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Internet pretty safe for kids, after all

Report finds social networks aren't a hotbed of predatory adults. by Richard Koman

Tags: Richard Blumenthal, Task Force, Sex Offender, Internet, Corporate Governance, Social Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Facebook faces challenge from sex predators

MySpace isn't the only social networking site to come under fire as a haven of sex offenders, reports Reuters. Facebook is facing a similar crisis, as Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal claimed "at least three" convicted sex offenders hang out on Facebook site -- and that may just be the...

Tags: Facebook, Richard Blumenthal, Sex Offender, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Connecticut's suit against Vonage is less than baseless

Connecticut's suit against Vonage is less than baselessIt's a smokescreen - ask 'who benefits?'The Connecticut suit, where no one has been injured by their own choice to ignore the repeated communications from Vonage, benefits only two parties: the established Telcos, and the Connecticut Department of Revenue which has taxing authority...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., E911, telecommunications company, Richard Blumenthal, SBC

Discussion threads 2005-05-04

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News to know: MySpace-iLike; Gmail; Twitter; Sony Ericsson; Secure smartphones

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: MySpace to acquire social music service iLike for $20 million Matthew Miller: Push Gmail comes to the...

Tags: Google Gmail, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Dana Blankenhorn, Smart Phone, Andrew Nusca, Matthew Miller, Twitter, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), E-mail Providers, E-mail, Research & Development, Cloud Computing, Smart Phones, Hardware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-18

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Facebook has removed 5,500 sex offenders since May

Facebook has removed more than 5,500 convicted sex offenders from its social networking Web site since May, Connecticut's attorney general said yesterday. Richard Blumenthal said the world's largest social networking site, which claims to have more than 175 million active members, reported to his office that 5,585...

Tags: Facebook, Sex Offender, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phones

Dell to launch Android and Windows Mobile phonesWindows = Turn offUse a Linux device OS for crying out loud, goin the 'Windokes' path always leads to a dead end.Blackberry actually works without locking up, rebooting, and draining batteries in 1 day.The concept phone looks like a sad prop to anunder...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, cell phone, Dell Computer Corp., phone, smart phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

MySpace promises stronger safeguards for kids

After years of notoriety as the child predators' social networking site of choice, MySpace has agreed with 49 states plus the District of Columbia to better protect kids from sickos, The Washington Post reports. Among the new protections: better technology to screen out underage users and a commitment to...

Tags: MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-14

First predator arrest via MySpace

Thanks to a joint collaboration between MySpace and state attorneys general, Connecticut authorities made its first arrest of a convicted sex offender, reports the Courant News.Christopher Montefusco 30, of West Haven, was charged with violating parole by creating profiles on the popular social networking site. Authorities believe that there are...

Tags: Law enforcement

Blog posts 2007-06-01

MySpace not cooperative enough for state AGs

Cleaning house at MySpace is proving to be a more difficult task than law enforcement would like, reports the Hartford Courant.Although MySpace says it is doing everything to comply with demands that it cough up information on thousands of convicted sex offenders suspected of using the site, Connecticut Attorney General...

Tags: Law enforcement

Blog posts 2007-05-16

Good intentions aside, lawmakers are stymied by kids who lie about their ages

The Web is a lawless country. Try as politicians might, they just cant put regulations that really work to keep pedophiles and other ner-do-wells from contacting minors on MySpace - because they they havent found a way to keep minors from lying about their ages. The New York Times...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-07

State wants to require age verification for MySpace

All the warnings, pamphlets and assorted educational pep talks about the dangers of social networking are apparently not keeping kids safe for minors. The Connecticut state legislature is taking matters into their own hands. Its proposing a bill to require MySpace.com and other social-networking sites to verify users...

Tags: Social networking, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-07

MySpace: Can software really make it safer?

You don’t have to be an underage minor to fear MySpace.Google News MySpace headlines today:"MySpace phishing scam exposes details of 60,000 users""Suspect posts details of shooting on MySpace""Death row and MySpace""MySpace.com posting leads to man’s arrest"Such headlines are negatively impacting MySpace corporate owner News Corp.I asked Ross Levinsohn last October...

Tags: Web 2.0, Culture, User-Generated Content, MySpace, Social Web, Amateur Content, Brands, Privacy, Social Networking, Social Media

Blog posts 2007-01-18

MySpace to offer spyware for parents

Following continuing pressure from politicians and parts of the media, MySpace is planning to offer parents the chance to download software which will monitor aspects of their childrens activities on the social networking site.The Wall Street Journal reports:Parents who install the monitoring software on their home computers would be able...

Tags: Social Networks, MySpace

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Web 2.0 pay for play: payola, or transparency?

We live in a world propelled by “spin” and driven by opaque, financially motivated relationship webs.From corporations motivated by profits, to not-for-profits with missions to “do good,” and from governments serving citizens, to universities at the service of research, activities occuring at organizations of all types, including Web 2.0 Social...

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Blog posts 2006-07-23

Just how dangerous is MySpace?

Wired News offer "scenes from the MySpace backlash," starting with the story of young Justin Layshock, who created a fake MySpace profile of his principal, Eric Trosch of Hermitage (Pa.) Hickory High School. For "birthday" he listed "too drunk to remember." And for vital stats like eye...

Tags: MySpace

Blog posts 2006-03-06

Connecticut's suit against Vonage is less than baseless

Connecticut is the latest state to sue Vonage for misrepresenting the way in which the service handles "911" calls.Seems to me that Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal instructed his staff to obtain a copy of the Texas suit - and after doing so, did some CPR (cut, paste, rewrite). Then,...

Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.

Blog posts 2005-05-04