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How to configure your Facebook Privacy Settings

Here’s an up-to-date video (March, 2010) on how to configure your Facebook privacy settings. It runs about 5 1/2 minutes:

Could lack of iPad user accounts endanger kids or data?

by Larry Magid This post originally appeared at CNET News.com Writing for TheStreet.com, Anton Wahlman observed that the iPad’s “user log-in flaw” could pose a problem for families and others who are sharing the device. The iPad, according to Walhman, won’t allow owners to set up multiple user accounts as is the case [...]

Internet safety video could win you $10K

Computer Security firm Trend Micro has an offer for any teen or adult who cares about Internet safety and security and wants to become an award winning filmmaker. The company has launched a contest called “What’s Your Story,” where the person who submits the best short video (no more than 2 [...]

FTC advice on talking with kids about online safety

The Federal Trade Commission has published an excellent guide for parents about helping kids and teens stay safe and protect their privacy and reputation online and on mobile devices. The booket covers sexting, cyberbullying, texting, computer security, parental controls and pre-teen privacy. The free booklet, called Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being [...]

SafeMama’s 2010 Safer Baby Skin Care Cheat Sheet

Welcome to the next generation of our 2010 Safer Baby Skin Care Cheat Sheet! As we’ve grown and learned, we have become more aware of other ingredients, aside from parabens and phthalates, we wish to avoid. We also realize that there are different trains of thought (how many chemicals you’ll tolerate) and budgets [...] Related posts:

How to make Chatroulette a useful video network

This post initially appeared on CNET News.com by Larry Magid Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old Russian high school student who created Chatroulette, is this week visiting New York and San Francisco to chat with investors and programmers. Perhaps with a little help, he can transform the site from a place where you’re likely to stumble on someone playing with [...]

Sunday Morning DIY: Lavender & Sweet Orange Hand Soap

My green friends will all nod in agreement that making your own home cleaning products is a cinch… it’s just a matter of having a few items on hand. There are literally thousands of uses for the basics and it’s a worthy investment for those on any kind of a budget because a little will [...] Related posts:

FCC chairman outlines broadband plan for kids

by Larry Magid This article initially appeared on CNET News.com Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski laid out the “broadband plan for children and families” Friday at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Referring to children as “our most precious national resource,” Genachowski said “we must do everything we can to educate [...]

Fisher-Price and Mattel Settlement

My husband sent me an email the other day about a settlement regarding some Fisher-Price and Mattel toys that were recalled due to high lead content. A lot of these toys are smaller sets that are more for older kids, ones who should know better than to put them in their mouths. [...] Related posts:

ICANN postpones .XXX decision

At approximately noon Nairobi time (4:30 AM Eastern), the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board voted to postpone any decision about ICM Registry’s bid to offer a .XXX top level domain until its June meeting in Brussels. Here is the text of the resolution: (the “wherases” were not transcribed but they’re in <4 [...]