China has launched an investigation into search giant Baidu after the death of a student who tried an experimental cancer therapy he found online. Wei Zexi, who died last month from a rare form of cancer, had sought the treatment from a hospital that came top of the list on his Baidu web search.Baid...
- Thursday, 12 May 2016 08:28
- By William Smith
When you're stuck in a traffic jam wreathed in fumes or squeezed onto a sweltering commuter train, the promised future of a smart, efficient transport system may seem like a utopian dream. But optimistic technologists assure us relief from this gridlocked hell is closer than we think. And it's all d...
- Thursday, 12 May 2016 08:04
- By Jason bourne
Researchers often need to go beyond Google to find the kind of medical journal articles and flat data files necessary for their work. But many journal articles are locked away in databases like JSTOR or PubMed, which don’t have the reliable search capabilities of an engine like Google — so resea...
- Thursday, 12 May 2016 07:10
- By David J. Redcliff
Chrome is more than just a browser--it's an ecosystem that can help make your day a bit more productive. And with the help of these extensions, it can deliver an extra boost of efficiency to your daily grind. If you're a Chrome user, you know well how the extension architecture can expand functional...
- Wednesday, 11 May 2016 06:41
- By Joshua Simon
IBM Research is making its quantum processor available to the public via IBM's cloud to any desktop or mobile device. "This moment represents the birth of quantum cloud computing," Arvind Krishna, senior vice president and director of IBM Research, said in a statement today. "Quantum computers are v...
- Wednesday, 11 May 2016 04:38
- By Jay Harris
In today’s ever-changing, fast-paced digital world, information overload is the name and stress is the game. When it comes to handling workloads, many of us are faced with a seemingly unsolvable conundrum: How do you complete all of your personal and work-related tasks on time without going c...
- Wednesday, 11 May 2016 02:36
- By Dorothy Allen
With Alvin Toffler’s Third Wave crashing down on us, it is important to take stock of how the world has changed. The largest change has been in areas of information and media. The flow and volume of media that now exists in the world is remarkable; more remarkable is the ease in which ...
- Wednesday, 22 July 2015 02:31
- By Deborah Tannen
GOOGLE “information overload” and you are immediately overloaded with information: more than 7m hits in 0.05 seconds. Some of this information is interesting: for example, that the phrase “information overload” was popularised by Alvin Toffler in 1970. Some of it is mere noise: obscure compa...
- Monday, 29 June 2015 22:38
- By Edna Thomas
Internet has made life easier for many due to several reasons. To name a few, it is easier, faster and cheaper to communicate using the internet. It allows access to a massive pool of information while creating a platform to share ideas and experiences. It is also a popular medium of entertainment w...
- Monday, 29 June 2015 09:30
- By Rangani Ranasinghe
The backlash against the information overload of the modern Internet era is getting stronger than ever. After years of sharing everything with everyone and breathlessly embracing the latest site du jour on the social Web, people are realizing that they can no longer keep up. Signs of this are all ar...
- Sunday, 28 June 2015 16:59
- By Logan Hochstetler
There's a new add-on for Gmail called Inbox Pause, which does something utterly simple – it adds a pause button to your inbox – but represents, I think, a new phase in our long war against information overload. Consider the absurdity. Inbox Pause doesn't reduce the quantity of ema...
- Saturday, 27 June 2015 23:34
- By Jeremy Frink
Introduction Censorship of information on the Internet has become a much publicized debate that currently has no resolution in sight. There is a great controversy as to whether or not censorship is a necessity in order to maintain a particular moral standard. In the case that there should be a stand...
- Tuesday, 23 June 2015 14:53
- By Peggy Graves
There are so many different tools and technologies available on the internet today, and so many associated terms and concepts. As I think about topics to focus on here in the coming months, I want to make sure we’re touching on the most important ones. What are the most important internet technolo...
- Tuesday, 23 June 2015 12:51
- By Eric Beaudoin
Do you check your text messages while giving your child a bath? Do you take your Blackberry with you on romantic walks with your spouse? Or do you feel a compulsive need to check email even though you know you have other tasks to finish? If so, you may be suffering from online overload. The fast pac...
- Sunday, 21 June 2015 07:30
- By Corey Parker
From reading emails to managing status updates on mobile devices 24/7 with an all-you-can-eat data plan - we are consuming information like never before. Forget about describing bytes as mega and giga, think exa and zettabecause by 2016 there may be the data equivalent of every movie eve...
- Friday, 19 June 2015 23:06
- By Alex Grey
In the course ‘Methodology for Urbanism’ we discuss why Wikipedia cannot be considered a reliable academic source. This is because Wikipedia is not “peer reviewed”. Peer reviewing means that to be accepted as authoritative, a text must be reviewed by a team of recognized speciali...
- Monday, 15 June 2015 23:17
- By Issac Avila
In the modern world, wide usage and the easy accessibility to computers and the internet has increased people’s dependency on technology. Computers and the internet have become the vital hub for people’s various needs. Therefore, acquiring the necessary skills and knowledge regarding computers a...
- Monday, 15 June 2015 12:32
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Every day, Internet users are literally bombarded with data, making it impossible at times to complete work tasks or home tasks due to technological distraction. An article published last year by the Harvard Business Review further backs this overload of content problem with figures. Accor...
- Monday, 08 June 2015 13:24
- By Lizabeth Wolf
As Wikipedia has become more and more popular with students, some professors have become increasingly concerned about the online, reader-produced encyclopedia. While plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries, and some have discouraged or tried ...
- Wednesday, 03 June 2015 07:33
- By Jason bourne
A Recently Published Responsive Management Journal Article Outlines Why Online Surveys Continue to Yield Inaccurate, Unreliable, and Biased Data INTERNET OR ONLINE SURVEYS have become a popular and attractive way to measure opinions and attitudes of the general population and more specific gr...
- Thursday, 21 May 2015 08:06
- By Martin Grossner
