* Ad seeking nude actors, actresses sparks controversy Nov 2, 2009
An undergraduate student at the National Taiwan University of Arts recently sparked a controversy by posting an ad on the nations major university bulletin board system (BBS) looking for actors and actresses who were willing to appear nude and masturbate in front of a camera for a short film. The sophomore, who only identified himself by his screen name Tony, said in an article posted on the Part-Time Job Discussion Board on National Taiwan Universitys Professional Technology Temple BBS... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FEATURE : Blind masseur builds business online Oct 20, 2009
He also started a community on the PTT Bulletin Board System (BBS) X the largest BBS in the world with more than 1. 5 million registered users X to upgrade his operations online and to regularly update information on blind masseurs around the country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Giving away free sex items causes dorm controversy Oct 19, 2009
Shih posted the information on the schools bulletin board system (BBS), saying that sex is power and urged students to stop living in an imaginary pure world. Shihs move won support from some students on the BBS, with some Netizens saying that that dorm residents had taken more than 100 packs of condoms and lubricant. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* FEATURE : Volunteers changed through Morakot relief Oct 4, 2009
At the same time, hundreds of others X mostly members of the Bulletin Board System PTT X arrived at Liberty Square in Taipei to deliver donations, pack and load them on trucks. Cars and scooters came with load after load of bottled water, food, clothes, flashlights, sleeping bags, brooms and gloves. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Google Wave invite-only preview begins Sep 30, 2009
Similar to a bulletin board system, Google Wave shared, ongoing, real-time conversations called Waves. The application makes it easy for users to share videos, photos and maps. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
* Pajama protest planned for Saturday in Taipei Sep 15, 2009
Many Internet users have started mobilizing friends and acquaintances via blogs, the Bulletin Board System, Twitter, Facebook and Plurk. Some people who cannot make it to Taipei on Saturday were discussing organizing parades in other cities. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* FEATURE : Volunteers turn focus to typhoons stray animals Sep 2, 2009
Netizens on the nations largest bulletin board system, PTT, also continued to raise money for food and new cages for the shelters. This story has been viewed 453 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Friends, families hold rituals for Morakot victims Aug 16, 2009
In a message posted on the PTT Bulletin Board System, a user named Easterly wrote that the designated evacuation point for Xiaolin Village was the Xiaolin Elementary School, which was also wiped out. An evacuation map for the village on the Soil and Water Conservation Bureaus Web site confirmed the claim. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Thousands volunteer, more needed Aug 14, 2009
Many Internet users from social networking sites, such as Plurk and the Bulletin Board System, have also organized their own teams of volunteers. Some of the volunteers, however, said although they were eager to help, much of their time was spent standing around. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Ire over government rejection of foreign help Aug 13, 2009
PTT Bulletin Board System users launched a petition campaign calling on the government not to turn down offers of help when hundreds of people have yet to be rescued. A sample petition letter was soon posted on Web sites, online forums and personal blogs, with Internet users urging everyone to send a copy to the Presidential Office. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: KMT asks CCP to give via Red Cross or MAC Aug 13, 2009
Also yesterday, users of the PTT bulletin board system launched a fundraising drive to purchase food, clean water and other supplies for disaster victims. We raised more than NT$100,000 in one hour and purchased relief supplies online, said Liao Chi-cheng (), who started the PTT users disaster relief team. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Anger over student prank call to emergency hotline Aug 12, 2009
A link to the footage was posted by angry Web users on a message board about Morakot relief efforts on the Professional Technology Temple (PTT) bulletin board system, drawing many angry comments. Users called Hsieh immature and hoped his school would expel him. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* MORAKOT: THE AFTERMATH: Volunteers flock to join relief efforts Aug 12, 2009
More than 600 Bulletin Board System users in Kaohsiung and another 400 volunteers joined Kaohsiung City Government efforts, helping by unloading, separating and boxing up goods donated by residents of Kaohsiung and elsewhere. The city hall lobby and front corridor were filled with thousands of boxes of goods ranging from bottled water to blankets, canned food, clothes, toiletries, flashlights and batteries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* Web surfers rush to stop suicide Aug 9, 2009
Hundreds of people visited Hsus blog and left encouraging words, while others passed on the information through the nations popular online Bulletin Board System PTT, the social networking service Plurk and instant messenger services. A number of political figures, including Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih () and former Democratic Progressive Party legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (^), joined the effort. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Ma calls for Tour de Taiwan, forgets there already is one Aug 2, 2009
You [Ma] should be more careful, especially considering you met him [Froehlich] in person at the opening ceremony, an Internet user with the screen name ianchen0524 wrote on the Bulletin Board System (BBS) PTT.. On the online social networking and micro-blogging service Plurk. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* COMMUNITY COMPASS: Foreign artists find support, inspiration Jul 21, 2009
They posted the message on the university's bulletin board system and waited for a response. They took Lower to Longshan Temple in Taipei and sought guidance from fortune tellers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Web users praise World Games ceremony on PTT Jul 19, 2009
HOT TOPIC: Posts began appearing on the nations top bulletin board system during the opening ceremony and exceeded 1,000 comments by yesterday evening By Ger Yu-hao and Lin Hsiao-chuan STAFF REPORTERS Sunday, Jul 19, 2009, Page 2. The opening ceremony of the World Games in Kaohsiung on Thursday night left many impressed, with a number of Internet users posting messages on the nations largest bulletin board system, PTT, to praise the show as the pride of Taiwan and Kaohsiung. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Colin Farrell and Jack Nicholson Named Sexiest Celebrity Single Dads by Online Daters Jun 20, 2009
First started as a Bulletin Board System in 1986, Matchmaker. com is the oldest online dating site. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Not so strange May 30, 2009
He created a bulletin board system at 10; an Internet game at 18 the most popular out there by the time he was a junior at UT-Austin; and three businesses while earning his MBA at Wharton. It was his entrepreneurial work at Wharton that convinced him he was on the right path. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
* Lonely fourth-year university student searches for a part-time lover on the Web Ij|k xIH May 14, 2009
Lian said that he has never had a girlfriend in all his 24 years and that he has tried various friendship Web sites and the friend finder board on the PTT bulletin board system, but always gets knocked back. Ever since senior high, each time I show interest in a girl, she will eventually block me on MSN, delete me from her contact list and direct my phone calls to voice mail. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* Official injured in scuffle over smoking on campus May 11, 2009
Kuo made the remarks in response to several articles posted on National Taiwan Universitys Professional Technology Temple X the most popular college bulletin board system in the country. The student, Lin Wei-lien (LG), allegedly pinned an official from the CCUs Guidance Section, Lin Cheng-liang (LF}), on the ground when the official was on duty to stop students from smoking on campus on Friday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
* [ FILM FESTIVAL ] The next big things May 8, 2009
Users of a bulletin board system (BBS) restlessly await the moment when the hacker, Intoxicant, unleashes a series of promised attacks. A man suffering from manic depression follows the directors advice and starts growing plants in the City of Technology. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Under-fire official arrives back in Taiwan Mar 16, 2009
But a Web user at the Professional Technology Temple X the most popular bulletin board system of the National Taiwan University X questioned Kuos denial. The user said that the articles written by Fan that the user had saved bore a striking resemblance to those posted on a Web page called Section of Kuo, the Gifted on the Web site of the Chinese Unification Promotion Party. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* Study links Web addiction and teen aggressiveness Feb 26, 2009
Online chatting, adult sex Web viewing, online gaming, online gambling and [surfing the] Bulletin Board System were all associated with aggressive behaviors ... Online chatting, adult sex Web viewing, online gaming, online gambling and [surfing the] Bulletin Board System were all associated with aggressive behaviors because teenagers might have the opportunity to observe, experience and try aggressive behaviors [on the Internet] resulting in positive outcome, [such as] identification in a... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
* University vows to probe abuse, deaths of kittens Feb 25, 2009
School authorities posted an announcement on the Professional Technology Temple X NTUs biggest and most popular bulletin board system X saying the school would also cooperate with the Taipei Municipal Institute for Animal Health in the institutes probe. The police are also involved in the investigation, it said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
China's writers turn to Web Feb 15, 2009
That is what he was doing when he started writing his first novel on his office's online bulletin board system back in 2001. The Internet is increasingly being seen in China as a tool for literary empowerment, analysts say. (CNN -- International)
Tell us of this thing 'Internet' Feb 10, 2009
Cut to a spare room in in the home of , the Bulletin Board System (BBS) systems operator and star of the video. Jamming himself into the confined area filled with giant modems and green-screened monitors cased institutional beige plastic, Mr. Kang explains how online community will change the world. (MSNBC -- Technology)
