It's not just the isolation. Working from home has surprising downsides
What if you never had to return to work? Never had to return to work at the office, that is.
Social Sciences
Jan 15, 2019
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News tagged with home network
More rules for the intelligent household
While a mobile phone or PC is traditionally controlled by only one user, many players come together in a networked household, some of whom even want to control devices simultaneously. Researchers from the Horst Görtz Institute ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2018
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Smarter routers reduce latency in the Internet
Excessive latency affects the experienced quality of internet services: online games lag, streaming video buffers, and video conversations are choppy or even interrupted. Toke Høiland-Jørgensen is a researcher at Karlstad ...
Telecom
Feb 28, 2017
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Your broadband router is not as secure as you think it is
Between your home network and the internet sits your broadband router. This humble device is often overlooked, yet it is also your first line of defence against hackers, malware and viruses.
Security
Dec 9, 2015
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Consumers favor home security over efficiency in smart home technology
The message from the yearly CES consumer electronics extravaganza was clear: the list of gadgets that can be connected to the "internet of things" is growing rapidly. These smart-home technologies have the potential to save ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 22, 2015
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The social web of things
Research to be published in the International Journal of Web-Based Communities suggests that the familiar interfaces of online social networking sites might be adapted to allow us to interact more efficiently with our networked ...
Internet
Oct 16, 2014
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What debt-jugglers told the sociologists
Memo to bill collectors hoping to squeeze another payment from the working-poor debt-jugglers surveyed by Cornell and Harvard sociologists:
Economics & Business
Jan 20, 2014
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Scientist creates solution for looming broadband shortage
A new technology could help manage a potential data tsunami that might otherwise drastically restrict the use of smartphones, tablets and other wireless data technologies because of a nationwide mobile wireless broadband ...
Telecom
Aug 27, 2013
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Google's call for open Internet hedged in its own rules
When Google was just a mighty search engine, the company championed an open, unfettered Internet. Now that it's selling ultra-fast broadband Internet and TV service in Kansas City, Mo., with plans to repeat the service elsewhere, ...
Internet
Aug 2, 2013
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Yahoo! fuels fresh debate on telecommuting
Telecommuting, a growing trend in the US workplace, is coming under fresh scrutiny following news that Yahoo! is curbing the practice.
Business
Feb 27, 2013
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