Posts Tagged ‘ Web/Tech ’

Internet blocking at BCFE expands

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Editorial Team | Category: News

Internet censorship at Ballyfermot college has expanded in the last month, even restricting access to search engine Yahoo.
It caused students problems accessing email and search services of the US company with offices in
Ireland, even thought the Ballyfermot Post was previously told that useful sites would be unblocked in “a matter of two seconds”. Peter Burke, [...]



Lecturer bans Google and Wikipedia

Jan 21st, 2008 | By Editorial Team | Category: News

A lecturer at a UK university has banned her students from using
Google and Wikipedia, saying students were relying on the websites too
much and dubbing the trend as “the University of Google”.
Professor Tara Brabazon (49) restricted her students to a strict
reading list, saying: “I ban my students from using Google, Wikipedia
and other websites
like that. I give [...]