Tech Tips: Protecting Kids Online Begins With Sheltered Searching and Surfing
The Internet has emerged as a revolutionary educational tool, providing children with access to an instant, open and evolving encyclopedia of limitless knowledge. But the Web also introduces kids to -- and assails them with -- knowledge best learned at a later date, or perhaps never at all. Since search engines serve as the first intermediary between kids and an unending array of porn, profanity ...
A new 'Stop. Think. Connect.' public service announcement from RSA (the security division of tech firm EMC) aims to educate kids about the importance of online awareness. Its intentions are honorable, but -- given the video's Kid 'N Play style -- it seems that RSA's creative team is a bit out of touch. What, was DJ Lance already booked? Check out the sweet hand-jam at 1:15, after the break. ...
Victims of cybercrimes are often quite angry about being hacked and snookered. That's not surprising. What might come as a bit of a shock is that most aggrieved blame themselves. According to a survey from Symantec, 54-percent of those who had fallen prey to Internet scams and attacks said they should have been "more careful," while 12-percent said the security breach was entirely their own fault. ...
We weren't surprised to see Ron Jeremy in Vegas -- after all, the Adult Entertainment Expo was just down the road -- but we were taken aback to find him and his massive... personality on the CES floor. Matched against emo-haired "porn pastor" Craig Gross, Jeremy entered into The Great Porn Debate to discuss the role of skin flicks in society and the necessity of Internet filters for preventing ...








