Teenage internet users exposed to online pornography

The Internet is changing the way kids learn about the world around them; but unfortunately, not always for the better. Sure the information superhighway offers easy access to information when they have questions or need to complete school reports, but unfortunately that's not all our kids are finding.

According to a recent University of New Hampshire study, 42 percent of Internet users between the ages of 10 and 17 have been exposed to online pornography (defined in the study as images of naked people or people having sex). Of those, 66 percent said they did not want to view the images and had not sought them out. Many stumbled onto the X-rated images through other "normal" Internet use, including talking online with friends, visiting chat rooms and playing games.

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Religious templates in your cell phone

An Italian company is offering a unique new service to cell phone subscribers who might be tempted to pay three euros to download an image of their favorite saint. A special SMS number will process orders for the images, according to the website www.santiprotettori.com (saint protectors). For an additional 50 cents (75 US), a "theme prayer" will be sent to the user each week.

The images include the main patron saints as well as Our Lady of Lourdes, Saint Pio of Pietrelcina -- one of Italy's most venerated saints, associated with supernatural events -- and San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples whose blood preserved in a phial and is said to liquefy twice a year. Though not officially a saint, the widely-revered late pope John Paul II is among the subjects offered, as well as his successor Benedict XVI. The service is the brainchild of Barbara Labate, 31, who noticed that all her grandparents carried religious images around with them in their wallets.

An international cyber-crime center

Legislators in Canada are considering a bill to set up an international cyber-crime center, a kind of Interpol for the Internet, in Calgary, Alberta. The private members bill, currently before the Alberta Legislature, would allow the establishment of the Global Center for Securing Cyberspace in Calgary.

The center would not be a law enforcement agency, but rather a non-governmental collaborative enterprise combining research, advocacy and policing efforts. The center would reach out to form partnerships with law enforcement agencies in Canada and elsewhere. A statement from the association described the proposed entity as "an international center for the coordination and advancement of public safety, intelligence gathering, and government response related to the problem of cyber-crimes such as child exploitation, financial systems fraud, threats to critical infrastructure, intellectual property and identify theft."

Customize your cellphone with ringtones

Buying ringtones to customize your cellphone has a number of benefits. Besides upgrading from the old and boring bells and chimes of yesteryear, you can personalize your cellphone to your style. Having a unique ringtone also has the practical application of helping you immediately identify when your phone is the one ringing in a crowd.

No matter what type of music or media you like, you can find something to suit your tastes online. You can buy ringtones by internet with thumbplay.com. This ringtone provider allows mobile content directly to members with their website.

Browse through the selection of thousands of ringtones or search for the particular one you want. Ringtones are organized in thumbplay.com by category and can be found by artist.

SNOWCAP

Watching the snow and wondering whether your children have school or not? Just check your cell phone or email, thanks to a service Le Mars Community School subscribes to: SNOWCAP. When LCS and Gehlen Catholic School delay or cancel classes, LCS superintendent Todd Wendt immediately submits the announcement to SNOWCAP, which stands for Secure Notifications Of Weather/Urgent Cancellations and Postponements. SNOWCAP, based in Sioux City, turns around and pumps the message out to the local radio and TV stations.

But this year SNOWCAP is offering a service that will also send free alerts right to families' cell phones or email. Both LCS and Gehlen parents and families can use this service. The SNOWCAP concept, now in 344 schools and 128 businesses in the tri-state area, started in 1993 as a small service and has expanded to where their announcements feed directly into TV station's teleprompters.

Hosted VoIP service for SMBs

Timico, a UK-based provider of converged communication services, has partnered with Nortel to launch a tailor-made, hosted VoIP service for SMBs, incorporating a PC-based multimedia voice and video application that fully integrates with Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client. This addition to Timico's VoIP for business service is expected to enable SMBs to improve efficiency and productivity by allowing them to dial colleagues, suppliers, business partners and customers using a click of the mouse within their Microsoft Outlook business application.

By combining the Nortel Application Server 5200 with Microsoft Outlook, the process of looking up a contact telephone number and picking up the phone to make the call can be shortened to a 'one click' access. If the call is made between two Timico VoIP for Business users, presence capabilities can be used to determine if the person being called is available, busy or away from their desk. The PC-based phone, within the VoIP for Business solution, has been established on Nortel's Application Server 5200 (AS5200) platform. The AS 5200 is Nortel's IMS-ready, SIP applications server, which integrates voice with video, collaboration and presence services to deliver next-generation unified communication services.

Silver has more room to grow

I think silver has more room to grow when you compare to the silver highs in the eighties.
The most important fact you have to remember, the largest mining companies in the world are not investing in finding more mines when the demand has already outnumbered the supply. Instead they are putting more funds in M&A activity. You can invest in silver through well famous and regulated companies like Monex Deposit Company (MDC). They can offer good advice for novice and professionals, and you can buy coins or ingots for your convenience.
I’m convinced that silver is definitely set to head up higher.

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Nokia 6500 review

Nokia has tended to shy away from ultra-slim handsets. But, the Nokia 6500 Classic remedies that by measuring just 9.5mm thin. Available in either black or bronze, both colors look stunning. Although svelte, we were surprised as to how solid and sturdy it feels. So it should, as it's crafted from anodized aluminum, which is one of the most durable, yet lightweight materials around. What's more, the handset is individually diamond-polished, meaning no Nokia 6500 Classic is exactly the same.

The keys are a little fiddly to press because they're rather small, but the user interface is simple to use. Features are solid for a mid-range phone, with 3G (but no video calling), a reasonable two megapixel camera, good music player, stereo Bluetooth and 1GB of internal memory. Despite boasting 3G, the internet experience to be slightly sluggish with the screen struggling to fit in content. Meanwhile, the camera is capable but not awe inspiring, but the music player is excellent. The battery life is very acceptable for a mid-range phone.

Nokia Siemens opened an innovation center to develop software technologies

Nokia Siemens Network opened an innovation center to develop software technologies. The Innovation Software Park covers 22,000 square meters of a state-level high-tech industrialization zone in Hangzhou, a scenic city in east China's Zhejiang Province. More than 600 employees will carry out research in solutions for 2.5G, 3G, Wimax and I-HSPA mobile telecommunication technologies as well as develop relative software platforms, according to David Ho, president of Nokia Siemens Greater China Region.

It's the second largest wireless technology research base established by the world's leading network telecommunication company following the one in Finland. Nokia Siemens Network is a joint venture between Finland's Nokia and Germany's Siemens. It ranked second in the world's wireless network market and telecom service market, and the third in the world's cable network market. The company's net sales in the Great China Region reached 372 million euros in the third quarter of this year, up 26 percent on the second quarter. The company now has six research and development centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Hangzhou.