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"Woolworths Ltd's discount department store Big W has launched its online store, allowing web-based shoppers to access to more than 4000 items from the outlet's range including 600 items that are not available in store."

Apparently, Big W is not online yet... will be soon.

"The conventional wisdom suggests that everyone under 30 is comfortable revealing every facet of their lives online, from their favorite pizza to most frequent sexual partners. But many members of the tell-all generation are rethinking what it means to live out loud. "

''Children are confiding and communicating with their friends online and don't realise the potential for that information to be picked up by others,'' Ms Versey said. ''We don't want to stop them using the internet and social networking sites but we want them be conscious of what . . . the consequences might be.''

"Square, a new venture from a co-founder of Twitter, has launched a free application that allows anyone to accept credit card payments on the iPhone, iPad and Android phones."

Why would this appeal to people in business? How secure are the transactions?

"Google Australia will today be sent a "please explain" letter from two local privacy organisations demanding to know why the company has been collecting personal Wi-Fi network data from Australian homes alongside the images it takes with its Street View cameras."

Does Google collect data about wireless Printers, computers, mobile phones and other devices found in a street? Why would people be concerned about their privacy?

"TWO years ago, eBay Australia tried to force sellers to use PayPal as the only available payment option on the online auction giant's local site. That attempt went horribly wrong and, apart from the bad press, eBay found itself in trouble with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and the Reserve Bank." From July 14, eBay will require sellers to offer at least one of three safe payment methods -- PayPal, Paymate and merchant credit cards.

Why would consumers object to being forced to make online payments through only one service, that being PayPal?

"There are positive links between access to technology and feelings of well-being, a study claims. "

How does technology in rural areas assist in the feeling good?

"The survey found lonely children and teenagers communicated online much more frequently about how they felt, serious problems and confidential topics. Lonely children and teenagers also reported communicating online in order to belong to a group and to relax - much more so than those who were not lonely. "Lonely kids found great company on the internet," Associate Professor Campbell said. She said the study found lonely children and teenagers viewed the internet as a "protected" environment in which they could better express their inner selves. "We also found that kids who were socially anxious felt they could be more themselves when communicating online," she said. "They were not as anxious in developing friendships because they were at that one remove.""

Would lonely people be more likely to become 'addicted' to the Internet?

"This is a time-consuming process, particularly if you are insanely popular, with hundreds of "friends", but will make every aspect of controlling your privacy that much easier. Friend lists allow you to group your contacts in to groups, so that you're only sharing certain information with certain people. For example, you might create four lists: "Close friends", "Acquaintances", "Family", and "Work""

Do teenagers configure their privacy settings properly in Facebook?

"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."

What is meant by impulse buying?

Click Online explore freedom and responsibility through the practice of posting videos online.

"For people to make informed and voluntary decisions about the exchange of their personal privacy for the benefits of social interaction, recognition and celebrity, they must understand the risks and benefits the choice entails. In particular, they must recognise that the snail trail of their online life can be matched, mashed, collated, broadcast and rebroadcast by anybody, in any context, for any reason, for many years into the future. What's out there - however partial, slanted, decontextualised or downright wrong - comprises your online, and contributes to your real-world, reputation."

Test and research paper

This shows how even within one country the different aspects of awareness can be quite important.

Social Awareness and service learning

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