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YooJin Jung

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Tough cure for China web addicts - 0 views

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shared by YooJin Jung on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The mostly male youngsters at this centre all have the same problem - they are addicted to the internet.
  • elling, this is where they hope to be cured.
  • And through a tough programme of physical exercise, medication and couns elling, this is where they hope to be cured. There has been a lot of interest in these boot camps over recent weeks after two teenagers were beaten up at two separate camps in China. One died, the other was seriously injured.
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  • The patients - all teenagers or in their 20s - are sent to the centre because their parents believe they spend too much time on the internet.
Eunice Vincent

BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views

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shared by Eunice Vincent on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      IT systems in a social context-software & application
  • Sony said it would have its store converted to the format by the end of 2009. Most Sony Readers can already handle books in the ePub format.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      areas of impact-science and the environment
  • This may not mean the end of all locks on books readable on Sony's device as the ePub format has an option to implement copyright controls.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues-intellectual properties
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  • The common format would give Sony Reader owners much more choice about where they get their e-books from.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      Areas of impact business
  • "Consumers should not have to worry about which device works with which store," said Steve Haber, president of Sony's digital reading business division, in a statement.
    • Shih-Chen Chiu
      Shih-Chen Chiu on 27 Aug 09
       
      social & ethical issues reliability areas of impact education
  • Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
     
    Asia-Pacific\n
  • Shih-Chen Chiu on 19 Aug 09
     
    Asia-Pacific
anonymous

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan looks to robots to fill jobs - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 03 Sep 09 - Cached
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    Robots or Worker?
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    Robots or Worker?
Risa Yokoi

Physical abuse at Internet addiction Treating Camps in China. - 0 views

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shared by Risa Yokoi on 19 Aug 09 - Cached
  • a boot camp to treat internet addicts in China
  • to have been beaten several times by the camp's principal
  • children spend too much time online
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  • the camp claimed it could cure the "problem" for 5,000 yuan ($730; £450).
  • China has more internet users than anywhere else in the world - almost 300 million.
  • He said most people running internet addiction boot camps were not properly qualified to treat or handle youngsters.
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