ENGL303 Spring 2010

this allows you to listen to music on the internet free of charge.

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This site explains the legal aspects and ramifications of plagiarism in colleges in the USA. It is good research information for the "Rise of the Plagiosphere" article.

This is an alternate view that computers have made it easier to get away with plagiarism as well as the new tools created to catch plagiarists.

This is a magazine that gives tips about yoga but now they pretty much post all of their articles for free online

This NY times article talks about the swift growth of the Facebook community and how that community is starting to take quite a hold in society.

I think this is an interesting and funny website. Although it is viewed by some as offensive or stereotypical, it still creates a huge amount of traffic (300,000 hits daily). The creator of the website (Christian Lander), uses this site as a social mirror for things he witnesses throughout everyday life.

Digital photo frame company, Media Street, has created another digital photo frame with Wifi.This isn't the first of its kind, however, with this model you can view photos on flickr, photobucket, walmart. You can also use it to view facebook, twitter--you can even check the weather !

Steve Albini is an infamous record producer, perhaps most famous for his work with Nirvana on their album "in Utero". This article outlines the methods record companies use to seduce rock bands, essentially making them slaves of the industry. Albini represents the many ways in which the music industry is changing to meet customer and artist needs, considering the recent explosion of file sharing.

This article compares different web providers and tells you which ones are better than others. Since Internet Explorer is "evil", I thought this was interesting.

This article talks about a college student who was kicked out of his school for pictures and information he had posted on his facebook account. It also gives accounts of other college students being punished for the same things at other schools.

I am a very big fan of FireFox and it's better for your computer, which is easier on you. I wanted to share this with everyone!

Adam Ostrow discusses how celebrities, brands, corporations use twitter as a "power". "Normal" people like you and I do not use as much as expected. Is twitter the new way to find celebrity gossip or product promotions ? Is this distracting social media websites that try to make an "online community?

Plagiarized work recieve gov't money.

Somewhat user generated media and news.

This is a YouTube video of three astronauts talking about how they "tweet" from the International Space Station. Interesting to think that it literally has no limits.

If you are interested in science information in an interactive way this is a really great Web site. It has podcasts, images, television channels, video podcasts, etc. This Web site shows a way information is being conveyed via the web in different interactive mediums.

The internet has become more a communication system over the years and facebook has played a huge role in giving the internet this name. Facebook allows you to connect with others across the world. Sharing pictures, seinding messages, and chatting through a instant messanger all can be done on facebook.

With the use of stumbleupon, you can come across any website that has ever been created on the public internet. You can choose specific topics to look at or you can just stumble across the entire web.

Kind of an interesting idea, the age of adult entertainment viewers has gone up to 25 and older and 18 to 24 years old are more interested in facebook over those particular sites. Pretty weird but a neat comparisons between the internet usage now a days!