- There's No Summer Vacation for Predators and
Identity Thieves
- Twitter: Fun Service, But an Open Book
- Social Networking for Grownups
There's No Summer Vacation for Predators and Identity Thieves
If you're a parent of school-aged children, you may find your kids spending a lot more time online in the summer months ahead. The best way to make sure they're surfing safely is to set up some basic ground rules about what sites they can visit and what information they need to keep private. But barring that, it can help to have software installed on your computer to act as another safeguard for those times when you can't be around to monitor your kids' surfing habits.
Trend Micro Internet Security comes equipped with parental controls to restrict site access and monitor online activities. You can block websites with inappropriate content, prevent access at specific times, and even stop them from typing personal information in web pages.
Here's a link to general Internet safety tips for families.
Twitter: Fun Service, But an Open Book
Everybody's using Twitter these days—politicians, celebrities, and many of your friends and neighbors. It might be fun to follow the daily routines of Ashton Kutcher or your favorite hairdresser, but you should consider your own safety and privacy before you start twittering about yourself. Read more >
Social Networking for Grownups
Look out, kids! The heyday of Facebook may be officially over, because your parents are starting to use it. The Facebook demographic has been skewing older for several years, but recently some astonishing news broke: the number of women over age 55 using Facebook has increased by 550 percent in just the past six months. What on earth is going on? Read more >
Help us improve the new version 1.5 of Trend Smart Surfing for Mac by joining the Beta Program. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to run a pre-release version of Trend Smart Surfing v1.5 and provide us with your valuable feedback.
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