Published by Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired (the blog) is a resource for parents, aunts, uncles, teachers, librarians youth workers or any adult trying to decode what teens are doing online and with technology. 
Bits & Bytes
KAOL and Red now free (AOL's kids and teen services are now free for anyone to use as are their parental controls)
- Where do you not want your kids to go today? (Microsoft's new Vista operating system, set to launch next year, will have a big emphasis on parental controls) (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Cellphones give UK parents peace of mind (a new study says parents reassured, like to call teens. Teens, of course, prefer to text their parents) (BBC)
- This might destroy that peace of mind ("Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety surveyed teens on their biggest distractions while driving and found cellphone texting at the top of the list.") (COX News Service)
- Reading a bedtime story (from your laptop...The International Children's Digital Library is working to create a digital library of children's books that will surpass 10,000 volumes by 2008.) (via Cool Hunting)
- Using the Web to create social change (teens are connecting with other teens around issues they care about online, and now there are sites devoted to helping them do just that) (USA Today)
