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Archive for the 'Computer Hardware' Category
Won’t Somebody Think of Steve Jobs’ Children?!?!

According to the New York Times, MySpace has teamed up with 49 states (the rogue 50th state is not mentioned in the article) to announce a new safety initiative to protect minors from the potential dangers of using their social network.

Among the dozens of measures MySpace has agreed to take, the social network will let parents submit the e-mail addresses of their children, so the company can prevent anyone from using that address to set up a profile. It will also set the profiles of all 16 and 17-year-olds to private, so only their established online friends can visit their pages - essentially creating a “closed” section for users under age 18.

Too bad this new measure won’t actually help the issue. Any net-savvy teen/tween/toddler will take all of 5 minutes to set up another email account on one of the many, many free services out there. Attempts at stopping them is futile, parents should instead supervise their children or make sure they’re aware of the (overly-publicized) dangers of the internet and how to avoid them. I think my feelings on the whole matter are best summed up by this Slashdot member’s comment:

Fake problem, fake solution, everybody’s happy.

On a completely unrelated note, the Macworld keynote speech by Steve Jobs is now over. It was a live blogger’s dream. Here’s the quick and dirty: 4 million iPhones sold since launch, iPhone & iPod Touch will be getting software upgrades, iTunes movie rentals, upgraded Apple TV, and last but not least the new MacBook Air.

Submitted by: Anne Baynes, Assistant Network Administrator
on January 15, 2008 - 2:22 pm

Seems Like Just Yesterday

Gary Price points to a Computer Industry Almanac press release about the 25th anniversary of the introduction of the IBM PC this month. Bottom line: 1.5 billion PCs have been sold worldwide, with a value of more than $3 billion.

On a related(?) note, MTV also turned 25 this month. Now that’s real news.

Submitted by: Dan Giancaterino, Internet Librarian
on August 15, 2006 - 10:18 am

Dell Battery Recall

You may have heard this already, but Dell is recalling batteries that have been overheating and setting laptops on fire. I have one of the potentially affected laptops - but I haven’t turned it off to check the battery yet.

Learn more about this recall and share it with your friends and family (especially if they got their laptop between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006).

Submitted by: Nicole Engard, Former Web Manager
on August 15, 2006 - 9:53 am



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