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The time when you admitted in public to using online dating websites to meet new people and felt ashamed for it is gone. A new study has shown that this is the second most popular method used today of finding Mr. or Mrs. Right. Whereas, before the Internet, people used to meet through friends and family or, at best, ... |
7 February 2012
13:21 GMT |
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A study launched by PopCap Games, one of the leading developer of video games with a social side, have released a new study which shows that those players who admit to cheating when it comes to video games are more likely to also cheat in real life.The study is said to have taken into account more than 1,200 adult co... |
12 January 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The early results of a study that was conducted in Australia have correlated excessive time spent with video game with a bigger presence of depression and anxiety, although the researcher will need more time to flesh out the results.The study has also found that excessive gamers tend to perform better than they expec... |
10 January 2012
15:01 GMT |
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While close to 50% of United States citizens declare that they are able to identify a scam or a shady marketing technique, when tested more than half of the 1,858 consumers showed they would be likely to provide personal information to claim a prize after completing an online survey.
The figures show that online don... |
4 January 2012
06:50 GMT |
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The second Trust Across America annual study has been completed and the list of most trusted companies narrowed down to ten.
As it happens, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ended up on the fifth spot, which is really quite the feat.
The FACTS method was used for the classification and, for some reason or another, Int... |
20 December 2011
07:38 GMT |
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Looks like all the advertising and PR about 3G tablets ended up failing to actually make the things all that popular.According to a study by Connected Intelligence, the sort of slates that only have WiFi support are much more widespread than the ones that also have 3G.While 60-65% of tablet owners use WiFi, the cost ... |
14 December 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Every popular technology is going to be blamed for every wrong in the world. If it's not video games, it's Facebook that's ruining students' performance in school, a lot of people would tell you.
But according to one study (PDF), that's not really true. In fact, the study found little signif... |
8 December 2011
11:10 GMT |
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Researchers from the North Carolina State University released a paper in which they highlight the security issues that emerge from the fact that manufacturers and wireless carriers are allowed to modify Android operating systems to their own liking.
The study entitled "Systematic Detection of Capability Leaks in Sto... |
6 December 2011
03:39 GMT |
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The water&stone Agency published its annual Open Source CMS Market Share Report, the most comprehensive study about open source CMS usage amongst web professionals.The report comprises statistical usage data about the 20 most used CMSs around the web.As in the previous years, the top three remained the same, with Wor... |
2 December 2011
11:21 GMT |
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The people at ChangeWave Research took it upon themselves to ask a couple hundred iPhone 4S owners about the specific features they liked best about their new handset and, by quite a margin, they named the Siri digital assistant as the most attractive function.The worst thing about it was battery life, of course.&ldq... |
1 December 2011
10:16 GMT |
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ChangeWave Research has issued the results of a new survey of iPhone 4S owners to show just how satisfied people are with the new handset. In a nutshell: very.ChangeWave says that customer satisfaction ratings for the iPhone 4S are much higher than those for its predecessor, with 77% of owners saying they're ver... |
1 December 2011
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The people who live in crowded cities displaying an increased level of air pollution might face greater risks of developing diabetes than the ones who enjoy the benefits of better air quality, according to a recent study conducted by a team of Danish experts.
Our current system of transportation influences the way ... |
25 November 2011
10:43 GMT |
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Whether or not you're ready for another one of those surveys, ChangeWave just conducted a study about what tablets people want to buy.Some time ago, we wrote how the Amazon Kindle Fire was basically more popular than the Apple iPad.So of course that meant someone would hurry up and publish a new study that showe... |
21 November 2011
08:39 GMT |
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A recent study made by Bitdefender shows the difference between men and women when it comes to keeping their information private on social networking websites.
The survey which included 1649 individuals from the United States and the United Kingdom shows that men are risktakers and they will in many cases ignore pr... |
7 November 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Trying to put the hype into numbers, McKinsey & Company concluded a research to evaluate the Internet's impact on the World's economy. It approximates the Internet's total revenue at around $8 trillion.The research only took data from 13 countries, the G8, meaning Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,... |
7 November 2011
11:26 GMT |
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A team of researchers tested some of the more popular commercial tools that are supposed to keep internauts protected against online behavioral advertising (OBA). The results are disappointing as many of them are very difficult to use or highly ineffective.
CyLab released a paper called “Why Johnny Can’t... |
7 November 2011
07:32 GMT |
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The recent debates regarding piracy and the controversies that surround torrent websites make most of those who use such services find a way to make themselves anonymous while surfing the web.The partial results of a survey made by The Research Bay ( the new name of The Pirate Bay) in collaboration with Cybernorms we... |
22 October 2011
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The average working woman takes about 38 minutes getting ready for work, most of them spent on applying makeup and styling the hair. With all this effort, the entire look only lasts a little over 2 hours, a new poll has revealed.
Conducted by Imperial Leather SkinKind on 2,000 women and 2,000 gents, the survey show... |
21 October 2011
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IT security professionals and even hackers can become targets for clever social engineering operations, a recent study revealing that some of them easily share account credentials after a few conversations.You might think that pros would be more aware of these attempts but a cleaver study conducted by Sabina Datcu fr... |
19 October 2011
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Almost a quarter of all cyber masterminds prefer to use DoS or DDoS attacks, while 19% rely on SQL injections to complete their evil missions.After doing some digging on a popular hacker forum, the guys at Imperva came up with a report called "Hacker Intelligence Initiative, Monthly Trend Report", that shows these ar... |
18 October 2011
03:14 GMT |
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A report called “The State of Hacked Accounts” reveals information on the accounts people care for so much and the way they get overtaken.
Results show that Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail and Facebook accounts attract the most villains, probably because that's where internauts keep their most private stuff... |
14 October 2011
07:41 GMT |
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ComScore has released figures that show just how popular Apple’s iPad is compared to competing tablets, revealing that Apple’s slate-shaped computer accounts for 97.2 percent of US-based internet traffic generated by tablet devices.The figures confirm that Apple’s iPad is kicking Android butt even h... |
11 October 2011
15:51 GMT |
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A new study performed by Carnegie Mellon University comes to reveal that electric vehicles with smaller battery packs are more efficient in reducing health care costs, environmental damages and oil consumption.The researchers have found that plug-in vehicles with large battery packs are more costly and may have highe... |
27 September 2011
04:10 GMT |
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While many people are already aware with the fact that the prenatal stage is extremely important for our development, studies are continuously being performed to determine what are those effects exactly.The researchers at UC Irvine have recently conducted a study that proved yet another consequence of prenatal exposu... |
23 September 2011
12:42 GMT |
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A recent study performed on mice by the researchers at Marshall University showed that, when a modest amount of walnuts is included in the regular diet, this can reduce the risk of breast cancer.The report in the journal Nutrition and Cancer states that the amount of walnut in the test diet equates to about 2 ounces ... |
15 September 2011
11:37 GMT |
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Over the second quarter of 2011, online video ad trends have shifted to the classic TV model, with several advertising breaks during long video content. This according to a report by FreeWheel, a company renown for its online ad management and delivery services.The study showcases how content suppliers are moving awa... |
18 August 2011
12:48 GMT |
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It’s a known fact that fad diets are neither healthy nor really successful in the long run. A new extended study shows that even their healthy counterparts are rather futile, in that those who go overweight will eventually bounce back to their heavier selves a few years down the road. In other words, if you&rsq... |
25 July 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Snacking is perhaps something we’d like to cut down on, especially if our favorite treat is sweets. In order to cut calories by a whopping 40 percent, researchers propose a very simple method: eat nuts in their shell, or sweets in their wrappers. It’s not that you will waste more time cracking the nuts or... |
19 July 2011
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We’ve all been there: the night before the day when we leave for some faraway (or less distant) destination, where we’re to vacation. There’s packing to do and, as a rule, women will always throw in more items than they actually need – twice as many, a new study confirms. It’s a known fa... |
19 July 2011
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We’re so obsessed with losing weight that we often imagine our problems can go away if we go on a drastic diet, sometimes at the expense of our own health. One in five people goes on a diet every month but never sees it to completion, it has emerged. The makers of Seven Seas vitamin supplements conducted a surv... |
11 July 2011
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Coming to contradict all previous surveys, studies and polls, a new survey claims that half of women positively hate shopping because they believe clothes makers only target young and skinny girls, it has emerged. Conducted by Mintel, the survey shows that many women have been toning down on impulse buys, while shift... |
7 July 2011
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An in-house Wikipedia study revealed that editors contribute to the site mainly because of their passion for freely available information. The report also showcased that men, compared to women are still the main contributors to Wikipedia's knowledge-base.During the month of April, Wikimedia, the foundation that ... |
11 June 2011
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A Wikimedia study shows that almost 40% of all new Wikipedia contributors get negative feedback on their first edits. The percentage excludes users that got banned for spam, vandalism or registering multiple accounts.The study analyzed a random batch of user edits made to talk pages for new users on English Wikipedia... |
4 May 2011
12:07 GMT |
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A new study cited by The Economist comes to contradict all that we’ve learned at home and in school about how it matters who you are on the inside and how appearances don’t (or shouldn’t) count in all those important moments in life. As it turns out, they do. People who wear designer clothes with a ... |
4 April 2011
15:51 GMT |
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With each new progress, the possibility of misusing it is ever present, and Intel actually sponsored a study, conducted by Ipsos, that found a worrisome level of so-called mobile device misuse. As end-users know, quite a few mobile devices have been released over the past year, especially during the MWC 2011 show.In... |
25 February 2011
08:13 GMT |
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If you’re thinking of catching up with your favorite show or the news while also having lunch or dinner, think again. A new study comes to show that women who eat in front of the television set are more likely to consume more calories later in the day. Nutritionists have repeatedly warned that meals should be s... |
24 January 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Should you be a fan of doing housework, particularly mopping floors, then cleaning company Vileda has excellent news for you: a new study comes to show that mopping floors for one hour burns more calories than one hour at the gym.Practical considerations aside, the study could represent a drastic difference for women... |
21 January 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Rather than using elaborate study methods, students learning about science could boost their ability to memorize and understand various concepts related to their interests by practicing memory retrieval.In other words, experts have demonstrated that people are better at understanding science concepts if they remember... |
21 January 2011
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In a study conducted on behalf of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), two high profile UK computer scientists concluded that current cyberwar fears are unfounded and the term itself is misused.The report [pdf] was written by Peter Sommer, visiting professor at the London School of Econo... |
18 January 2011
13:33 GMT |
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Some women make of makeup an art. Others can’t even imagine their life without it, while one in three admits to not stepping outside the house without applying makeup first, a new study reveals. Many women see makeup as a mask, which they credit for lots of things, including a promotion, a successful relationsh... |
13 January 2011
14:51 GMT |
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A study performed by a customer experience research firm revealed that many call center operators from Australian banks can be tricked into helping callers obtain information about other people's accounts.For their benchmark, the company, called Global Reviews, made twenty calls to the customer service hotlines ... |
11 January 2011
13:52 GMT |
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Even though it’s already been established that New Year’s resolutions are no longer considered hip, it’s a new year and perhaps you’re thinking of making a change for the better. If weight loss is your resolution and you happen to be a 28-year-old female, you’re just in luck.
A new s... |
6 January 2011
15:21 GMT |
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According to a new study presented by a panel of scientists this month, it would appear that representing science in Hollywood blockbuster films might make for an efficient way of inspiring the next generation of physicists, mathematicians, IT experts and biologists to pick up science. The panel that made the present... |
29 December 2010
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If you’re thinking about getting a pet and you don’t know which to choose between a dog and a cat, you may as well go for a border collie. Chaser, a border collie, has just been named the dog with the largest vocabulary in the world. Researchers at the Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, have ... |
23 December 2010
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There have been many press releases and rumors about what may or may not occur over the course of next year, so ABI Research figured it would narrow down the list at least a bit with its latest whitepaper.With all that has happened during 2010, some previous assumptions were dismantled in favor of others as far as t... |
18 December 2010
06:13 GMT |
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We often hear jokes – or even more serious remarks – about how one needs to get one’s “beauty sleep,” meaning a minimum of 8 hours of sleep a night. A recent study gives some credibility to the myth. Which, at the end of the day, may not even be a myth after all. Swedish researchers have... |
15 December 2010
15:31 GMT |
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The water & stone Agency has released a report about the usage of content management systems (CMS) in 2010. While the top 3 was the same as last year, this year WordPress seriously out-performed Drupal and Joomla.Compiled after a thorough market survey answered by 5000 individuals, with around 2800 answering each que... |
10 December 2010
09:59 GMT |
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Apparently, companies in Norway have a very severe toilet regime, with some bosses using the most ridiculous methods to keep a tab on employees’ time spent in the restroom, a new survey suggests. The Daily Mail reports a new survey was conducted with several major companies into the “tyrannical” toi... |
1 December 2010
15:51 GMT |
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Counting calories and cutting out entire food groups is not the solution to lose weight and, most importantly, to keep it off. The findings of the largest study ever of this type show that sustainable weight loss is all down to sticking to a low glycaemic index (GI) diet. As The Independent informs, dieters know that... |
26 November 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Some women obsess over their weight and believe they could always stand to lose a few more, even if they’re rail thin. Others, on the contrary, are overweight but they’re in denial, believing they’re just about right, a new study reveals. US researchers have learned that one woman in 4 with weight i... |
23 November 2010
14:21 GMT |
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