'Distracted Driving' is Webster's 2009 Word Of The Year

The term distracted driving is the winner in this year's Word of the Year contest held by Webster's New World College Dictionary. Every year, a trendy word that reflects world's new technological realities is...

Should Internet Addiction Be Treated As A Mental Illness?

Our relationships to technology are becoming increasingly complex. And there's a reason why terms like "Crackberry" and "heroinware" have become an accepted part of our vernacular -- we are becoming net...

No, Seriously: Hooked on Gadgets

Two researchers ae conducting a study on levels of tech addiciton: how things like crack- er, Blackberries, email, instant messenger, and the like afffect our non-work lives. Nada Kakabadse and Susan Bailey, who...

Cue Panic: BlackBerry Outage Across N. America

Of any technological device to experience a 'critical severity outage', the Blackberry is surely the one most likely to produce widespread panic and withdrawal symptoms amongst its ardent users. Especially in the...

40 Days Without A Crackberry

Personally, I don’t practice Lent but I think that everyone else should. Especially every one of my friends who continuously sits across from me at dinner with their blackberry planted prominently on the table....

Shoot Your Browser

Imagine Bill Gates launching into a full-on voodoo rhythm rant about how much time is wasted fiddling with his company's software, doing needless but mentally-masturbating tasks... ok, maybe that's too close to...

Techie toys for a perv-proof future

I remember things like this when I was a kid--when the handheld gaming industry was mostly boy-oriented, companies developed lots of products to try to reach out to girls. My friend and I had a handheld game (also...

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