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Which Airlines Allow Online Porn?
Right now it breaks down like this: Southwest, American, and Delta will all be relying on content filters to restrict what travelers can access. Meanwhile, Virgin, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, and US Air will all let surfers go wherever they like -- though some will be asking stewards and stewardesses to keep their eyes open. Who is in the right? We're inclined to say people are making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. There are far more important things to worry about, like prohibitive fees for checked baggage! [From: MSNBC]
WhereverTV Brings International Channels To Your TV
The 5- x 5- x 1-inch box must be simultaneously connected to your router and TV, and once the tele is flipped on, you'll be able to browse, manage and stream scads of international TV channels from wherever you are in the world. Granted, we still prefer the flexibility of the ZvBox (which allows you to tap into all facets of Internet video, not just one segment), but for just $199.99 with no activation or recurring charges (available now at Amazon), this could be just the thing for foreign television junkies or folks currently living outside of their homeland. [Source: PR Newswire]
Internet Turning Into a Boob Tube of Sorts, Survey Says
Way back in the day (a whole four years ago) the Internet was primarily a tool of communication -- e-mail, message boards, instant messaging. Then somewhere along the way things began to change. Content became king.
A study conducted by Nielsen/NetRatings over the past four years has shown that almost half our Internet lives are now spent devouring content (like this blog). Since 2003, the percent of our online time that we spend watching videos, reading articles, or listening to music and podcasts has climbed from 34 percent to 47 percent. Meanwhile communications activities such as e-mail are on a steady decline, dropping to only 33 percent of our time (down from 46 in 2003).
The other activities that made up the majority of peoples time online were searching (five percent) and commerce (15 percent).
Is the Internet going the way of TV --- that is, are we increasingly just sitting back and watching our computer monitors rather than using them to keep in touch with others? This survey seems to point in that direction. What do you think?
From Reuters
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