Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● September 28, 2010
When I went to college way back in the electronic Dark Ages of the early ‘90s, the Internet was a new phenomenon and my little school in Vermont hadn’t exactly come up to speed. But there was this guy on my hall who was already knee deep in the ‘Net and what we now call [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 27, 2010
It wasn’t a great week for social networking, especially for Facebook and Twitter. The week started with an admission from the head of Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, that cybercrime is now the greatest international criminal threat. He also admitted that, in spite of the fact that he runs the world largest global police [...]
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 27, 2010
At last, it’s here. The list you’ve been waiting so long for (at least I have). A major network security company has just released what it regards as the Top 10 risks you can expect if you’re a fan of social networking. Now I have to caution you, so you’re not too disappointed, that the [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● July 12, 2010
Kids are so darn cute. This cuteness can be completely out of control when a camera — be it video or still — comes into play. Whether it is in their infancy when you catch a magic moment, or a few years later when they ham it up for the photo, kids and cameras can [...]
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Posted by: Jerry Thompson in: ● June 9, 2010
Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Jerry Thompson, co-founder of White [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 31, 2010
People blog. That may sound like an obvious statement, but it is worth repeating. From TheFutureBuzz blog, the statistics from the beginning of 2009 were as follows: 133,000,000 blogs were indexed by Technorati (a search engine specific to searching blogs) since 2002 346,000,000 people globally read blogs (from comScore March 2008) An average of 900,000 [...]
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Posted by: Michael Stanfield in: ● March 24, 2010
Millions of college graduates getting ready to embark upon the real world this year will find they are fighting for positions within an increasingly competitive job market. New suits, polished resumes, determination, optimism, and persistence can make all the difference in making it to the second interview… …but it’s that first interview that will prove [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● March 3, 2010
If you are like us here at IDGuardian, you may be working on building yourself a Social Media presence. It could be for community outreach, a ways and means of increasing your business, or simply for fun. With any new technology, though, comes understanding; and sadly Social Media is becoming the proverbial “blinking 12:00 a.m.” [...]
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social networking,
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● February 3, 2010
Yesterday started with a stir across the popular social network, Twitter, as Mashable.com (with the help of blogger Andrew Girdwood) put its users on high alert: Numerous Twitter users are pointing out that Twitter forced them to change their passwords out of the blue. According to blogger Andrew Girdwood, these users have received an e-mail [...]
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Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● December 7, 2009
In our previous posting, we looked at the dangers of Identity Theft for our kids. We asked the tough questions about how prepared our children are, and considered the scary notion of just how vulnerable children can be to fraud, scams, and identity theft. The tips we offered could be applied to any age of [...]
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