TTR Ep 35 - Internet Filters and the Federal Election, Microsoft Unified Messaging, iPods too loud, MS Steering wheel catch fire, iPhone hacked.

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DATE : Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:23:31 +1000
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As a parent of a young girls who have already started using the internet, I thought I’d take a personal look at what the Federal Government has on offer when it comes you making the online world just a little bit safer for our kids. Firstly, if your mind has been elsewhere in the past few weeks, the Federal government through the ACMA, have released software which can be downloaded free of charge from the Net Alert website and installed on PCs using Windows 98 through to Vista and Macs using OSX 10.4 or later. Net Alert states: Internet content filter reduces the risk of your family coming into contact with something upsetting or dangerous online. Internet content filters offer a range of different functions to help block, screen and monitor unwelcome material. However, they do not offer total protection and work most effectively in association with a range of strategies to stay safe online. Instead of one application, there are in fact 3 to choose from, Interguard, OptiNet, and Safe Eyes. So you have to do a bit of research to find out which one works best for your environment, and we’ll talk about these later in the show. All in all, the site is well presented and easy to navigate – a plus for non net savvy parents. If you consider yourself a luddite when it comes to computers and the internet your not alone, To find out more about the online world – which as a parent you should, the first place to visit on the Net Alert website is the Advice section where you can download a parents guide, or even read it online if don’t know how to download it. This document runs a dozen or so pages, and talks about potential online dangers, and highlights ten things you can do right now to help your children stay safe online. It even explains commonly used terms such as Chat rooms, peer to peer file sharing and Spam. As a parent, you’re responsible for your kids until their 18 years of age, and this includes what they do online. As kids grow and learn, they adapt quite easily to the new technologies, and most use it for good rather than evil, but unfortunately, there are a few who choose to bully classmates from afar. This can include things like identity theft, through to SMS taunts at 3 in the morning, and as a parent of a child who goes down this path, you are legally responsible for their actions. The last thing you want is a visit by boys and girls in blue, informing you of what your child has been up to online. So do it for yourself, and do it for your kids. Get informed, and get online. It’ll open up a whole new world of possibilities. This week on Tech Talk Radio A phone company misleading consumers – never. What is unified messaging and what does it mean to me? Australia’s Smart Card is too smart by half and The PC Game market grows 50percent in 4 years

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