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Will Orkut Stay Put ?
Internet savvy world welcomed with open arms the rise and rise of social networking. Orkut, along with other social networking sites as hi5, have revolutionised how people stay in touch. If the messengers of the world (the IM ones) led the way of chatting and finding new friends, social networking provides a better way of meeting people with matching interests. The anonymity of the chat world has been replaced by the genuineness of the orkut world. Not quite well enough though.
Orkut has been in trouble on more than one occasion. In Brazil it had been asked to furnish information and data because of criminal activities which gained ground in orkut. Very soon, it came to light that there were anti-India communities existing as a group. This created another furore in India, with an issue being served to google. And a couple of days ago, Shiv Sainiks in Mumbai vandalised an internet cafe’ because of certain groups in orkut derogatory material about Shivaji and the Thackeray family. There was also a murder of a girl working in TCS by her boyfriend after they developed relationships after meeting up on Orkut.
Television Responsible For Rape
In today’s modern world nothing comes for free or without a fault. Improved technology has no doubt enhanced our lives in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. But with all its good it does bring all its evil side.
Deborah Cameron has written quite an interesting article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald basically outlining the reasons behind the increase in video-taped sexual assaults in Australia.
And as shocking as it may sound, our idiot box could be one of the catalyst that aggravates such dreadful act.
DTH and CAS : Television Ain’t Gonna Be The Same
Television viewing has changed a lot with time. Our parents watched Doordarshan (which comprised of just handful of channels) on their ordinary looking 27-inch black-n-white picture projecting idiot box.
Then things started to change with the introduction of color and suddenly it added a certain life-like quality to our television viewing experience. Later on things only got better and bigger with the inclusion of international channels via the cable network.
And we thought our experience couldn’t get better. But guess what - our TV sets are soon going to be classified as one of the most popular interactive medium. Thanks to two high-tech systems; both of which our desperately bidding against each other for our living room space. DTH (Direct-To-Home) and CAS (Conditional Access System) guarantee to take our television experience to a completely different level and thereby make us, the customer its sole priority.
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