second life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_life
this wikipedia link will take you to a page that talks about second life
second life is an online world where people interact socialy and buy and sell things
the website is known to make around half a billion dollars a year
the second life worlds economy is growing at around 10-15% a month
there are people who have given up there full time jobs to work exclusivly in second life as designers who build and sell things to the residents of second life or as estate agents etc.
the website second life has been spoofed by another website called get a first life.
http://www.getafirstlife.com/
there are those who worry about whether second life should be allowed as it is a completely unregulated world where people can trade child pornography and other illegal materials.
it is impossible to police a world like second life as there are so many people and none of them can rearly be punished

web 2.0

web 2.0 is all about user interaction. the pages of the internet are made so that people can enjoy the expierience of exploring the web. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 this link will take you to a wikipedia article all about web 2.0.
advantages of web 2.0 are:
increased social interaction
intergration with people
access to anything you want
disadvantages of web 2.0 are:
decreased interaction with the outside world
lack of excerise
the price of broadband

jellyfish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinio
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=37857
these are two articles about the internet magazines zinio and jellyfish

Pac-Man's evil children

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2177750,00.html
this is a link to an article that talks about increasing violence in games