Exposing Children to Technology?

Exposing Children to Technology?: "LabelThis asks: 'While I'm not a huge fan of immersing children in technology, there is a certain point at which you must expose them to the tools that will help them be successful in the world.'"

Good question from one of the readers of slashdot -- what sorts of technologies do you expose your children to, your students to? What guidelines should families, schools, and teachers use to determine how much or how little technology children should be exposed to. I echo this author's experience in that computers were made available to me at a very young age and that decision by my parents dramatically influenced my life and calling. What do you think?

So how 'bout a Mac version of Groove?

Ok, Macintosh Business Unit, now that Groove is part of the fold, it's time start working on a Mac version of Groove.

How secure is Skype?

Does Skype offer "best-in-class" Security? "... a balanced reader would draw the conclusion that Skype relative to other VoIP products, ISDN and the phone system is already very secure."

Enterprise collaboration with blogs and wikis

Greg passed this one on to me. Great article on the difference between blogs and wikis and how they can facilitate collaboration in the enterprise. Beware though before you open up an official employee blog service without thinking through the implications.

You Can Run Firefox, But You Can't Take the IE Out of Windows

You Can Run Firefox, But You Can't Take the IE Out of Windows

Groovin'

Groove Networks is an amazing P2P collaboration tool that enables individuals dispersed all over to collaborate in a secure way. The first time that I heard about the software was on NPR in store about how NGOs and the military are using Groove to collaborate and communicate.

Groove use in education

Groove Networks - Customers - Case Studies is a set of case studies on the use of Groove in Education.

User education not the key to security

User Education Is Not the Answer to Security Problems (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox): "Internet scams cannot be thwarted by placing the burden on users to defend themselves at all times. Beleaguered users need protection, and the technology must change to provide this. "

Nielsen challenges again with a perspective that puts the onus on the enterprise to manage the environment for users.

Honeypot Project: Know Your Enemy

The Honeynet Project has an article called Know Your Enemy...The purpose of this paper is to make you ask the question "Why is no one hacking Linux anymore?"

Kenyan school using handhelds

BBC NEWS | Technology | Kenyan school turns to handhelds:
The E-slates are replacing school books in one Kenyan school
At the Mbita Point primary school in western Kenya students click away at a handheld computer with a stylus.

How safe is your desktop?

DenverPost.com - BUSINESS

How secure is your computer?

“Honey pot” experiment shows unprotected Windows SP 1 at risk

A Windows computer without the latest security patches is in big trouble.

Google Desktop Search

The Google Desktop Search Tool
provides a new way to search (and I'd imagine index) information on your computer. I'm going to give it a try.

Sun Changes Support Policies - OSNews.com

Sun Changes Support Policies - OSNews.com

Sun is changing their support policies...those without support contracts will be unable to access the full range of documentation that used to be available to all. While it makes sense from a business standpoint it further emphasizes how the advantages of Sun are becoming harder and harder to differentiate at the level we are at. Linux on Intel is better than good enough.

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