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Study: Technology can overwhelm even 20-somethings

Mar 25, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- They are comfortable with gadgets, yet shudder sometimes as the cell phone rings.

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Gen Y logs on at the library

Jan 01, 2008 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

More Americans turn to the Internet for issues such as illnesses, finances, taxes and careers rather than look to other information sources, a survey found.

Survey: Sexes still differ on Web use

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Dec 29, 2005 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 0

A new survey shows that men and women have differing goals in mind when they log on to the Internet.

AMA might label Internet as an addiction

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Jun 22, 2007 | 1.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The American Medical Association plans to vote on a recommendation to classify Internet and video-game addiction as a formal diagnosis.

Survey: Elderly, poor narrow broadband service gap

Technology / Telecom

Jun 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Some groups that have lagged in signing up for high-speed Internet service, like the elderly, the poor and rural residents, have started to gain on those who have had a head start, according to a new survey.

Study finds Web no equalizer for civic engagement

Technology / Internet

Sep 01, 2009 | 2 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Unlike some people have hoped, the Internet hasn't led to big changes in the socio-economic makeup of Americans engaged in civic activities, a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds.

South Korea tops in broadband penetration: study

Technology / Telecom

Jun 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

South Korea, where 95 percent of homes have broadband, Singapore and Taiwan are among the top five countries in terms of access to the high-speed Internet, according to a survey released Thursday.

FCC gets going on national broadband plan

Technology / Telecom

Apr 08, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 2

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission took the first step Wednesday in developing a comprehensive plan to give all Americans high-speed Internet access.

Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.

Internet search process affects cognition, emotion

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 04, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (8) | 0

Nearly 73 percent of all American adults use the Internet on a daily basis, according to a 2009 Pew Internet and American Life Project survey. Half of these adults use the Web to find information via search ...