Sounds like a good children's story right? Well technically, it is... read below.. Hey Family & Friends: You may remember that I ran an Alex's Lemonade Stand this past summer with my daughter and her best friends. We were able to reach our goal to help fight childhood cancer and we ... Read more...
A new call-to-action for businesses, non-profits, and government to provide pathways to employment for low-income and disconnected youth in the summer of 2012. Summer Jobs+ "America's young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they've got the op... Read more...
Piracy finds its way into just about every legitimate avenue on the Internet. As such, the death of online piracy via shutting down otherwise legitimate sites and services could mean the end of the Internet as we know it. The death of online piracy: the U.S. government wants it and copyright hold... Read more...
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and cop... Read more...
Many of us have constant access to information. We are so used to looking up the answer to any question immediately that it can feel like withdrawal when we have to wait. Of course, storing information outside of our brains is nothing new. I came across this interesting study... Read more...
Herbert Thompson seems like just another smart academic software developer who loves formulas and geeking out. But he’s also stolen the identities of several casual acquaintances. In fact in one case he gained access to a bank account in seven shockingly simple steps. And he used no special pr... Read more...
The Obama administration is stepping up pressure on states to make good on their commitments under its Race to the Top competition, after all 12 winners either scaled down plans or pushed back timelines to overhaul their public-education systems. The U.S. Department of Education warned last week th... Read more...
The U.S. government had a convicted federal prisoner pose as a businessman running illegal online pharmacies as part of an investigation into Google's advertising practices.Google 00 millionto settle the investigation.The Wall Street Journal talked to David Whitaker, a convicted fraudster and fed... Read more...
Most of Generation Y have come in contact with cyberbullying. We often blame the problem on teenagers alone - but is this actually the case? The prospect of cyberbullying is becoming an ingrained part of the Generation Y online experience. Anyone can be targeted — whether the high school stu... Read more...