A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that those addicted to web surfing are afflicted with Internet addiction disorder -- a pathological condition that can lead to anxiety and severe depression. "Sufferers of Internet addiction disorder may experience loss of sleep, anxiety when not online, isolation from family and peer groups, loss of work, and periods of deep depression," according to lead researcher Dr Pinhas Dannon.
Charmant property is available in old Europe for less than the price of a dream farmhouse.
In the past, users had to visit malicious sites or click on malicious email attachments to become a victim of a security threat. Today, hackers are compromising legitimate websites and using them as a distribution medium to attack home and enterprise computers.
Google has unveiled an ambitious strategy that will make cellphones cheaper and speed up internet surfing. Google's director of mobile platforms, Andy Rubin, said in a telephonic conversation from the US that the new platform called Android should reduce the prices of today's $500 smart phones to around $100-150 in a year or so. "If there's ever a Gphone, it will be built on the Android platform," he said.
Competition-induced consumer awareness creates a virtuous circle of greater corporate responsibility
There has been a virtual communications blackout in the Valley with no phones and no internet connections since the early hours of August 5.
Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait on Thursday waded into a controversy after video footage emerged showing him purportedly watching pictures of skimpily clad girls on his mobile on dais at a public function to mark "Tipu Jayanti" celebrations.
Raja Sen on Amitabh Bachchan's blog, and why the superstar needs a crash course on celebrity blogs.
35-year-old Namita Sibal, a mother of two, started her own Web site Indianartcollectors.com three years back. She expects to earn Rs one crore in revenues this year.
The X Prize Foundation and Google Inc have announced a robotic race to the moon. The rules of the game are that participants must land a rover on the lunar surface, run it for at least 500 metres and send video images and data back to earth.
An interview with ad guru Alyque Padamsee.
For net surfers in China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a 'hero'. Dr Singh was pleasantly surprised to learn this from Chinese premier Wen Jiabao at a dinner hosted by the Chinese leader for the Indian Prime Minister earlier this week.
Lonely Planet unveiled its list of Asia's Top 10 destinations for 2018.
'Many are coming hungry and thirsty.' 'Some told us they were stopped from filling water at roadside village handpumps because villagers told them 'tum Carona ho'.'
Or a Blog streaker? Or a You Tube Narcissist?
Bangalore-based firm Sobha Renaissance Information Technology is set to unveil a software that will enable internet users to pay only for the bandwidth they use.
Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in. We bring you their travels in a special series.
The appeal--and risks--of authenticity. A guide to making your brand real.
HUL has achieved few milestones in the fiscal gone by and hence is performing good on revenues front.
Thirty per cent of the men polled in a recent survey believe one can lie while dating online, the corresponding figure for women was 19 per cent.
Indians seem rather comfortable penning their thoughts on hardbound diaries than making entries online, with only 14 per cent of all netizens found to be actively blogging, according to a study.
Internet plays a critical role in the life of Asian Americans, including Indian Americans, with 90 per cent going online and 70 per cent visiting ethnic websites every day, a new survey finds.
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Central government employees can now go skiing in the sylvan surroundings of Gulmarg or rock climbing in Manali, all while enjoying a special casual leave granted by the government which will also bear the expenses for their outing.
Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services on Monday announced new tariff packages including zero monthly rental and free night usage plans for its customers in Delhi, Haryana and UP.
Swedish equipment supplier on Monday said it has bagged a major contract to provide technology -- Ericsson Mobile Organiser -- to Idea cellular enabling its subscribers to surf e-mail facility on their cell phones.
Did you want to be on the set too?
US visa regulations expert Dr Arun Vakil tips you off on how to make it happen.
The cricketer got engaged to British model-turned-actress Hazel Keech in Bali recently, and we hear the couple is planning to tie the knot in February 2016.
There are many such young men in Maharashtra, mainly in the industrially backward Marathwada region, who had once fallen victim to ISIS's propaganda but are now leading a normal life with the help of the employment training programme.
Sex education is way too critical as a life skill to be ignored or postponed, writes Tanuja Sodhi.
She travels the world in a pink bikini and a shares a powerful message of a clean and green Earth.
The sea phase of SIMBEX-06, the joint Indo-Singapore naval exercises began with the ships of the two navies sailing out of Visakhapatnam early Friday morning.
She travels the world in a pink bikini and a shares a powerful message of a clean and green Earth.
Purchasing a desktop or a laptop today is both easy and complex.
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