Do you know what your kids are saying online?

 
I’ve been using the Internet now for – oh, at least ten years now, a normal progression from bulletin boards.  This love for all things Internet developed primarily because of our host Andrew McColm’s patient handholding during my initial foray into this strange new world.  “Yes, Lid, Telix will let you talk to the BBS…No [...]

Odds & Ends from Silicon Valley

ZAMZAR Free Online File Conversion 
You can convert various files, document, image, audio and video in ZAMZAR’s new free online file converter.  It will convert document types – csv, doc, odp, ods, odt, pdf, ppt, xls – image types – .bmp, gif, jpg, tiff, ps – audio types – ac3, au, m4a, mp3, ogg, wav, wma, [...]

How safe are our kids online, and what of cyber bullies?

If there’s one thing that that will always be a part of school life, it’s the school bully. We’ve all come across them in our time, and I’m sure you can still put a name to at least one from primary or secondary school. Tonight on Tech Talk Radio, we’re going to take a look [...]

Silicon Valley Stuff – November 6, 2006

Bomb Explodes at eBay Headquarters in San Jose
As the trick or treaters were getting ready to go out on Halloween, PayPal employees were running out of their building in San Jose.
Story by CBS 5 here
Thanks to Valleywag – read exclusive IM’s from an eBayer inside the building here.
The United States Election 2006
Odd, but the US [...]