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Sunday, July 8, 2007
Post I.T. {vbar}Teenage Cell Addiction
A Disney Mobile "Cell and Tell" survey released last week found that cellphone usage among 10- to 17-year-olds jumps by more than an hour a day in the summer, to more than 3 hours and 45 minutes, compared with usage on a school day.
The poll of more than 1,500 teens and preteens found that 44 percent use text messages as their primary form of communication. More than half -- 52 percent -- say they send text messages from a movie theater while 28 percent have sent messages from the dinner table.
For many -- 26 percent -- texting is one of the first things they do in the morning, within 10 minutes of waking up.
Almost all respondents -- 96 percent -- said they communicate with a parent daily via cellphone, while 20 percent said they use a cellphone to connect with Mom or Dad at least five times a day.
For parents wanting to enforce some control over the phone, be prepared for some resistance. One-third of the respondents said they would rather give up the radio, video games or a trip to the mall before giving up their phones. Nearly 25 percent said they would rather give up an MP3 player and about 20 percent said they would rather give up TV.
-- Sam Diaz blog.washingtonpost.com/posttechhttp:/
Post I.T. {vbar}Turn In Your Boss!
The Business Software Alliance, an organization representing software manufacturers, is calling on employees to turn in employers who use unlicensed software. The group is even dangling a $1 million reward.
The alliance launched its reward program in the fall of 2005 and said it has since settled with hundreds of companies. But, as part of a campaign that kicked off last week and will continue through October, the alliance has raised the reward from $200,000 to $1 million.
The organization says that software piracy causes millions of dollars in lost revenues every year and that illegal software can increase the risk for security and technical problems in a workplace. Companies face fines of up to $150,000 for each software title that has been copied.
Sure, many businesses don't mean to use unlicensed software. Executives at fast-growing companies often put software licensing on the back burner. Some rely on outside tech professionals to manage the software -- and later find that the software wasn't installed legally. Others point to employees who installed software on a company machine without authorization.
-- Sam Diaz blog.washingtonpost.com/posttechhttp:/
