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Amy Zappo

BBC NEWS | Technology | How the world was connected - 0 views

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    A look at how broadband has spread over the years - relates to our week four discussion
Daniel Sprotte

Obama warns teens of perils of Facebook | Technology | Reuters - 0 views

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    Article on how employers use social networking sites like Facebook to check on potential candidates.
Dawn Orlove

Protect your privacy on Facebook - 0 views

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    I found this interesting
Daniel Sprotte

Libraries Losing Teens - 1/1/2006 - School Library Journal - 0 views

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    Older article on teens and libraries but still interesting
Burks Oakley

Chicago men charged with online harassment - chicagotribune.com - 2 views

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    Interesting article about how the 'net can be used to harass others - cybercrime.
Jack Campbell

White House goes drupal - 0 views

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    The white house is now using the open source web content management platform. It lets you build the website, at the website. Very interactive!
Jack Campbell

Worried about getting a virus while surfing, try linux... - 0 views

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    Some people are ditching windows and making the switch to one of the Linux distros. Nice article on how Linux systems don't get viruses.
Jack Campbell

General website for network security - 0 views

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    Good site to help you keep up with new threats.
Jack Campbell

Tired of your facebook account? - 0 views

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    Want to get rid of your facebook account? Here is a step by step howto on closing your account.
Jack Campbell

Use twitter to promote your website - 0 views

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    A neat howto, on promoting your website using twitter. Hope it helps any of you.
Jeffrey Kendall

Debate: Is text messaging causing the destruction of the English language? - Helium - 0 views

  • They've become so used to this informal language, that they cannot write formally when they need to.
  • If you look at texting as a bad thing towards talking and ruining face to face communication skills, then lets take a look at that. If they're texting you, but won't talk to you face to face, maybe they haven't had very good confrontational skills to begin with, maybe that person wouldn't be talk to you at all if he/she didn't have texting as a way to talk to you.
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    Debate as to whether or not texting is damaging the English language. Good for anyone looking at the effect of the internet on society
Susan Walker

Saturday mail delivery in jeopardy - The Denver Post - 0 views

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    "The Postal Service predicted that first-class mail volume will drop 37 percent by 2020"
Susan Walker

Internet helps foster communication between Iran and U.S. - The New York Times - 0 views

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    Internet and racial relations
Susan Walker

CNN.com - Survey: Many students say cheating's OK - April 5, 2002 - 0 views

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    Academic Cheating on the Internet
Jeffrey Kendall

Topeka 'renames' itself 'Google, Kansas' - CNN.com - 0 views

  • The unusual move comes as several U.S. cities elbow for a spot in Google's new "Fiber for Communities" program. The Web giant is going to install new Internet connections in unannounced locations, giving those communities Internet speeds 100 times faster than those elsewhere, with data transfer rates faster than 1 gigabit per second.
  • Google declined to comment on whether it's taking the whole "Google, Kansas" thing seriously.
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    Good topic for anyone interested in internet infrastructure and private corporations improving national infrastructure.
Jeffrey Kendall

BBC News - Australia introduces web filters - 0 views

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      A noble idea but is it an economically feasible one?
  • "We're yet to hear a sensible explanation of what this policy is for, who it will help, and why it is worth spending so much taxpayers' money on."
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      At what point does this control over content become too much? Does this in any way resemble what China has attempted to do?
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  • The "noble aims" of the filter could be lost in its implementation, he warned.
  • "You have to take extreme caution in how these things are rolled out and the uses to which they're put."
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    Good article for someone interested in Government oversight of internet content.
Burks Oakley

Editorial - Yes, You Owe That Tax - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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      What about local municipalities? They are losing tax revenue as well.
  • They also cost the states billions of dollars a year in lost sales tax revenue — money that cash-starved states cannot afford to forgo.
Clayton Buss

The mobile device - the primary connection tool | - 0 views

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    Video about media convergence. Some information in the video is from PEW reports, but it contains a lot of other interesting statistics. At the end it mentions someone's hypothesis that what technology is in our smartphones now will fit in a blood cell in 25 years.
Aaron Finder

United States Internet Privacy Law Summary and Law Digest - 0 views

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    Used in my second paper
Aaron Finder

Pike & Fischer Internet Law & Regulation | Search Results - 0 views

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    Used in my second paper
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