But the key point: the exaflood of information flying through cyberspace did not cut or even flatten air travel.
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The media descended as haunting footage of cattle being jabbed with electric prods and rolled with forklifts hurtled through cyberspace.
It is not surprising, therefore, that the strategy is primarily concerned with mitigating risks to cyberspace rather than risks through cyberspace.
At the same time we have connected the world through cyberspace, allowing distant events, ideas and social phenomena to influence us instantly.
Even contracts are, after all, hurled through cyberspace these days.
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Photographs and videos can rocket through cyberspace, instantly viewable by strangers on the other side of the world or by law enforcement agencies, courtesy of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
This is bad news for companies who once hoped that e-mail would be a cheap, effective means of marketing new products and services, and content companies who once hoped to save on printing costs by hawking newsletters and other material through cyberspace instead of the mailbox.
In a time not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a little phenomenon was born that united the people of cyberspace through geographic services and social networking.
The government also plans a new Defence Cyber Operations Group - which will include a unit at GCHQ which will develop "new tactics, techniques and plans to deliver military effects, including enhanced security, through operations in cyberspace".
It features Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) as Jobe, an insane double amputee who is planning to take over the world through his control of cyberspace.
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Many people research travel options in cyberspace only to book their trip through a retail travel agent.
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