Monday, August 9, 2010

Internet hoaxes - TechRepublic.com

Top 10 sites to debunk Internet hoaxes | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com:
"Has this ever happened to you? You’re busy working on an intense project when someone in the company excitedly forwards you one of those stupid urban legend chain mail spams asking if it is true. Or worse, they simply forward it to everyone in the company without checking with you first."

Although this article originates from a technical newsletter put out by TechRepublic, I thought the Boomers out there would enjoy the Debunk Tips.
It is well written and despite the fact that it starts out referring to IT procedures, once it gets into the 10 choices of debunking web sites it's POE (Plain Old English) reading from there on.


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