Technology / Tags / Safety

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:26am neoform

BBC News -- Facebook is to add a slew of new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyber bullies. At the heart of the changes are efforts to ban convicted sex offenders from the site and finding better ways to verify users' ages and identities... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Apr 7, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

MSNBC -- On a screen at the front of a classroom, Gene Fishel flashed an online social-networking profile of "hotlilflgirl," which said she was 15, enjoys being around boys and wants to meet new people. The next image revealed the real "hotlilflgirl" — a mug.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Jan 21, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- The company that flew the first privately funded manned rocket into space has been cited in connection with an explosion last year that killed three workers, California safety officials said Friday. Scaled Composites LLC failed to properly train worker.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 8:31am neoform

MSNBC -- To address the kinds of security concerns raised by the Virginia Tech shootings, colleges and universities are installing communication systems to alert thousands of students at a time about potential threats. They’re beefing up threat assessment tra.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Dec 27, 2006 @ 9:58am mrmdc

Ars Technica -- The CA/Browser Forum wants to bring increased safety to web banking and e-commerce by developing a new digital certificate that can better verify a site's legitimacy. The technology is already included in Internet Explorer 7 and Opera 8 and certainly loo.. Read More