Educational CyberPlayGround Nethappenings Headlines and Resources 4/11/06

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Hi,

here are the
Educational CyberPlayGround
Nethappenings Headlines and Resources 4/11/06
collected over the past several days

enjoy,
<Karen>


http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/schools/

1)
Study Supports Theory Why Brain-injured Children Often Recover
The number of sites in children's brains involved in language recognition
decreases as the children age, according to a University of Cincinnatii (UC) study.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/brain.html

2)
Psychosis Rates Reflect Urban Life, Minority Status
The incidence of psychosis in terms of sex, age, ethnicity,
and place seems to have significant variation. These effects
may interact with genetic factors in the etiology of psychosis.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/

3)
UCSD Biochemists Discover Bacteria's Achilles' Heel
Research May Aid Design of Novel Antibiotics
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have
 determined what factors turn on protein production in bacteria,
a finding that provides new targets for the development of antibiotics.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/
4)

Evolution of "Irreducible Complexity" explained
Oregon researchers prove system reducibility occurs in a Darwinian fashion
EUGENE, Ore.-(April 6, 2006)-Using new techniques for resurrecting ancient
genes, scientists have for the first time reconstructed the Darwinian evolution
of an apparently "irreducibly complex" molecular system.
Also science reports Missing Link found - fish that walked onto land.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacherevolution2.html

5)
Baby-boomer brains ageing faster
Living life in the fast lane is causing them unexpected problems
when it comes to grey matter.
A researcher has found some baby boomers have developed
brain lesions sooner than they should,
which cause thought processes to slow.  Symptoms also
include depression and physical disability.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18725952-13762,00.html

6)
Cell Phones next thing to drive Social Networking sites
What Parents, Administrators and Teachers need to know.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/socialnetwork.html

7)
Whistle-Blower Outs NSA Spy Room
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/PRIVACY_INFORMATION.html
AT&T provided National Security Agency eavesdroppers with full access
to its customers' phone calls, and shunted its customers' internet traffic
to data-mining equipment installed in a secret room in its San Francisco
switching center.
On March 14, Zimmermann released a beta version of the widely
anticipated Zfone. The software is currently available only for OS X
(Tiger) and Linux, though a Windows version is due in April.
Zfone is designed to work with VoIP clients that use the industry
standard SIP protocol, and has been tested with clients such as
X- lite, Free World Dialup and Gizmo Project.

Why VOIP Needs Crypto Security impact of VoIP technology
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/cell_phone.html




8)
The price of a free citywide wireless network planned for San
Francisco may be increased advertising for users.
A patent application filed recently by Google details a method of
pushing highly targeted advertising to users of wireless hotspots,
and sharing the ad revenue with the wireless service provider.
<http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3597381>
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Crystal_Radio7.html

9)
Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1945808,00.asp
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - In a rare discussion about the severity of
the Windows malware scourge, a Microsoft security official said
businesses should consider investing in an automated process to wipe
hard drives and reinstall operating systems as a practical way to
recover from malware infestation.

Another security hole found in IE
<http://news.com.com/Another+security+hole+found+in+IE/2100-1002_3-6058557.html>

Critical IE fix due Tuesday 11th
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/07/ie_patch_scheduled/
Microsoft has confirmed it plans to release a fix for a serious
security bug in Internet Explorer next Tuesday (11 April). The fix for
the "CreateTextRange" vulnerability - which has become the subject of
hacker exploits over recent days - will be released as a cumulative
update to Internet Explorer along with four other security bulletins
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/SECURITY.html

Microsoft exec warns of rootkits
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/041006-infosec.html
ORLANDO - If your system gets infiltrated by a rootkit, you might as
well just "waste the system entirely," a Microsoft official told
fellow security professionals last week at the annual InfoSec
Conference here.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/drm.html

10)
The NSA's ultra-secure Linux technology evolves for the enterprise
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/040506-selinux.html
Boston - Linux and open-source developers are working to make Linux
security tools developed by the National Security Agency more
accessible and usable by regular system administrators and application
developers.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Linux.html

11)
VSC narrows down personal data exposed by laptop theft
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060406/NEWS/604060353/1004/EDUCATION05>
MONTPELIER - A month after the theft of a laptop computer containing
personal information of thousands of students and employees of the
Vermont State Colleges system, officials are narrowing down the types
of private information that were exposed.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/PRIVACY_INFORMATION.html

12)
DOD IPv6 director arrested for possession of child porn
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40341-1.html

Chertoff Doubts DHS Official Hurt Security
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/06/AR2006040600293.html>
WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said
Thursday he did not believe a department official's alleged sexual
misconduct resulted in a breach of national security, calling the case
an individual's "misstep."

Child porn charge against DOD IPv6 director dropped
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40341-1.html
(Updated) - Two weeks after a Defense Information Systems Agency
official was arrested on a charge of child pornography, the U.S.
Attorney's office handling the case dropped the charge. But a
spokeswoman in the U.S. Attorney's Office said the investigation is
continuing.
"This is an ongoing investigation, so we don't have any comments," the
spokeswoman said.
Charles Lynch, director of DISA's IP version 6 transition program, was
arrested March 8 and indicted in the U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia the next day on one count of possessing
child pornography.

Rules to keep children safe online
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/morestuff4.html


13)
CBI raids premises of Naval chief's kin
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1480861.cms
NEW DELHI: A month after the defence ministry handed over the Navy war
room leak case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday
arrested three former naval officers and conducted raids at 17 places,
including the premises of Ravi Shankaran, kin of Navy chief Admiral
Arun Prakash, in connection with the case. The arrested included one
woman, who was used a honey trap, for criminal conspiracy.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Security_Company_LInks.html

14)
Laptop thieves descend upon wireless cafes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/04/08/MNGE9I686K1.DTL
A San Francisco finance manager stopped in at a Mission District cafe
and was tapping on his laptop as he enjoyed his coffee just before
noon on a Thursday. Suddenly, he was under siege.
"I looked up, and I saw this guy leaning into me as if he was asking a
question,'' he said. "I leaned forward, and out of the corner of my
eye, I saw someone fiddling with the computer cord. I tried to stand
up, and as I stepped back, he stabbed me in the chest.''
The attack marked a violent turn in a wave of crime that has hit the
city -- the "hot spots" frequented by wireless laptop users are
becoming hot spots for laptop robberies.
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/CommunalBroadbandhtml.html>

15)
L-net coordinator Caleb Tucker Raymond is Oregon's Librarian of the Year
Multnomah County Librarian Caleb Tucker-Raymond
has been honored today as Librarian of the Year by the Oregon Library
Association for his outstanding work coordinating L-net, Oregon's statewide
digital reference service.
<http://www.multcolib.org/news/2006/olaaward.html>
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/Ask.html>

16) Multitasking Myth Buster - It doesn't work
Teenagers aren't doing it better or faster.
In fact they are hurting their brains! OUCH!
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/brain.html>


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