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INTERNET ABUSES & HAZARDS

Internet Abuse in the Workplace

from Staffmonitoring.com

The Internet has become an invaluable resource in the workplace, the world's biggest reference library, social media center, and pornography outlet is now only a click away. This availability presents a significant risk factor for employer liability and costs employers thousands of hours in productivity each day. Monitoring employee Internet use is one way to reduce employer liability, and whether or not you agree with the principles behind Internet monitoring, many employers agree that it is a necessary evil.

Internet abusers range from upper management employees in private offices viewing hardcore pornography, to the department assistant in a cubicle that spends 3 hours a day using Facebook, doing online shopping, making travel arrangements, and paying bills through the company Internet. Internet abuse is endemic in the workplace and organizations are being forced to face the problem head on, or suffer the consequences.

Among the many consequences of Internet abuse is a loss of productivity and scores of litigation issues such as sexual harassment, hostile work environment and discrimination. Monitoring Employee Internet access is one way that an organization can limit its liability.

Defining Internet Abuse

Defining Internet abuse is the first challenge, and creating an organization wide acceptable use policy (AUP) is the first step in the definition. An AUP defines what constitutes Internet abuse in your organization. What was acceptable Internet behavior in one organization may be unacceptable in another, so the AUP is a highly customized policy, based on the organizational mission. The organization determines what lines will be drawn when it comes to Internet abuse.

The key to a successful AUP implementation in most organizations is similar to other policy development issues in the workplace. There must be "buy-in" from the "top-down", in other words, the leaders of the organization must agree to the principles of the AUP and endeavor to push that policy down to the directors, managers and supervisors within the organization. The most critical stage of AUP development is dependant on upper management "buy-in" and their willingness to demonstrate the importance of this policy to the rest of the organization.

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How to Get Better, Faster Search Results

by Scott J. Wilson, Los Angeles Times Sunday April 29, 2012 - edited by Cecile Bendavid

Here are five tips to speed up your Google searches:

1. Exclude terms. If you are looking for information on Vikings (explorers), and you don't want pages on football's Minnesota Vikings, use a minus sign to tell Google to exclude pages that contain a certain word, such as: Vikings - Minnesota.

2. Site search. Limit your search to a single website or a specific group of sites by using site: followed by a Web address or ending. Type site:latimes.com in your search and you'll get results only from the Los Angeles Times website. To get results only from U.S. government sites - add site:gov to your search. Use site:edu for colleges or site:mil for U.S. military sites.

3. Wildcard search. Use an asterick to substitute for any word or words in a phrase. This can be handy for identifying a particular fact or finding a missing word in a song lyric.

Put phrases in quotes: "Perris is in "county" or "in Penny Lane there is a "showing photographs."

4. Math and conversions. Enter a math problem into Google Search and it will give you the answer (use * for multiplication and / for division). It will also convert currencies and temperatures. Enter $100 in euros or 72 Fahrenheit in Celsius.

5. More shortcuts: Put "define" before any word: define photobomb and Google will give you a definition at the top of the results. Similarly entering "movies" or "weather" before a ZIP Code or a city name will produce a list of films playing nearby or a weather forecast for that area.

	Ask the Professor - Cecile Bendavid
Professor of Computer Science - California State University Northridge and Director of New Business Development for CEO Computers. Q. How do I select things quickly in Word? A. Tips for selecting things To select a word, double click. To select a paragraph, triple click. Place your cursor in the left margin. Click once for a line, double click to select all lines in a paragraph.

Web 2.0 Design

Web 2.0 design has no definition, yet it is widely recognizable. Consisting of a light and "easy on the eyes" look, Web 2.0 design utilizes whitespace with bright, vivid colors and gradients. Fonts play a major role in Web 2.0 - the "H1" tag resurfaces as a major part of a web page's design, as it is typically a large, bright statement of what a page or paragraph is about. Links are bright and typically neon in color, and color combinations themselves are heavily contrasted against their backdrop (color patterns such as white, neon green and fuchsia make for an eye-appealing mix). Overall, Web 2.0 typically borrows from minimalist styles - where "less is more."

Some sites barely need any graphics at all - on such sites, it's all about the text! Tasteful placement of H-tags, rounded fonts, justified paragraphs and CSS/DIV sections without separator lines make for a "newspapery" looking layout, that is easy to read or skim through.

Web 2.0 Functionality Web 2.0 functionality has a heavy emphasis on social networking and sharing. Social networking involves the contact amongst web site users. This contact takes place through commenting (leaving comments at the end of a blog or article), sharing (swapping or sharing favorite links, articles, pictures or videos), message boards (traditional forums for discussions), and other such practices.

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