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Use Keylogger To Secure Your Child’s Internet Activity!
Voice Of Dingchao | October 6th 2008 by HanDingchao
For most parents, one thing we are concerning is our little children may browse unsafe things when they are using internet. They may harm them heavily, so we need some kind of spy software to trace our children’s internet experience to make sur read more
Online Dating - Have Fun, be Smart, be Safe or be Sorry
Check Background Free | Background Check Employment Blog | October 1st 2008 by Steven Maclin
Mickey E. D. Mixon asked: The Internet is still pretty safe overall, even for seniors, according to research of various Internet safety sites like www.WiredSafety.org who estimated a 90 – 97 percent “terrific” Internet. People are chatting wi read more
Internet Safety Day
Nonprofits and New Media | September 25th 2008 by Jessica L
I came across something that mentioned Family Safe Computers, based in Ohio, is trying to get parents to focus on Internet safety this Sunday - declaring September 28 “Internet Safety Day.” I thought it a very appropriate time as the kids read more
Parents, teachers or anyone with a computer
Kiss My Gumbo | September 24th 2008 by Greta Perry
Saturday is my radio show on AM 690 WIST . The first half hour I will be speaking with Special Agent Robert Basanez from the FBI about internet safety. This will be be very informative and I will be taking your calls. The second half hour is “G read more
Security Warning For Page With Malicious Software - Think Before…
Techmamas | September 21st 2008 by Techmamas
Here is an example of a website that has a malicious program. I have "Silicon Valley Moms Blog" on my Google Alerts. For some reason, this website came up in my Google Alert email. I saw Mashable and thought of... read more
Internet Predators on Oprah
Nonprofits and New Media | September 16th 2008 by Jessica L
Today’s blog is written by Sara Brueck Nichols, Director of Public Relations for Operation Kids. Yesterday, on Oprah, the entire show focused on fighting Internet predators. I’m not a regular Oprah watcher, but because of Operation Kids&# read more
Beware of Fraudulent Email Spammers Awaiting to Extort Money
MT Herald Dot Com | September 15th 2008 by Rajasekharan N
The quantity of fraudulent mails hitting my email box is on a heavy rise than when I wrote the article on internet safe practices and safe surfing tips where I used to receive only one or two such mails a day. Call it a suspicious email or a malic read more
Prepping Your Teen: Street Smarts
Apron Strings and Angst | September 14th 2008 by Willow
Is your kid equipped to be out in the world? Is he or she likely to be a target for every scam artist and bad guy out there? I have bragged a lot about how academically talented my kids are. What they aren’t is street smart. They have bee read more
Are You a Safe Cyber Surfer?
Leading Hands | September 12th 2008 by Marc Majers
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service publishes many articles on Internet safety. The website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice features articles and tips on how to stay on the safe side of the Internet Super Highway. Download art read more
Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce: A Highlight
Nonprofits and New Media | September 8th 2008 by Jessica L
Utah Agent Tracks Child P*rn-Maker Across USA Agents Nab Several Bad Guys in Less Than 24 Hours These are just a couple of the recent headlines relating to one of the nation’s most successful law enforcement operations: the Utah Internet Crim read more
Internet Predators Get Caught
Kellep Charles Information Security Blog Space | August 31st 2008 by K. Arnold Charles
Very interesting article and it shows that we can win the game against the types of people. Please read and be smart...AG Corbett Announces Arrest of Internet Predators from York County and West VirginiaHARRISBURG - Attorney General Tom Corbett has read more
Parents: The Importance of Discussing YouTube with Your Children
Digital And Technology Blog | August 30th 2008 by kon5518
Are you a parent? If so, is your child old enough to use the internet? If you have a child who is high school or even middle school, there is a good chance that you are concerned with internet safety, as you should be. Online, there are a large read more
Wow! Ask Kids is Very Impressive
Free Technology For Teachers | August 28th 2008 by Richard
Wow! The recently redesigned Ask Kids search engine is very very impressive! Ask Kids is the kid friendly, kid safe version of the popular search engine Ask.com. The first thing that new visitors to Ask Kids will notice is the notebook paper theme an read more
KidZui
iLearn Technology | August 21st 2008 by iLearn Technology
What it is: KidZui is a web browser made just for kids. It has access to over 800,000 websites, pictures, and videos that are reviewed by teachers and parents who don’t just approve content, but also categorize it for age appropriateness read more
Jigsaw Planet
iLearn Technology | August 20th 2008 by iLearn Technology
What it is: Well, it is the first week of school which for me means that it is rules week. Every teacher has to go over the rules at some point and it is usually met by major groans from students. This year I approached rules week differently read more
Free and Paid Online Games For the Aware Child: Woogi World
ecochildsplay | August 19th 2008 by Jennifer Lance
Last week the editors at Green Options asked me if I wanted to write a review of Woogi World. “Uh, okay, I haven’t written a hatchet piece an ages.” was my unenthusiastic reply. Here’s the deal in my house. My kids get 30 minutes of media; read more
Protect yourself on Myspace
Anidan Design | August 17th 2008 by josieg182
Myspace is a great place to stay connected with friends or to meet new ones however it is also a great place to get phished or scammed as well. Here are a few ways in which you can protect yourself on Myspace. read more
A Necessary (if Sobering) Message
Nonprofits and New Media | August 15th 2008 by Jessica L
Every once in awhile, the story of a missing child, like missing Florida toddler Caylee Anthony, grips the nation. But what I have begun to realize, as we are putting the final touches on our October Lifetime Achievement Award gala honoring John Wals read more
Boomers are slow to move into the social networking world.
The Boomer Daily | August 13th 2008 by David Lindberg
I think about this subject often. I am 56 years old and right in the middle of the Baby Boomer generation and although I realize that my job of the last 22 years as a technical analyst for a corporation does place me in the techy group of the Boomers read more
E-Commerce Law Briefs: Week of August 4, 2008
E-Commerce Law | August 11th 2008
The two female Yale law school students who sued anonymous individuals responsible for allegedly defamatory posts to the AutoAdmit.com website have named one of the offending posters. "The women say [Matthew C. Ryan] made sexually charged slurs about read more
Beware of Phishers: Part Deux - The Domain Name System Security H…
Techmamas | August 9th 2008 by Techmamas
In a prior post, I discussed computer phishers and why it is important to understand what can happen - so you can try to protect yourself. The New York Times today discussed the the patch for a web security hole... read more
Ominous Shadows Lurking From The Anonymous Side Of The Net
The Social Media Philosophy Project | August 8th 2008 by Neal Jansons
There is a shady side to the net. It is a dark veil that some people like to hide under and it is called “Anonymous”. They use this veil to trick, scam, vent and abuse. Don’t let him get you! Okay, so I am being somewhat drama read more
Forbes.com: High-Tech Babysitter
Techmamas | August 4th 2008 by Techmamas
I was thrilled to be interviewed by Forbes.com Tech reporter Kym McNicholas for a video update on high tech babysitting (using technology to monitor your kids). The issue is a very complicated; with all the technology available to monitor your... read more
20 Questions You Should Probably Avoid on Social-Networking Sites
Shadow's Far-Out Corner of the Web | August 3rd 2008 by Shadow Crystal
If you are reading this post, you most likely have an internet connection; if you have an internet connection, you most likely have an e-mail address. If you have an e-mail address, I will go ahead and assume you have friends (or maybe just family an read more
Kids, Drugs and The Net
Techmamas | August 2nd 2008 by Techmamas
I just read an article that discusses drug addiction and the net. The Daily News Health article referenced: "a brand new report from Columbia University's National Center on Addiction, trumpeting that "the Internet is a pharmaceutical candy store." I read more
So you think you’re anonymous on the internet..
Life in the Country | July 30th 2008 by Snoskred
But.. you’re not. Let me preface this post with a little story. When I was about 16, I attended a church. One day I found an anonymous letter in my letterbox which was pretty unpleasant - *though I don’t remember any of the details now. read more
Internet Safety: Did I Go Too Far?
Momgrind | July 18th 2008 by vered
See this photo? That's me, last week, at Park Guell, in BARCELONA. Yup, I just spent three weeks visiting family in Israel, and taking advantage of Israel's proximity to Europe for a short yet fabulous trip to Barcelona. read more
Internet Safety: Double Filter your Computer for your Kids Safety
Click D Talk | July 18th 2008 by iris jackson
My Step-daughter loves to be online, either to play online or check her myspace and chat with her friends. We don't have problem with that me and my husband for her to be online because sometimes she needs it for her school assignment. I always on read more
Industry Code of Practice to make internet a safer place for chil…
Australian Women Online | July 16th 2008 by Deborah Robinson
The Content Services Code, a new industry code of practice for providers of online and mobile phone content was released on 16 July 2008 after being approved by the Australian Communications and Media Authority on 10 July 2008. The code says that all read more
Safe surfing
Liri's poop | July 6th 2008
I attended a webinar (a seminar held online) and the presenter used scamming as the topic for a brainstorm. Submissions from respondents included 'waste of time', 'loss of dreams', 'annoying', 'parasitic' - you get the picture. The term I came up wit read more
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