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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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In cities like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Internet cafes are a dime a dozen. But in a village like Kenmore, public Internet access outside of the library is hard to come by.
That’s what led Shaun Sisson to go into business with his father, Joe, start up Buffalo Computers in Kenmore and combine an Internet cafe with Joe’s existing computer repair business. Everyone needs computers, from teenagers looking for information for school to grandparents who want to retrieve pictures of their grandchildren from an e-mail. That makes the store’s demographic broad, ranging from high schoolers to baby boomers, and leads to some interesting conversations, Shaun said.
“Everybody needs to keep in touch to get whatever they want,” Shaun said. “People come in here and then start a conversation with someone else about something that isn’t even what they came in here for. It breaks down barriers, which is kind of cool.”
Read more at Tonawanda News
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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Most people use Tony Chen's Bondi Junction internet cafe to email friends or browse the internet. But if any of the backpackers or local residents frequenting his cafe, The Mouse Pad, were to illegally download music, Mr Chen - as the cafe's owner - could face up to five years in jail or fines of up to $60,500. That was the stern warning yesterday from Music Industry Piracy Investigations, the Australian music industry's anti-piracy arm. The organisation has released a guide for internet cafes, warning operators of their obligations in stopping music piracy. A federal police spokesman said internet cafe operators would not necessarily be held liable for customers' actions, but had a duty of care to prevent illegal activity on their premises. Read more at The Sydney Morning Herald
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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The District Magistrate, Chandigarh Administration has prohibited the use of Cyber Cafes by unknown person whose identification would not be established by the owner of the café. The Cyber Café's owners have been asked to maintain a register for identity of the visitor/user by making the entry of visitor's name, address, telephone number and identity proof. The orders have been made because it was noticed that certain anti-social elements, criminals and terrorists might use the facility of cyber cafes to mislead the security/investigating agencies, create panic in the public and danger the security of public, VIPs, and government institutions. The Cyber café might be used by anti national for their terrorist activities affecting the security of the state. Read more at PunjabNewsline.com |
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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The article discusses the usage of internet cafe by children in UAE and argues that "Some of the Internet cafes have become destroyers of ethics and morals instilled in children by parents and schools". A large number of children, whose age ranges between 10 and 18, have been seen sitting in an unhealthy environment polluted by smoke from cigarettes in these cafes, playing violent online games. Several high school students are found skipping classes to surf the Net and play computer games. Some of them have the audacity to do that in their school uniform. Parents, on the other hand, have called for laws restricting entry of children of a certain age group into Internet cafes. “We cannot keep an eye on our children all the time, especially if they are boys,” says Mohammed Karib, a father of two boys. Read more at Khaleej Times |
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 |
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Owners of internet cafיs in Rangoon say that authorities have imposed tighter restrictions on internet usage since the September protests and are monitoring users more closely. Cyber business owners in Rangoon told DVB that the Special Police have instructed them to burn the data of internet usage weekly onto CDs and send it to them. Read more at Democratic Voice of Burma |
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