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The legs and feet are familiar. You may be wondering why Big Bird is on the Google homepage today. It’s a celebration. Sesame Street turns forty today:
“… Today marks the 40th anniversary of children’s TV show Sesame Street.
To celebrate, Sesame Street’s website has been running a contest, where visitors can vote [...]

It may become one of the most popular courses at Harvard University. The television show, “The Wire” will be part of a course curriculum and watching the show will be part of the syllabus:
“Harvard students will be able to watch the “The Wire” for class credit next year.
At a panel last night, stars [...]

If you are reading this, it is likely that you have heard from family and friends that you spend too much time online. Perhaps your significant other has questioned whether you have a life that doesn’t involve keyboard entries and mouse clicks.
If that is the case, then you might want to bookmark this post. [...]

Sports equipment manufacturers will be consulting their legal departments. There soon may be safety warnings and disclaimers on sports equipment. It certainly will appear on aluminum baseball bats:
“A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a [...]

For decades, the advocates of privacy have been criticized as alarmists. The word “paranoid” has been used. People who see privacy advocates in a negative light justify their stance with the age-old argument of “I have nothing to hide“.
These critics may want to review the case of Jenny Paton is the United Kingdom:
“… [...]

Many people visit Gizmodo and check on the presentation of gadgets. If you happen to be one of those people, you might want to have your security programs run a scan:
“… Gizmodo says the “malware” was on its site “for a little while last week”. Its announcement did not specify the nature of [...]

Encryption is really not that difficult. Really, it isn’t. Chris Pirillo even recommends programs that turns encryption into an easy process. An organization like CalOptima must have technology people who are familiar with the security benefits of encryption. It begs the question: ‘why isn’t it done?‘:
“… Personally identifiable information on [...]

At the moment, some Olympic athletes are being given the discretion of whether to have the flu shot or not. That stance may be re-examined in light of the tragedy of a young thirteen year old hockey player from Toronto:
“… Evan Frustaglio began developing flu-like symptoms during a hockey tournament in London, Ont., [...]

A child is not immune to identity theft. In many ways, using a child’s identity has inherent benefits. For example, a young child will not have a criminal record, will not have debts like mortgages and student loans, will not be doing a credit check soon and possibly will not find out about [...]

With the increasing reports of the flu and related complication, President Obama has declared a national health emergency. This allows for certain legal waivers to be lifted and patient care to be expedited.
It also means further opportunities for hackers and criminals to push out fake products:
“Fake Tamiflu is one of many bogus products being [...]