MySpace defined MySpace is a website that teens and young adults frequently visit and post information about themselves and their friends on. Most teens say that they use MySpace only to keep in touch with their group of friends. However, …[Continue]
What is Spyware and Why Do You Need It?
Spyware is software that tracks computer use. This technology can be used intentionally or unintentionally and it can be used for good or for bad. Most notably it is used for bad, in which case it is sometimes called “malware”. …[Continue]
How Internet Surveys Can Lead to Computer Viruses
It seems like it would be impossible to get a virus by sending something. Viruses usually come from receiving something, right? Often computer users are not as careful as they could be when they are entering information onto online forms. …[Continue]
Need to Know: Teens and Internet Safety
The Internet is the perfect tool for teenagers. It can be a creative form of self-expression and a gateway to information. It provides a way to explore the big bad world without having to leave the comforts of home. It …[Continue]
Tips for Safeguarding Your Privacy and Identity
The Internet provides a great way to network with other people. It also provides a great way to do business. Unfortunately, this great tool can also be used to put you and your identity at risk. There are things that …[Continue]
How to Avoid Sexual Predators on the Internet
The truth is scary. The truth is that there are sexual predators lurking on the Internet. In the newspaper, there are stories all the time about perverted, lawless men caught in Internet stings. These perverted, lawless men were pretending to …[Continue]
How to Install Content Filters on Your Home Computer
As kids become more Internet savvy parents have to be savvier yet to protect them. Probably every Internet user has, at some point, innocently seen something they didn’t want to see. Content filters are a way to protect you self …[Continue]
How to Write Your School Report Without Stumbling onto Stuff You Don’t Want to See
Probably the fastest and easiest way for kids to get information is to get it online. However, if you are just surfing around looking for information by clicking on lots of links to different sites you might just find yourself …[Continue]
