kids

'Boring' IT classes put off future careers

News The teaching of IT in secondary schools needs radically overhauling as it is putting kids off a career in technology, leading figures from academia and industry have warned. The UK's status as a world class IT nation is being threatened by a skills...

Tags: kids, industry, entry, study

18 June 2008, 8:55

Will RFID-guided robots rule the world?

News Take a closer look and you'll see the children wearing small electronic devices, tiny radio transmitters that signal the bot when the kids wander out of safe range. It's a sunny day and kids are playing tag, kicking a football around and hanging...

11 July 2005, 11:11

British girls more tech-savvy than boys

News The UK's kids are a nation of bloggers, MP3-player owners and all-round technophiles -- particularly the fairer sex -- according to a study into children's digital literacy from Ofcom. Seventy-two per cent of youngsters have access to digital TV...

4 May 2006, 9:52

News.blog: GPS in school uniforms?

News Parents already have a way to monitor kids' phone calls and text messages, and soon they might have the means to track children wearing school uniforms. According to the article, only half of kids 12 and under who were surveyed said that they...

23 August 2007, 10:24

News.blog: Parent-proof ringtone falls on deaf ears

News But times have changed, and those crazy kids have got you on this one -- a ring tone that most adults can't hear. The ringtone, which initially spread in pirated form through the Internet, is touted as a way for kids to get notified of a call or...

14 June 2006, 8:41

BBFC: Online game ratings inevitable

News BBFC Online is currently a voluntary scheme that enables Web sites to provide classification information to consumers and ensure that underage kids can't download unsuitable content. The system is a world first, and it comes at a time when the...

22 May 2008, 10:25

Schools may add Wii to PE

News In the UK, the Wii might even become a standard part of physical education after five schools in Worcestershire ran a scheme at lunchtimes where kids could play Wii Sports. The organisers found that the kids queued up for the chance, after years of...

Tags: kids, cent, sports, physical

29 January 2008, 8:31

News.blog: Less sexual predators on Web

News Those solicitations included attention kids didn't seek, such as requests for sexual pictures. Researchers credit the overall progress to highly publicised campaigns combating sexual predators on the Web, as well as efforts to teach kids to refrain...

10 August 2006, 9:08

Adult links mar children's search engine

News Rose said earlier advertising companies (Google and a local company) were supposedly tasked with filtering inappropriate advertising material from the Web site, www.kids.net.au. Kids.net.au is a searchable database of more than 25,000 sites...

14 April 2004, 10:30

Ten tech YouTube clips you shouldn't miss

News Here's a great, though perhaps somewhat disturbing, clip of two kids in their pajamas opening a "Nintendo Sixty-FOOOOOOOOOOUR" on Christmas morning. At least the kids say thank you. There was no shortage of humourous jabs taken at Senator Ted...

21 July 2006, 10:14

Porn-friendly '.xxx' domains approved

News In November 2000, the ICANN staff objected to domains such as .kids and .xxx and rejected ICM Registry's first application. At a hearing a few months later, Representative Fred Upton, a Republican from Michigan, demanded to know why ICANN didn't...

2 June 2005, 10:30

News.blog: Maker Faire a geek's dream

News On one side is a gorgeous white metalwork giraffe, known as the 'Rave 'Raff', which is spewing out electronica and attracting kids left and right who walk right up and touch its head. He imagined Maker Faire, with a delighted gleam in his eye, as a...

24 April 2006, 9:20

Which technology packs biggest punch?

News To kids, email is a tool for parents and teachers, Ruby said. Instant chat, in contrast, is the de facto technology for kids and teens who want to talk to friends. Which technology has had the most impact in the last 25 years?

25 July 2006, 9:26

Comic book software promotes film

News For us, the Comic Book Creator will allow kids, and families in general, people of all ages, to utilise the product to engage them in the storytelling that National Geographic is all about," said John Dumbacher, senior vice president of licensing...

7 June 2006, 10:32

Experts: Don't buy Vista for security

News It used to be that nerdy kids were trying to outdo other nerdy kids. Microsoft officially launched Vista for consumers on Tuesday. The software giant promotes the new operating system as the most secure version of Windows yet.

31 January 2007, 10:14