Posts Tagged ‘ Facebook ’

Facebook is everywhere. The social networking website recently passed the 300 million users mark, giving Facebook a population larger than any country, baring the USA, India and China. In the UK, nearly one in three have a profile. Due to its popularity, Facebook has become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Similar sites, such...
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At the risk of turning into my Dad, I feel more and more alienated by the internet-driven society in which we live. Being twenty, I can remember a time when not every household had a computer (gasp!), let alone two or three, and when the Internet was something of a novelty whereby you could...
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A science teacher has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking a 14 year-old boy with a 2kg weight. Mr Peter Harvey, who taught at All Saints Roman Catholic School in Mansfield, had recently returned from sick leave after having a stress related stroke. It is alleged that Mr Harvey attacked Jack Waterhouse...
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I can't work out whether this story is an April Fool's Day joke or not. Students campaigning to get rid of Facebook and Twitter from university computers? 'Surely not', I thought. 'Must be a wind up'. But that was until I recalled a moment of weakness in first year when I emailed the technicians and...
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