Cyber-seems to be a thoroughly modern prefix， summoning up images of advanced technology， supercomputers， and virtual reality. However， in striving to be so very up to date it has developed a whiff of the old-fashioned. The word's rise in popularity is part of the problem - it seems to be added to almost anything to give a high-tech twist. The Oxford English Corpus contains examples of cyberartist， cybertalk，cyberfiction， cyberculture， cyber-economy， cyber-activist， cyber-piracy， cybercriminal， cybercinema， and so on. Using cyber- like this draws attention to the use of technology and the Internet， implying that such a notion is unusual or remarkable. As these resources become an ever more integral part of our lives， the use of computers in almost every aspect of life will be assumed， eventually making the addition of cyber- redundant.