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Internet Cafe Opens for Disabled Users

The Good Bytes Cafe has stained concrete floors, jars of scones and a small bank of computers in the corner, making it much like any Internet cafe.

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Funny and Strange Internet Cafes
Source: tech-space.info

Where internet hasn't spread, there are still internet cafes. Most of them offer basic service, access to the internet, but we're not going to focus on those.

Opening up an Internet café in Syria? Good luck (irresistible dot info)
Source: Menassat

Tough licensing procedures, harsh security regulations, strict censorship measures, and blatant abuses of personal privacy are among the litany of things that young entrepreneurs endure when setting up Internet cafés in Syria.

West African Journal: 'Chatting as a Girl'
Source: Epoch Times

Young men at internet cafés spend hours "chatting as a girl" or "chatting gay" in order to solicit funds from abroad.

Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Net crackdown
Source: ZDNet

Iranian police have closed down 24 Internet cafes and other coffee shops in as many hours, as part of a broad crackdown on "immoral" behavior in the Islamic state, official media said Sunday.

At a Family Gathering, an Internet Cafe Breaks Out
Source: The New York Times

I'VE always enjoyed filling our home with family guests, but when a special event brought together our extended clan recently, a new wrinkle emerged.

Where are you sleeping tonight?
Source: CNET News.com

According to the Japan Complex Cafe Association, as of 2005, there were about 2,740 Internet cafes located across Japan.

Deadly pandas put an end to Chinese internet cafes?
Source: destructoid.com

Ernest "Nex" Cavalli reports that an attempt by Chinese officials to curb gaming and gambling addiction has restored isolation to many Chinese. After a number of deaths linked to extended internet use, China has placed a ban on the development of new internet cafes.

China ban on new internet cafes
Source: BBC News

In a climate of growing censorship rules governing China's Series Of Tubes, government officials are intervening once again to protect Chinese websurfers from the dangers of online gambling and extended lengths of MMO gaming. BBC News reports.

Superfast internet cafe launches
Source: BBC News

A 100mbps internet cafe has opened in Cornwall, England. It utilizes BT's global internet protocol network with 61 satelite dishes to serve up the connection.

China Tightens Internet Cafe Monitoring As Summer Break Nears
Source: pacificepoch.com

China's Ministry of Culture will launch new regulations for China's Internet cafes in July and is holding a campaign to improve regulation of Internet cafes from July 1 to September 30, 2006, reports Chinabyte. The regulation focuses on keeping minors out of Internet cafes.

Taiwanese man spends three months in net cafe
Source: The Register

A Taiwanese man who spent three months in an internet cafe following a row with his missus finally succumbed to a fatal combination of fatigue, lack of sleep, cigarette smoke, and instant noodles last week when he suffered a heart attack, according to Dutch news site NRC.

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