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| Title: | Homeland Security Enters the Classroom |
| Author: | Justin Fenton |
| Publisher: | Baltimore Sun |
| URL: | http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-te.ha.homeland07jul07%2C0%2C 3942766.story?coll=bal-local-headlines |
| Description: | State education officials see an opportunity to prepare students for the thousands of jobs focused on national security and weapons research that are expected to come to Maryland in a nationwide consolidation of military bases. The Harford County school system plans to open in fall of 2007 the nation's first magnet program focused on homeland security, preparing high school students for careers in disaster response, high-level computer science and law enforcement. The new program also aims to feed students into area universities, which have been rapidly developing similar programs in advanced security since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. |
| Title: | School Camp Recruits Cyber-Crime Fighters |
| Author: | From eSchool News staff and wire service reports |
| Publisher: | eSchool News |
| URL: | http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=5636 |
| Description: | 28 students with exceptional skills in math, science, and technology participated in a residential high school cyber-security camp in New York state. The thinking behind the week-long program, held for the first time in April (2005), is that 80 percent of computer hackers are believed to be under 18--so high school is the perfect time to recruit them to the security side. The camp was a collaboration of the State University of New York at Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), the Griffiss Institute for Information Assurance, and the Cyber Operations Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. |
| Title: | Souped-Up Mesh Networks |
| Author: | Kate Greene |
| Publisher: | Technology Review |
| URL: | http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17199&ch=infotech |
| Description: | Originally developed for communication and surveillance networks on battlefields, a new type of wireless network design facilitates more powerful communications without the expensive infrastructure and could potentially help extend the batter life of consumer wireless devices. |
| Title: | Study aims to improve internet literacy |
| Author: | Laura Ascione, Assistant Editor |
| Publisher: | eSchool News Online |
| URL: | http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstory.cfm?ArticleID=6578 |
| Description: | Most students are not taught how to critically evaluate information found on the Internet. The ability to read, understand, and decipher online material requires a unique skill set—qualities many of today's students have yet to grasp, according to researchers at the University of Connecticut and Clemson University, who with funds from the U.S. Department of Education, are creating a custom built model to help students acquire the kinds of higher-level comprehension skills necessary to navigate today's digital landscape. |
| Title: | Used Cellphones Hold Trove of Secrets That Can Be Hard to Erase |
| Author: | Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post Staff Writer |
| Publisher: | Washingtonpost.com |
| URL: | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/20/AR2006102001647 .html?referrer=emailarticlepg |
| Description: | Cellphones are one of the latest targets for data and security breaches. As newer models offer increased memory and more features, owners can use them as portable mini computers and load them with reams of data that does not erase easily. Using commercially available software to retrieve your stored personal data, hackers are able to reconstruct your personal profile from address books, contacts, e-mails, photos, and the names and phone numbers of the last people you called. |
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