"All in the Facebook family: older generations join social networks"
By John D. Sutter
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/13/social.network.older/index.html
April 13, 2009
My article was about older generations and their rapidly growing use of Facebook. It said that the number of users fifty five and older has grown 550 percent over the last six months. Since the number of users younger than twenty five has only grown twenty percent in that time period, it has really caught people’s attention. The main reason that people this age join Facebook is to keep in touch with family, especially those family members that live far away. But after joining, they have found people that they would not have normally been able to keep in touch with, such as old classmates. Many parents have joined to keep an eye on what their children are up to. This biggest problem that this older generation has with Facebook is letting all their personal information become public, but many of them are not letting that stop them from keeping in touch with family and friends.
I found this article really interesting because I have noticed a lot more of my friend’s parents getting a Facebook. I think this is very helpful for people who want to keep in touch with family members that live far away and you don’t get to see very often. I think it will be a continuing trend to see the older generations connecting to these social networks. I also think the younger generation will begin getting involved because I know some children as young as nine that have a Facebook. Parents should definitely monitor what these younger children are doing on Facebook and learn how to set their privacy level.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
News Report #4
No problems so far as April Fools' computer worm awakens
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/01/tech.viruses/index.htm
lBy John D. Sutter
CNN
4/1/2009
The article I choose was about a computer worm that was launched as an April fool’s joke. Millions were expected to be infected but there have not been any problems reported so far, but experts are not confident that everyone is safe yet. Experts also say that the author could take control of a lot of information and his motives are probably to find financial information. A team of expert analysis is working to dismantle the worm but they say its complexity is unprecedented. A mater computer is used to communicate with other infected machines, which are generating 50,000 URL’s daily. These websites they generate are shutting down many active domain names and causing a lot of problems. Experts say with such a powerful worm, an attack is bound to happen sooner or later.
I found this article to be very interesting because I had not heard of this worm before reading this. I think it is imperative that experts work their hardest to find a way to stop this from spreading. It’s also very important that the author be found so he doesn’t cause any more damage. It is very scary to think someone has the power to destroy the information we use daily. There is also a way to determine if your computer is safe and everyone should take these precautions. I think whoever the author is has a very odd sense of humor because most people are not going to be laughing when there computers are being controlled.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/01/tech.viruses/index.htm
lBy John D. Sutter
CNN
4/1/2009
The article I choose was about a computer worm that was launched as an April fool’s joke. Millions were expected to be infected but there have not been any problems reported so far, but experts are not confident that everyone is safe yet. Experts also say that the author could take control of a lot of information and his motives are probably to find financial information. A team of expert analysis is working to dismantle the worm but they say its complexity is unprecedented. A mater computer is used to communicate with other infected machines, which are generating 50,000 URL’s daily. These websites they generate are shutting down many active domain names and causing a lot of problems. Experts say with such a powerful worm, an attack is bound to happen sooner or later.
I found this article to be very interesting because I had not heard of this worm before reading this. I think it is imperative that experts work their hardest to find a way to stop this from spreading. It’s also very important that the author be found so he doesn’t cause any more damage. It is very scary to think someone has the power to destroy the information we use daily. There is also a way to determine if your computer is safe and everyone should take these precautions. I think whoever the author is has a very odd sense of humor because most people are not going to be laughing when there computers are being controlled.
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