Edition: 1 Reprint
Publication date: 2008-05-16
Dewey code: 005.8
List Price: $28.99
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Review Own Your Space: Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online:The book for teens that every parent should read! You have been immersed in the technology since preschool. You download music, Google your homework, and constantly IM your friends. You check your email before dinner, tweak your MySpace page, and bypass that hardcopy diary for your own 31337 space in the blogosphere. While you’re doing that, you also need to protect yourself. This book is about keeping safe—protecting your data, your identity, and yourself without giving up all the great stuff the Net puts at your fingertips. Learn how to Kill viruses, worms, Trojans, and spyware Give Spam the curb and smash web bugs Understand just how public your “private” blogs are Keep wireless freeloaders off your network Safeguard your parents’ credit card and financial data Understand what tools you need and how to tweak them Linda McCarthy is a Security Architect in the office of the CTO at Symantec. Linda has been in the security field for over a decade, and has broken into systems around the world to show executives how easy it is to break into their networks. Linda has published seven books on computer security, and is the author of IT Security: Risking the Corporation. Linda also received the Woman of Influence Award in 2004 for computer security, a prestigious award given annually to only four women in the world. A portion of the proceeds from this book have been designated by the author for nonprofit work to educate teens about Internet security. [+] Acknowledgments About the Author Preface Chapter 1: Know Your Villains Chapter 2: Drive-By Malicious Code Chapter 3: Data Grabbers and Dumpers Chapter 4: Spy vs. Spy Chapter 5: Giving Spam the Curb Chapter 6: Pretenders and Pirates Chapter 7: Phishing for Dollars Chapter 8: Taming the Cookie Monster Chapter 9: Safe Cyber-Shopping Chapter 10: Private Blogs and Public Places Chapter 11: Any Port in a Storm Chapter 12: Look Pa, No Strings! Chapter 13: Protective Tools Chapter 14: Tweaks Appendix A: A Check List for Mom and Dad Index .
Publication date: 2007-06-30
Dewey code: 646.7702854678
List Price: $29.25
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Review Frequently Asked Questions About Online Romance (Faq: Teen Life: Set 2) / Rosen Publishing Group:
Publication date: 2000-01
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $34.04
Price: $24.51
Review Romeo and Juliet / Houghton Mifflin College Div:
Creator: Sylvia Engdahl
Publication date: 2008-05-16
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $25.95
Price: $25.95
Review Blogs (Current Controversies) / Greenhaven Press:
Publication date: 2002-09-01
Dewey code: 004
Price: $14.99
Review Awesome Internet Sites for Kids! / Ride the Wave Media:Clear, easy to read reviews of nearly 300 of the best sites for 5 - 13 year olds. Printed on 100% Recycled Paper. 38 subject categories include everything from fun sites like music, games and arts & crafts, to homework helpers such as history, science and geography. Easy & Safe - each site has been designated an easy Smork Website Address - kids can type it in, or click on the address at Smork's homepage. Using the easy address helps avoid the risk of ending up on the wrong site. Easy to use (-/+) age ranking system helps kids choose the sites they'll relate to best.
Publication date: 2001-10
List Price: $33.25
Price: $33.25
Review Internet / Greenhaven Press:The Internet affects nearly every aspect of society from sexuality to education to health care. Educators, public health organizations, law enforcement and others debate some of the issues that have arisen due to the Internet's popularity. Chapters include: How Does the Internet Affect Society? How Will the Internet Affect American Institutions? Should the Internet Be Regulated? What Will Be the Future of the Internet? (20020801).
Publication date: 2001-12
Dewey code: 025.04083
List Price: $28.00
Price: $28.00
Review Online Activities For Kids: Projects For School, Extra Credit, Or Just Plain Fun / Topeka Bindery:Surf your way to fun-filled adventure and school success in cyberspace! Want to join in the search for real-life aliens, take a virtual trip into the eye of a hurricane, and learn magic as you master mathematics? With Online Activities for Kids, the fun never stops and the learning just comes naturally. Where else can you build research skills while creating a family Web page, or learn about world geography while going on an Internet treasure hunt? Take a journey on the Underground Railroad. Turn your room into a world-class art museum. Build a dinosaur from fossils. This easy-to-use, step-by-step guide is bursting with imaginative projects like these and many more, including: * Design your own roller coaster * Relive a day in the life of a Civil War soldier * Write a letter in a language you don't even speak * Find out how much you'd weigh on Jupiter * Write haiku poetry * And much, much more. With Online Activities for Kids, you'll have a great time exploring the Internet, and you'll amaze everyone with your fabulous projects and super cybersurfing skills.
Edition: 2 Reprint
Publication date: 2008-05-16
Dewey code: 006.76
List Price: $27.95
Price: $26.89
Review Look Mom! I Built My Own Web Site:A simple guide to building an entire web page, this book allows kids to create an entire five-page site from scratch. Everything needed to create a site is included, such as step-by-step guidelines for basic planning and design, simple instructions on writing in HTML, details on web site hosting, and how to promote a site. Each task is designed to provide specific guidance and is accompanied by a short explanation, ensuring that the young developer does not grow bored with the process. By the end, a five-page site will have been constructed, complete with a built-in menu. Suggestions for personalizing a web page according to each user's needs and abilities are also provided, as are reviews of the different web site hosting services, some of which are free.
Edition: 1 Amer ed
Publication date: 2002-01-08
Dewey code: 004
Price: $3.99
Review Text Me / Bantam Books for Young Readers:This dictionary of text messages contains the newest text jargon that young mobile phone owners and instant messagers have created. With lots of ideas for fun things to message, this book is the perfect pocket reference guide for adults and kids alike.
Publication date: 2008-01-30
Dewey code: 025.04
List Price: $26.50
Price: $26.50
Review Cyber Literacy: Evaluating the Reliability of Data (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety) / Rosen Central:
Creator: Sylvia Engdahl
Publication date: 2007-09-12
Dewey code: 302.231
List Price: $37.40
Price: $25.99
Review Online Social Networking (Current Controversies) / Greenhaven Press:
Publication date: 1997-08-26
List Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00
Review Mission to Planet X: Internet Coach-Teacher's Guide (version 2.0) / APTE:Companion Teacher Guide for the best-selling, award-winning educational CD-ROM of the same name. Mission to Planet X: Internet Coach is an interactive software game and tutorial on using the Internet and Netscape Navigator. Targeted to ages 9 and above (including adults), Mission to Planet X challenges the logic and strategic thinking of any novice or expert Web surfer. The program allows the user to choose their learning path and speed. While offering easy to understand guidance on practical uses of the Internet, the multimedia aspects of Mission are engaging to any user. The program has been designed in such a way, with frequent learning reinforcements, to build understanding of the Internet and its functions. A hybrid (PC/Mac) CD-ROM, this cross platform learning tool is accessible from almost any computer with a CD-ROM drive. The award-winning Mission provides practice on Internet skills with simulations and without expensive on-line costs.
Publication date: 1997-08-18
List Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00
Review Liftoff to Lizard Island: Internet Coach-Teacher's Guide (version 1.0) / APTE:Companion Teacher Guide for the best-selling, award-winning educational CD-ROM of the same name. Designed for ages 5-8, the story of the adventure game concerns the homesick Izzy the Lizard, who wants to return to Lizard Island. A simulation of the Internet is used to help Izzy build a flying machine to go home again. First the user has to find the missing parts hidden on each of the seven continents. They use their computer and Izzy's map to hyperlink around the world. Players visit a rain forest in the Amazon. Swim with exotic fish in the Great Barrier Reef or shop in their own toy store on Main Street, USA. Along the way, both the player and Izzy meet new friends - such as a talking parrot, a pirate and even a friendly dragon. They are key to finding the missing parts to the flying machine. At every stop there's a new adventure and a different Internet skill featured. [+]Not just a learning game, Liftoff to Lizard Island delights children with unique animations, tricky puzzles and surprising special effects. In Liftoff to Lizard Island, activities emphasize how to use these Internet functions: Search, Mail, Download, News, Chat, Multimedia, Web Page Design. Self directed adventure pages stimulate children's imagination and creativity. Challenging activities build problem solving and analytical abilities, as well as sequential memory skills. Advanced 3-D modeling and realistic sounds immerse the child in a virtual world of fantasy. Surprising animations and special effects engage the child's attention and encourage experimentation. A connection to the Internet is not required since Web simulations are used to play the game.
Creator: Roman Espejo
Publication date: 2008-06-13
Dewey code: 302.231
List Price: $29.95
Price: $27.97
Review Should Social Networking Web Sites Be Banned? (At Issue Series) / Greenhaven Press:
Publication date: 2007-10-05
Dewey code: 381.177092
List Price: $27.45
Price: $25.50
Review Pierre M. Omidyar: Creator of Ebay (Innovators) / KidHaven Press:
Creator: Greenhaven Press
Publication date: 2008-11-07
Dewey code: 364.168
List Price: $25.95
Price: $25.95
Review Cyber Crime (Opposing Viewpoints) / Greenhaven Press:
Publication date: 2007-09-30
Dewey code: 070.57973
List Price: $29.25
Price: $29.25
Review Career Building Through Podcasting (Digital Career Building) / Rosen Publishing Group:
Publication date: 2008-01-30
Dewey code: 004.6780835
List Price: $26.50
Price: $26.50
Review The Dangers of Online Predators (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety) / Rosen Central:
Publication date: 2008-01-30
Dewey code: 372.6
List Price: $26.50
Price: $26.50
Review Privacy and Hacking (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety) / Rosen Central:
Publication date: 2009-06-19
Dewey code: 004
List Price: $32.45
Price: $32.45
Review Online Social Networking (Hot Topics) / Lucent Books:
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Own Your Space: Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online, Frequently Asked Questions About Online Romance (Faq: Teen Life: Set 2), Romeo and Juliet, Blogs (Current Controversies), Awesome Internet Sites for Kids!, Internet, Online Activities For Kids: Projects For School, Extra Credit, Or Just Plain Fun, Look Mom! I Built My Own Web Site, Text Me, Cyber Literacy: Evaluating the Reliability of Data (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety), Online Social Networking (Current Controversies), Mission to Planet X: Internet Coach-Teacher's Guide (version 2.0), Liftoff to Lizard Island: Internet Coach-Teacher's Guide (version 1.0), Should Social Networking Web Sites Be Banned? (At Issue Series), Pierre M. Omidyar: Creator of Ebay (Innovators), Cyber Crime (Opposing Viewpoints), Career Building Through Podcasting (Digital Career Building), The Dangers of Online Predators (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety), Privacy and Hacking (Cyber Citizenship and Cyber Safety), Online Social Networking (Hot Topics)Top headlines: Obama taps Clinton, Gates: President-elect Barack Obama announced former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as his choice for secretary of state Monday and also said he would keep Robert Gates as defense minister. ›03:10 Capital Sources: Cutting the Cocaine Flow: The White House trumpets success in the drug war, even as it prepares a big new aid program. Is it real, or is it politics? ›21:26 5 Oct, Fri Rare turtle in close call with soup pot: A rare Vietnamese turtle, one of just four believed left in the world, was swept away by a flood, taken hostage by an enterprising fisherman and nearly ended up in a soup pot. ›22:13 28 Nov, Fri Could Nobel Win Push Gore Into 08 Race?: Thousands of activists are hoping to convince Al Gore to run for president. Could a Nobel Peace Prize give the reluctant candidate a push? ›14:39 8 Oct, Mon Will Knicks Scandal Affect Cablevision?: Jimmy Dolan's sports empire is a humiliation. Does that make him unfit to run Daddy's cable company? ›00:00 15 Oct, Mon Ew! Bad teeth reveal what ancients ate: Thanks to poor dental hygiene, researchers are getting a more detailed understanding of what people ate thousands of years ago in what is now Peru. ›22:16 1 Dec, Mon Cincinnati hosts Turkey Bowl: Cincinnati is warming up for Thanksgiving with its traditional Turkey Bowl, an annual outdoor event using frozen turkeys in place of bowling balls. ›17:11 24 Nov, Mon Eau de Penn State: Flowers, not football: Want to smell like your alma mater? A fragrance developer says it has made a perfume and a cologne inspired by Penn State, and plans to roll out more college scents next year. ›14:13 1 Dec, Mon Rapport with Obama will be key for Clinton: Hillary Clinton's success as secretary of state may depend as much on Obama's willingness to admit her to his inner circle as her mastery of the job, officials say. ›05:57 Burress faces 2 charges, bail set at $100,000: New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was charged Monday with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. ›22:15 1 Dec, Mon Gonzales, Cheney indictments dismissed: A judge in Texas has dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. ›01:47 Activist moves homeless into foreclosures: A Miami activist who has been executing a bailout plan of his own around Miami's empty streets: He is helping homeless people illegally move into foreclosed homes. ›22:02 1 Dec, Mon Newsweek: Why Obama's lukewarm on nuclear power: ›08:49 26 Nov, Wed Fowl foul: Thanksgiving dinner stolen: A Wisconsin family found it hard to be thankful after a thief made off with their turkey dinner. ›04:59 30 Nov, Sun What a relief! NYC loos fit for kings: What a relief! The free public restrooms operated by the Charmin toilet paper company in Times Square during the holidays are being rolled out for another year. ›15:51 24 Nov, Mon Newsweek: Cuba eagerly awaits Obama: Experts say the president-elect will move aggressively to improve the strained relationship with the Castros. ›12:40 1 Dec, Mon Space shuttle crew reuniting with family: The astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour headed for a delayed reunion with their families Monday in Houston a day after touching down safely in California following a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station. ›14:32 1 Dec, Mon U.S. intel office adds warming to warnings: A major U.S. intelligence report coming out Thursday is adding climate change to the "traditional" mix of factors expected to destabilize the world into the near future. ›21:33 19 Nov, Wed Gross: Banks Claim the Credit Crisis is Over. It's Not.: Banks insist their credit problems are over. Why on earth do investors believe them? ›21:31 9 Oct, Tue Himalaya glaciers melting much faster: Glaciers high in the Himalayas are dwindling faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply. ›21:24 24 Nov, Mon Cell phones more distracting than passengers: Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. ›15:46 1 Dec, Mon Dow closes down about 680 points: The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging, hurtling the Dow down nearly 700 points. ›22:40 1 Dec, Mon Terror Watch: Gonzales Lawyers Up: Still under investigation by Congress and Justice Department lawyers who once worked for him, the former attorney general has turned to a leading Washington attorney to help him beat the rap. ›18:12 10 Oct, Wed Judges reject Alaska offshore drilling plan: Federal regulators improperly granted Shell Oil permission for exploratory drilling in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. ›17:08 21 Nov, Fri |
