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Facebook, Internet privacy becomes public record

The beginning of the 21st century has often been hailed as the Age of Information, but it begs the question of just whose information it is the age of.
With the increasing prevalence of social networking Web sites, a large amount of previously private information is now being made accessible and shared on the Internet.
“The first thing we want everyone to understand about the Internet is that it’s all public domain,” said Brophy Dean Mr. Jim Bopp about the Internet at large.

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It Came From the Internet!

Have you ever been on Facebook chat or Skype and no one was online who you wanted to talk to?

Maybe you were really lonely and needed someone to have a conversation with but there was no person available.

No person, but that doesn’t mean no thing.

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Random reigns supreme on Internet with off-the-wall memes

Pop culture is an infectious thing.

Like the flu or humanity according to Hugo Weaving, pop culture will surge its way through any adaptive mass capable of regular access by the general first-world population.

Such is true with the Internet. While it is also a host for external pop culture like television and movie stars, media, literature and news about all three, it has also proved capable of developing a popular culture of its own.

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Literary magazine introduces online art site: BLAMO

Over the past two decades, Brophy’s literary art magazine has transitioned from “The Tower” to the “Magazine Formerly Known as ‘The Tower’” to now BLAM.

The magazine is continuing its tradition of transition by expanding onto the Internet with BLAM Online, better known as BLAMO.

“Our hope is that our Web site will be as popular if not more so than our publication,” said Jeramy Moschonas ’11, who is co-editor of BLAM with Michael Notistine ’11 and Beau Peterlin ’10.

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It Came From The Internet

America is home to many strange cultures, two of the most unusual being myth culture and Internet culture.

The two contenders – myth culture with its blurry photographs of furry, scaly, gargantuan or anthropomorphic beasts and Internet culture with its keyboard cats, advice dogs, Numa Numa guys and bottomless supply of trivia – have recently given birth to a horribly misshapen but largely terrifying new creature: The Slender Man.

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Internet radio provides free music for all, custom stations

The Internet has been changing the music industry quickly and surely.

Probably the most noticeable aspect of this is the purchasing and downloading of music. But this isn’t the only element that is changing.

Internet radio has started to gain more and more users in the recent years.

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Facebook for your K-9

Are you lacking in social networking sites?

Myspace was two years ago, and maybe you’re bored with your Facebook page.

Did you ever wonder if your pets would like something like Facebook? Dogster.com is the answer to your doggone problems.

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Reddit wrangles remarkable reads

If you’re ever sitting at home with nothing to do, I have a suggestion: Get your Internet browsin’ boots on and put Reddit.com in your address bar.
Reddit is a social media site that will entertain, edify and enthrall you.

The purpose of Reddit is for users to submit links to content they find on the Internet. Other users judge whether the links are useful, interesting or just plain fun.

If you go to Reddit.com, you will see a long list of links, with numbers next to them. Click on one of the arrows next to the link to either “up-vote” or “down-vote” a link.

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Web comic artists starve their way onto the Internet scene

“Garfield,” “Family Circus” and “Grin and Bear It” had better watch their syndicated backsides – there’s a new source of entertainment in town.

It’s free, it’s uncensored and it’s motivated. It’s the Web comic.

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It came from the Internet!

Many people have average stories, like the time that they saw a person drop their coke bottle and have it bounce right back up into their hand, or when their caller ID showed “Raspberry Jam.”

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