After a major disaster like the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, millions of people go online to find out how they can help. But, sadly, scam artists also go online to try to [...]

Are you an aspiring filmmaker? If so, grab your cell phone, digital camera or any other device that shoots video and see if you can win $10 grand by creating a video about [...]

ScreenRetriever is a software program that enables parents to monitor everything their child does on a Windows PC. You install the software on your child’s machine and [...]

by Larry Magid As a technology journalist who covers Facebook and has interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, you’d think I would have been rooting for The Social Network to take [...]

The Walt Disney Co. has acquired Togetherville, a social networking  site aimed at kids six through 10.  For details see my CNET News.com blog [...]

As Huffington Post blogger Bob Bowdon reportedon Monday, Google was asking parents to provide the last four digits of their children’s social security number on the [...]

Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D, Co-Director, Cyberbullying Research Center and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice  at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has written a [...]

The state of Vermont is considering a law that would make it illegal for convicted sex offenders to use a false name on social networking sites like Facebook. The proposed [...]

The OnGuardOnline.gov Web site, operated by the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, Homeland Security,and other federal agencies, is warning people to be careful [...]

As I blogged about over at CNET News.com, security firm Trend Micro is launching its second annual “What’s Your Story” contest to encourage youth and others [...]