'Digital immigrants' teaching 'digital natives'

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:46:42 -0400

Students coming into universities today are 'digital natives' and fundamentally different in their use of technology than the 'digital immigrants' who teach them, according to John Palfrey, executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

Berkman Center helps launch StopBadware campaign

70652986 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:24:14 -0400

The problems caused by badware have very serious implications, both for every day use of computers, and for the long-term viability of the open Internet. On Jan. 25, 2006, the Berkman Center, the Oxford Internet Institute, Consumer Reports WebWatch, and a wide range of corporate sponsors announced the StopBadware.org initiative, a project aimed at stopping the creation of badware - a.k.a. spyware, malware, or deceptive adware.

In the short term, the goals of the project are ambitious but straightforward - create a community of anti-badware volunteers and researchers who will collaborate to create a clearinghouse of data and research on badware, and share that data with the world. The project Web site is http:// www.StopBadware.org. The project also will investigate the possibilities of creating a kind of "software stethoscope," which when installed by millions of users would give a global peak into the health of the Internet and the PCs connected to it.

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'Digital immigrants' teaching 'digital natives'

Berkman Center helps launch StopBadware campaign