addiction in audio and video
Poll: Email addiction a hard habit to break
News Email addiction is taking over people's lives with almost half of silicon.com readers unable to stop themselves constantly checking their inbox during the day. The latest silicon.com poll of more than 100 readers asked... [14 Mar 2008]
Christmas to be marred by 'CrackBerry' addiction?
News It seems you can add email addiction to problems such as over-eating, over-drinking and disputes with the in-laws which tend to reach a head at Christmas time. This Christmas more than half of BlackBerry users will keep... [30 Nov 2006]
Conscripts booted out of army for 'internet addiction'
News A bunch of young men are being excused from military service due to a debilitating modern illness - internet addiction. When they go to the army doctor to share their woes, a proportion of them are diagnosed with the... [04 Aug 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Is UK's outsourcing addiction unhealthy?
Comment The UK loves foreign goods, including foreign software development. But, asks Martin Brampton, is outsourcing this speciality good for the country and IT? Forrester Research believes the UK will account for three-quarters of all European... [20 Jul 2004]
Sacked Web surfer appeals against dismissal
News A secretary who was sacked for spending much time surfing the Web at work is appealing against her dismissal, claiming that she suffers from a medical condition: 'Internet addiction'. Addiction to the... [23 Aug 1999]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.10.05
Round-Up But incredibly the addiction has a lot in common with the more traditional symptoms experienced by substance abusers. Internet addiction in China is now at such levels that people are actually dying due... [14 Oct 2005]
Confessions of a CrackBerry addict
Comment The negative side, as many of us know is the cocaine-like addiction to the device which has given it the popular nickname 'CrackBerry'. If, like me, you find it almost impossible to ignore the device during your waking... [14 Sep 2006]
Messaging and Reporting Systems Help Hospital Ease Compliance, Improve Safety
The road to recovery: Eagleville Hospital knows it well, having helped people fight addiction for more than 40 years. Caregivers at the 310-bed hospital and its affiliated outpatient clinics depend on e-mail for... [05 Sep 2007]
Life Skills Education Firm Achieves 25 Percent Efficiency Increase After IT Upgrade
White Paper Realityworks, based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, provides life skills curricula and products to help people avoid problems, such as addiction and teen pregnancy. Over time, the company outgrew its corporate IT network and... [28 Sep 2007]
Messaging and Reporting Systems Help Hospital Ease Compliance, Improve Safety
White Paper The road to recovery: Eagleville Hospital knows it well, having helped people fight addiction for more than 40 years. Caregivers at the 310-bed hospital and its affiliated outpatient clinics depend on e-mail for... [05 Sep 2007]
Converged 3Com Network Upgrades Patient Care
White Paper Comtrea provides world-class mental health and addiction treatment services to 4,000 clients a year. Previously, however, the state-funded treatment center used non-integrated AT&T Merlin PBX phone systems whose absence... [25 Feb 2004]
Under the Table Work - the Hidden Productivity Drain
White Paper Like any addiction, it gets harder to correct the longer it is tolerated. Virtually all IT organizations suffer from it. It is a prime cause of customer dissatisfaction in new outsourcing arrangements. [25 Feb 2004]
Wireless and Mobility: Are you ready?
White Paper Employee, customer and partner addiction to mobile and wireless devices can't be ignored. The wireless and mobile computing revolution is at hand. New technologies, new devices, new access channels all promise greater... [25 Feb 2004]
Are you addicted to the internet?
News Tobacco companies, drug cartels and Starbucks beware - the internet may be giving you a run for the money in the addiction department. According to a study sponsored by Yahoo! and advertising company OMD, internet detox... [23 Sep 2004]
Quarter of UK mobile users addicted to their phones
News Mobile addiction in the UK is on the up, with 26 per cent of users now classified as 'cyborgs', or people who can't imagine life without a mobile and feel lost without it. This compares with of 18 per cent last year,... [23 Jun 2004]
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