The flood of e-mail spam, or junk e-mails, that bombards Internet users daily has become a nagging problem, according to a survey released by the Taiwan Internet Association. The survey found that Internet users receive an average of 29 junk e-mails...
Harvard University professor John Palfrey recently spoke in Taipei on the subject of youth and contemporary media, the digital age, and parenting. I read the news on his lecture with care. (Palfrey) said it is down to parents and schools to determine...
Successful entrepreneurs have surpassed pop stars as college students' idols, a recent Fudan University survey has found. In the survey, which sampled 150 students from different grades and departments, 96 chose successful entrepreneurs as their idol...
A hundred years after the first youth hostel was created, do such establishments have a part to play in the 21st century? After all one of the traditional images is of big draughty rooms that you have to share with snoring strangers, while being orde...
Ever since money was invented there have been people trying to fake it. Thats why its important for everyone to know how to spot a fake banknote. And the best thing to do is to know by heart what genuine notes should look like. Here is our expert Lee...
Secrets of Top Student The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techiniques that others can readily learn.These,according to the education experts and students themselves,are the secrets of top student. 1. Set Priorities. T...
Finally, I was off to college. Thanks for some careful savings, I did not have to work during the first school year. Then, summer hit and it was time to work harder than ever. I continued working as a waitress at night, as a tennis instructor doing s...
Sam Worthington, the lead actor in the worldwide hit Avatar, is being tipped as the next James Bond. The bookies' favourite, born in the UK but raised in Australia, has recently achieved phenomenal success with the 3D sci-fi epic Avatar which is the...
Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of England from 1874 to 1880 and the primrose was his favorite flower. He gave bouquets of them to his monarch, Queen Victoria, who probably not coincidentally, found him quite charming. Buckner Hollingsworth wrot...
Weve all been bored from time to time. Sometimes, when were really at loose ends, we might even say were bored to death or so bored I could die! We dont really mean it, of course. But according to one study, it may be true. That is, it seems possible...
