Description: The encryption used by many websites to prevent eavesdropping on their interactions with visitors is not very secure. This technology is in use when Web addresses start with “https” (in which “s” stands for secure) and a closed lock icon appears on Web browsers. Source: Globe&Mail Date: April 7, 2011 The Electronic Frontier Foundation,… Read more »
Posts Categorized: IS ethics
Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss
Description: IN early 2009, statisticians inside the Googleplex here embarked on a plan code-named Project Oxygen — What makes a good manager? Source: NYTimes.com Date: March 12, 2011 They wanted to build better bosses. So, as only a data-mining giant like Google can do, it began analyzing performance reviews, feedback surveys and nominations for top-manager… Read more »
Canadians’ Internet usage nearly double the worldwide average
Description: Canucks spend more time online than anyone else on Earth, according to new data from Web research firm comScore. And it’s not even by a small margin – the average Canadian spends 43.5 hours a month on the Web, almost twice the worldwide average of 23.1 hours. Source: Globe&Mail.com Date: March 8, 2011 According to… Read more »
New Hacking Tools Pose Bigger Threats to Wi-Fi Users
Description: Until recently, only determined and knowledgeable hackers with fancy tools and lots of time on their hands could spy while you used your laptop or smartphone at Wi-Fi hot spots. Source: NYTimes.com Date: Feb 17, 201 You may think the only people capable of snooping on your Internet activity are government intelligence agents or… Read more »
Google, Twitter help give voice to Egyptians
Description: CNN’s Josh Levs talks about how technology plays a part in protests around the world Source: CNN.com Date: Jan 29, 2011 Last week, as demonstrators angry with the policies of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak took to the streets, the government shut down social-media websites, then blacked out all internet access in much of the country. On… Read more »
Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable
Description: After another year of plunging music sales, record company executives are starting to contemplate the unthinkable: The digital music business, held out as the future of the industry, may already be as big as it is going to get. Source: Informationweek Date: Jan 23 , 2011 In each of the past two years, the rate… Read more »
For minorities, new ‘digital divide’ seen
Description: Some see a new “digital divide” emerging — with Latinos and blacks being challenged by more, not less, access to technology. Source: usatoday.com Date: Jan 11 , 2011 When the personal computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines. Then, when the… Read more »
How the new copyright bill will affect Canadian culture
Description: So how do we protect and promote Canadian culture in the digital age? Right now, the answer to that question is intertwined with the fate of Canada’s copyright policies. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: Nov 17, 2010 For years, Canada has attempted to protect its cultural content – books, music, television, film –… Read more »
Labor board: Facebook vent against supervisor not grounds for firing
Description: The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against a Connecticut company for firing an employee after she posted critical, derogatory comments about her supervisor on Facebook. Source: CNN.com Date: Nov 10, 2010 The labor relations board argues that workers’ criticism of their bosses on social networking sites like Facebook is generally “a… Read more »
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