Post by Sunday at midnight.
1. Mark Whitaker
2. Berners-Lee, the inventor of the WWW software for HTML (that he gave away for free, that made the web user-friendly for the first time in 1991 to the present) attacks the websites that create 'silos' on data and refuse to share them, or claim to own them and thus 'lock in' people's lives to particular monopolies. Appropriate to our weeks where we discuss the benefits of the web to Castells' 'mass self-communication' and the dangers of those corporations and governments that seek to use it as a surveillance tool and to limit our web experience. I mentioned in class on Monday how News Corporation pairing with Apple is creating yet another version of this 'demoted' web experience. The article is a list of 'web-damaging' demotions right now that limit the free flow of information and equal access to all. He 'advertises' some websites that maintain his 'seal of approval' for social networking and other open platform services that avoid proprietary websites.
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Berners-Lee: Facebook 'threatens' web future
Zuckerberg rains on 20th birthday bash
By Cade Metz in San Francisco
Posted in Music and Media, 20th November 2010 07:50 GMT
Tim Berners-Lee has dubbed Facebook a threat to the universality of the world wide web.
Next month marks the twentieth anniversary of the first webpage – served up by Berners-Lee at the CERN particle physics lab in Geneva – and in the December issue of Scientific American, he celebrates the uniquely democratic nature of his creation, before warning against the forces that could eventually bring it down. "Several threats to the Web’s universality have arisen recently," he says.
He briefly warns of cable giants who may prevent the free flow of content across the net. "Cable television companies that sell internet connectivity are considering whether to limit their Internet users to downloading only the company’s mix of entertainment," he says. And then he sticks the boot into social networking sites, including Mark Zuckerberg's net behemoth. "Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendster and others typically provide value by capturing information as you enter it: your birthday, your e-mail address, your likes, and links indicating who is friends with whom and who is in which photograph," Berners-Lee writes.
"The sites assemble these bits of data into brilliant databases and reuse the information to provide value-added service--but only within their sites. Once you enter your data into one of these services, you cannot easily use them on another site. Each site is a silo, walled off from the others. Yes, your site’s pages are on the Web, but your data are not. You can access a Web page about a list of people you have created in one site, but you cannot send that list, or items from it, to another site."
This echoes the complaint Google made earlier this month as it banned Facebook from tapping Gmail's Contacts API. Mountain Views won't allow netizens to export email addresses to Facebook unless it reciprocates. But Berners-Lee goes further.
"The isolation occurs because each piece of information does not have a URI," Berners-Lee continues, referring to universal resource identifier. "Connections among data exist only within a site. So the more you enter, the more you become locked in. Your social-networking site becomes a central platform — a closed silo of content, and one that does not give you full control over your information in it. The more this kind of architecture gains widespread use, the more the Web becomes fragmented, and the less we enjoy a single, universal information space.
"A related danger is that one social-networking site—or one search engine or one browser—gets so big that it becomes a monopoly, which tends to limit innovation." The threat here is not Friendster. It's Facebook, which now boasts over 500 million users worldwide.
Berners-Lee urges the adoption of more democratic services, including Facebook alternatives GnuSocial and Diaspora as well as the Status.net project, which gave rise to a decentralized incarnation of Twitter. "As has been the case since the Web began," he says, "continued grassroots innovation may be the best check and balance against any one company or government that tries to undermine universality."
Entitled "Love Live the Web," the Scientific American piece goes to promote the use of, yes, open standards. If you don't use open standards, Berners-Lee says, you create "closed worlds." Like Apple's iTunes. "Apple’s iTunes system," he says, "identifies songs and videos using URIs that are open. But instead of 'http:' the addresses begin with 'itunes:,' which is proprietary. You can access an 'itunes:' link only using Apple’s proprietary iTunes program.
"You can’t make a link to any information in the iTunes world—a song or information about a band. You can’t send that link to someone else to see. You are no longer on the Web. The iTunes world is centralized and walled off. You are trapped in a single store, rather than being on the open marketplace. For all the store’s wonderful features, its evolution is limited to what one company thinks up."
He also bemoans the proliferation of net-connected apps on the Apple iPhone and other smartphones. "The tendency for magazines, for example, to produce smartphone 'apps' rather than Web apps is disturbing, because that material is off the Web. You can’t bookmark it or e-mail a link to a page within it. You can’t tweet it. It is better to build a Web app that will also run on smartphone browsers, and the techniques for doing so are getting better all the time."
Dredging up Comcast's BitTorrent busting, he then warns against threats to so-called net neutrality. This includes Google for the FCC filing it laid down this summer in tandem with US telco giant Verizon. "Unfortunately, in August, Google and Verizon for some reason suggested that net neutrality should not apply to mobile phone–based connections," he says.
"Many people in rural areas from Utah to Uganda have access to the Internet only via mobile phones; exempting wireless from net neutrality would leave these users open to discrimination of service. It is also bizarre to imagine that my fundamental right to access the information source of my choice should apply when I am on my WiFi-connected computer at home but not when I use my cell phone."
Eric Schmidt now says that Google's proposal omitted wireless simply because this makes it easier to reach a compromise with the likes of Verizon on wireless lines. Wireless net neutrality, he indicates, will come later. But Berners-Lee is right to be, shall we say, skeptical.
He also warns against Phorm-style snooping and governments that restrict free speech on the web. But ultimately, he's optimistic. "Now is an exciting time," he says. "Web developers, companies, governments and citizens should work together openly and cooperatively, as we have done thus far, to preserve the Web’s fundamental principles, as well as those of the Internet, ensuring that the technological protocols and social conventions we set up respect basic human values. The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/20/berners_lee_says_facebook_a_thret_to_web/
1.LEE Hak Rin
ReplyDelete2.SMS services focus on breaking news
3. Castells explains the mode of spare power on and timeless time. Castells claims that new media expanding communication power dominated network. We learned these things that Several networks, including social networks had an impact on the space of flow.
I think that Sms friendly-to-use service gives us another kind of power flooding the network. And this, Sms service, regardless of the time and place, is that We selected a number of companies provides valuable information on the Sms services. Now, a new time in this environment, we learn how to adapt to the new network environment likes smart phone.
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Although some of the iPhone and Android news apps have notification options, they stop short of letting the users to check the breaking news without missing their timeliness, partly because their notification systems are not fully developed.
The alternative is text message alerts that can serve not only smartphone users but also conventional phone users as the majority of today’s phones come with SMS (short message service) functionality. That is why a host of foreign news providers are offering SMS alerts while pushing for the development of mobile apps at the same time.
BBC, for instance, touts its service by saying that “keeping up to date with breaking news while you're on the move is simple with the BBC News SMS alerts service.” Those who want to use BBC News SMS alerts should register their mobile number and they can receive major national and international events as soon as they happen. BBC sends about 12 messages per month, depending on events.
Sky News, another well-known news outlet, provides similar SMS service. Sky promotes its service as a real-time channel for getting breaking news and weather updates. On average, Sky sends 1-2 messages per day, but this varies depending on the day's events.
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1. Kim Min Su
ReplyDelete2. Facebook makes people more social: study
3. Facebook, twitter, me2day ... I really confused by wide spread of SNS. Specially, in facebook or twitter we can talk about with world people, so they are really social network. A few days ago, I attend doctor Lee Jabg Woo's book forum. Doctor Lee emphasize SNS in business too. He give an example - if boss wanna give direction to junior staff, using SNS is more effective than regular meeting. Also, doctor Lee said the advantage, that is - the communication with younger generation. According to him, actually Korean young people have really good ideas. But because of most Korean company establish 'top-down system', young people can't state their views. In that sense, SNS will break generation gap and make people social from pole to pole.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ― Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study.
The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion.
“Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues,” said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team.
“In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community.”
The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook.
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.
The researchers also found that although about the same number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways.
“There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection,” said Watkins.
“For men, it’s more functional,” he added.
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.
He added that increased use of Facebook brings additional challenges as young adults are forced to adapt their Facebook behavior to an increasingly large social circle.
“Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family,” he said. “Facebook engagement is not uniform. It’s constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge.”
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1. Kim Min Su
ReplyDelete2. Facebook makes people more social: study
3. Facebook, twitter, me2day ... I really confused by wide spread of SNS. Specially, in facebook or twitter we can talk about with world people, so they are really social network. A few days ago, I attend doctor Lee Jabg Woo's book forum. Doctor Lee emphasize SNS in business too. He give an example - if boss wanna give direction to junior staff, using SNS is more effective than regular meeting. Also, doctor Lee said the advantage, that is - the communication with younger generation. According to him, actually Korean young people have really good ideas. But because of most Korean company establish 'top-down system', young people can't state their views. In that sense, SNS will break generation gap and make people social from pole to pole.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ― Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study.
The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion.
“Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues,” said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team.
“In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community.”
The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook.
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.
The researchers also found that although about the same number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways.
“There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection,” said Watkins.
“For men, it’s more functional,” he added.
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.
He added that increased use of Facebook brings additional challenges as young adults are forced to adapt their Facebook behavior to an increasingly large social circle.
“Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family,” he said. “Facebook engagement is not uniform. It’s constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge.”
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1. Kim Byungyup
ReplyDelete2. The glory of social commerce?
3. Thanks to cutting-edge IT devices, we can easily access to online shopping for certain. However we first have to reconsider its side effects for some reasons because buyers would be exposed to online fraud, and products that bought are actually we don't even touch or have a enough time to get a second thought. Just but it and regret later for all. Now that so-called social commerce has been introduced it's getting more serious. social commerce is where cooperative buying, which people can purchase a certain product at a low cost if a minimum number of people that a company wants are fulfilled. Buyers like rushing into it to buy products at a low cost, whom don't think and take a look at it.
So devices mentioned above have changed purchasing patterns of consumers at all.
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4.Another big trend in the IT world revolves around social networking and related technology as Facebook and Twitter expand into the realms of gaming, commerce and marketing, according to Samsung SDS.
“A combination of cutting-edge equipment, IT and services will enable users to immerse themselves in experiences that have existed only in science fiction novels,” the report said.
These networks will allow both individuals and businesses to make decisions quicker by providing through real-time information sharing and collaboration, according to the report.
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1. Jung Jae Hoon
ReplyDelete2. Facebook makes people more social : study
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Today, many people use social networking site such as facebook, twitter. Using social networking site is very much popular in the world. And it makes a new culture in cyber space which includes communication way, entertainment, and so on. The more social networking sites has popular, the more the bad things of social networking sites are magnified. Before I read this article, I think that social networking sites has a negative impact on the communication way of people. but, I'm surprised at by news that Facebook makes people more social. social networking sites is a two edge of sword, of course.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ― Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study.
The rapid spread of Facebook, which has more than 500 million users worldwide, has prompted concerns about its negative effects, but researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion.
“Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues,” said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team.
“In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community.”
The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook.
The Facebook Inc. web page is seen on an Apple iPad in London, England. (Bloomberg)
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.
The researchers also found that although about the same number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways.
“There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection,” said Watkins.
“For men, it’s more functional,” he added.
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.
He added that increased use of Facebook brings additional challenges as young adults are forced to adapt their Facebook behavior to an increasingly large social circle.
“Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family,” he said. “Facebook engagement is not uniform. It’s constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge.”
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1. Kim Ye Seul
ReplyDelete2. Digital Dementia
3. Now, we don't need to remember the others phone number. Once we save the phone number in cellular phone, we can call the ohter without having to remember. But this convenience lead to decay of memory. We don't remember friends phone number without cellular phone. If you remove the phone number or lose cellular phone, you can't call the friends. Because you don't know their phone number. Even we confuse our home phone number. I also remember only the three phone number. These three number is home phone number and my parents' phone number. Even I can not my brother's phone number. Because I don't need to remember the phone number. The cellular phone remember the phone number instead of me.
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A 30-year-old editor at a publishing company, who identified herself by the surname Lee, left her cell phone at home one day and went to work.
Lee had an appointment with her friends in the evening, and had to call one of them to ask their meeting venue. But she could not recall a single number, as she always used to press speed dials registered on her cell phone to contact her acquaintances.
``I tried to call home and ask my mother to search the friends’ numbers from my cell phone. Then for a few seconds, I couldn’t even remember my home number. I felt like an idiot or something,’’ Lee said.
In the high-tech digital world, a growing number of people worry about memory failure called ``digital dementia.’’
Digital dementia means a person’s memory or ability to calculate decreases because he or she relies too much on digital tools such as cell phones.
The National Academy of the Korean Language designated digital dementia as a coined word last year. The symptom is also often called technology amnesia.
The dementia-like state can be interpreted with the ``use and disuse theory,’’ a theory of evolution advocated by French naturalist Lamarck, who asserted that all life forms have arisen by a continuous process of gradual modification throughout geologic history.
People these days do not need to remember lots of information because cell phones and PDAs remember phone numbers instead of the users, computers save documents, navigation devices tell people the way to destinations, and karaoke machines show them lyrics of songs.
What people do is just press buttons to get to information saved in the digital devices.
``In my middle and high school days, I used to remember lyrics and sing songs. But these days, it is hard to sing a song without watching lyrics on karaoke machines,’’ Lee said.
She added that she does not remember the zip code of her house anymore, as most of the Internet sites show the code automatically when she inputs her address.
The younger generation that is more accustomed to using digital tools is more likely to develop digital dementia.
Experts say those experiencing digital dementia need not worry too much.
``It is not a disease but a temporary state occurring from the brain’s failure to concentrate, as computers save lots of information,’’ Woo Jong-min, neuropsychiatrist of Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, said.
``It is true that the symptoms arise from the bad influence of digital culture, but people do not need to keep away from modern conveniences. I recommend they form the habit of taking notes about things,’’ he said.
Woo suggested several tips for coping with digital dementia symptoms: when reading newspapers or magazines, concentrate on the contents; think about a thing while you are writing it down; keep a diary; press phone numbers without using speed buttons; and repeat things you have memorized.
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1. Kim Ye Seul
ReplyDelete2. Digital Dementia
3. Now, we don't need to remember the others phone number. Once we save the phone number in cellular phone, we can call the ohter without having to remember. But this convenience lead to decay of memory. We don't remember friends phone number without cellular phone. If you remove the phone number or lose cellular phone, you can't call the friends. Because you don't know their phone number. Even we confuse our home phone number. I also remember only the three phone number. These three number is home phone number and my parents' phone number. Even I can not my brother's phone number. Because I don't need to remember the phone number. The cellular phone remember the phone number instead of me.
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A 30-year-old editor at a publishing company, who identified herself by the surname Lee, left her cell phone at home one day and went to work.
Lee had an appointment with her friends in the evening, and had to call one of them to ask their meeting venue. But she could not recall a single number, as she always used to press speed dials registered on her cell phone to contact her acquaintances.
``I tried to call home and ask my mother to search the friends’ numbers from my cell phone. Then for a few seconds, I couldn’t even remember my home number. I felt like an idiot or something,’’ Lee said.
In the high-tech digital world, a growing number of people worry about memory failure called ``digital dementia.’’
Digital dementia means a person’s memory or ability to calculate decreases because he or she relies too much on digital tools such as cell phones.
The National Academy of the Korean Language designated digital dementia as a coined word last year. The symptom is also often called technology amnesia.
The dementia-like state can be interpreted with the ``use and disuse theory,’’ a theory of evolution advocated by French naturalist Lamarck, who asserted that all life forms have arisen by a continuous process of gradual modification throughout geologic history.
People these days do not need to remember lots of information because cell phones and PDAs remember phone numbers instead of the users, computers save documents, navigation devices tell people the way to destinations, and karaoke machines show them lyrics of songs.
What people do is just press buttons to get to information saved in the digital devices.
``In my middle and high school days, I used to remember lyrics and sing songs. But these days, it is hard to sing a song without watching lyrics on karaoke machines,’’ Lee said.
She added that she does not remember the zip code of her house anymore, as most of the Internet sites show the code automatically when she inputs her address.
The younger generation that is more accustomed to using digital tools is more likely to develop digital dementia.
Experts say those experiencing digital dementia need not worry too much.
``It is not a disease but a temporary state occurring from the brain’s failure to concentrate, as computers save lots of information,’’ Woo Jong-min, neuropsychiatrist of Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, said.
``It is true that the symptoms arise from the bad influence of digital culture, but people do not need to keep away from modern conveniences. I recommend they form the habit of taking notes about things,’’ he said.
Woo suggested several tips for coping with digital dementia symptoms: when reading newspapers or magazines, concentrate on the contents; think about a thing while you are writing it down; keep a diary; press phone numbers without using speed buttons; and repeat things you have memorized.
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1. Kim Ye Seul
ReplyDelete2. Digital Dementia
3. Now, we don't need to remember the others phone number. Once we save the phone number in cellular phone, we can call the ohter without having to remember. But this convenience lead to decay of memory. We don't remember friends phone number without cellular phone. If you remove the phone number or lose cellular phone, you can't call the friends. Because you don't know their phone number. Even we confuse our home phone number. I also remember only the three phone number. These three number is home phone number and my parents' phone number. Even I can not my brother's phone number. Because I don't need to remember the phone number. The cellular phone remember the phone number instead of me.
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A 30-year-old editor at a publishing company, who identified herself by the surname Lee, left her cell phone at home one day and went to work.
Lee had an appointment with her friends in the evening, and had to call one of them to ask their meeting venue. But she could not recall a single number, as she always used to press speed dials registered on her cell phone to contact her acquaintances.
``I tried to call home and ask my mother to search the friends’ numbers from my cell phone. Then for a few seconds, I couldn’t even remember my home number. I felt like an idiot or something,’’ Lee said.
In the high-tech digital world, a growing number of people worry about memory failure called ``digital dementia.’’
Digital dementia means a person’s memory or ability to calculate decreases because he or she relies too much on digital tools such as cell phones.
The National Academy of the Korean Language designated digital dementia as a coined word last year. The symptom is also often called technology amnesia.
The dementia-like state can be interpreted with the ``use and disuse theory,’’ a theory of evolution advocated by French naturalist Lamarck, who asserted that all life forms have arisen by a continuous process of gradual modification throughout geologic history.
People these days do not need to remember lots of information because cell phones and PDAs remember phone numbers instead of the users, computers save documents, navigation devices tell people the way to destinations, and karaoke machines show them lyrics of songs.
What people do is just press buttons to get to information saved in the digital devices.
``In my middle and high school days, I used to remember lyrics and sing songs. But these days, it is hard to sing a song without watching lyrics on karaoke machines,’’ Lee said.
She added that she does not remember the zip code of her house anymore, as most of the Internet sites show the code automatically when she inputs her address.
The younger generation that is more accustomed to using digital tools is more likely to develop digital dementia.
Experts say those experiencing digital dementia need not worry too much.
``It is not a disease but a temporary state occurring from the brain’s failure to concentrate, as computers save lots of information,’’ Woo Jong-min, neuropsychiatrist of Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, said.
``It is true that the symptoms arise from the bad influence of digital culture, but people do not need to keep away from modern conveniences. I recommend they form the habit of taking notes about things,’’ he said.
Woo suggested several tips for coping with digital dementia symptoms: when reading newspapers or magazines, concentrate on the contents; think about a thing while you are writing it down; keep a diary; press phone numbers without using speed buttons; and repeat things you have memorized.
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1. Kim Ye Seul
ReplyDelete2. Digital Dementia
3. Now, we don't need to remember the others phone number. Once we save the phone number in cellular phone, we can call the ohter without having to remember. But this convenience lead to decay of memory. We don't remember friends phone number without cellular phone. If you remove the phone number or lose cellular phone, you can't call the friends. Because you don't know their phone number. Even we confuse our home phone number. I also remember only the three phone number. These three number is home phone number and my parents' phone number. Even I can not my brother's phone number. Because I don't need to remember the phone number. The cellular phone remember the phone number instead of me.
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A 30-year-old editor at a publishing company, who identified herself by the surname Lee, left her cell phone at home one day and went to work.
Lee had an appointment with her friends in the evening, and had to call one of them to ask their meeting venue. But she could not recall a single number, as she always used to press speed dials registered on her cell phone to contact her acquaintances.
``I tried to call home and ask my mother to search the friends’ numbers from my cell phone. Then for a few seconds, I couldn’t even remember my home number. I felt like an idiot or something,’’ Lee said.
In the high-tech digital world, a growing number of people worry about memory failure called ``digital dementia.’’
Digital dementia means a person’s memory or ability to calculate decreases because he or she relies too much on digital tools such as cell phones.
The National Academy of the Korean Language designated digital dementia as a coined word last year. The symptom is also often called technology amnesia.
The dementia-like state can be interpreted with the ``use and disuse theory,’’ a theory of evolution advocated by French naturalist Lamarck, who asserted that all life forms have arisen by a continuous process of gradual modification throughout geologic history.
People these days do not need to remember lots of information because cell phones and PDAs remember phone numbers instead of the users, computers save documents, navigation devices tell people the way to destinations, and karaoke machines show them lyrics of songs.
What people do is just press buttons to get to information saved in the digital devices.
``In my middle and high school days, I used to remember lyrics and sing songs. But these days, it is hard to sing a song without watching lyrics on karaoke machines,’’ Lee said.
She added that she does not remember the zip code of her house anymore, as most of the Internet sites show the code automatically when she inputs her address.
The younger generation that is more accustomed to using digital tools is more likely to develop digital dementia.
Experts say those experiencing digital dementia need not worry too much.
``It is not a disease but a temporary state occurring from the brain’s failure to concentrate, as computers save lots of information,’’ Woo Jong-min, neuropsychiatrist of Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, said.
``It is true that the symptoms arise from the bad influence of digital culture, but people do not need to keep away from modern conveniences. I recommend they form the habit of taking notes about things,’’ he said.
Woo suggested several tips for coping with digital dementia symptoms: when reading newspapers or magazines, concentrate on the contents; think about a thing while you are writing it down; keep a diary; press phone numbers without using speed buttons; and repeat things you have memorized.
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1. Park Cheong Mi
ReplyDelete2. privacy
3. These days, privacy is important. There is no person who don't know this fact. Everyone is careful. However I have a problem about it. I start facebook recently. Facebook is always mentioned in class. So, I wondered. "Facebook? What is it?" I start facebook, know interest of it. But there is one problem. It is that I feel like leaking my information. It means that my friends and person related with me get out. Of course, it is good to make a friend. However I'm worried about abuse of it. Where is it safe? Where is it to be fun? It is so hard.
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It’s no secret that privacy policies on the Web are incomprehensible to most of the public. They’re long, convoluted and contain acronyms and language that require a master’s degree if you want to figure out what the company is doing with your personal information.
And worst of all, these policies are long. Really long. As I chronicled earlier this year, Facebook’s was once longer than the Constitution.
Since then, Facebook and other companies have started to offer simplified versions of their policies and terms of service to make it easier for users to understand what is happening to the information they share. Now Google is joining the movement and is trimming its policies.
In a post on Google’s company blog, Mike Yang, associate general counsel at Google, said the new policies would take effect on Oct. 3.
Mr. Yang was careful to note that it was the language and presentation that would be changing, not the privacy practices of the company, as part of an effort to make the policies “more transparent and understandable.”
Google has come under fire recently for the way it collects data on its users. On Thursday a consumer watchdog group released videos that accused the company of taking advantage of customers’ information and not allowing them to opt out of Google’s data collection online.
One of the key changes Google plans to make will compress policies across different Google products. As Google notes in its post: “Since contacts are shared between services like Gmail, Talk, Calendar and Docs, it makes sense for those services to be governed by one privacy policy.”
Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in an e-mail that these changes may not be good for Google users.
“The obvious problem with the revised privacy policy is that Google is now treating user data collection as part of an integrated platform. Previously, users could selectively reveal information to Google for the use of a particular service,” Mr. Rotenberg wrote. “The FTC needs to investigate these changes. This has significant implications for the privacy of Internet users who have previously provided personal information to Google.”
Other changes will be applied to the main Google Privacy Policy to “make it more user-friendly by cutting down the parts that are redundant and rewriting the more legalistic bits so people can understand them more easily,” Mr. Yang wrote.
In addition to a trimmed-down policy, Google plans to add more help pages to answer customer questions in an F.A.Q. format.
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1. Lee Bo Ok
ReplyDelete2. SNS
3. Social networking services allow users to communicate with those they care about. Today people can doing this with smartphone. They can SNS at any time and anywhere. It is very convenient.
However it has side effects too. For example, it is easier to addict than internet by computer. Because people carry their cellphone all the time.
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‘Social networks going mobile’
With the evolution of mobile technology, smartphones will boost social networking among people on the move, Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder, said Thursday.
Hughes founded Facebook in 2004 with his Harvard classmates Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. The most populous online community has more than 500 million active users worldwide, with more than 1.6 million in Korea.
Social networking services are increasingly becoming a powerful communication tool amid the growing number of online service providers stepping up their foray into social networking services on smartphones.
The 26-year-old entrepreneur sees the social networking trend shifting to mobile from traditional personal computers.
“PCs today become less important to the mobile devices we use today,” Hughes told reporters on the sideline of the 11th World Knowledge Forum in Seoul. “That’s one of the reasons that Facebook is making an incredible investment in global technology.”
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1. Jeong SoRa
ReplyDelete2. Facebook makes people more social: study
3. by the rapid spread of Facebook, People have had concerns about its negative effects, but some researchers at the University of Texas have reached a different conclusion. They say facebook is giving new form of friendship. And It is worth to say social ‘media’. But, I doubt their opinion. SNS is a kind of Memedia. But it may not give right information. Its specialty is low. And recently, SNS have tendency to be used by marketing strategies. I want to argue that SNS has a key which is ‘network’. In fact, network is communicating. Keep this in mind.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) ― Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study.
“Our findings suggest that Facebook is not supplanting face-to-face interactions between friends, family and colleagues,” said S. Craig Watkins, an associate professor of radio, TV and film who headed the research team.
“In fact, we believe there is sufficient evidence that social media afford opportunities for new expressions of friendship, intimacy and community.”
The researchers questioned 900 college students and recent graduates about how and with whom they interact on Facebook.
The Facebook Inc. web page is seen on an Apple iPad in London, England. (Bloomberg)
More than 60 percent of Facebook users said posting status updates was among the most popular activities, followed by 60 percent who wrote comments on their profile and 49 percent who posted messages and comments to friends.
The researchers also found that although about the same number of men and women use Facebook, they do so in different ways.
“There is a noteworthy difference in orientation in how to use a tool like Facebook. We found that for women the content tends to be more affectionate, and (they) are especially interested in using it for connection,” said Watkins.
“For men, it’s more functional,” he added.
Watkins pointed out that, for example, women are more likely to post pictures of social gatherings with friends, while men are more likely to post pictures of hobbies, or post a political or pop-culture related link.
He added that increased use of Facebook brings additional challenges as young adults are forced to adapt their Facebook behavior to an increasingly large social circle.
“Facebook brings all our different networks and social scenes together. We present ourselves in different ways, whether to friends, co-workers, or family,” he said. “Facebook engagement is not uniform. It’s constantly evolving and in a state of flux, and that presents a challenge.”
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1. KIM JIO
ReplyDelete2. Faster, faster
3. I can't stand on foreign internet service. Maybe, It can be related with korean nationality. I'm familiar with fast Internet speed. However, not because of this speed differnce or problem between foreign country, when I want to open korean website in other country, It stuck. Korean website is optimized for Korean speed. There's too many popup or ads made by flash. It's totally difference between Google ads that only by text and hyperlinks. When you want to open Cyworld on forien, (except some counrties) you'll wait more than 15 minute. Is it surely enough to spend someone's precious time?
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Broadband in Europe speeding up
Broadband speeds in Europe have risen sharply in only a year, suggest official EC figures.
In July 2010, 29% of broadband lines in Europe ran at speeds of at least 10 Mbps, revealed Commission research.
By contrast in July 2009 only 15% of broadband lines were capable of hitting that speed.
Despite the higher rates, the Commission warned that a lot of work needed to be done to meet Europe-wide targets on access and speed.
"Fast broadband is digital oxygen, essential for Europe's prosperity and well-being," said Neelie Kroes, commissioner for the digital agenda.
"Take up and available speeds are improving," she said, "but we need to do more to reach our very fast broadband targets."
The EC has set a target of giving every European citizen access to a speed of 30Mbps or more by 2020 and half of all the 220 million households in the region access to 100mbps broadband.
The size of the task the EC has set itself was revealed by figures in the research which showed the relatively small numbers using the highest speed connections. About 5% of all broadband lines can run at 30mbps and only 0.5% at 100Mbps or higher.
More Europeans are signing up for broadband too, found the research, with nearly 26 of every 100 citizens using high-speed net links. In 2009, the figure was almost 24.
But this growth was dwarfed by that of mobile broadband which saw a 45% in increase in users. Commissioner Kroes said member states needed to speed up their efforts to free spectrum to support on-the-go broadband.
The figures did reveal a slight slow down in the number of broadband connections being set up. Between July 2009 and July 2010 the number of broadband lines in the US grew by 8%, compared to 11% the year before.
Denmark and the Netherlands lead the way in European broadband with high-speed links already available to about 80% of households.
1. Kim heejun
ReplyDelete2. With Galaxy Tab, Samsung aims to lead in 'tablet war'
3. The digital tablet-style format is not completely new.
It has been around for over a decade now.
Just like the iPod, which made a fresh impetus and became the new standard for almost all digital music players, tablet PCs, which also came on the market just a few months ago, seems to have grabbed everyone’s fancy.
Samsung Electronics, which is also the world’s biggest technology company by revenue, is taking on smartphone and PC majors in the highly-lucrative and rapidly-growing tablet PC market with its latest such device ― the Galaxy Tab.
Frankly speaking, I would choose ipad rather than Galaxy Tab if I can have opportunity to have one of'em. I don't know why, and still now. There would be a lot of user like me. Samsung should change our idea!
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Samsung Electronics, which is also the world’s biggest technology company by revenue, is taking on smartphone and PC majors in the highly-lucrative and rapidly-growing tablet PC market with its latest such device ― the Galaxy Tab.
The launches will stir up the intense competition between companies to more capitalize on the public’s new-found love affair with the iPad-style devices in the lead-up to year-end.
Some entry-level tablet PCs have been criticized over everything from poor touch-screen performances to being too heavy.
But, the Tab is much lighter and more portable and just as useful, while also featuring an advanced LCD screen.
Samsung says the Tab is the current answer to rival Apple’s iPad. The device is the result of its years-long efforts for the leadership in portable mobile PC-related markets.
The market for tablet PCs is expected to grow to as much as 60 million in sales next year and experts say the relative dearth of tablets _ only Apple, Samsung and Dell have models on sale ― is set to be remedied by a raft of new devices to be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the beginning of 2011.
``Samsung is eager to eat up bigger slices in the new category of devices between traditional PCs and smartphones, taking a cue from the success the iPad ― a 9.7-inch touch-screen tablet that began selling in April,’’ said a high-ranking Samsung executive.
In a consistent move, Samsung is using the ongoing G20 summit as the right stage to raise its profile in tablets by offering the digital gadgets to some key business executives, said Hong Won-pyo, executive vice president of Global Product Strategy in the company’s mobile communication division.
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ReplyDelete1. bae jin a
ReplyDelete2. smart revolution
3. It has been a year since iphone is being introduced.
the influence of iphone is giving a huge change to the IT and life environment. people called this "iphone shock".
people is searching internet, shopping and even filming the movie. all about this change was staring a year ago.
with the growth of smartphone users, SNS and social commerce are making great strides and smart work is diffusing now. many major companies like KT and SK telecom are being changed. there are so many creative companies with the sudden demands of application.
smart phone's wind is blowing, influencing to the development of tablet PC and smart TV and continuing to the smart revolution.
4. many company is finding a niche. the key of this situation is smart work. people find convenient, easy and smart way of work. company need to consider people's these mind factors. so there are many kinds of useful applications and is steadily developing now.
a year ago, there was an epoch-making event. it was the advent of iphone. but just in a year, smart revolutionary wind is blowing to the IT industry.
that is why people called "iphone shock is still in the present progressive."
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1.Yun Yeon Jung
ReplyDelete2.Young S.Koreans face midnight ban for online games
3.As growing internet game industry, Internet game addicting is quite big issue in korea.
Especially to our teenagers. Some kids are addicted too much, so they confused real world and artificial world. So They killed their family. It was terrible. But If this law be effected, It will be quite good effect to our teenager. And also we should educate them how to control them.
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SEOUL — South Korea's government is close to adopting a "Cinderella" law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about Internet addiction, officials said Thursday.
A bill to be submitted to parliament as early as this month will require South Korean online game companies to cut off services at midnight for users registered as younger than 16, the culture and family ministries said.
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"The thing about online games is, once you are in it, it is extremely hard to get out of it, especially if you are a young kid," Jo Rin, a ministry official in charge of the law, told AFP.
"A lot of kids play games all night long and have trouble studying at school and going about their normal lives during daytime. We believe the law is necessary to ensure their health and a right to sleep."
The online services would resume at six the following morning, he said, adding there would be a year-long waiting period until the law takes effect so that companies can prepare for it.
The government is also considering requiring companies to limit young users' access to online games to a maximum number of hours a week or a day if parents request this, said Jo.
South Korea is one of the world's most wired societies, but there have been sporadic reports of deaths related to Internet game addiction.
Last month a 15-year-old South Korean boy committed suicide after killing his mother for scolding him over playing computer games too much.
In February a 32-year-old man died after reportedly playing for five days with few breaks.
A month later police arrested a couple accused of leaving their baby daughter to starve to death while they raised a "virtual" child on the Internet. The baby had long been malnourished, an autopsy showed.
The government, which estimates that South Korea has about two million web addicts, is already launching one campaign to combat the affliction.
From next year, it will offer free software to people at risk, to limit the time they spend on the web. (AFP)
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1.Im A Hyeok
ReplyDelete2.Online struggle to stem the tide of suicide
3.people to be confused. some of them isn't separated cyber and reality.
this phenomenon is more serious. we have to search solution that problem.
4.Social networking sites and e-mail are being used to form suicide pacts, sidestepping government measures to prevent Internet-linked suicides, a suicide prevention organization here has warned.
Yoon Dae-hyun and Kim Sung-il of the Korea Association for Suicide Prevention said that despite efforts by their organization to scan the Web for information promoting suicide and report it to the authorities, private messages about suicide methods and pacts are still being exchanged online.
In one recent case, a man committed suicide after announcing his plan on Twitter.
“There is a blind side to this,” Yoon and Kim told The Korea Herald in a written statement.
“It is through mailing and sending notes on the Internet ― a discreet contact method. Mail and sending messages are impossible to find for a civil monitoring agent. And especially with the SNS media like Twitter, it’s becoming more and more difficult for us to screen.”
There are no official figures for the proportion of suicides that have an online dimension, but one study of 100 group suicides covered in the Korean media from 1998-2006 found an Internet link in 18 percent of cases.
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