| A key role for parents | | Posted Sunday, February 04, 2007 2:58:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | If you thought the show "CSI" or the Grand Theft Auto video games were popular, then you probably haven't been introduced to the most trendy Internet sites and teen obsessions of our time. Racking in millions of users each day, it's a wonder they don't put every other form of entertainment out of business. But this form of entertainment comes with a price: sexually explicit messages and demeaning photos. They're called MySpace, YouTube and Facebook. They are the places where teens "facebook" one another through comment and pictures. I've heard parents talk about how their child posted scandalous pictures on MySpace or sexual videos on YouTube, possibly luring fortysomethings disguised as 15-year-olds, ready to prey on innocent young children with little knowledge about the outside world.... | |
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| | | Vietnam Cracks Down on Online Games | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:05:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Vietnam has a population of 80 million, and around 14 million Internet connections, and Internet use is growing rapidly. The majority of gamers do not own a PC, but play in Internet cafes. Estimates of the number of online gamers have ballooned from 800,000 last year to two million this year. Join Stellents "Spotlight On - Information Rights Management" eSeminar & product demo to learn how to control sensitive executive communications, protect intellectual property & ensure that your valuable digital information is not accidentally or deliberately misused. Dec 14th, 11am CT. .... | |
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| | | Street games | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:00:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | Those who love playing software games on their personal computers (PC) or online games in Internet kiosks will find the new trend in electronic gaming very exhilaratingpervasive gaming! Pervasive gaming took electronic games into a new levelthat is, on street level across barangays, towns, and even cities. This location-based games use not only new technology but also focuses on the simple fact that it is more fun playing as a team than on your own. Players not only play on foot, they also may travel by car, boat, or even airplane. One of the team members can stay at home on a PC monitoring "enemy" locations and the rest confront the opponents on the streets and in any location the game may lead them. Most of these games use cell phones as transmitting tool through text and multimedia messaging.... | |
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| | | Wireless profits not about calls right now | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:01:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | For the billions they've spent to upgrade their wireless networks, cell-phone companies are now trumpeting quarter after quarter of strong gains in revenue from services other than phone calls -- from messaging and games to music and video clips, as well as wireless Internet access for laptops. But a closer look at the numbers raises some question as to whether these flashy added fea tures can be relied upon for long- term growth in the wireless business, or if they'll merely serve as a way to stay even, making up for revenue lost to fierce price competition on the voice side. Verizon Wireless, a standout performer in the U.S. cellular market, recently set another industry high-bar by nearly doubling its third-quarter revenue from non- voice services, to $1.2billion, led by text and picture messaging, ring tone sales and laptop subscrip tions.... | |
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| | | Cottonmouths offer live Internet radio for all games | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:12:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | COLUMBUS, Ga. - The Columbus Cottonmouths will be offering internet radio broadcasting to all of their fans for home and away games. The free internet radio broadcast will be offered via the Cottonmouths website at www.cottonmouths.com through a link on the homepage. It will be available November 9, when the Cottonmouths take on the Pee Dee Cyclones. The internet broadcast will only be offered for a limited time. WEAM 1580AM will provide internet radio broadcast in the coming weeks. - Discuss this story on the Southern Professional Hockey League message board... The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff. .... | |
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| | | Chinese Internet Stocks: NetEase at the Low 'Barbell' P/E End | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:11:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Lloyd Sakazaki submits: "Barbelling" is a stock investment strategy involving concurrent long positions in both low-P/E and high-P/E stocks, premised on the assumption that the market tends to undervalue the growth potential of the "outliers" at both extremes of the price-earnings spectrum. With Sohu (NASDAQ: SOHU - News), Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU - News) and Sina (NASDAQ: SINA - News) having reported earnings during the past couple of weeks, we are now halfway through the 2006Q3 earnings calls for leading Chinese Internet companies in the portal, search and online gaming businesses. On deck for the coming week are NetEase (NASDAQ: NTES - News) after the market close on Monday, November 6; and TOM Online (NASDAQ: TOMO - News) before the open and Shanda (NASDAQ: SNDA - News) after the close on Thursday, November 9; to be followed by The9 Limited (NASDAQ: NCTY - News) on Wednesday, November 15.... | |
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| | | Internet games skirt sugary snacks ad ban | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:56:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | INTERNET games promoting sugary snacks to children are beyond the reach of a new code on advertising aimed at reducing obesity. The advertising industry yesterday unveiled a code that bans ads using parent pester techniques, and limits the use of personalities and gifts to promote the products. The code was made public at a forum at Federal Parliament, which heard that an economics report showed obesity was costing Australia $21 billion a year. But "advergames", easily accessible on the internet and featuring popular children's snacks and drinks, were outside the code's control, the Australian Association of National Advertisers said. The games include the "Tour de Cocoland" bike race that children can play on the Kellogg's Coco Pops website.... | |
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| | | Earnings: Sports video games cushion fall in profit for Electronic Arts | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:13:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | Electronic Arts Inc., the world's biggest maker of video games, said second-quarter profit fell less than expected on surging sales of sports titles, sending the shares up 8 percent. The company raised its forecast for the year after net income dropped 57 percent to $22 million, or 7 cents a share. Before compensation costs, profit was 21 cents, beating analysts' average estimate for 2 cents. Games for Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox console generated $166 million in revenue, as consumers flocked to sports titles including "Madden NFL 07," the top-selling U.S. computer game. The company is also spending on new titles, and said it plans to release eight of them this period for consoles including Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Co.'s Wii. "This wasn't a strong quarter; this was an Olympic quarter," said Mike Hickey, an analyst at Janco Partners in Greenwood Village, Colo.... | |
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| | | More to Free Online Casino Sites than Games at online casino news and casinos update | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:00:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | Free games at online casinos are a great way to begin your online gambling experience, try out a specific Website, or test new casino game without the worries of losing money. But the term "free online casino" could also relate to other aspects of the industry, not only no-deposit games. The Internet is an enormous and valuable resource for the online casino gambler to find out anything gambling-related, and it is all free.Yes, deciding which online casino site to play and gamble at is not a simple task. By all means, do go ahead and try out a number of free online casino games before joining as a member and putting a deposit down. The free games are a good way to see if you enjoy playing the games selection of the site, comfortable using the software which powers the site, even checking out the customer care response.... | |
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| | | Official: Internet control dispute will last years | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:09:06 PM by Blog57 Team | | An international dispute over U.S. control of the Internet appears unlikely to be resolved even as state envoys, regulators and technology experts convene next week to discuss the network's future. "Such negotiations are difficult ... this will take time. There are many countries which all have their own interests and opinions," Greek Transport Minister Michalis Liapis said today. "We are starting a dialogue which I think will take many years." .... | |
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