If it were up to Mark Zuckerberg, your Facebook Timeline will literally say, you were born… then you joined Facebook. Now let me be clear… nerds don’t wane nostalgic over trivial things like baby’s first steps, or first words; we care about when you first saw Star Wars or beat Super Mario Bros. So why not nerd-out your Facebook Timeline? Here are some events we’re sure you’ll want to add to make your social life (at least look) complete.
Move Over Helicopter Parents. “iParents” Are Here. . . . A parent’s job is never finished and especially when it comes to keeping up with the technology that children so easily seem to understand. If you’re a parent today, chances are, you’re well aware that your job has grown far beyond making sure homework is completed and everyone gets to school on time. Continue reading »
Robert Lemos has authored this article in InfoWorld. He starts off by quoting Charlie Miller, a security consultant with Accuvant who says about the first iPhone. “It was so insecure, it was bad. Your Web browser ran as root, and there was no sandboxing, no DEP, and no ASLR. It was a hacker’s dream.” Continue reading »
Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shocked the world and possibly the universe this week when he announced that he only eats produce and meat grown in FarmVille.
Continue reading »Bilingual education is lately gaining more interest from people. More parents are looking at the possibility of having their children learn more than the local language to equip them further. And so, more bilingual education program providers were established to cater the growing demand.
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Malware, hacking, phishing and cybercrime is increasing and becoming more intrusive. As the holiday season approaches, be even more vigilant for attacks. Here’s what we found this week:
* FBI : Chilling Case of ‘Sextortion’
* New Variant of Boonana Trojan Discovered
* iPhone open to PayPal phishing scams
* USB Malware Attacks On the Rise
* Internet Explorer 8 malware filtering problem hits users across the Web
* How Malware Authors Fight Off Security Researchers
* Financial malware attacks will escalate
* Internet Explorer Under Attack
* Check download links for malware in Google Chrome
* Phishing Scam Targets World Bank Officials
* Blacklisted After Negative Bill Gates Article
Full story : www.safenetting.com
Joe Showker, ITRT Rockingham County Schools, has passed along these references for kids, students and parents. The online social world isn’t going away, and the perils continue to grow. As we enter the holiday season, provide these to your connected kids at home!
Sometimes you run into situations online that just make you say “hmmmmmmmmm.” Some you cannot figure out. Some you can do something about — others, you can’t. Such is the case with being blocked by ‘the creative cow’ web site.
The rumors were all true, Steve Jobs took the stage at the WWDC and presented the latest version of the iPhone. So, Retrevo asked over 1,000 people (non-Retrevo users) what phone they planned to buy this year and over 20% of the respondents indicated an iPhone. Continue reading »
We haven’t run our Net Neutrality reports for some time, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a festering issue. There have been some developments, and maybe it’s time to get brought up to date.
Continue reading »It’s a never ending battle, and the organized internet crime industry seems to be improving on their technology and their ability to ‘fool’ more people into sharing their secure information. Pass this on …
Continue reading »I’m following along, trying to keep up as best as I can — but the changes are coming at nose-bleed speed these days. Here are just a few of the recent eye-openers I’ve run across in the past month or so that can help us all understand what’s going on.
Continue reading »This Slate article makes the point that The Woz wanted computers that were open and gave user tons of option for working with them. (Like the Apple][ through //e.)
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The Seattle City Council has passed a resolution calling on the state of Washington to create a Do Not Mail Registry giving its citizens the choice to stop receiving unwanted junk mail.
