However, recently dozens of experts in child development, education, health, and technology urged us to reexamine the assumption that computers are good for children. President Sam Nujoma has urged Namibians to embrace computer education so as not to be left behind in the age of information technology. We must aim to become computer-literate in order to be able to use the tools of information technology to our advantage.
Federal agencies seem to be having problems satisfying a children's privacy law.
The U.S. Justice Department's kids' website collects information about minors without asking for parents' permission. Every so often, I go to a search engine such as Google or Excite and enter my name to see what comes up. It's not vanity that drives me to ego-surf, as the practice is called. Rather it is the desire to maintain some level of anonymity in a virtual world that seems to become less private every nanosecond. The Hong Kong government would launch a major e-government intitiative before the end of the year, the Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting, Mrs Carrie Yau, said.