Archives for the 'Technology & Religion' Category
iPods Newest Study Aid
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Just about everyone can relate to the common school experience of lectures, note taking, homework and exams. In an article entitled, iPods now double as study aids, USAToday’s Ken Fuson relates how carrying an Apple iPod on campus is now taking on new meaning as colleges and universities are making lectures and study aids available [...]
Cell Phones Preferred for Porn
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
A recently published article in New Scientist reported that cell phones are increasingly being used for accessing porgography. In fact, according to research conducted by Google, the percentage of users accessing pornography on cell phones is greater than that on personal computers. 20% of searches conducted through mobile phones via Google’s mobile search were for [...]
AOL, Yahoo to charge for delivery of bulk email
Friday, March 3rd, 2006
On December 22, 2003, the Pew Internet and American Life Project published a study detailing who is online and what they did online. Aside from the revelation that nearly two-thirds of American adults now go online to access the Internet, one statistic in particular remained constant: email continues to be the most popular use of [...]
Child Pornography
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
In one of my previous posts, I wrote about a recent incident involving myspace.com and GOYA children at one of our Greek Orthodox parishes. Once again, myspace.com has made national headlines with two AP articles on CNN highlighting the risk teens face online and a boy who was arrested for photos showing him holding handguns. [...]
“Danger Will Robinson!” Protecting Kids on Social Web Sites
Monday, February 13th, 2006
Growing up, I was an avid fan of the television series, “Lost in Space”. On the show, the adolescent Will Robinson was often accompanied by a mechanical guardian named, “Robot”. Robot had the unique ability to sense danger and exclaim the classic phrase, “Danger Will Robinson, danger!” As powerful as computers are today, they cannot [...]