 Millions of young Chinese addicted to 'unhealthy' Internet games: report August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Around four million Chinese youngsters are addicted to the Internet, mainly attracted by "unhealthy" online games, state media reported Friday, citing a top legislator. | |
Web communities for money management, borrowing gain currency September 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The Internet, which has wrought major changes in the way people conduct their lives, is changing the way people manage their finances and borrow money. What social networking sites like My Space and Facebook have done for ... | |
Kentucky military school saved by eBay September 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A listing on eBay might have saved the abandoned 115-year-old Millersburg Military Institute in Bourbon County, Ky. oseph Land, chief of staff of the private United States Army Cadet Corps, said Friday that corps officials ... | |
System thwarts Internet eavesdropping August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ... | |
Scientific wiki solves the 'who wrote what' problem August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Reporting in Nature Genetics, and working in conjunction with Society in Science, the ETH Zurich-administered fund that is dedicated to exploring new avenues in the relationship between science and society, scientist ... | |
Internet law made simple August 28, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Internet law is a new frontier where SMEs fear to tread. Now European researchers have created a new internet law wiki designed to encourage more SMEs to go online. The internet has enabled a brave, new world ... | |
 Taiwan cracks major hacking ring, data on president stolen August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Police in Taiwan have arrested six people suspected of stealing personal data from state firms, including information about the island's current and former presidents, officials said Wednesday. | |
 Facebook makeover nettles some devotees September 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Facebook's new look became mandatory Wednesday in a shift to what the popular social networking website says is a faster, streamlined and more spam-resistant format that has some devotees in a state of rebellion. ... | |
 Sellers squawk as eBay evolves to combat rivals August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Flocks of eBay sellers were squawking as the pioneering online auction website continued "bold changes" aimed at wrenching market share from Internet retail giant Amazon. | |
 Cyber crooks set email trap with bogus Obama sex video September 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Cyber crooks are trying to cash in on fascination with the US presidential race by sending trick email promising a sex video starring candidate Barack Obama, according to Sophos computer security firm. | |
 Internet socializing keeps time with the music scene August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As music lovers mobbed an outdoor stage, vying for views of Radiohead, Beck and other rockers, Keith McPhail enjoyed a prime view of the show from a couch in an Internet "living room." | |
Entrepreneur breathes new life into funeral business September 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
At 28, St. Clair, Mich., resident and Internet entrepreneur - known around town as "Joey" - stands out in the tidy, riverside community where he's founded several dotcoms. They include FuneralOne, which brought in $2.8 million ... | |
Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be? August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease. Rather than relying on text to provide the understanding of biomacromolecule structures, a collaborative ... | |
Congregations putting services on live Web video feed September 11, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Paul and Courtney Elliott had a sick 2-year-old and Kim Hartzog was on vacation in Tennessee - reasons, ordinarily, to miss Sunday morning services at their local church. But in the Internet age, even "going to church" is ... | |
 S.Korean police arrest four over massive customer data theft September 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
South Korean police on Sunday arrested four people over the theft of data on 11 million customers of a local oil refiner in what is being called the country's largest-ever data leak. | |
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