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- Kicking that nasty BlackBerry habit
- Kicking that nasty BlackBerry habitwhen an addiction starts to get destructive...It really is an addiction. Getting hit by a car because a person can't take their eyes off the Blackberry screen definitely qualifies as an addiction. As an employee, I understand why it can be hard to put up the...
- Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry, phone, addiction, e-mail, camera
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Can Firefox 3.5 wean universities off their IE addiction?
- Can Firefox 3.5 wean universities off their IE addiction?Don't feel too badI have a handful of users who have to connect to a web app at one of our State offices that absolutely requires IE6. I have tried it with IE7, IE8, and FF, with no success.In January of...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE addiction, Firefox 3.5, addiction, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?
- Can drugs break the chemical chain of memory? Should they?Wow, a powerful question...Dana;Excellent question. A very thought-provoking question indeed.First, allow me to tell you a bit about myself and then I'll go from there. I suffered a nearly fatal motorcycle accident where I was left for dead. A hit and...
- Tags: Talk about ignorance, addiction, addict, memory, Dana
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Experts oppose video game addiction designation
- Experts oppose video game addiction designationExperts oppose video game addiction designationJust like "Experts oppose the concept of human caused global warming"?Video games aren't addictiveAt least not physically addictive so you can't even compare it to alcoholism. If you stop playing video games you don't get physical withdrawal symptoms.Years ago in...
- Tags: Games, Corporate communications, video game, video, game, addiction
- Discussion threads 2007-06-24
- Chinese boy kills mother over Net cafe money
- Chinese boy kills mother over Net cafe money"It seems"?If you're going to claim that as much as 80% of juvenile crime might be perpetrated by 'internet addicts', you'd better back it up with more than just "it seems"...parental murderApparently, China doesn't understand that the epidemic they are now seeing has...
- Tags: INTERNET, media, heaven, addiction, devil
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- 12-step program to help e-mail addicts?
- 12-step program to help e-mail addicts?So TrueI know many people like this.addiction?This isn't addiction. I can think of another a word for these people, (ends with 'holes') but addiction doesn't cut it. This is a lifestyle choice. Our modern liberal society likes to tag any bad behavior...
- Tags: e-mail, addiction
- Discussion threads 2007-02-20
- Today's Links: Internet addiction? Test yourself
- "TODAY’S LINKS" October 30, 2006“Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.TODAY’S LINKS October 30, 2006: Internet Addiction Complusive Disorder? Find Out.Internet Addiction Self-Test, Center for Internet Addiction RecoveryInternet addiction is a type of compulsive disorder and as...
- Tags: AniTa, addiction, Internet addiction, Internet
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- Pick your poison: Porn or World of Warcraft
- Pick your poison: Porn or World of WarcraftAnd the difference is?Would you rather spend your life grinding away accumulating funds to pay the bills with your skills ignored, your promotions suborned and talentless people moving up the ladder away from you? All so you can own a house or...
- Tags: antidote, real world, Addiction, World of Warcraft
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Shanghai addresses teen internet addiction
- Shanghai has recognized that the Internet can be an addiction like any other and has opened a facility where young addicts can go for counseling and spend the night, reports School CIO Based on a program in Hong Kong, the program offers a place where teens can do...
- Tags: addiction
- Blog posts 2006-09-08
- Can employers be liable for your BlackBerry addiction?
- Can employers be liable for your BlackBerry addiction?What's a BlackBerry......and what does it give an employer that a cell phone or even pager doesn't? Can it be turned off? If so, what's the problem?Carl RapsonA New Type of Employer Liability?I have recently started to compile a list of the different...
- Tags: Handhelds, Blogging, Games, RIM BlackBerry, addiction
- Discussion threads 2006-08-24
- Can employers be liable for your BlackBerry addiction?
- I just read a news blurb on Geek.com that links to a discussion of an upcoming Rutgers University study that suggests employers may eventually be legally liable for the "BlackBerry" addiction. The key to discovering whether or not an employer is liable is whether the employer manipulates an employee...
- Tags: addiction
- Blog posts 2006-08-24
- Morphine relief without addiction?
- Morphine relief without addiction?HopeLast time they just found heroine. Hope this one turns out better :)Great...but how do they know it won't also mirror the addiction? nt*Me tooThis tory is less about effective pain relief than it is about finding another pain relief drug that can be patented and marketed...
- Tags: pain relief, addiction
- Discussion threads 2006-08-20
- Asia tackles online game addiction
- Asia tackles online game addictionIs this really addictionOr is it irresponsiblity?What are the effects on a person when you stop them from gaming? Do they go into withdrawl?I think this falls into that area of debate over addiction that gambling, shopping and such have.My personal opinion is that if a...
- Tags: Games, game, addiction, online game addiction, online game
- Discussion threads 2005-09-14
- Average MMORPG gamer spends 20-25 hours a week on the game
- Approximately 85% of MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) gamers are male and 15% are female. About 15% of gamers meet the criteria for Internet addiction as provided by Kimberly Young, a leader researcher in Internet addiction. Using more strict criteria, a minimum of at least 10% of gamers met...
- Tags: Internet Addiction, MMORPG
- Blog posts 2005-03-10
- Average MMORPG gamer spends 20-25 hours a week on the game
- Approximately 85% of MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) gamers are male and 15% are female. About 15% of gamers meet the criteria for Internet addiction as provided by Kimberly Young, a leader researcher in Internet addiction. Using more strict criteria, a minimum of at least 10% of gamers met...
- Tags: Internet Addiction, MMORPG
- Blog posts 2005-03-10
- Web Addiction Gets Finnish Conscripts Out of Army
- Web Addiction Gets Finnish Conscripts Out of ArmyWeb Addiction Gets Finnish Conscripts Out of ArmyWow, more proof that nothing good ever came out of Finland.would Internet get you out of Iraq?That's an army!:)Who said ?Lot of good things come out of Finland.Go figure...http://www.microsoft.com/finland/default.mspx
- Tags: Channel management, Finnish conscript, conscript, Web addiction, Web, addiction
- Discussion threads 2004-08-03
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- (Windows 7's Aero in pictures)
- YuckyuckWindows 7Looks alot better than the Windows Vista inteferface. Cannot wait to upgrade!Re: Pics 3, 5, & 6 description mistakesAero Peek is the feature that lets you peek at windows and the desktop when you hover over a task bar thumbnail, an alt+tab thumbnail, or the show desktop panel at...
- Tags: visual noise, Microsoft Windows 7, Aero Glass, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Aero Peek
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Did 'reporters' sink Vista?
- Yes. They made it much worse.There were early driver problems, many devices NEVER got updated for Vista, the fit and finish was and is rough, the extra security was a nag (but should have been DEFENDED and EXPLAINED by the tech pros, instead of being ridiculed), business was right to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- tBreak: Break Time Reminder 1.0 (Windows)
- Break-Time-Reminder is designed to stop computer addiction. It reminds users to take a short break after a long computer session. It prevents computer-related addiction and health problems.
- Tags: Health Care, Microsoft Windows, Computer, ComputerBREAK, Break-Time-Reminder, Productivity
- Software downloads 2009-10-10
- Those darned kids and their multitasking
- Apparently, multitasking is a bad idea. Or so a media frenzy told us a month ago. Young people especially flip between tasks in what appears to be a completely natural way and seem able to take in multiple streams of information with aplomb. "Of course!" you say....
- Tags: Job, Coffee, Media, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
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