Watch what you say in the chat rooms or forums. You never know when some one will take it a bit too far.
A Virginia man enraged about a squabble that took place inside an Internet chat room with a Texas man exacted revenge by driving to the man’s home and setting it on fire, The Waco Tribune-Herald reported Tuesday.
I read this over at Cnet and just thought it was funny and likely appropriate for the UN and wanted to share.
You’d think that of all places that should have speedy and reliable Internet access, a United Nations summit on the Internet would be high on the list.
Not quite. The organizers of the summit, held at a luxury resort hotel on the Athenian Riveria not far from the city center, couldn’t even provide a working Internet connection.
You can read more at Cnet.
And you thought setting home, surfing the Internet and having a drink or two was safe?
Tipsy people overspending on the Internet is the latest financial hazard according to this article.
Now I have been know to purchase the wrong or a bad domain name or two, but $15,000 earrings, time to hire a designated clicker.
Jack Neal briefly became the proud owner of a pink convertible car after he managed to buy it for 9,000 pounds on the Internet despite being only three years old.
Jack’s mother told the BBC she had left her password for the eBay auction site in her computer and her son used the “buy it now” option to complete the purchase.
“Jack’s a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons,” Rachel Neal said.
The seller of the second-hand car, a dealer from Worcestershire, was amused by the bid and agreed not to force the sale through.
“Luckily he saw the funny side and said he would re-advertise,” Neal said