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Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York
New York's Slap to the Facebook
File Sharing — Harmful to Children and a Threat to National Security
Google Patents Detecting, Tracking, Targeting Kids
Student Arrested for Writing Essay
Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives
Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia
Teens Prosecuted For Racy Photos
Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia
Chinese Govt Limits Kids to 3hrs of Online Gaming
Sesame Street DVD Deemed Adult-Only Entertainment
NY Governor to Target Violent Video Games
Christian Group Prepares To Mark Wii as 'Porn Portal'
MySpace Sued by Families of Online Predator Victims
Germany Searches Credit Cards For Child Porn Payments
Lego Christmas Production Shortage
Online Parent-Child Gap Widens
Virginia Becomes First State to Mandate Internet Safety Lessons
Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks
SCO Chairman Fights to Ban Open Wireless Networks
Violent Games 'Almost' As Dangerous as Smoking
Connecticut Wants to Restrict Social Networking
MySpace Agrees to Share Sex Offender Data
Utah Anti-Kids-Spam Registry "a Flop"
Deleting Online Predators Act - R.I.P.
MySpace Age Verification - for Parents
Teacher Found Guilty of Endangering Kids Due to Spyware
Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites
Student Arrested for Making Videogame Map of School
Utah Wants To Give ISPs That Filter a "G-Rating"
Senators Call for Universal Internet Filtering
Australia to Offer Widespread ISP-level Filtering
FCC Report - TV Violence Should be Regulated
FCC to Develop 'Super V Chip' To Screen All Content
How Bad Can Wi-fi Be?
Should Schools Block Sites Like Wikipedia?
ISP Tracking Legislation Hits the House
Judge Strikes Down COPA, 1998 Online Porn Law
Major UK Child Porn Investigation Flawed
RIAA Going After a 10-Year-Old Girl
Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best
SCO Chair's Anti-Porn Act Advances In Utah
'Porn King' Says Google Should Block Porn Access
Massachusetts Looks To Jack Thompson for Game Law
School Boards Rule, Internet No Longer Dangerous
Senator Proposes to Monitor All P2P Traffic for Illegal Files
The Coming Fight Over TV Violence
Sen. Ted Stevens Introduces "Son of DOPA"
Teachers Fake Gunman Attack
China Treats Internet Addiction Very Seriously
Cyberbullying Laws Raise Free Speech Questions
Using AI to Monitor Kids Online
12 Florida Schools Pass Anti-Evolution Resolutions
Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges
Germans Pursuing Kiddie Porn In Second Life
Google Turns Over Data on Suspected Pedophiles In Brazil
Laptops Can Be Searched At the Border
Ontario Proposes School Cyber-Bullying Law
Politicians and the Cyber-Bully Pulpit
States Seek Laws to Curb Online Bullying
Australia Plans to Censor the Internet
Many Dead In Virginia Tech Shooting
Mainstream Coverage of Manhunt 2
Senate Committee Passes FCC Indecency Bill
You Played Violent Games - Why Can't Your Kids?
MySpace to Offer Spyware for Parents
Truth in Ratings Act Reintroduced
Canadian Bill C-416 to Require Wiretapping
Finnish Censorship Expanding
Internet "Creates Pedophiles" According to "Expert"
RIAA Wants Student Deposed On School Day
US School Curriculum to Include Online Safety?
UK Propose Registering Screen Names with Police
Ex-judge Gets 27 Months on Evidence From Hacked PC
'Over 30' Section For Games Stores?
Censorware Not Good, Just Better Than COPA
Computer Games Make Players Less Violent
FBI and Next-Gen P2P Monitoring
From Bess to Worse
Having Your ID Stolen Leads to Job Loss, Prosecution
How To Configure Real PC Parental Controls?
Microsoft Ties $235m IT Aid To Use of Windows
Report Warns Against Well-Meaning Net Censorship
Schools Banning Homework?
Teens Actually Do Protect Their Online Profiles
Visual Basic on GNU/Linux
Astronomers Say Dying Sun Will Engulf Earth
EU Commissioner Calls For Censorship of Web Search
MADD Targets GTA IV Over Drunk Driving Scene
Only 2 in 500 College Students Believe in IP
Sport Is Unrelated To Obesity In Children
Supreme Court to Hear FCC Indecency Case
Video Racing Games May Spur Risky Driving
FBI Posts Fake Hyperlinks To Trap Downloaders of Illegal Porn
'Dangers of the Internet' Resolution Passed By Senate
Bill to Bring A La Carte, Indecency Regs to Cable
Crytek Considers Leaving Germany Over Game Law
DoJ Mulls Tracking Picture Uploads
Family Group Releases Annual Games Report Card
Germany Wants EU to Ban Violent Games
Global Warming Only a Theory, Says School Board
Most Laws Attempting Limits of Violent Videogames Fail
New Vote on .xxx Internet Address Nears
One Laptop Per Child and Intel Join Forces
Schools Act to Short-Circuit 'Cyberbullying'
Study Finds Games Stores Still Selling to Minors
US Senators Take On The ESRB Over Manhunt 2
Videogame Decency Act in Congress
EU Considering Regulating Sale of Violent Games
Google to Anonymize Users' Search Data
Spreading "1 in 5" Number Does More Harm Than Good
13-Year-Old CEO Steals the Show At TiECON
Attacking Sandboxes
Child-Suitable Alternatives To Passwords?
Court Strikes Down Age Verification For Adult Sites
GameStop Manager Suspended After "Games for Grades"
Holocaust Dropped From Some UK Schools
Is Virtual Rape a Crime?
MS Seeks Patent For Repossessing School Computers
Merck To Halt Lobbying For Vaccine
MySpace Gets False Positive In Sex Offender Search
MySpace Private Pictures Leak
News On Laptops For Education
Oregon's New Censorship Law Challenged In Court
Robots Teach Autistic Kids Social Skills
School District To Parents — Buy Office 2007
Semi-Identical Twins Discovered
Student, Denied Degree For MySpace Photo, Sues
Teacher Julie Amero Gets a New Trial
Thailand Bans Teen Info On the Net
Toddlers May Learn Language By Data Mining
LiveJournal Says Users are Responsible for Content of Links
Facebook Agrees To User Safety Plan
Bill Allows Teachers to Contradict Evolution
Blackberry Network is Down
Brain Changes When Viewing Violent Media
China Censoring Flickr
Congress to Fight Piracy with Education Funds
DS Games for Pre-readers?
FCC Indecency Ruling Struck Down
Feds Overstate Software Piracy's Link To Terrorism
Gamers Grapple With VA Tech Shooting
Iran to Filter 'Immoral' Mobile Messages
Is Wikipedia Failing?
Kids 'Unaffected By Game Violence' Says Study
M-Rated Game Sales to Kids Down, Shows FTC Report
MTV Takes on P2P by Making South Park Free
Microsoft Joins OpenAjax Alliance
Microsoft's "Source Fource" Action Figures
Modern Technology Reveals Mummy's Past
Mom Blasts Ballmer Over Kid's Vista Experience
MySpace Not Guilty in Child Assault Case
NASA Building Giant Roller Coaster For Science
New Jersey Bars Sex Offenders From the Internet
Open WAP = Probable Cause?
Satellite Spotters Make Government Uneasy
Second Life & WoW Terrorist Training Camps?
State Lawmaker Wants To Ban Anonymous Posting Online
Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You
Today's Gamers, Tomorrow's Leaders?
UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders'
UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row
Vista is Watching You
Why the .XXX Domain is a Bad Idea That Won't Die
Using Technology to Improve Kindergarten?
Where Are All of the HDTV Tuners?
Why Are Students Liable for School Insecurity?
Anti-Terrorism and the Death of the Chemistry Set
Australian Internet Filter Enters Trial Phase
OLPC Used to Browse Porn
Get Ready For the High-tech Beach
Mass Deletion Leads To LiveJournal Revolt
New Parental Controls Limit Xbox Time
Uri Geller Accused of Bending Copyright Law
$100 PC Pledges Fail To Meet Minimum
AJAX Version of Mathematica Coming
After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining
An AI 4-Year-Old In Second Life
Andersen Vs. RIAA Counterclaims Challenged
Arctic Ice May Melt By 2040
Aussie Cops Want Powers To Search Any Computer
Biofuels Make Greenhouse Gases Worse
Bizarre Self-Destructing Palm Tree Found
Canada Rejects Anti-Terror Laws
Canadian Phone Company Selling Porn
Cell Phone Sommeliers on the Way?
Cell Phones, Missing Persons, and Privacy
Choose the New PBS Science Show
Encouraging Students to Drop Mathematics
FBI Lied To Support Need For PATRIOT Act Expansion
FBI To Spend $1B Expanding Fingerprint Database
Fork the Linux Kernel?
Google Earth and "Collateral Damage"
Halloween Roundup
High Tech High 2.0
ISPs Fight To Keep Broadband Gaps Secret
Intel Laptop Competes With One Laptop Per Child
Internet Curfew for College Students?
Is Computer Science Dead?
JFK, LAX To Test Millimeter-Wave Scanners