News tagged with internet usage

Browser wars flare in mobile space

The browser wars are heating up again, but this time the fight is for dominance of the mobile Internet.

Technology / Software

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Study shows bandwidth caps create user uncertainty, risky decisions

Recently, many U.S. Internet service providers have fallen in line with their international counterparts in capping monthly residential broadband usage. A new study by a Georgia Tech researcher, conducted ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Studies touting China's treatments for Internet overuse may lack validity

(Phys.org) -- Excessive Internet usage has been linked to an array of problems, from structural changes in the brain to depression, poor social skills, violent outbursts and sexual promiscuity. In China, concerns ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

FCC survey shows need to teach broadband basics

(AP) -- The government's plan to provide fast Internet connections to all Americans will have to include some basic instruction in Web 101, according to a new survey of Internet users and non-users.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds prime time on the Internet is 11 p.m.

(AP) -- It's 11 p.m. Do you know where your neighbors are?

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Poland defends stance on treaty after web attacks

(AP) -- Polish officials vowed Monday to stick to plans to sign an international copyright treaty that has outraged Internet activists and prompted an attack on government websites.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Phone company shelves unpopular Internet cap plan

(AP) -- Time Warner Cable Inc. is testing a new way of charging for Internet use - by the amount of traffic rather than solely based on download speed.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

India Internet users top 100 million: study

India's Internet users have topped 100 million, a study said Tuesday, and its online population could overtake the United States' within two years.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vt. ponders more monitoring of worker web surfing

(AP) -- A move by state agencies to crack down on inappropriate Web surfing by state employees has erupted in the Statehouse as a debate over workplace privacy rights.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young workers push employers for wider Web access

(AP) -- Ryan Tracy thought he'd entered the Dark Ages when he graduated college and arrived in the working world.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 12, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Jointly utilizing LTE networks

Data-intensive Internet applications on smartphones, tablets and laptops are more popular than ever before. The result: Traffic on the mobile network is increasing at a blinding speed. Intelligent technologies ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Measure your bandwidth use

Q. With more Internet providers starting or threatening to start limiting and charging for bandwidth usage, it would be useful to have some idea of how much bandwidth I use per month. How can this be determined?

Technology / Other

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: Enforcement spurs rise in Web sex arrests

(AP) -- More people have been arrested in recent years for sexually soliciting youths online, but the sharp increase comes from better enforcement, and the Internet remains a relatively safe social environment, researchers ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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