Frank A. Cona and Michael D. Palage, intellectual property attorneys and Internet consultants, will speak at noon on Friday, Oct. 16, in the Mathias Heck Courtroom in Joseph E. Keller Hall on campus. The presentation is free and open to the public. They have written and spoken extensively on the legal, technological and social issues surrounding the Internet. Headlines heralding online dangers are popping up with more regularity in the press. They learned how to make a bomb from the Internet, according to a report in the Syracuse Herald-Journal .
Children can access virtual casinos and pornography on the Web.
Establish proper guidelines for use of the computer. Know how to document and report obscene or other illegal material. Investigate your access provider to see if it offers filtering options. If not, install filtering software. Don't believe everything you read, see or hear online.