Internet

Dangers of Young Generations on The Net

May 9, 2010 Observation

At Pacific Coffee this morning I observed a boy; about the age of ten, at an Internet workstation. From the start I see that he is fidgety, and is the type who cannot sit still. When he jumps onto the computer the first thing he does is sign into Facebook. He scans the posts in [...]

Internet Deprived in Shanghai

April 30, 2010 Opinion

As I stay in Shanghai on my 6th day I am staring to get Internet withdraws. It is not that I do not have access to the Internet. I do have access to my online store, my emails, my blog and some of my favorite sites. Although this is possible the mainland Chinese government has [...]

10 Top Internet Using Countries

January 8, 2009 Top Ten

Rank Country % of Wrold Total # of Internet Users 1. USA 18.00 210,575,287 2. China 13.80 162,000,000 3. Japan 7.40 86,300,000 4. Germany 4.30 50,426,117 5. Inda 3.60 42,000,000 6. Brazil 3.30 39,140,000 7. UK 3.20 37,600,000 8. South Korea 2.90 34,120,000 9. France 2.80 32,925,953 10. Italy 2.70 31,481,928 Top 10 Total 62.00 [...]

China’s Virtual Police

September 1, 2007 Opinion

Beijing, China today introduced the new “Virtual Policeman and Policewoman” cartoon figures who will constantly monitor the web sites Chinese citizen visits. At the moment the Virtual Police is only monitoring 13 Chinese web sites and will eventually covers every domains registered in Beijing, China. These Virtual Police would periodically appear on Internet surfer’s browser [...]

Technology Dependence

December 28, 2006 Opinion

Yesterday, a major earthquake in Southwestern Taiwan caused sever damage to the fiber optics communication cables on the sea bed. This interruption prevented me from accessing my emails and the backend applications for my online stores which are stored on the server located in the United States. Fortunately, for part of the day yesterday I [...]