News tagged with internet use
'Cyberloafing' at work no bad thing, study says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Employees who cyberloaf - use the Internet at work for their own interest - may be doing their bosses a favour, a Massey study suggests.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Number of Internet users worldwide reaches two billion
The number of Internet users worldwide has mushroomed to reach the two billion mark, the head of the UN's telecommunications agency, Hamadoun Toure, said on Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Teen Internet addicts more likely to get the blues: study
Teenagers who are "addicted" to the Internet are more than twice as likely to become depressed than those who surf the Web in a more controlled manner, a study published Monday found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 02, 2010 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
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China cracks down on online games: report
China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.
Dec 25, 2009 |
4 / 5 (3) |
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Web inventor warns UK on surveillance plans
(AP) -- The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web says he's warned Britain's government to ditch plans to extend surveillance of Internet activity.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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France's Orange adds to iPhone 5 release hype
French mobile network operator Orange has broken the secrecy surrounding Apple's new iPhone 5 through a job advert, despite the US firm's ban on its partners referring to the product before its expected Sptember ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 13, 2011 |
1.8 / 5 (5) |
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Time Warner Cable shelves some Internet cap plans
Bowing to mounting public and political pressure, Time Warner Cable Inc. said Thursday it was shelving plans in four markets to charge customers based on how much Internet traffic they generate. But tests of metered billing ...
Apr 16, 2009 |
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No elder left behind: Researchers say designers can help close tech gap
While more older adults than ever are using cell phones and computers, a technology gap still exists that threatens to turn senior citizens into second-class citizens, according to Florida State University researchers.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2009 |
3.5 / 5 (2) |
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China targets 'foreign forces' in Web crackdown
(AP) -- China will target online information from "overseas hostile forces" in its next crackdown to tighten Internet controls, a government spokesman said in comments reported Monday.
May 03, 2010 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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China blog site shuts accounts over 'rumors'
(AP) -- China's most popular microblogging site is cracking down on what it says is the spread of false rumors after the ruling Communist Party told Internet companies to tighten control over information online.
Aug 29, 2011 |
3 / 5 (2) |
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Providers test the limits of access to Internet with new pricing systems
Your days of all-you-can-eat Internet buffet may be coming to an end. Probably not tomorrow, but soon enough, industry analysts say.
May 06, 2009 |
1.7 / 5 (3) |
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Net media are increasingly strong
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, conducts a yearly survey of Swedes' media use called Mediebarometern, which started in 1979. The results for the 2009 survey are now complete and show that Net media are increasingly strong, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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China's Internet population rises to 457 million
(AP) -- China's online population rose to 457 million in 2010 as use of mobile phones to surf the Web spread rapidly, an industry group reported Wednesday.
Jan 19, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Turkey 'arrests 32' in raid on hacker group
Turkish police have arrested 32 people suspected of belonging to a cabal of hackers who sabatoged government websites to protest against Internet censorship, the Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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China's online population rises to 485 million
(AP) -- China's online population soared to 485 million as of the end of June as use of mobile phones to surf the Web spreads, an industry group reported Tuesday.
Jul 19, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Internaut
Internaut is a common term for a designer, operator, or technically capable professional user of the Internet. Beginning with participants in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), it gradually expanded to members of the Internet Society (ISoc) and the larger community.
For more information about Internaut, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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