Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Dummies Guide: How To Be Safe On The Internet
1. Establish guidelines for Internet use with your parents or another adult. Before you go online, decide how much time is okay for you to spend on the Internet each day and figure out what you can and cannot do. After you get more familiar with the Internet, you and your parents can talk again and change the guidelines. Post them next to the computer for easy reference.
2. Don't share your password with anyone else.
3. Before you share any information. about yourself on the Internet, get your parents' permission.
4. Double-check the URL (the address of the Web site) before hitting the Enter key. Make sure the spelling is right. This will help ensure you go to the site you want, and not some other place.
5. Check with your parents or another adult you trust before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and different types of people going to them. You and your parents want to make sure it is an appropriate place for you before you enter.
6. If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or a teacher right away.
7. Never send a picture of yourself (or anything else) to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it is okay.
8. If you receive unwanted, offensive, mean, threatening, or harassing e-mail, do not respond to it. Tell your parents or another adult right away.
9. Remember: not everything you read on the Internet is true.
10. Don't give out your age without checking with your parents first.
11. Never give out your full name (first and last). Don't give out your first name without checking with your parents or another adult first.
12. Never give out your home address over the Internet.
13. Ask your parents or an adult before signing up for anything online.
14. Don't give out your credit card number (or anyone else's) without permission from a parent.
15. Remember, when you are online, what you do is up to you. Don't do anything you don't want to do.
16. Don't open files or e-mail from someone you don't know. You don't know what might be inside—the files could contain a computer virus or offensive material.
17. Keep the computer in a common space, like the family room, den, or living room.
18. Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet in person without your parents' permission. You should never meet someone you met online alone. If you do set up a meeting with an online friend, meet in a public place and go with your parent or guardian.
19. Remember that any information you share about yourself can be seen by anyone who is online.
20. Don't give out your phone number.
21. Talk to your parents (or your teacher or another adult) about the kinds of places you go and things you do and see when you are online.
22. Pick a name—different from your real name—to use online.
23. Before you go into a public area, like a chat room or discussion forum, decide with your parents if it is okay to give out your e-mail address.
24. If someone online asks you too many personal questions, be suspicious. Stop talking with them.
25. Don't give out the name of your school.
26. Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. It is very easy for people to pretend to be someone they are not.
27. Don't do things online that you wouldn't do in real life.
28. Be careful when someone offers you something for free, like gifts or money. You don't know what their motives are. Decline the offer and tell your parents.
29. Treat other people as you'd like to be treated. Never use bad language or send mean messages online.
30. The "off" button is always there. Use it if you need to. You don't have to stay online if you don't want to.
2. Don't share your password with anyone else.
3. Before you share any information. about yourself on the Internet, get your parents' permission.
4. Double-check the URL (the address of the Web site) before hitting the Enter key. Make sure the spelling is right. This will help ensure you go to the site you want, and not some other place.
5. Check with your parents or another adult you trust before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and different types of people going to them. You and your parents want to make sure it is an appropriate place for you before you enter.
6. If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or a teacher right away.
7. Never send a picture of yourself (or anything else) to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it is okay.
8. If you receive unwanted, offensive, mean, threatening, or harassing e-mail, do not respond to it. Tell your parents or another adult right away.
9. Remember: not everything you read on the Internet is true.
10. Don't give out your age without checking with your parents first.
11. Never give out your full name (first and last). Don't give out your first name without checking with your parents or another adult first.
12. Never give out your home address over the Internet.
13. Ask your parents or an adult before signing up for anything online.
14. Don't give out your credit card number (or anyone else's) without permission from a parent.
15. Remember, when you are online, what you do is up to you. Don't do anything you don't want to do.
16. Don't open files or e-mail from someone you don't know. You don't know what might be inside—the files could contain a computer virus or offensive material.
17. Keep the computer in a common space, like the family room, den, or living room.
18. Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet in person without your parents' permission. You should never meet someone you met online alone. If you do set up a meeting with an online friend, meet in a public place and go with your parent or guardian.
19. Remember that any information you share about yourself can be seen by anyone who is online.
20. Don't give out your phone number.
21. Talk to your parents (or your teacher or another adult) about the kinds of places you go and things you do and see when you are online.
22. Pick a name—different from your real name—to use online.
23. Before you go into a public area, like a chat room or discussion forum, decide with your parents if it is okay to give out your e-mail address.
24. If someone online asks you too many personal questions, be suspicious. Stop talking with them.
25. Don't give out the name of your school.
26. Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. It is very easy for people to pretend to be someone they are not.
27. Don't do things online that you wouldn't do in real life.
28. Be careful when someone offers you something for free, like gifts or money. You don't know what their motives are. Decline the offer and tell your parents.
29. Treat other people as you'd like to be treated. Never use bad language or send mean messages online.
30. The "off" button is always there. Use it if you need to. You don't have to stay online if you don't want to.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Tips On Typing Faster With Your Blackberry
The focus of the BlackBerry platform is communications, and the keyboard on your BlackBerry device serves that purpose well. The keyboard has gotten better and better, too, which makes for faster typing. But unless you're following these quick tips, you're not reaching your typing speed potential.
1. Don't use a period:
One major difference between your BlackBerry keyboard and your desktop keyboard is that you have to shift to hit a period. That can be a pain, since it's the most common punctuation mark. But you don't have to hit Alt+M to get a period. Just hit the space bar twice and your BlackBerry will insert one for you.
2. Skip the shift key:
As on your desktop keyboard, you have to shift on your BlackBerry to get a capital letter. Well, not really. If you just hold down the letter, your BlackBerry will turn it into a capital.
3. Don't type the @ or . in an email address:
When you manually type in an email address, you don't have to hit the shift key to get the @ or the . symbol. Just hit the space-bar. Your BlackBerry will insert the @ symbol after the first space, and a . after each additional space.
1. Don't use a period:
One major difference between your BlackBerry keyboard and your desktop keyboard is that you have to shift to hit a period. That can be a pain, since it's the most common punctuation mark. But you don't have to hit Alt+M to get a period. Just hit the space bar twice and your BlackBerry will insert one for you.
2. Skip the shift key:
As on your desktop keyboard, you have to shift on your BlackBerry to get a capital letter. Well, not really. If you just hold down the letter, your BlackBerry will turn it into a capital.
3. Don't type the @ or . in an email address:
When you manually type in an email address, you don't have to hit the shift key to get the @ or the . symbol. Just hit the space-bar. Your BlackBerry will insert the @ symbol after the first space, and a . after each additional space.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Africa Entrepreneur Awards 2011 Launched
The 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship has
officially opened for entries on May 31st, 2011 and
conclude with an expanded Gala Awards event in
conjunction with a high-profile conference on
entrepreneurship -CONVERGENCE: AFRICA. This
year we have expanded the Africa Awards from
the humble beginnings of five countries
competing in 2007 now to include every country
in Africa.
Your company needs to have been running for at least two years, have plus 10 employees and an income revenue of not more than $15 million. Its a good way of marketing ones company and financing the firm too.
Nominate your company or any other of choice! I wish all companies the best!
officially opened for entries on May 31st, 2011 and
conclude with an expanded Gala Awards event in
conjunction with a high-profile conference on
entrepreneurship -CONVERGENCE: AFRICA. This
year we have expanded the Africa Awards from
the humble beginnings of five countries
competing in 2007 now to include every country
in Africa.
Your company needs to have been running for at least two years, have plus 10 employees and an income revenue of not more than $15 million. Its a good way of marketing ones company and financing the firm too.
Nominate your company or any other of choice! I wish all companies the best!
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