Inappropriate Internet Use At Work

Tom Harbert reports on the rising number of employees bringing devices with NSFW images to the workplace. These employees do not realize that all of the images being viewed by a device on the network can potentially be viewed (and traced) by the network administrator. Harbert discusses current IT practices and touches on legal liability for the corporation.

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University Network Bandwidth

Jake New reports that digital devices are consuming so much bandwidth that university networks are being brought to their knees. The comment stream offers suggestions such as charging for bandwidth used. Jeff Young, a Chronicle staff writer, notes that some students cannot afford or obtain Internet connectivity at home, resulting in a bandwidth divide among online students. The poorer students are forced to use onsite facilities to conduct research and write their papers.

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