Doors to the future

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Portals are sites on the World Wide Web, such as Yahoo!, Excite and America Online, that offer a combination of content and services. For some the term portal has negative connotations, suggesting the site is only a doorway to other sites. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported in Nov, 1998, that 1.25 mil households had Internet access, a 50% increase over the previous 9 months.

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Trick of the aye

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Online polls allow ordinary people to express their opinions, but they can easily be manipulated. There is no way of knowing who is voting and how voter groups are behaving. However, online polls seem to be influencing politicians.

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Every blog has its day

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The Internet has had a big impact on life in 2001 and individuals have begun compiling their own news to pass on to friends. These sites known as blogs from web log are flourishing and give this technology a more human face.

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