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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
15:01 GMT |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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If you want to know whether your man stands good chances of being rich one day or whether he’ll always remain Mr. Reliable, you don’t have to look any further than at his hands.A new study cited by The Telegraph says there’s a direct relationship between the length of the ring finger of a man and th... |
11 November 2010
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True love lasts forever, researchers were saying a while back. Now, a new study comes to prove that, in married life, love tends to go stale after precisely 10 years and 11 months. Though the study would seem to deny the existence of the so-called “7-year itch,” it also brings some bad news to those coupl... |
26 October 2010
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Contraband tobacco represents 43% of all cigarettes consumed by Ontario high school daily smokers, grades 9 to 12, according to a new survey from The Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).The study analyzed the smoking habits of Ontario students and concluded that 50 percent of high school daily smokers had a... |
25 October 2010
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Health experts can’t stress enough how important a good night’s sleep actually is, especially since we know for a fact that sleep debts are not that easily compensated for later on. To avoid a rocky night and losing sleep because of a partner, more and more couples choose to sleep in separate beds in sepa... |
22 October 2010
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As they’re growing older, female workers come to prefer minimally invasive procedures to fight the signs of old age instead of paying for plastic surgery, a new report suggests. According to Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog, plastic surgery is simply not an option for those older female workers who want ... |
13 October 2010
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If you have a weight problem and you want to do something about it, the best place to start with is by seeking a good doctor, with a communication style that can motivate you, a new study suggests. Though it’s not really news that what our doctors tell us can have a positive or negative impact on us, especially... |
13 October 2010
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It’s not for nothing that they say television influences and shapes our lives: a new study has revealed that people who watch more fitness commercials have a tendency to eat less and healthier. A little over a year ago, several media outlets were pointing out that so many weight loss reality shows being aired c... |
11 October 2010
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A new study presented at the Obesity Society meeting in San Diego on which type of exercise, or combination thereof, can best prevent the onset of obesity, reveals that combining aerobics with weight training is highly recommended. For a very long time, opinions on the merits of one type of workout or the other have ... |
11 October 2010
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The easiest way to find out whether you and your current partner are a match made in heaven is to listen to the way he or she speaks – if the speech pattern and the language match yours, you’re set.A new study authored by James Pennebaker and cited by the Daily Mail reveals that couples that are perfect m... |
5 October 2010
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Being slim can bring women more happiness than any man could ever do, a new study has learned. Fat is not socially acceptable, but being single is, scientists say by means of an explanation for this. The study, conducted over a period of 24 years on women living in Germany, has determined that being the right size is... |
5 October 2010
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Though it’s been established that women still don’t know for whom they dress because that depends on their age, position and, at the end of the day, mood, many still believe they get all prettied up for men. If so, they shouldn’t even bother about high heels. According to a new study cited by the Da... |
21 September 2010
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The upstream players of the oil and gas industry need an easier and more compact computing environment to prevent them struggling with information overload, concluded a new study carried out by Microsoft Corporation and Accenture.The results released today at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical... |
20 September 2010
04:47 GMT |
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Results from a recent study conducted by market research firm Technology Business Research, Inc. (TBR) reveal that tablets like Apple’s iPad are on track to displace many consumers’ secondary PCs, implicitly creating a third major device category for personal computing and connectivity.Apple's popula... |
17 September 2010
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Going on a diet with the specific purpose of losing a certain number of pounds may sound like a good idea but a new study reveals the exact opposite applies to no less than 4 out of 10 women. As a rule, most women (and men, too) set out to lose a given number of pounds with dieting, which can be or not combined with ... |
9 September 2010
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Security company AVG has released the results of an interesting study showing the risk of stumbling unto a malicious website around the world. The results show that the risk varies wildly from country to country. The riskiest place to surf the web is Turkey where one in ten AVG users was faced with a potentially mali... |
24 August 2010
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A study found that nearly a third of consumers are very likely or somewhat likely to buy a new iPhone if it is made available through Verizon’s network.“Based on a recent Morpace Omnibus study, it is clear that if the iPhone does become available on the Verizon network, it will impact the phone and carrie... |
17 August 2010
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They’re too emotional, moody and often forget to leave their personal life at the door of the office: female bosses are a nightmare to work for and two thirds of women also believe it. Studies of this type have been done before – and with the same results. Both men and women would rather they worked under... |
12 August 2010
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Apple reportedly dominates in customer satisfaction with technical support, topping hardware vendors Dell and HP in the latest Vocalabs study on phone-based customer service quality.Vocalabs is an analytics company which aims to help leading brands improve customer service by collecting feedback about the quality of ... |
12 August 2010
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Attractive women are usually accustomed to getting their way with everything, it is being said – and that includes landing a job they’ve applied for. While this is true in most cases, a recent study published in the Journal of Social Psychology and cited by the Daily Mail, shows that, when it comes to job... |
9 August 2010
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Despite the bad rap that it’s getting when some celebrities overdo it, Botox remains incredibly popular. Not only that, but it’s actually an industry that is growing at a very fast pace, with a recent survey by Mintel showing a 15 percent increase in the number of women asking for it for the first time in... |
30 July 2010
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Research from Greystripe shows that moms love iPhone apps, and are downloading these in various categories from games to productivity. The mobile advertising company has issued a PDF report answering questions like who is the iPhone Mom, how does she use her iPhone, and what types of apps does she download.“Dur... |
30 July 2010
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Many people see a toilet handle as probably the germiest, grossest place ever and, in some cases, they may be right. This is precisely the premise that consumer group Which? started from in its most recent study, meant to show how cell phones can become 18 times more infested with bacteria than said handle, the Daily... |
28 July 2010
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It’s not rare that we wake up and just know that “today’s going to be a bad day.” At times, we may even feel as if the entire universe has conjured against us to deliver us a blow that we may not recover from for the entire day, which means there’s nothing we can do to shake of... |
27 July 2010
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Back when some of us were growing up or even as recently as 5 years ago, going on a summer holiday was still seen as a perfect opportunity to break off from work completely and just use the time to recharge one’s batteries, as much of a cliché as that may sound. Times have changed, though, with a new sur... |
22 July 2010
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Cinematography is an art. As a form of art, it serves for escapism – that is to say, something to help the viewer evade the reality of everyday life, into an alternate, possible, but not real… reality. However, as it happens, when we leave the cinema, we can’t check our feelings at the door and be ... |
22 July 2010
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Just recently, a survey showed that one in three men still had serious issues when his partner (wife or girlfriend) was behind the wheel because he felt she lacked concentration and was too easily distracted to be a good driver. At the workplace, though, the story is different, since women tend to be much more organi... |
21 July 2010
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Smiling is just one of those little things that are extremely beneficial for us and that, oftentimes, we seem to forget to do. Not the British, though, as they are officially the happiest nation in all of Europe, with the Polish coming in last, as a new study cited by the Daily Mail reveals. Whether they have good re... |
21 July 2010
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At the end of last year, a new weight loss pill made its way on the British market, coming with very strong recommendations from other markets, including the US one, where it reportedly lists followers like Jennifer Lopez and Brad Pitt. Capsiplex is all-natural and comes with no side-effects, its makers say. Most imp... |
8 July 2010
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Being competitive has its good and its bad parts. Competing to win is detrimental to girls’ social relationships and it may cause depression, whereas for boys the results are completely different. Nevertheless, competing to excel is great for both genders. The consequences of competitiveness on psychological we... |
6 July 2010
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Unsightly acne was, until not long, something that one usually forgot about once no longer a teenager but, according to experts in the UK, the number of adult women complaining about suffering from it has been on the rise these past few years. As it turns out, even a hectic lifestyle, which means a lot of stress, a p... |
5 July 2010
16:21 GMT |
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One way to tackle the obesity pandemic is by coming up with an effective solution to curb cravings, thus make the dieter eat only when they’re hungry. In fact, previous researches have already paved the way in that direction, with various suppressants being discovered and / or created, each working to a greater... |
5 July 2010
15:31 GMT |
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According to a study performed by Atlanta-based security company SecureWorks, the United States is responsible for the largest number of attempted cyber attacks in the last six months, with rate of 1.6 incidents for every PC in the country. Meanwhile, India is the most “peaceful” nation, with an attacks-p... |
5 July 2010
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Just recently, health experts again joined forces to issue a warning on the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, with the meaning of the term broadened to refer to activities that imply lack of movement and that take up most of the time, even when regular physical exercise is included. In other words, they issued a warn... |
29 June 2010
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Countless studies have shown the disastrous consequences of a sedentary lifestyle but health experts are starting to suggest that the very concept of “sedentary” should be revised and duly updated. Envisioned until now as referring to lack of physical exercise (that is, working out), it should come to be ... |
22 June 2010
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Men looking to lower the risk they run of dying at a premature age can now do something by means of preventing that, a new piece in the Daily Mail suggests. Based on numbers registered in Sweden, researchers have concluded that fathers who take paternity leave after a child is born are exposed to a decreased risk of ... |
22 June 2010
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That scientists and health experts believe portable music players and the habit of listening to music wherever we go very detrimental to our health is not news. Though the voices saying this is nothing but gross exaggeration are many, a new study comes to show that even as little as one hour of listening to music on ... |
22 June 2010
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If you have an hour to spare and a machine running Windows, Google has a proposition for you. The company is conducting a usability study for Blogger and, even though Google is keeping mum on what exactly the study is about, it’s prepared to make up for the ‘inconvenience’ with $75 in American Expre... |
4 June 2010
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Fast food is becoming increasingly popular with British women, as also is alcohol, a new study comes to show. At the same time, pressure to look a certain way (i.e. standardized thin) means more and more women are cutting down on nutritious foods, which further puts their health at risk. What’s worse, the effec... |
1 June 2010
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Fashion is usually no more than that: something that helps men and women look good, feel good, make a statement and express their original personality. eBay, though, has discovered that, in the case of women’s skirts, the hemline goes beyond fashion and can actually predict weather, as its length varies dependi... |
31 May 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Organic food is believed to be healthier and better tasting than conventionally harvested food, which is why the niche it has on the market is gaining in popularity. A recent study, conducted by European consumer watchdog Stiftung Warentest shows that whatever health benefits companies marketing organic food claim ar... |
28 May 2010
16:41 GMT |
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