An Aug. 2 article in Information Week discusses the legal and financial issues facing libraries, schools and social network sites, if the Deleting Online Predators Act becomes law. From the article — Libraries and schools could be required to limit access to certain Web sites if the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), which recently cleared […]
WikiHow has an excellent “how-to” entry on surfing the web and communicating online anonymously. A number of options are included in the how-to: from using public proxies in your web browser to using free anonymous surfing web sites and software. You can read the how-to on anonymous web surfing @ How to Surf the Web […]
In what could be one of the more unusual identity theft stories that we have ever read, the Associated Press is reporting on a waitress that was handed her own driver’s license, when she carded a female patron. From the article — WESTLAKE, Ohio — Maybe she should have paid better attention to her server. […]
Once again, the information posted on social networking sites like MySpace, FaceBook and Friendster continues to aid law enforcement officials and investigators. The following Star News article details how an investigation that resulted from information and pictures that were posted in an online social network led to the confiscation of over 2,000 marijuana plants. Even […]
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We switched our web browser from Internet Explorer to Firefox a long time ago, due to the better stability, security and customization available with the free, open-source Firefox browser. In addition, Firefox has a large number of user-created extensions that you can add to the browser to aid your online web searching and research. This […]
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