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When cyberbullying hits teens

August 8, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says online harassment for teenagers is becoming a distasteful constant of cyberlife. TAGS: teen, teenager, electronic communication, text message, girl, IM, e-mail, photograph

Teens and media: a full-time job

December 7, 2006 Young Americans spend more than 72 hours a week using the Internet, cell phones, television, music and video games, a study says. TAGS: teen, study, video game, media, cell phone, music, IM, games, TV, video, e-mail

Are kids playing it safe online?

July 18, 2007 Despite the rap against teens' Net etiquette, attorney Eric J. Sinrod says it's time to re-examine the conventional wisdom. TAGS: teen, profile, teenager, social networking, photograph

Cracking the code of teens' IM slang

November 14, 2006 special feature Want to know what PAW, MOS and CD9 mean? A growing list of Web sites can help parents find out. TAGS: teen, acronym, margin, parent, IM, code

Where the wired kids are

May 25, 2006 Teen things, that is. A new crop of Web sites is joining mainstays like MySpace, Yahoo on list of most-popular sites among teens. TAGS: teen, margin, MySpace, ComScore, teenager, visitor, Yahoo! Inc., Wikipedia, kid, America Online Inc., Google Inc.

Teen-only gym: Virtual reality, real sweat

September 22, 2006 special feature One of the country's first teen-only gyms hopes to do for the plugged-in generation what Curves did for middle-aged women. Photos: High-tech teen workout TAGS: gym, teen, virtual reality, margin, women, video game, games, photograph, video

Study: 'Cyberbullying' hits one third of teens

June 28, 2007 Girls more likely to be bullied online than boys, though most teens say the likelihood of being harassed is greater offline, study finds. TAGS: teen, harassment, girl, boy, social networking, survey, photograph, IM, e-mail

MSN, Sprite hip hop for teens

March 23, 2005 Microsoft's MSN and Sprite launch a music site targeted at teenagers. TAGS: MSN, teen, Microsoft Corp.

Study: Majority of teens stay private online

January 8, 2007 More than half of teens who use sites like MySpace and Facebook say their personal information isn't visible to all Net users. TAGS: teen, social networking, MySpace, girl, boy, Facebook, survey, researcher

'Second Life' for teens: 3D fun sans the brothels

August 8, 2005 After two years as an adults-only playground, the virtual world will feature a new grid for teenagers. Images: A new metaverse TAGS: Second Life, teen, grid, virtual worlds, online game, community, Electronic Arts Inc., 3D, games

As teens embrace blogs, schools sound an alarm

November 15, 2005 As blogs, social sites explode in popularity, students post more and more personal data online. Schools are concerned. Parents can help. TAGS: teen, margin, school, student, blog, Facebook, kid, children

Landlines still trump Web for teen chitchat

July 27, 2005 A Pew survey shows the Web is becoming more central to teen life but hasn't yet replaced the phone as the preferred conduit of gossip. TAGS: teen, teenager, landline phone, survey, mobile phone, boy, RIM BlackBerry, IM, cell phone, PC

Police blotter: Teens prosecuted for racy photos

February 9, 2007 In this week's installment, a teen is prosecuted for taking risque photos of herself and her teenage beau and e-mailing them to him. TAGS: teen, Police Blotter, Florida, child, photograph, Judge, law, digital camera, image, e-mail, camera

MySpace developing parental-notification software

January 17, 2007 "Zephyr" is designed to give parents access to their children's names, ages, and locations as listed on their profiles. TAGS: Hemanshu Nigam, MySpace, teen, parent, News Corp., age, profile, children, monitoring

The skinny on cell phones

September 21, 2005 In the market for mobile phones, will the race go to the slimmest? Also: Safety experts keep an eye on teens. TAGS: teen, emerging market, cell phone, transportation, NEC Electronics Corp., handset, Nokia Corp., mobile phone, photograph

Second helpings in games arena

August 8, 2005 After two years of grown-up fare, 'Second Life' virtual world makes room for teens. Also: A double dose of Nvidia. TAGS: Second Life, teen, virtual worlds, NVidia, Sony Corp., games

Virtual nightclub offers teens alter egos

May 15, 2006 Game lets teens create computer-generated characters, complete with cool hair cuts and dance moves. Images: The Lounge TAGS: teen, club, character, visitor, child, MySpace

Microsoft drops MSBlast writer's $500,000 penalty

March 30, 2005 Jeffrey Lee Parson, teen convicted of writing variant of MSBlast worm, won't have to pay restitution to Microsoft. TAGS: Jeffrey Lee Parson, MSBlast worm, restitution, teen, Microsoft Corp.

MySpace reaching out to parents

April 11, 2006 Social networking site and other groups are trying to address concerns that kids are being set up for trouble. TAGS: MySpace, margin, teen, parent, social networking, kid, president

Study: Online teens need more supervision

May 23, 2005 Only about half of parents regularly monitor their children's activity on the Internet, child safety advocates say. TAGS: teenager, teen, Cox Communications Inc., children, parent, survey, activity, IM, monitor
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