Kilkenny Voice

I will be the first to admit that social networking sites are a great tool. They are a brilliant way to connect to people on the other side of the world, who share the same interests as you. But isn't that really what they should be? A tool or a service to help you connect online? If you take a walk down High Street on a busy afternoon you're guaranteed to here the word “Bebo” echo through your ears on more than one occasion. “Bebo me later”, “I'll Bebo you tonight”, “Are you on Bebo?” It's a word that you can't miss, and like many things, you either hate it or love it.

I was looking through carzone.ie the other day, and I couldn't believe the amount of scams being carried out through their site. They really should be doing something about it, but so far they haven't!

CARZONE SCAMS

INTERNET connections in the home have come along in massive strides here in recent years. Gone are the days, for most people, where sitting at the computer for 15 minutes waiting for your e-mail to load, to find that you haven't actually got any. There is still so much for Ireland to be offered when it comes to broadband, in terms of speed and availability, but for now we have enough to keep most of us happy with our internet connections in our homes.

WHAT IS CYBER BULLYING?
Cyber bullying is a form of bullying, which is carried out through an internet service such as email, chat room, discussion group, online social networking, instant messaging or web pages. It can also include bullying through mobile phone technologies such as SMS

Examples of cyber bullying behaviour are:

• Teasing and being made fun of;

WIRELESS access to your broadband at home or at work can be of great benefit, having access to the internet anywhere around the house or work place can make working on the internet a breeze. But there is also a side of the great wireless signal that everyone should know about, and that's the security side.

SECURITY AT HOME

Making money online, words that are going to put a smile on anyone's face, but also put a hint of suspicion on their minds. Most people might think it's only a myth,that money can't be made online from home. But the truth is it can, there's no big red button that you can press and start the money flowing in. But with a little time and effort you can end up with a nice income from the internet.

The Fiction

Adware is free software that is supported by advertisements, sometimes an annoyance to the user.

Bandwidth refers to how much data you can send through a network or modem connection.

You've all seen what happens when you leave your computer idle for a short while, the screensaver kicks in. These days there's no real need for a screensaver, it's just a decoration. It came about in the days of the big old cathode ray tube (CRT) screens, remember the ones with the big pane of glass on the front?