British Telecom's new Net-filtering tool is blocking more than 20,000 attempts to access child pornography a day, Reuters reports. BT said there is no way to tell how many users are going to such sites by accident. The filtering technology, which only blocks illegal child porn sites (not adult content in general), is called "Cleanfeed." BT uses it for its 2.5 million retail (non-business) … [Read more...] about BT’s scary child-porn data
Kid Net-safety tools reviewed
Reviews of online-kid-protection software and services are few and far between these days, so hats off to PC Magazine for keeping online families up to date on what's available. Echoing what all online-kids advocates are saying, its intro says porn isn't parents' only worry. Besides the relatively rare sexual-predator danger (see "Rethinking 'stranger danger'," 6/11), there's the infinitely more … [Read more...] about Kid Net-safety tools reviewed
Kids’ own digital DJ
He calls us parents "the wrinklies," but that's ok - it's all in fun. He's Rick Adams, DJ for AOL's live (3-7pm Eastern) Internet radio show for kids at Radio KOL (for AOL members only), and 1 million 6-to-14-year-olds listen to him every weekday, the Washington Post reports. "They email and instant-message him, they badger him for giveaways, they send their shout-outs to friends and family, and … [Read more...] about Kids’ own digital DJ
Broadband: Family-life essential?
To some families, having high-speed Internet access is like having electricity and running water. In her readable way, the New York Times's Katie Hafner shows what life is like in households that have had broadband connections for years. She talked to families in Scripps Ranch, "a sprawling development of about 12,000 homes at the northeast corner of San Diego" and one of Time Warner's first test … [Read more...] about Broadband: Family-life essential?
P2P: The next generation
Napster came first and Kazaa represented the 2nd generation. Notice the past tense. Parents of file-sharers may want to know that next-generation BitTorrent has surpassed former file-sharing leader Kazaa, CNET reports. Citing a detailed worldwide survey by UK network management company CacheLogic, CNET says BitTorrent now accounts for 53% of all peer-to-peer traffic, which is "skyrocketing," … [Read more...] about P2P: The next generation