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Steve Madsen

Group Buying & Discount Online Shopping Websites In Australia - 0 views

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    "Australian start-ups have caught on to our urge to impulse shop and are spearheading the private online shopping club trend Down Under. Started in France through vente-privee.com, then followed up locally first by Ozsale.com.au, then brandsExclusive and Buyinvite.com.au, online shopping clubs work by signing up members to receive regular newsletters with exclusive offers on fashion items and other goods."
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    What is meant by impulse buying?
Steve Madsen

Top three reasons we choose illegal downloads | News.com.au - 1 views

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    "WHY do people turn to the web to get TV shows, movies and music without paying for them when they know they should? We asked more than 7000 illegal downloaders to tell us just that. Here's the breakdown of their answers."
Steve Madsen

Are kids becoming phone addicts? - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Three-quarters of Australian children aged 12 to 14 own a mobile phone but by the time they are 15 that number surges to 90 per cent, according to figures from the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
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    phone addicts... may lead to health & wellness issues? Australian focus.
Ahmed Kiyoshi El Maghraby

Case of stolen online identity - Technology - smh.com.au - 1 views

  • is daughter was among those who received the fake appeal and alerted him. The Balmain resident tried to log in to his Facebook account to see what was happening but couldn't.
  • "It said my email wasn't registered," he says.
  • Identity theft and scams on social networking sites, though, are not uncommon occurrences.
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  • "ID theft has existed in both the online and physical world for some time."
  • Some users have their identity compromised via phishing sites that fool them
  • he threats to users on social networking sites
  • Other users click an email or website link that leads them to a web page that installs malicious software
  • criminals become "friends" and check a user's profile in the hope of guessing a password.
Steve Madsen

Optus says 'yes' to internet filter plan - BizTech - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Article related to Australia.
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    OPTUS customers in Sydney and Newcastle will be asked to take part in the Federal Government's controversial test of internet filters.
Steve Madsen

Susan Boyle's virulently viral videos - web - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    example of viral event in the internet
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    Scottish singer Susan Boyle continues to break all kinds of viral internet records,
Steve Madsen

Is your boss your friend or foe? - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Maria's nightmare began after a long weekend when she logged on to check her emails only to find: "The boss added you as a friend on Facebook" staring at her through her inbox screen.
Steve Madsen

How much information is too much in cyberspace? - web - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

  • Twitter, Facebook and other similar online services are making it easier than ever for people to share their thoughts with others. But the obsession many people have for posting updates also raises the question: When does sharing about one's personal life cross the line and become too much information?
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    Twitter, Facebook and other similar online services are making it easier than ever for people to share their thoughts with others. But the obsession many people have for posting updates also raises the question: When does sharing about one's personal life cross the line and become too much information?
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    When does sharing about one's personal life cross the line and become too much information?
Steve Madsen

Scarygirl's more than just a pretty face - web - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Passion Pictures Australia is trying a different strategy, using a free online game to bring the delightful Scarygirl to the world's attention years ahead of a proposed animated feature film.
Steve Madsen

WolframAlpha: the next big thing in search? - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    When a free web service called WolframAlpha launches in the coming days, the general public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders buzzing because of its oracle-like ability to spit out answers and make calculations.
Steve Madsen

Google digging deeper to improve search results - web - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Unlike Google's traditional search results, the spreadsheet experiment, called "Google Squared", doesn't simply show a set of web links related to a search request. Instead, it fishes through Google's massive database to organize pertinent facts and other content in rows and columns.
Steve Madsen

Web helps nastiness rise to new levels - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Offers some advice for parents
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    But new technology enables girls to be even meaner, Australia's foremost expert on cyber bullying says.
Steve Madsen

Mean girls: mother speaks out on Ascham bullying - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Australian news on cyberbullying.
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    THE mother of a former student at the prestigious Sydney girls' school embroiled in a cyber-bullying scandal has spoken out about the claimed culture of intimidation at Ascham.
Steve Madsen

Parents get sext message - Technology - smh.com.au - 1 views

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    Australian focus: Schools to be sent fact sheets that will go to parents and students.
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    A NSW State Government campaign starting this week will remind youngsters and their parents that the growing practice of sending saucy pictures through cyberspace can have lifetime consequences.
Steve Madsen

How to get protection from Facebook grief - BizTech - Technology - smh.com.au - 0 views

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    Policies in corp. are being developed to deal with employees making use of social networking sites. Australian focus.
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    we have seen an increase in employers wanting to take action in relation to posts made by employees in social networking sites.
Summer T

Protecting your information teenagers.ashx (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Personal information is disclosed to, and used responsibly by, many legitimate online businesses to conduct business and online social interactions. However, if not managed carefully, it is possible for personal information to be accessed and misused for marketing, identity theft or for cyberbullying or cyberstalking.
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    Parents watch what your teens put online because other teens or older people could be stalking your child.
Summer T

Offensive or illegal content teenagers.ashx (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Be mindful that some websites encourage harmful or illegal behaviours such as eating disorders and violent acts. Consider your teen's vulnerability to information and check what they are viewing online.
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    Parents talk to your kids about what they are looking for online and how they are acting.
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