Educational CyberPlayGround NetHappenings Headlines and Resources 4/20/06

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Hi everyone,

here are all the best things to know  over the past few days
collected by the Educational CyberPlayGround
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com
and published to NetHappenings all your edutainment.

enjoy,

<Karen>


1)
Wiretaps vulnerable to Phreaking
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40428-1.html
[...most vendors made their switches backward compatible
to work with legacy loop extender equipment that police continue to use.
?We have to [be] careful about how backward compatibility can mean
compatibility with old bugs,? he said.
Learn more about Technology, Ethics, Hackers,
who illegally break into systems to vandalize them

Searching  the Educational CyberPlayGround finds:
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NAV_Search.html
- Phreaks - people who hack the telephone system.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/ethics.html
- Hackers, Crackers, Phreaks Computer Wonder Women
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/cwomen.html
- Hearing on Communications and Computer Surveillance, Privacy and Security
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/davefarberITEmpire.html
- Communal Broadband Neighbors sharing high speed internet
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/CommunalBroadbandhtml.html


2)
2020 Computing Science - Steering the future of computing.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7083/index.html
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/trends.html


3)
Nearly half of U.S. users of the Internet went online for help with major
life decisions such as finding a college for their child or looking for
a new place to live, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/04/19/internet.survey.reut/index.html

4)
Please help USDA's National Agricultural Library plan for services to
meet your information needs.  Take a moment with your Web browser to
complete NAL's brief online survey http://osincsurvey.com/run/osl04nal

5)
Telecommuting security concerns grow
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/042406-telecommuter-security.html
Telecommuting has become a way of life as more companies let employees
work from home to do jobs that might otherwise be done on corporate
premises. As a result, IT managers are adapting security policies to
encompass home PCs.

6)
Groundwork for cybersecurity R&D agenda begins
http://www.fcw.com/article94110-04-18-06-Web
The Bush administration has drafted a federal plan to improve
cybersecurity research and development.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/securityresources.html

7)
Japan, U.S. to cooperate in fighting cyber terrorism
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060418p2a00m0na002000c.html
The Japanese government on Tuesday decided to sign an agreement with
the Untied States on cooperation against cyber terrorism, government
officials said.

8)
Army carries out country-wide cyber security audit
http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=44472
New Delhi, Apr 18: A day after Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's
call for tightening security procedures, the Army today announced
carrying out country-wide cyber security audit by setting up a
specialist security establishment.

9)
Software insecurity: Plenty of blame to go around
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40437-1.html
The reason software so often is not secure is the fault either of
developers or of users.
Bad Software Evaluation Tools
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/sec_checklist.html

10)
Merger talks between Internet2 and National LambdaRail -- two
consortia that run high-speed computer networks for scholars --
have broken down over unspecified governance issues.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/Home_Internet.html
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/INTERNETII/Internet_II.html

11)
High-tech learning helps flatten Appalachia's world
<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-04-17-appalachia-tech_x.htm?POE=TECISVA>
Shawnee State University -- located in
Portsmouth, a city in Appalachian Ohio -- are counting on their
fledgling game-design programs to give local students a chance
at high-paying jobs. Around Portsmouth, only about 30 percent of
high-school graduates go on to college. But campus officials
think they can get that number to rise by offering classes that
democratize the field of computer science.

12)
Collection of Coloring Books From Various U.S. Government Agencies
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Arts/color.html

13)
Podcasting 101 for K?12 Librarians
Our 21st-century school librarians can lead the way with innovative
programming, new resources, and creative instruction.
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml
Learn what Podcasting is really about and find a
Public radio podcast directory
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/podcast.html
How to Integrate technology into the curriculum
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/HowToIntegrateTech.html

14)
2006 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
http://www.Pulitzer.org
See Also: List of Winners (PDF)
See Also: Complete List of Winners and Finalists (PDF)

15)
Learn about Music Fingerpainting and other technologies.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/Tech_and_Orff.html

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16)
DHS: E-passport live test a success
http://www.fcw.com/article94107-04-18-06-Web

17)
The European Commission "proposal to impose
rules for traditional broadcasters on new media providers could
have 'unintended consequences' and hurt investment", the
technology firms say. The European Parliament will probably vote
on the bill later this year.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70681-0.html

18)
The British government has stated that the identity database
supporting its national ID card plan would also serve as a
citizen registry for use in the public sector, and has called for
expanding the database to include those under the age of 16.
<http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/idcards/0,3800010140,39158183,00.htm>

19)
In response to recent losses of backup tapes, and encryption
devices developed by NetApp's Decru, NeoScale and DisUK, the LTO
Consortium has added encryption to its LTO 4 tape drive
specification. The drives write encrypted data to Ultrium tape
cartridges, and decrypt data when the correct key is used.
Encryption is a "totally new aspect of a tape format" which,
until recently, has only addressed how bytes are stored on tape.
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5819

20)
Free, Downloadable Video Now Available from Brooklyn Public Library
BPL joins the Denver Public Library as one of the first libraries to
offer downloadable video content to card holders. Services from both
the DPL and BPL are powered by OverDrive.
http://tinyurl.com/pdy2p

21)
HEALTHY CHILDREN - THE FUNDEMENTALS
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/health.html
Physical Fitness, Healthy Diet, Multi-tasking,
Brain Based Learning and Brain Development
Sleep, Character Development,Language Development

22)
25 Innovators, 6 Industries
A look at the best of the best, broken down by industry
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/apr2006/id20060413_268232.htm


23)
Data exposure: Using software to redact personal data from
public documents. Algorithms, manual intervention are among
the options used to clean up online documents.
http://tinyurl.com/nk9pf



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