Children
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Don't fear the Millennials at work
Insight perspective We've been told today's youngsters will create havoc when they enter the workplace. After working in schools, Richard Leyland tells a different story.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Human resources, Children, Morgan Stanley, motivation, Britain, teacher, social networking, London
Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Education takes off in rural India, helped by PCs
News Computer-assisted education is helping to draw village children back into school, and going a long way toward improving India's literacy rate of 65 percent.
Tags: Local Government, Regulations, IT training, Children, School, India, Computer-aided Learning, Education, Internet Connection, Computer
Dell nurtures a virtual life for youngsters
News Dell unveils Nickelodeon-edition netbook, which may represent change in way next generation develops its social and decision-making skills.
Tags: Web 2.0, Children, Animation, social networking, food, virtual world, decision-making, network, Dell Computer Corp., Netbook
Open education child's best cyber defense
Blogs I have a soon-to-be six-year-old Jack Russell Terrier that has a habit of barking at almost every dog we paw past during...
Microsoft proposes age-limited digital playgrounds
News Company envisions offline identity authenticators creating digital credentials that could prove you are who you say you are on the Internet as part of its Trustworthy Computing initiative.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Microsoft Corp., Children, Identity, Open Source, Scott Charney, Digital Identity, RSA Security Inc., Environment
The lowdown on India's Web 2.0 generation
Blogs India's demographics (50 percent of India's population is below the age of 25 years) has been perceived as both a boon a...
What Y2K can teach us about 2012
Blogs Dec. 21, 2012. It's a big day on the calendar, particularly because some believe it marks the last day of the world as w...
M'sia to censor Internet content
News Malaysia reportedly has plans to filter pornographic Web sites from being viewed in the country, but denies it will police blogs and other sites.
Tags: Regulations, Politics, Policy and management, Singapore, Malaysia, Government, Agence France-Presse, China, Internet, blog
Hacked Web mail accounts used to send spam
News While Websense has seen a rise in spam following the compromise of 30,000 Web mail accounts, security experts are split over how the accounts were breached.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Phishing, security consultant, Security, Sophos Plc., Spam, Keylogging, Password, Websense Inc.
An intelligent alternative to the idiot-box
Blogs I am not exactly a TV buff. In fact, I hardly watch TV. But, when my television conked-off last month, I was the most di...
Is censorship the answer?
Blogs Mention the "c" word in Malaysia these days and all hell breaks loose. Censorship is indeed a highly charged word today,...
Researchers still uncertain whether cellular phones are safe
News Leading scientists gathering in Washington, D.C., this week say more research is needed to once-and-for-all determine whether cell phones pose major health risks.
Tags: Cellular phones, DNA, Conference, Wireless, researcher, scientist, health care, American Cancer Society, Cellular phones
A laptop for every poor child
Insight Confidence molded from privileged beginnings helps Nicholas Negroponte sustain One Laptop per Child initiative and transform to date, learning for 900,000 children.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Development/design, Government, Leadership, Intel Corp., Craig Barrett, Bill Gates, India, One Laptop Per Child Project, Singapore
How modern technology has mis-valued content
Blogs I remember returning to the office from my first few assignments as a rookie reporter, real excited, and eager to write ...
