Technology Talk

It’s always a good idea to monitor what you write about less it come back to haunt you one day. What you post on blogs and social networking sites like MySpace and FaceBook can hurt your job prospects, be used as evidence in against you, and even get you fired. But the line between appropriate and inappropriate behavior is one of interpretation, as 17 year old high school student, Miles Haggard, learned recently.

A junior at Plainfield South High School, Haggard vocalized his concerns about the school district on Xanga.com. Part of his comments included Read the rest

If you’ve ever spent time in online chat rooms, forums, or games, you’ve probably noticed the little pictures posters use to represent themselves. Sometimes, they’re real photos but often, they’re cartoons, movie characters, animals, or pretty much anything you can imagine.

For most sites, it’s pretty easy to change that picture (called an Avatar) - you just select which picture you want to represent you, upload it to the server with the click of a button, and presto - you’re someone completely different. Read the rest