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Internet addiction spreading among kids
News Singapore is taking the lead in tackling the new illness of Internet addiction, by bringing psychologists into schools to educate children and parents in the risks of spending too much time online. A group of psychiatrists from the Mount Elizabeth...
[March 13, 2001, 8:13]
A Year Ago: UK psychologists warn of Internet blues
News Fresh evidence that the Internet and depression go hand in hand has emerged from a new global study of cyber addiction by UK psychologists. Dr Helen Petrie and student David Gunn of the University of Hertfordshire will reveal the findings of a...
[December 3, 1999, 6:05]
Psychologists warn of growing Net addiction
News British Internet psychology experts have warned against getting carried away with hype surrounding Internet addiction after the Student British Medical Journal Wednesday issued a list of criteria to help GPs make quick diagnoses of the problem.
[September 30, 1999, 10:40]
UK psychologists warn of Internet blues
News Dr Helen Petrie and student David Gunn of the University of Hertfordshire will reveal the findings of a study into Internet addiction and its effects in a fortnight at the British Psychological Society's London Conference.
[December 3, 1998, 13:26]
A Year Ago: Data overload causing addiction
News If you said to me 'Does Internet addiction exist? A research document due out tomorrow will suggest that the PC generation is the generation of information addiction. Commissioned by Reuters, Glued to the Screen: An investigation into information...
[December 7, 1998, 9:54]
Data overload causing addiction - Reuters
News If you said to me 'Does Internet addiction exist? A research document due out tomorrow will suggest that the PC generation is the generation of information addiction. Commissioned by Reuters, Glued to the Screen: An investigation into information...
[December 8, 1997, 17:21]
Is Internet sex bad for your health?
News At a conference on sexual addiction in California last week, researchers claimed that 15 percent of Web surfers have visited sex chat rooms or porn sites, with almost 9 percent spending more than 11 hours per week surfing for sexually related...
[May 8, 2000, 12:21]
Will you marry me -- online?
News Research conducted at Stanford and Duquesne universities in March found that at least 200,000 US Internet users are hooked on porn and called for Internet sex addiction to be treated in the same way as drug or drink addiction.
[May 27, 2000, 7:07]
A Year Ago: Will you marry me - online?
News Research conducted at Stanford and Duquesne universities in March found that at least 200,000 US Internet users are hooked on porn and called for Internet sex addiction to be treated in the same way as drug or drink addiction.
[May 27, 2001, 6:28]
Jane Wakefield: Let's talk about sex
News Internet sex addiction makes good headlines but there is little substance behind the hype. At a conference on sexual addiction -- (the mind boggles at what the hotel arrangements were) -- in Calfornia last week, a series of "experts" said they were...
[May 15, 2000, 7:03]
Naughton: The American dream turned sour, Part VIII
News Greenfield, who wrote a book called Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyberfreaks and Those Who Love Them (New Harbinger, 1999), is concerned that the Internet's effects on real-world behaviour hasn't been studied sufficiently.
[March 21, 2000, 14:03]
Quotes of the Week, December 8-12
News People are using [the Net] to shift their mood, which is a mark of addiction, and it is eating into people's leisure times and social relationships. Psychologist Mark Griffiths on data addiction. Paul Waddington, marketing manager at Reuters, which...
[December 15, 1997, 12:59]
Are you staying ‘cyber-dependent’ this yuletide?
Blog Discussion around the subject of cyber-addiction over the last decade or so initially concentrated on a youth audience, gamers and MMOGs in particular as they came to the fore. So has cyber-addiction and cyber-dependency fully migrated to the adult...
[December 23, 2008, 12:56]
Are you staying ‘cyber-dependent’ this yuletide?
Blog Discussion around the subject of cyber-addiction over the last decade or so initially concentrated on a youth audience, gamers and MMOGs in particular as they came to the fore. So has cyber-addiction and cyber-dependency fully migrated to the adult...
[December 22, 2008, 23:14]
Internet addicts surf on work time
News Dr Marlene Maheu, an Internet addiction expert and chief executive officer of Pioneer Development Resources -- an organisation which develops Internet and telehealth aids -- said in a statement: "Studies have shown that from 25 to 50 percent of...
[August 23, 2002, 9:39]
The Gube
Downloads The Gube Rubik's Cube is definitely fun and frustrating for others, which can lead to addiction with either the challenge of finally solving one of these things or how fast you can solve it Features: Live 3D view, animation and manipulation...
[February 2, 2009, 6:00]
Net sparks fears of mind control
News In December 1997, a highly-publicised study on Internet addiction was released, and researchers also have been examining addictions to cybersex and online gambling. Researchers at the University of South Florida College of Medicine studied two...
[July 7, 1999, 9:21]
Thai gamers work around curfew
News Last week, Thailand authorities instituted a ban on online games from 10 p.m.to 6 a.m.daily to curb growing addiction among the country's youths. Irate Thai gamers are turning to other activities after a curfew that limits late night Internet games...
[July 18, 2003, 14:08]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Second, Microsoft hasn't twigged that the Windows brand is not what you want in an online service: in fact, its Windows addiction is stronger than ever. IE7 has now been renamed Windows Internet Explorer 7 For Windows XP and Windows Internet...
[August 7, 2006, 13:40]
News Burst: Government site links kids to sex and drugs - report
News But the site links to Internet resources some say is inappropriate for kids, such as a "virtual surgery" discussing sexually transmitted diseases and drug addiction, according to the Mail on Sunday. The Eduweb site is part of Prime Minister Tony...
[October 23, 2000, 14:03]
