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Endearment Works Better Than Authority in Social Engineering

Researchers tried to determine which methods are the most efficient in social engineering operations launched by cybercriminals to get our trust and then our belongings. Social-engineer.org released the results of a poll that tried to determine which is the best way for a social engineer to manipulate a victim, by...

20 October 2011
05:21 GMT

RAGE Was Never Intended to Be Open World

RAGE will soon arrive on the consoles of gamers all over the world and the developers at id Software are trying to make sure that players approach the game right, talking about how choice is handled and why the game is not actually open world.Speaking to Gamasutra as part of a bigger interview Todd Hollenshead, who i...

5 October 2011
03:27 GMT

Study Links Longevity to Workplace Relationships

A growing body of evidence is beginning to suggest that the satisfaction people feel at the workplace is directly linked to their longevity. The research does not analyze the way individuals feel about the tasks they have to do, but focuses on the relationships between co-workers.In other words, it's the develop...

12 May 2011
03:54 GMT

Too Much Authority Triggers Insecurity

A team of Spanish researchers from the University of Valencia have discovered what effect does the way that parents bring up their children have on social structure in Spain, concluding that strict rules, deprivation and punishment have a negative impact on the family's self esteem.The study considered a na...

22 October 2010
09:18 GMT

Children with Neurotic Parents Are Less Open

Most parents love their children. This is an undeniable fact, right alongside the idea that adults want only the best for their children, But while these intentions may be commendable in theory, some parents, aptly called “helicopter parents,” tend to exaggerate in taking care of their kids, constantly ke...

3 June 2010
10:46 GMT

Children Trust Adults over Other Children

A recent scientific study has determined that children tend to rely in authority figures when it comes to learning something new, such as the rules of a game, rather than trusting other children their own age. The work, which was conducted by German researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropolog...

22 February 2010
08:37 GMT

Sudanese to Boycott Valentine's Day

Muslim cleric leaders in Sudan have recently urged the youth of the nation not to follow the Western tradition of Valentine's Day, saying that the tradition is sinful, and that it will lead couples away from each other, by creating a headway for the appearance of doubt and dissatisfaction. They have also urged y...

12 February 2009
13:01 GMT

People Likely to Kill out of Obedience

Perhaps not many of you know that, when told so by a professional person with enough authority, you could even kill another human being in the name of science. This was demonstrated decades ago by a terrible study on authoritarianism. The real victims of the test, the participants, were definitely affected ...

4 November 2008
05:16 GMT

How to Cope with Nasty Bosses ...

That's for sure. One in four employees detests his/her superiors. How can we bear this situation every day?In many offices, the creativity and good mood appear just around the coffee maker, when the chorus starts to rant and rave against the boss: this is the group therapy. The so efficient German workers waste ...

24 March 2007
11:11 GMT


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