Are you cybersafe?

October 26, 2009

Old public service announcements (PSAs) and education films are fun to watch. This is a new PSA on cybersecurity by @WagnerVision – the link is courtesy of Ryan Ozawa at http://w.ry.ly/post/224315869/billy Recycled film footage has been combined with some new shots of computers to create this new video.

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Cory’s new book

October 20, 2009

Little Brother author Cory Doctorow has a new book of short stories called With a Little Help – and as usual, he’s trying something different with his business model. It will be available in multiple formats with multiple prices – from free e-books and audiobooks to custom-bound $250 volumes. If you want an affordable bound [...]

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Battle of the Rockbands

October 16, 2009

Date: October 23, 2009, 3-5 pm Place: HPU Sea Warrior Center (1154 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI 96813) Also see the Facebook listing for this event. Sign-up individually or as a three-person “band” by e-mailing Professor Vince Tsushima at vtsushima@hpu.edu by Thursday, October 22, 2009 Limited to twelve (12) competitors.  We will accept sign-ups in [...]

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Google’s terms of service prohibit underage users

October 12, 2009

According to a 28 March 2008 CNET article called Google: No kids allowed, Google’s user agreements seemed to prohibit anyone under 18 from using Google. The most recent version of Google’s Terms of Service was published on 16 April 2007 and state that users must be “of legal age to form a binding contract with [...]

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Programming languages

October 1, 2009

Bill Sodeman, associate professor of information systems at HPU, has recorded a short video about programming languages. The video is available on these formats and sites: QuickTime and iPod Windows Media Facebook YouTube

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