Blogging private truths in public by Jac sm Kee
Taken from The Sun 'Freespace' Column
BEING a bit of a geek, I have six different blogs, each fulfilling different functions. In case you are not familiar with the term, blogs? short for `weblogs'? are a kind of website that are usually published with a simple content management software. Through this technology, anyone can put up their own sites on the internet without much cost or knowledge about coding language; and many have. Blogs have increased by millions since they gained popularity in the late 1990s. From the socially invisible like the disabled or sexually marginalised, to the socially omnipresent like politicians and celebrities, everyone has found unique ways to use blogs. More
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CYBERSTALKING A Real Life Problem
The Internet is a wonderful place to work, play and study. But don't let that fact make you blind to its down side. The Net is no more and no less than a mirror of the real world, and that means it also contains electronic versions of real life problems. Stalking and harassments are problems that many people especially women, are familiar with in real life. These problems can also occur on the Internet, in what has become know as "cyberstalking" or "on-line harassment". More
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by Jo Timboung
Taken from The Star 'Tech Central' Column
WITH today’s advances in communications technology, does distance still pack a sting for couples separated by work or circumstance? Is a long distance relationship still as painful for parents with children studying overseas? More
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Ivy, a technician at an IT company in Cyberjaya, believes that today’s communications technology has helped banish the phrase “out of sight, out of mind.” More
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