The Greensboro North Carolina News & Record newspaper reported yesterday that local parents are outraged about library users viewing pornography on library computers. In the first six months of this year, 89 people were apparently caught viewing pornography on public computers at the Central Library. In summer 2008 a Greensboro man was caught and arrested [...]
CBS News has reported a story about an employee who was dismissed for looking at gun parts websites on a company computer. The dismissed employee had raised a lawsuit against the company alleging that the gun-web-site issue was simply an excuse to fire him because of his medical condition and absence from work.
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Bloxx announced yesteday that Schoharie Central School District in New York use its Web content filtering appliance to monitor and protect its staff and students.
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The U.S. Economy is in a recession, and organizations small and large are going to be faced with budget cuts in the coming year. So, what can your company do to help save money, reduce costs, and improve productivity? Install a web filter, of course!
Here is just a brief overview of the costs your company [...]
1. Mindless Surfing
Problem: The internet is addictive, even for you and me. With celebrity gossip, sports, videos/music, facebook, fantasy football, instant messaging, eBay, etc., all available at our fingertips, succumbing to the temptation of mindless surfing is inevitable. How do you make sure your employees aren’t constantly checking their fantasy scores or what the latest news [...]
Facebook malware attacks: the latest worm installs trojan software to your machine which most likely “zombies your computer, installs a key logger, and other fun stuff” states techcrunch.com blogger. The attack is the latest in a rising trend of malicious hackers using social-networking sites to distribute malware. This posses a great danger to schools and [...]
