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Good reference for those writing about illegal downloads

This website gives facts about the Childrens Internet Protection Act.

This site contains information regarding the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and its requirements for schools and public libraries.

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Found this while accessing my Netscape account to clear out junk e-mail. Very interesting.

Thought some of the stats they found on those who think music downloading should be legal/illegal was interesting and relevent to our topic

This article from the Illinois Statehouse News talks about how Govener Pat Quinn signed the new "Sexting" law. It states that under this law minors under the age of 18 who have been caught "sexting" have to go before a judge and could face community service, supervision, and counseling.

Front page of WSJ today addresses valuations of the social networks and offerings to buy Twitter. The article questions the valuations of these companies. I thought it might be of special interest to those of us majoring in business/accounting/finance.

Interesting read and statistical analysis of how race factors into internet usage and e-commerce businesses.

This article has information on creating HTML Codes, passwords, etc.

This Valentine's Day article relates how a NY bakery kept business brisk during recent bad weather. Using Facebook and Twitter to remind customers of the hot drinks they serve and offering coupons helped out. The write-up also mentions a change in marketing Spot Dessert took by hiring a PR firm that would lead them into the social media as part of their advertising and communications with customers. People who frequent there are encouraged to join the fun by adding photos of their food or answering questions posted on the site. The general manager of the bakery is quoted as saying, "we wanted to create a personality around our brand." After reading this article, my response is "Mission Accomplished!"

Very interesting article about how the Egyptian Government pulled the plug. Also talks about legislation in the US Congress that would give the President authority to pull the plug on us.

Palm Beach County students take advantage of cyberspace education

A good summary of the latest Pew Internet report - reasons that Americans are turning to the Internet during this recession.

This short article hits on a small portion of our course discussion material for the week-- academic integrity in online education. The article discusses some of the issues with cheating online, and makes some suggestions as to who the responsibility falls on. It also brings up some less-known issues surrounding online education, such as "diploma mills" and universities' negligence of their online students. Enjoy!

Mark, I found this article interesting. I totally agree that online learning has opened new avenues for con-men. I see ads and get spam mail regarding online degrees. I disagree with the last section on the cost of the online classes. Burks addressed this issue in a reply to someone on our class discussion board. It is more expensive than we realize to run an online class program. I wish I could call to mind some of the cost issues involved. Perhaps Burks will comment on this.

An issue that has come to light recently is that some people may have been framed for having child pornography by viruses that downloaded the content. Yet another reason to make sure you don't get viruses!

Because were talking about Online Streaming right now, I thought this was an interesting article to just tell you how online streaming has really come popular especially for events like this one.

This is an article which discusses campuses in Massachusetts that want to have emergency alerts sent to students after the attacks on the Virginia Tech campus.

This article talks about the consequences legally and emotionally of sexting.

It looks like the texting generation has nothing to worry about as these phones get faster all the time. After reading this I wondered, should I upgrade my phone or wait six months and something else will come out.