| Downloads of Net porn hit record high |
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Record numbers of people are downloading pornography from the Internet, one survey revealed yesterday.
And campaigners fear that as computer porn becomes more widespread it will give more men unrealistic expectations of their love lives and threaten couples' relationships. ... |
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| Switzerland wins ownership of name in cyberspace |
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| Currently, the three names direct surfers to one Website held by Stefan Frei, who registered it in 1995, at which he offers one free Swiss-based e-mail service and sells Swiss-themed accessories marked with the country's emblematic red and white flag. Swiss authorities filed one complaint with WIPO in February against Frei seeking the rights to the three names on the grounds that they planned to create an official Internet portal in all four of the country's official languages. Since 1999, the UN intellectual property body has been empowered to settle disputes over ownership of Internet names. ... |
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| For the record 29 May |
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Embark Initiative announces offers of research funding | Twenty-five percent of Britons download pornography _
Vodafone Ireland has announced details of what it calls one "groundbreaking" new offer, which allows Vodafone customers to call other Vodafone customers for as long as they want for free. Before you get too excited though, the offer applies to new and existing customers on the Perfect Fit 400 and Perfect Fit 600 price plans (EUR69 and EUR99 per month). The offer is available for one promotional period from 29 May until 31 August. ... |
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| Hackers Swipe Sacred Heart Data |
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* New York Accuses Gratis Internet of Largest Deliberate Privacy Breach Ever
The data contained personal information such as names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. In some cases, the individuals had never attended the Fairfield, Connecticut-based university, nor worked there or been associated with it in any fashion. ... |
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Here is someone who rejects the notion that the explosion of digital pornography is one thing to be celebrated, one "glorious Dionysian orgy after two millennia of unnatural Christian repression."
For every positive effect porn has, there is one Larry Flynt and one slew of victims. I have one friend who describes himself as one "chronic porn addict" and sadly laments that his (very beautiful) girlfriend can never match the 10 million infinitely pliable, infinitely-surgeried fantasy women forever splayed in his laptop. I know teenage lads with wildly unrealistic expectations that women are constantly "up for it" - and up for anything. ... |
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