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Identity Theft Resource Center Rogue/ suspect anti-spyware listing article on Spware ID theft ring SpywareCleaner installs adware
DOPA Jr. COPA Child Online Protection Act . . . federal judge nukes COPA CIPA Children Internet Protection Act CIPA details i-SAFE NetSmartz CyberSmart! StaySafe Don't Believe the Type (for teens) HDOP: Help Delete Online Predators (for parents)
CERIAS Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security
speed tests speed test net dsl report speed test links
keyboarding keyboard shortcut keys ALT key codes and charts
Unix/ Linux/ BSD intro cheat sheet
Active Directory step-by-step guides technical library
blog prezi
64 things geeks should know
Revo Uninstaller and AppRemover (security apps)
Movie reviews for visually-impaired people
good article from Popular Mechanics on how to keep your data safe online, and another article on how to catch hackers on your wireless network (ARP-related exploits)
For the desktop operating system, the state (Maine) will likely skip Windows Vista and leapfrog directly to Windows 7
12 new rules of working you should embrace today
HotKeyBind program that lets you use hotkeys (shortcut key combinations) to do common tasks: opening a web page, launching applications, opening files, shutting down the computer and so on
10 great free downloads for your network and top 10 video conversion services and how to turn your PC into a DVD ripping monster
Microsoft seeks patent for worker "spy" software
malware evolving too fast for antivirus apps
why schools should use free software
what is this web 2.0 stuff? this short video explains it, and here's another
teachers have no right of free speech, especially if they honk for peaceripping monster
Blind Woman Hits Historic Hole-In-One and mugger foiled by blind judo expert
Supreme Court rules against Bong Hits for Jesus kid
essential guide to piracy and a master class in online snooping
students with laptops - bad idea
student charged with hacking school computers, check 3rd or 4th comment, guy sez he's one of the students
Toyota's own in-car operating system and hackers next target: your in-car navigation system
meet Sandy free email assistant nontechnical, focused on productivity (I already like her, she's so cute and friendly-looking!)
Users Who Know Too Much (And the CIOs Who Fear Them) article
blind people could get their best shot yet of restored vision with a more advanced "bionic eye"
how to do secure wireless
funny foreign video about text support
very interesting article about responsible-use policies, academic freedom, and Tor
burn almost any video to DVD
big brother is watching and nobody cares
Instant Messaging 'sex book' is one of the most popular books in the William Floyd Middle School library. . . although parents are upset, the book will remain in the library as the book is very popular with students across the country.
check out this incredible touch screen video
teacher facing up to 40 years in prison after being convicted of exposing students to pornography on a computer at the school (thanx boingboing, and an excellent article at AlterNet)
an amazing blind guy. . . and check out these disabled gentlemen who decide to be strippers, call themselves Crippendales, found it through this article which sez "shows that if someone has the urge to get their kit off as entertainment, it shouldn't make a difference that they're blind or in a wheelchair, as long as they're enjoying themselves".
MacArthur Foundation will give $10 million in grants to individuals and organizations to work on projects that stimulate research in digital media or explore new approaches to educational innovation. The remaining $40 million will be put towards fulfilling the broader aim of connecting researchers, educators, youth, and practitioners in different disciplines (and across sectors). . . article here
report on the phishing pandemic
teacher blames virus for uploading child porn
U.S. homework outsourced as "e-tutoring" grows
an assistant principal sues two 16-year-old students for MySpace posting
surfing a bigger risk than spam to company networks
hackers cash in on hijacked PCs . . . here's a link directly to the source of this crap
2 decades old, the Nigerian 419 scam is at 'epidemic proportions'
California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether
someone who posts
a defamatory comment by another person on the Internet can be sued for
libel.
video: see where the Internet lives
Look at all of these passwords . . .want someone's VeriChat password, here's where to find it
Check out Microsoft's new "voice wreck-o-nition" software (it is certainly not voice recognition)
Web posting worries summer camp directors, "probably the No. 1 issue facing all camp programs", some camps are banning digital cameras . . .watch where you point that camera phone
Computers set to "read our minds"
Should we now protect guys searching myspace.com for girls!? (naw) . . . this video tells story of girls 14 & 15 who robbed a moron (predator?!?) with loaded guns.
Bad: Surfing porn at work. Worse: You work for the State of Oregon. Oh No: Trojan you got from a porn site exposes taxpayer records to the world
OLPC plans to make laptops, at only $100 each, to be distributed to needy school children across the globe. . .the laptops will run on human power.
students' web posting and suspension stirs free speech fight at Kirkwood High
May10, 2006 article on proposed new legislation: Deleting Online Predators Act, or DOPA - - - update August 2, 2006 DOPA enacted by the House . . . they're not gonna wait for the law to be enacted - IL school district will monitor student blogs
small town police department nabs Internet pedophiles
student faces criminal charges for teacher joke on myspace
man jailed for hacking supervisor's PC
using laptops to steal cars Internet2 kids outsmart web filters Frontline program cyberwar!
NY Judge rules surfing net at work OK
Freeburg teacher severely beats student . . . web life may cause scrutiny
school shooting rampage avoided due to MySpace posting