessions are about an hour long and led by someone who has ...
  3 days ago

• Google Announces Password Lock for SafeSearch

  
  Filtering Facts — Authority: 103
  Larry Magid at CNET reports : Google has long allowed parents a SafeSearch filtering setting that keeps kids from using the search engine to find inappropriate sites like those with explicit sexual images or text. The problem was that kids could easily change those settings.  Starting Wednesday, however, the ...
  3 days ago

• The McColo Effect: One Year Later

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 526
  One year ago today email administrators were astonished to notice the amount of spam hitting their mail servers had plunged precipitously. Email volumes dropped off as much as 60 percent to 70 percent, and the reason wasn’t immediately obvious to anyone except for the folks who knew that McColo, a major ...
  4 days ago

• SURVEY RESULTS: Unsafest Online Activity

  
  Teen Diaries Blog — Authority: 141
  No matter your age, the Internet is a fun place to hang out. It lets you keep in touch with friends and family and provides an enormous amount of information that can keep the most bored person entertained. Cyberspace is like visiting a big city without leaving your home. There are libraries, universities, museums, ...
  4 days ago

• How Young is Too Young for the Internet

  
  ReputationDefender Blog — Authority: 496
  There is something incredibly unique about this current generation of children. Can you guess what it is? For the first time in history, a generation of kids is growing up in a world where mainstream Internet use is the rule, not the exception. From the earliest ages, kids are expected to know how to use the computer ...
  4 days ago

• Free Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0 – The Ultimate in Protection?

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  Talk of the “Cloud”, as a startling new concept in computing, is everywhere it seems. I’ve always found this “new concept” idea kind of curious though, when you consider that the Internet, by simply definition, IS the  “Cloud”.Yes, I am aware that the concept is at least marginally different, inasmuch ...
  4 days ago

• Digital Citizenship Starts at the Dinnertable

  
  Children's Health Blog — Authority: 119
  Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is InWe all consider ourselves citizens of the world, global citizens. But, do you realize we’re also digital citizens?That was the topic of last week’s Family Online Safety Institute conference in Washington, DC, where I had the privilege of being on the panel,Exploring Why Kids Behave The ...
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• Wacky Internet Predator Wednesday – #67

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 124
  Sometimes things are slow in the world of Internet predator stings… but they never totally stop. Last week, AG Corbett (or, SuperAG), arrested a 57-year-old teacher from Ohio for soliciting what he thought was a 13-year-old girl online for sex. Disgusting and very troubling for any parent… November 6th, 2009 ...
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• Rogue Security Product Copies McAfee’s Look and Feel

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 526
  How good are you at identifying a genuine security product from an imposter that claims to offer protection? If you think you are good at it, then have a look at the images below. [ Legitimate McAfee site] [Rogue Anti-Virus MaCatte site] Recently we have seen the rapid growth of rogue anti-virus/spyware ...
  5 days ago

• Who’s Really Worried About Internet Safety?

  
  My Other Blog — Authority: 120
  Last week I was party to one of those almost surreal experiences that come along every now and then. I was asked to present a session on Internet Safety for parents at one of my old schools. My session was to follow on from a presentation by the school principal on 21st century learning in relation to the school. ...
  6 days ago

• Online Safety Blogosphere Round Up for Nov 9, 2009

  
  Filtering Facts — Authority: 103
  Marian Merritt has  a “ Recap of This Year’s Family Online Safety Institute Annual Conference ” Not thinking of kids as victims. This is new thinking indeed for the Internet safety world. We know that for children who are victimized by online predators, often these are the same kids displaying risk factors ...
  6 days ago

• Rogue Anti-Spyware Targets Sesame Street’s Big Bird

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 526
  The idea of malware distributors abusing Google Trends is not new. The bad guys have once again demonstrated that they, too, can take advantage of Google Trends. This time their target is Big Bird’s birthday. It’s not new that the Google logo includes Big Bird; it does so on special occasions. The Google ...
  6 days ago

• Rogue Anti-Spyware Targets Sesame Street’s Big Bird

  
  McAfee Avert Labs — Authority: 526
  The idea of malware distributors abusing Google Trends is not new. The bad guys have once again demonstrated that they, too, can take advantage of Google Trends. This time their target is Big Bird’s birthday.   It’s not new that the Google logo includes Big Bird; it does so on special occasions. The Google ...
  6 days ago

• Parents Beat Kid Over MySpace Page

  
  Pandora's Blog — Authority: 124
  Okay, this is a little too far. As much as the parents may have hated the idea of their 14-year-old girl being on MySpace, especially against their wishes, this is NOT the answer. Makes me sick. November 3, 2009 Parents allegedly beat teen for getting MySpace page By Eric Litke, Sheboygan Press staff A ...
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• Peer to Peer File Sharing, Very Cool But…

  
  Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts — Authority: 137
  You should consider the trade-offs and the very real risks involved in Peer to Peer file sharing. Peer to Peer file sharing sounds promising, right? Maybe, but make sure that you consider the trade-offs and the very real risks involved. The number of times I have been called upon to rescue a friend’s computer ...
  6 days ago

• Cyberbullying forum

  
  Tim's Blog de Blog — Authority: 92
  This weeks forum on cyberbullying was a day well spent out of the office. New (and young) faces from across Aus gave a welcome mix of opinion- the highlight was the two keynotes- Donna Cross (Edith Cowan) and Marylin Campbell (QUT). But also the student voices-some of which contradicted the conventional wisdom. One ...
  1 week ago

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