Articles by Alexandra DeFelice

Parents are becoming increasingly aware of the real dangers their children can encounter online, but many wonder what they can do to protect them. With countless software and awareness programs available, the answer varies from home to home, but the companies providing the armor agree that one solution is never enough "One of the problems that I se...

Society is starting to open its eyes to the prevalence of online predators who lurk in cyberspace looking to befriend willing young Web surfers. Still, many of the organizations working to spread awareness worry that people are realizing the dangers too late Instead of working proactively with these groups or using their resources to research the p...

Everyone has heard stories about predators lurking online, searching for young children on whom to prey. The sorry truth is that the problem is growing increasingly severe. Fingers are pointing in every direction; no one really knows where to place the blame "It's not windows and cellar doors that sexual predators look for. It's your child's comput...

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new technology that lets users control their computers with their feet. Step User Interface is one of more than 150 unique concepts featured at the sixth annual Microsoft TechFest, which is open primarily to company employees, in Redmond, Wash The Step UI contains a handful of applications that workers can navigate...

Google is attempting to make it easier for merchants that list items for sale on its Google Base service by allowing shoppers to make purchases using their Google Accounts "Many of you are probably already familiar with the Google Account. You use it to sign in and pay for a number of Google services, like Google Video and Google Earth. We're now i...

IBM on Monday announced a new open-source initiative meant to boost security and give consumers more control over their personal online identity information Code-named "Project Higgins," the initiative is a collaborative effort by Big Blue, Novell andParity Communications to develop security software for user-centric identity management. It is base...

EarthLink and Google submitted a joint request for proposal (RFP) this week to bring San Francisco workers and residents free citywide wireless access As part of the deal, EarthLink would pay most of the projected US$15 million cost to build the wireless municipal network and would recover some of those costs by charging approximately $20 per month...

Microsoft this week released the latest beta version of its Vista operating system, allowing large enterprises to test drive all of its new features and provide technical feedback prior to deployment. The Community Technology Preview is the fourth in a series of early Windows Vista builds being provided to companies in the Windows Vista Technical Beta Program, and is the first "feature-complete" release...