As Christmas is coming in the next couple weeks. I think most of the people will be busy with buying Christmas gifts to their family or friends. Particularly, for the parents, they will have some hard time in choosing a gift to their children. It is because most of the kids are favor in playing video games instead of football or action figure.However, not much video games are appreciate for young children to play. For example, the game "Call of Duty" involves violence that would give negative impact to children in mental behavior. A news article "Does game violence make teens aggressive?" address the issue of video games would effect brain damage to young people if they the game for period of time. As a result, the parents would need do some research in choosing the right video game for the children. Indeed, not all the video games involves violence. Some video games are created for education. For instance, below is a video of a game name Japanese coach which is teaching people Japanese by playing mini games.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Taking Copyright Infringement Penalties to an Extreme
In browsing recent headlines, I came across another interesting development in copyright infringements. According to an article on Geek.com, a pub in the UK may be required to pay a fine after one of its customers accessed the free Wi-Fi and downloaded copyrighted files. The author of the article argues that is it unfair that this type of small business would be required to pay (and a hefty sum at that --$13,000!) as the pub was merely was "providing a service." If this penalty sticks, imagine the consequences it could have for all providers of free Wi-Fi (cafes, bookstores, airports, etc.). I wonder if such a case could ever "stick" in the US....
Saturday, November 28, 2009
From Black Friday to Cyber Monday
Traditionally after the first big holiday of the season, the Friday after Thanksgiving, is one of the biggest shopping days of the season. It is so because it is the time that most retail businesses are able to improve their balance sheets based on the sales volume during this time. However I have found out that there is a new day. I found an article on the Web that told of new day, and that day is called Cyber Monday.
The article comes from an online Canadian paper and I would was very timely. So those who were unable to go out on Black Friday to shop, they have another change to find some online bargains.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
iReport for CNN
Hi all,
I remembered our last class while I was reading CNN online. It is not a new thing (probably many of you already know) but there is a whole section called "iReport for CNN". I also knew it for a while but our last class made me re think the concept of citizen journalism once more. As we said there is no gatekeepers in this kind of news or neutrality for that matter. So when we get our information through these senses, it does not necessarily mean that we are getting the "truth".
On the other hand, I personally think that it is definitely more fun to listen ordinary people talk about the current events.
Anyway you might want to check it out:
Assignment for December 1
Build out your own blog incorporating the techniques and concepts that we've looked out over the last 9 weeks.
Plan on presenting for 10-15 minutes to allow for questions. In addition to the blog, you will also be graded on your presentation which includes how you field and respond to questions.
Plan on presenting for 10-15 minutes to allow for questions. In addition to the blog, you will also be graded on your presentation which includes how you field and respond to questions.
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