The goal of Rock the Vote, MTV's non-partisan partner, is to get 20 million 18-to-24-year-olds to the polls this US presidential election year, and it figures technology can only help. First it reached people via mobile phones (see RTV Mobile and its Mobile Photo Blog, which covered the Democratic National Convention last month). Now it's IM. According to Wired News, RTV is using Rock the … [Read more...] about Tech appeal to young voters
Student-eye-view of P2P
University students may be changing their downloading habits but not their mindsets, according to the California Aggie, news site of the University of California, Davis. One freshman stopped downloading at school for fear of repercussions but said she continues file-sharing at home; another student "said he downloads without regard for copyrights to 'stick it to the man'." Still, the number of … [Read more...] about Student-eye-view of P2P
Bullying chat shut down
A UK teen online community was shut down because of allegations that it was being used by bullies to victimize children, The Register reports. Mouth2mouth.tk, "which claims to be the 'largest online teen community' in North London and Hertfordshire ... contained death threats and racist comments, according to anti-bullying charity, Bullying Online. The organization had received complaints from … [Read more...] about Bullying chat shut down
AOL’s low-cost connecting
Starting this month America Online will help low-income and minority households get connected by selling low-cost PCs with a year of dial-up Net service, Reuters reports. AOL says it hopes to attract the 27% of US homes comprised of seniors, African Americans, and Hispanics who don't own a computer. Reuters cites AOL figures showing that, with 2 million members, the ISP's Latino service, launched … [Read more...] about AOL’s low-cost connecting
19-year-old worm writer
Jeffrey Parson pleaded guilty in a federal court in Seattle to creating a variant of the MS Blaster worm, Australian IT reports. The Minnesota teenager "admitted to intentionally causing and attempting to cause damage to a protected computer by authoring and spreading a version of the worm that spread rapidly on the internet, clogging computer networks, including Australian ones." He faces 18 … [Read more...] about 19-year-old worm writer