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An interesting data visualisation example about freedom and online censorship

Can be used with ITA. Suggested to the ITA list by Claudia Graham.

"Welcome to Nelson Information Technology" - A website for a text book publisher.

Publish the VCE IT and ITA textbook.

"The 2011-2014 VCE Information Technology Study Design"

VCAA webpages for ITA Unit 3 and 4 study design, assessment and support material.

"Kitted out with a miniature Raspberry Pi computer for a heads-up display (HUD) integrated in an external helmet, two Mikrotik routers, wireless sniffing and attack tools, GPS and a netbook, the motorcycle is able to detect wireless access points and plot them on Google Maps."

"You're in intensive care at a hospital when the lights go out and the heating turns up. Meanwhile, doctors trying to get you to an operating theatre have been trapped in elevators for almost an hour as hackers take control. Experts are warning that this fictitious scenario is all too plausible after two researchers discovered in Australia 653 computer-based building management systems attached to the public internet."

"Here are some animated GIF's to help explain basic Ethernet operation, below each one is a description of what is happening. "

"This is the complete index to our entire series of free CompTIA Network+ training course videos. All of our CompTIA Network+ training videos are completely free; watch all of our videos online."

"Did Toy story 2 ever have the chance of vanishing?"

Web giants like Google and Amazon are notoriously secretive about what goes on inside the worldwide network of data centers that serve up their sweeping collection of web services. They call it a security measure, but clearly, they also see these facilities as some sort of competitive advantage their online rivals mustn't lay eyes on.

Forget the fancy problem-solving methodologies you learned in school. Here's how IT pros solve problems in the real world.

You share music, rip DVDs, make Hitler whine about your first world problems and much more in the course of your regular online activities - and more often than not, you do these things without giving a thought to the fact that you're actually breaking the law. Here's a look at how you're inevitably circumventing copyright law, and what you can do to protect yourself.

the Pwn Plug is pretty much the last thing you ever want to find on your network - unless you've hired somebody to put it there. It's a tiny computer that comes preloaded with an arsenal of hacking tools. It can be quickly plugged into any computer network and then used to access it remotely from afar.

"There are many teacher contributed resources which you can search in a number of ways: keyword, popular resources, new resources, cloud tag, or category. Members may wish to share a resource by clicking on the "add a resource button" and filling the details. You may also help others with their selection by commenting on the value of the resource to your teaching and learning. Members must be logged in to access resources."

VITTA eKnowledge resource portal

"It's easy to get caught up in the implementation details of a Web site design project and lose sight of the hands-on user perspective. Calvin Sun airs a few user experience grievances that can alienate site visitors - permanently."

ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com has been created to help the average person check if their password(s) may have been compromised and need to be changed. This site uses a number of databases that have been released by hackers to the public. No passwords are stored in the ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com database.