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Craigslist prank costs man thousands of dollars
Seeded on Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:51 PM EDT ()
The classified ads popped up Saturday afternoon on the Web site saying the owner of a home in the 7900 block of Sterling Creek Road was forced to leave the area suddenly and that his belongings, including a horse, were free for the taking, said Jackson County sheriff's Detective …
Internet audience makes bullies more violent - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz
Seeded on Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:41 PM EDT (Stuff.co.nz)
School bullies are becoming more violent, egged on by a mass cellphone and internet audience, according to a new documentary on bullying. But parents might not realise the extent of bullying because schools are overprotective about their strategies for dealing with it and exagge …
Five-year-olds should be taught about online safety, say Tories (UK)
Seeded on Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:12 PM EDT (The Times)
Issues such as privacy, information security, and the risks posed by posting photographs online would all be addressed as part of the compulsory ICT curriculum, which is introduced at Key Stage 1, the Conservatives said.
Education 'as effective as internet filtering' (Oz)
Seeded on Mon Mar 3, 2008 3:04 PM EST (Australian News Network)
BETTER education about online safety would be just as effective as internet filtering to prevent children from accessing inappropriate material on the web, according to a report by Australia's communications watchdog.
EU Ranks Child Safety Software
Seeded on Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:15 PM EST (BBC News)
Parents eager to control what their children see online, and who they meet during their excursions into cyberspace, are spoilt for choice. Yet, although many are ready to pay the price if it makes their children safer, many are finding it hard to know who to trust.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Malicious programs hit new high
Seeded on Fri Feb 8, 2008 4:23 AM EST (BBC News)
Reports vary but some estimates suggest there were five times as many variants of malicious programs in circulation in 2007 compared to 2006.
New rootkit hides in hard drive's boot record
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 6:03 PM EST ()
This is a serious threat, says Friedrichs, and illustrates the skill of some cybercriminals. "Although the concept [of a MBR rootkit] isn't new, it's not easy to pull this off," he says.
Napier home targeted by aggressive teenage girls
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:56 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)
Their daughters were the subject of rumours and had been bullied and threatened on their Bebo website pages. Rather matter of fact mention of cyberbullying related to an extremely serious case of harassment.
Caught in the net
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:50 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
It might seem like a great idea to post pictures of yourself snogging a policeman at New Year's Eve celebrations, getting semi-naked in a spa or partaking in myriad nefariously fun activities that were replicated around the nation.
Job seekers told: Don't put your secrets on the net
Seeded on Wed Jan 9, 2008 3:44 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)
Sam Morgan, founder and managing director of Trade Me, said a "pretty significant trend" had developed with employers using the kind of information easily gleaned from the sites to vet potential employees.
Survey finds teen girls copying internet porn sex acts (Oz)
Seeded on Tue Jan 8, 2008 8:06 PM EST (Australian News Network)
ONE in five teenage girls deliberately accesses porn on the internet, encouraging some to engage in explicit sex, according to a leading teen psychologist.
Cyber thieves target social sites
Seeded on Thu Jan 3, 2008 2:47 PM EST (BBC News)
Social Networking --> Social Engineering. Criminals will exploit social networking sites in 2008 to enhance social engineering attacks as it is easier and more reliable than exploiting operating system vulnerabilities.
Warning sounded over 'flirting robots' | Beyond Binary - A blog by Ina Fried - CNET News.com
Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:03 PM EST (CNET News.com)
The artificial intelligence of CyberLover's automated chats is good enough that victims have a tough time distinguishing the "bot" from a real potential suitor, PC Tools said. The software can work quickly too, establishing up to 10 relationships in 30 minutes, PC Tools said.
TV3 Breakfast video discusses public views on personal information
Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:03 PM EST ()
TV3 video clip covering the Unisys survey which investigated how people felt about giving over their personal information.
Kiwi cyber safety advances on show
Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:30 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
New Zealand's innovative advances in cyber safety are being presented to the world at an international technology conference in Malaysia next week.
Bebo gives network 'social media' focus
Seeded on Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:49 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
Founders Michael and Xochi Birch, who visited Auckland last week Nice of them to stop by given the good press we constantly give them ...
Facebook Beacon is off!
Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 6:14 PM EST (Romantic-Future | Facebook)
Mark Zuckerberg's blog about why and how Beacon can now be shut off completely
Nokia's unlimited music offer
Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 3:09 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
The world's biggest cellphone maker announced a deal on Tuesday with top record label Universal that will give customers buying particular Nokia devices unlimited access to millions of tracks for a year and allow them to keep the music afterwards.
Bebo, TradeMe top Kiwi Google searches
Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:59 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
Kiwis have googled for MySpace-rival Bebo more than any other search term so far in 2007. Data just released from Google shows "TradeMe" and "YouTube" were the next most commmonly searched for terms on the google.co.nz website, followed by Hotmail and Gmail. Why is Bebo being g …
'Kill switch' dropped from Vista
Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:37 PM EST (BBC News)
Change of tactics from Microsoft... They won't lose access to functionality or features, but it will be very clear to them that their copy of Window Vista is not genuine and they need to take action." Microsoft has described the new approach as a "change of tactics".
Facebook admits Beacon tracks logged-off users
Seeded on Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:29 PM EST ()
Follow up to earlier story. Facebook haven't deleted the app, just tweaked it.
Games content 'concerns parents'
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 8:28 PM EST (BBC News)
More than 75% of parents are concerned about the content of video games played by their children, a survey found
Weapon of maths destruction no more
Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:43 PM EST (Stuff.co.nz)
Story about a high school maths teachers who texts maths problems to his students to get them thinking about maths anytime, day or evening.
PM's texts 'insult' to Queen
Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:17 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)
Prime Minister Helen Clark has been accused of insulting the Queen by text messaging while the monarch was making a speech. It's pretty hard to talk to teens about text etiquette with role models like this ;)
Police join Bebo - 28 Nov 2007 - NZ Herald: New Zealand National news
Seeded on Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:01 PM EST (New Zealand Herald)
Blenheim police have set up a profile on popular internet site Bebo to reach out to the community. Constable Dan Mattison says it is an avenue for people to pass on information anonymously.
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