It’s a well-known that in a lot of cases if you give someone a medical dictionary, they’ll probably have a read and decide they show symptoms of one or more serious ailments. In some cases, you get hypochondriacs, who are always worried about being ill and mis-diagnose problems as much more serious than is actually the case.
Now a study carried out by Microsoft Research has found the Internet is not helping matters when it comes to Read the rest of this entry »
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Oct
22
The Vietnamese government had for a long time been very cautious about
allowing free access to online information. As a result, Vietnam came
late to Internet, the first service being offered in 1997. The high cost
of access and slow connections subsequently kept the country's
total Internet subscriber-base low for some time. The number of Internet
users grew from about 10,000 in 1998 to an estimated 17.2 million Read the rest of this entry »
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GUELPH, Ont. — An Ontario man’s claim he surfed the Internet for child porn because he was concerned girls he knew might have been victims “defies common sense,” a judge said before sentencing him to six months in jail.
Justice Bruce Durno said he did not believe 51-year-old Kenneth Carter amassed a collection of disturbing images while conducting research.
Carter earlier pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, but during the preparation Read the rest of this entry »