Yu Kin Len | Oct 26, 09 5:17pm
In this world of cyber-technology, we can do almost everything we want through current technologies. Thanks to the Internet, now we can acquire information on many things in just a split second. People can become famous in hours or collapse in seconds. The Internet also acts as a network which is able to connect people all over the world for information exchange.

However, behind this conveniences and knowledge that this technology provides us, do we realize the risks that may affect us especially our children? 

By Bonnie Rochman Monday, Nov. 02, 2009

Before food politics became a Wikipedia entry and the title of a book, before anyone cared about trans fat or realized we were in the midst of a pediatric-obesity epidemic, Lucky Charms were simply magically delicious.

Now the cereal, along with other childhood favorites like Corn Pops and Cocoa Pebbles, is being labeled a public-health menace by Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The center is trying to expose the marketing tactics that make kids clamor for a sugary start to the day, crispy calorie bombs that are often low in fiber and high in junky carbohydrates. Rudd researchers just finished crunching Nielsen and comScore data — which track television and Internet marketing — to figure out exactly how much cereal advertising kids see. The result: obesity researchers for the first time have hard data proving that the least healthy cereals are the ones marketed most aggressively to children.
(See which sugary brands do the most kid-chasing.)

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Published: October 21, 2009

ROME — Scientists and development experts across the globe are racing to increase food production by 50 percent over the next two decades to feed the world’s growing population, yet many doubt their chances despite a broad consensus that enough land, water and expertise exist.

The number of hungry people in the world rose to 1.02 billion this year, or nearly one in seven people, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, despite a 12-year concentrated effort to cut the number.

Thursday October 22, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: The Direct Selling Act will be amended to fix loopholes.

Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the amendments sought to clarify several vague definitions such as a pyramid scheme.

“There is a very thin line between what makes a company a pyramid scheme company or a multi-level company,” he told a press conference after launching the Malaysian Direct Distribution Association website yesterday.

Thursday October 22, 2009

By MAZWIN NIK ANIS

CYBERJAYA: The Government wants the Malaysian Communi­cations and Multimedia Commission to find out why the cost of Internet services in the country is high.

Information, Communications, Cul­­­ture and Arts Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said that apart from the high cost of getting Internet connection, the public was also generally unhappy with the quality of the service, particularly its speed.

“Consumers’ main grouse is that they are charged more compared to users in other countries but the quality of service is not up to mark.