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Simple Passwords Remain Popular, Despite Risk of Hacking - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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"According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like "abc123," "iloveyou" or even "password" to protect their data."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"According to a new analysis, one out of five Web users still decides to leave the digital equivalent of a key under the doormat: they choose a simple, easily guessed password like "abc123," "iloveyou" or even "password" to protect their data."</div>

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Text Messages in China to Be Scanned for 'Illegal Content' - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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control politics and government China ITGS texting mobile device mobile phone mobiles

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""It really is quite a program to seize control of all the new forms of media, one by one," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor and publisher of Danwei.org, an English-language Web site about the Chinese media and Internet that is currently blocked in China. "It has been a bad half year for censorship.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""It really is quite a program to seize control of all the new forms of media, one by one," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor and publisher of Danwei.org, an English-language Web site about the Chinese media and Internet that is currently blocked in China. "It has been a bad half year for censorship.""</div>

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If Your Kids Are Awake, They're Probably Online - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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ITGS arts entertainment and leisure people and machines addiction mobile device

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"heavy media use is associated with several negatives, including behavior problems and lower grades. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"heavy media use is associated with several negatives, including behavior problems and lower grades. "</div>

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Fall Planting and Tree Shelters for Reforestation in the East Washington Cascades - 0 views

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probes science and the environment

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Captioning and Transcribing Media | Accessibility | Computing @ UW-Madison - 0 views

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captions can be open, closed, or both. Closed captions are a technique of displaying synchronized captioned text only when the user desires it. Open captions include the same text as closed captions, but the captions are a permanent part of the picture, and cannot typically be turned off.
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  Key Terms: Open Captions Closed Captions
  
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BBC NEWS | Programmes | Moneybox | Bank upgrade is excluding blind - 2 views

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"Visually impaired customers of American Express say they can no longer read their credit card statements online. In December Amex changed its format for UK statements from HTML to Portable Document Format or PDF. However, it failed to encode the new PDF documents so they could be read by "screen readers," special software used by blind or partially sighted people. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Visually impaired customers of American Express say they can no longer read their credit card statements online. In December Amex changed its format for UK statements from HTML to Portable Document Format or PDF. However, it failed to encode the new PDF documents so they could be read by "screen readers," special software used by blind or partially sighted people. "</div>

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Helping the deaf to 'see sound' - 0 views

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assistive technologies disability and ICT deaf sound 1.7_equality_access

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"Deaf children have been testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves. Called Lumisonic the software translates sound waves into circles that radiate on a display. It creates a real time representation of sound and is designed to elicit responses quickly in the human brain. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Deaf children have been testing software that enables them to see a visual representation of sound waves. Called Lumisonic the software translates sound waves into circles that radiate on a display. It creates a real time representation of sound and is designed to elicit responses quickly in the human brain. "</div>

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Disability no barrier to gaming - 5 views

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assistive technologies disability and ICT gaming games 1.7_equality_access

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"Kuniholm is a biomechanics researcher at Duke University who lost his arm in an explosion while serving in Iraq. His efforts at Guitar Hero are more than just fun and games. He is trying out a system developed by Jacob Vogelstein and Robert Armiger of the Applied Physics lab at Johns Hopkins University who hope to use games like Guitar Hero to train people to use prosthetic limbs."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Kuniholm is a biomechanics researcher at Duke University who lost his arm in an explosion while serving in Iraq. His efforts at Guitar Hero are more than just fun and games. He is trying out a system developed by Jacob Vogelstein and Robert Armiger of the Applied Physics lab at Johns Hopkins University who hope to use games like Guitar Hero to train people to use prosthetic limbs."</div>

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BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Guide dog GPS device up for award - 0 views

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"Jason Perkins, 34, talked to blind people in Cardiff to develop a handset that tells users which way to turn by vibrating their index or ring finger. Owners hold the GPS device in the same hand as their guide dog's lead. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Jason Perkins, 34, talked to blind people in Cardiff to develop a handset that tells users which way to turn by vibrating their index or ring finger. Owners hold the GPS device in the same hand as their guide dog's lead. "</div>

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Sat-nav to aid disabled motorists - 1 views

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"Gowrings Mobility - a specialist in adapted vehicles - is marketing the BB Nav, developed by Navevo. The system contains a database of Blue Badge parking bays, accessible toilets, disabled-friendly petrol stations and accessible accommodation. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Gowrings Mobility - a specialist in adapted vehicles - is marketing the BB Nav, developed by Navevo. The system contains a database of Blue Badge parking bays, accessible toilets, disabled-friendly petrol stations and accessible accommodation. "</div>

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Emergency text system goes live - 1 views

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"Trials are under way of a UK service allowing people to contact emergency services by text message. The system is aimed at people who cannot make normal voice calls to the 999 service due to disability"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Trials are under way of a UK service allowing people to contact emergency services by text message. The system is aimed at people who cannot make normal voice calls to the 999 service due to disability"</div>

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Audio labels to help blind people - 0 views

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"A device that allows blind people to attach and read audio labels on everyday objects has gone on show. The PenFriend uses minute barcodes which - when scanned by a digital pen - trigger MP3 files recorded on the unit."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A device that allows blind people to attach and read audio labels on everyday objects has gone on show. The PenFriend uses minute barcodes which - when scanned by a digital pen - trigger MP3 files recorded on the unit."</div>

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BBC NEWS | Health | The robot guiding Tom's writing - 5 views

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""There aren't enough therapists available for the number of children who have movement difficulties in the UK," said Professor Mon-Williams. "So increasingly we need to move towards assisted technologies to fill the gap." He said that in the past it had been assumed that children like Tom would 'grow out' of their dyspraxia, but this has turned out not to be the case."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""There aren't enough therapists available for the number of children who have movement difficulties in the UK," said Professor Mon-Williams. "So increasingly we need to move towards assisted technologies to fill the gap." He said that in the past it had been assumed that children like Tom would 'grow out' of their dyspraxia, but this has turned out not to be the case."</div>

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BBC News - YouTube introduces automatic captions for deaf viewers - 0 views

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disability and ICT assistive technologies captions youtube deaf 1.7_equality_access

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"Vint Cerf, vice president at Google, is widely recognised as a founding father of the internet. He is also hard of hearing and has worn a hearing aid since the age of 13. "One of the big challenges of the video medium is whether it can be made accessible to everyone," he told news agency AFP. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Vint Cerf, vice president at Google, is widely recognised as a founding father of the internet. He is also hard of hearing and has worn a hearing aid since the age of 13. "One of the big challenges of the video medium is whether it can be made accessible to everyone," he told news agency AFP. "</div>

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BBC News - How online life distorts privacy rights for all - 2 views

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"People who post intimate details about their lives on the internet undermine everybody else's right to privacy, claims an academic."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"People who post intimate details about their lives on the internet undermine everybody else's right to privacy, claims an academic."</div>

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BBC News - France considers tax for Google, Yahoo and Facebook - 0 views

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BBC News - Poorer pupils to be given free laptops - 0 views

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education politics and government equality of access laptops computers

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"A scheme to give free laptops to pupils from poor backgrounds is being rolled out to 270,000 families in England."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A scheme to give free laptops to pupils from poor backgrounds is being rolled out to 270,000 families in England."</div>

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BBC News - Computer game gives taste of life as an MP - 0 views

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"Young people are to get a "virtual taste" of life as an MP, as Parliament launches its own computer game. Commons Speaker John Bercow is targeting MP for a Week at 11 to 14-year-olds interested in politics. Players experience the daily life of a backbencher and are scored according to the judgements they make. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Young people are to get a "virtual taste" of life as an MP, as Parliament launches its own computer game. Commons Speaker John Bercow is targeting MP for a Week at 11 to 14-year-olds interested in politics. Players experience the daily life of a backbencher and are scored according to the judgements they make. "</div>

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BBC News - Data losses to incur fines of up to £500,000 - 0 views

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"The Information Commissioner's Office will be able to issue fines of up to £500,000 for serious data security breaches. The new rule is expected to come into force in the UK on 6 April 2010. It has been approved by Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Information Commissioner's Office will be able to issue fines of up to £500,000 for serious data security breaches. The new rule is expected to come into force in the UK on 6 April 2010. It has been approved by Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice. "</div>

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BBC News - Security experts say Google cyber-attack was routine - 0 views

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