World’s Most Dangerous Search Terms
This paper from Mcafee examines a new phenomenon — the use of search engines as a conduit for profit-driven hackers—by analyzing the risk of searching for more than 2,000 of the most popular words and phrases (“keywords”) used in search engines in 2008. The article does an excellent job breaking out the risk by category and country.
Showing posts with label Information technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Information technology. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Introducing Web 2.0 : Blogs
What is a blog? The word Blog is a contraction of the term web log and is a personal or corporate website in the form of an online journal, with new entries appearing in sequence as they are written. Some blogs such as this library blog are “read only” while others provide an open forum for discussion.
As with Podcasts viewers are often able to sign up for continuous email alerts or for RSS feeds.
It is one of the many ways to keep up to date with developments in your field and to communicate with others.
Here is a selection of environmental Blogs (in alphabetical order):
Climate Debate Daily, named by Times of London as one of the 5 top eco-sites
Climate Ethics Blog is a commentary site on climate change science and policymaking by those working on climate change ethics. The site is intended for policymakers, interested public, and journalists.
ResearchBlogging which accesses blogs maintained by writers producing pee-reviewed material. This is the site to catch up on what is going on in academic research world wide.
Reuters Environment Blog
ScienceBlogs
Short Sharp Science: Environment posts. This blog is maintained by New Scientist.
The Environmental Blog maintained by John Tarantino who founded the non-profit organization to lobby congress to support hybrid vehicles.
The Green Blog with Graham Readfern which is maintained by the Courier Mail.
The Guardian Environmental Blog
While there are indexes to Blogs such as, Technorati,
and Blogcatalog you can also locate Blogs of interest simply by including the word blog in your Google search query.
If you want to set up your own Blog these will help you to start
How to set up a Blog for Beginners
How to set up a science Blog
As with Podcasts viewers are often able to sign up for continuous email alerts or for RSS feeds.
It is one of the many ways to keep up to date with developments in your field and to communicate with others.
Here is a selection of environmental Blogs (in alphabetical order):
Climate Debate Daily, named by Times of London as one of the 5 top eco-sites
Climate Ethics Blog is a commentary site on climate change science and policymaking by those working on climate change ethics. The site is intended for policymakers, interested public, and journalists.
ResearchBlogging which accesses blogs maintained by writers producing pee-reviewed material. This is the site to catch up on what is going on in academic research world wide.
Reuters Environment Blog
ScienceBlogs
Short Sharp Science: Environment posts. This blog is maintained by New Scientist.
The Environmental Blog maintained by John Tarantino who founded the non-profit organization to lobby congress to support hybrid vehicles.
The Green Blog with Graham Readfern which is maintained by the Courier Mail.
The Guardian Environmental Blog
While there are indexes to Blogs such as, Technorati,
and Blogcatalog you can also locate Blogs of interest simply by including the word blog in your Google search query.
If you want to set up your own Blog these will help you to start
How to set up a Blog for Beginners
How to set up a science Blog
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Introducing Web 2.0 : Podcasts.
Over the coming weeks I plan to introduce some of the tools available out there on the Web which can help keep you up to date and in touch with developments in Environmental affairs. This week we will look at Podcasts.
These are a great way for getting information on a wide range of topics and with the new generation of hand held devices it is now possible to download some items to view at your leisure. However you don’t have to have an Ipod or MP3 player to view them you can use them an ordinary PC with headphones or speaker.
They can range from short presentations of 1 -10 minutes to long discussions and presentations.
These are just a few of the many sites available:-
CSIRO pod
Environment and Green Podcasts maintained by the Environment Society of Australia.
The Environment Show features important current environment issues, interviews with leading campaigners and experts, best practice and solutions to our big environmental challenges. It was established and is maintained by Phil Stubbs, environment reporter for radio2ser Sydney. The site also provides links to a wealth of other Web 2.0 resources.
Podcast Blaster Directory: Environment
If you wish to extend your knowledge in other fields many universities and colleges now offer their courses and talk online.
MIT podcasts
Open Culture: University and College Podcasts
Podcasts from the University of Oxford
University of Melbourne Up Close Podcasts
University of Sydney Podcasts
If you are interested in creating your own podcasts then this will help start you up:
The Beginner’s guide to podcasts and podcasting. This is a comprehensive and easy to follow guide which includes excellent tips.
You may also be interested in Creating a Podcast with Blogger
These are a great way for getting information on a wide range of topics and with the new generation of hand held devices it is now possible to download some items to view at your leisure. However you don’t have to have an Ipod or MP3 player to view them you can use them an ordinary PC with headphones or speaker.
They can range from short presentations of 1 -10 minutes to long discussions and presentations.
These are just a few of the many sites available:-
CSIRO pod
Environment and Green Podcasts maintained by the Environment Society of Australia.
The Environment Show features important current environment issues, interviews with leading campaigners and experts, best practice and solutions to our big environmental challenges. It was established and is maintained by Phil Stubbs, environment reporter for radio2ser Sydney. The site also provides links to a wealth of other Web 2.0 resources.
Podcast Blaster Directory: Environment
If you wish to extend your knowledge in other fields many universities and colleges now offer their courses and talk online.
MIT podcasts
Open Culture: University and College Podcasts
Podcasts from the University of Oxford
University of Melbourne Up Close Podcasts
University of Sydney Podcasts
If you are interested in creating your own podcasts then this will help start you up:
The Beginner’s guide to podcasts and podcasting. This is a comprehensive and easy to follow guide which includes excellent tips.
You may also be interested in Creating a Podcast with Blogger
Monday, February 2, 2009
A Taste of "Delicious"
The topic for discussion at the next scheduled Morning Tea+ on Friday February 6, in the Level 14 Conference Room is Delicious. This is a tool which allows the user to store all their favourite websites and allows access from any terminal at any time.
During this talk we will have a look at the Library collection of Websites currently under construction, discover the features available in the resource, and present suggestions on how you can get started in creating your own collection of sites.
Spaces are limited so be sure to RSVP by the 4:30 on Thursday 5th.
Contact the library to request a place
During this talk we will have a look at the Library collection of Websites currently under construction, discover the features available in the resource, and present suggestions on how you can get started in creating your own collection of sites.
Spaces are limited so be sure to RSVP by the 4:30 on Thursday 5th.
Contact the library to request a place
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Doodle
This is an interesting site! "Doodle helps finding suitable dates for group events, e.g., an appointment, a conference call, a family reunion, etc.. Doodle is particularly useful to people who do not use a common calendar.
What can Doodle be used for?
Doodle is extremely flexible. Typically, Doodle is used for scheduling events: Be it an assembly, a team conference, a business lunch, a dinner among friends, a general assembly, a workshop, an excursion, a company event, etc.
But you can use Doodle differently as well, for the exercise planning of your sports club, for instance, or to find out who travels to the company excursion by train and who by car as well as who has space left in the car.
Doodle is a Web-based service which is free and requires no software installation."
What can Doodle be used for?
Doodle is extremely flexible. Typically, Doodle is used for scheduling events: Be it an assembly, a team conference, a business lunch, a dinner among friends, a general assembly, a workshop, an excursion, a company event, etc.
But you can use Doodle differently as well, for the exercise planning of your sports club, for instance, or to find out who travels to the company excursion by train and who by car as well as who has space left in the car.
Doodle is a Web-based service which is free and requires no software installation."
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
FUMSI
FUMSI publishes artcles, tools, and a monthly magazine, to give you practical help with information skills. Under How do I FUMSI?, click on the individual sections to find tips for finding, using, managing and sharing information.
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