September 2010

Report: 95% of Email is Spam: Threats Aimed at Facebook & Children’s Searches

September 30, 2010 // 0 Comments

55% of malware are Trojans (Source: Panda Labs) Panda Labs 3rd Quarter 2010 threat report (PDF) found that 95% of all email is spam. It also said that Trojans constituted [...]

Digital Citizenship Includes Rights as Well as Responsibilities

September 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid (this article was originally posted in November, 2011 but updated in May, 2013) A lot of people have been talking about “digital citizenship” [...]

New rules upgrade broadband for schools and libraries

September 26, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid This article originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News The Federal Communications Commission last week approved new rules for the E-Rate program that [...]

Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook Privacy & Kids on Facebook

September 25, 2010 // 0 Comments

On May 26, 2010 Facebook announced sweeping changes to its privacy policies. On that day, SafeKids.com founder Larry Magid sat down with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to [...]

Experts say Stuxnet worm could be state-sponsored (podcast)

September 24, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid This article first appeared on CNET News.com Worm goes after power plants, pipelines and other facilities The Stuxnet computer worm that may have been designed [...]

FCC Modernizes E-Rate for Schools and Libraries

September 23, 2010 // 0 Comments

It’s time to modernize school technology (Credit: London School of Economics, 1981 — via Flickr Creative Commons) The Federal Communications Commission on [...]

FCC Chair on E-Rate and Net Neutrality

September 23, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid September 23, 2010 (this article originally appeared on CNET News.com) As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski is playing a [...]

McAfee: Our shortened URLs are safer (post + podcast)

September 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid Anyone who has used Twitter has seen those shortened URLs from TinyURL.com, Bitly, and other such services. The advantage of those shortened URLs is that they [...]

Extensive Directory Maintained By California Educator Anne Bubnic Provides Easy Access to Internet Safety Programs Worldwide

September 21, 2010 // 0 Comments

ConnectSafely.org, which is a sister-site of SafeKids.com, is now home to the most comprehensive directory of online safety resources in North America. This important, [...]

Location-based services can be used safely

September 20, 2010 // 0 Comments

For better or worse, today’s cell phones not only know where their users are located but have technology that can broadcast that information to friends and authorities. [...]

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