Suicide 2.0?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5203176.ece
In a grim example of how the Web can be used, 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs committed suicide online. He streamed himself live via Justin.tv, and swallowed medication. He was apparently egged on by members of several social networking sites, who alerted the police when they realized this was for real. Unfortunately they were too late. [...]

Women Online

“People who are addicted to the Internet are more likely to be thirty-something women than the stereotyped shy, male teenagers, according to new research.” This, I believe is a bold statement. In the article posted below this is said to be the “typical internet user” – this was proven by a study conducted at the [...]

The Age of the Internet

I was very surprised when reading the numbers in this article. It shows the amount of people actually using the internet as well as its extreme availability in the United States. “In 2000 there were 55,475,000 U.S. households with personal computers” and “99 percent of public schools have access to the Internet.” Internet is HUGE. [...]

Campus Addictions

“Staying up late at night on the Internet is the best time I have at school,” boasts Kim. This article explains why many college students feel the way Kim does and criticizes how this view may be negatively affecting their bodies and behavior. The article explains that “colleges have become perhaps the major breeding ground [...]

New Trends

“Over a six month period, fifty usable web-administered surveys were collected.Respondents ranged from human resource managers to company presidents.” Internet usage is also an issue at work and companies and corporations are now trying to implement internet management and controls in the workplace in efforts to keep their employees focused on their tasks at hand. [...]

Are We Addicted?

This article was written in 2000 and I am very surprised that addictive internet usage was a big problem then for I believe it is more prevalent now more than ever. The article relates a survey that was conducted 8 years ago in order to interpret the affect internet usage has on its users and [...]

The Online Gamble

Internet gambling and teens? Does it really happen? This article provides us with the answer to that question- Yes; A lot. Gambling, or as defined in this article, “This staking of something of potential financial value on an uncertain outcome” is very popular in teens and children in the US and Canada. This article is [...]

Firms Take Action

This article explains the efforts internet firms are making in order to secure the identities of internet users, especially teens and children. Since the boom of internet predators recently and through out the years as well as the usage of information online in order to better advertise, the protection of personal information is necessary in [...]

Black Friday without the Lines?

by Ruby Patel
            Thanksgiving is always marked by families coming together and spending time with one another. It the beginning of the holiday season and what better way to spend the Friday afterwards then by going shopping! It is customary for many families to enjoy the evening turkey and then get packed up to go [...]

Privacy Breach?

by Ruby Patel
            Want to buy an identity? How about investigate all the past location where a person has lived and worked? Now it is possible… There are many internet websites that can give you the personal information of any person in the world with a small and affordable fee of course. I can buy [...]