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Tue
Oct
6
What are you addicted to?
Researchers in Taiwan have finally labeled the mental red flags that may possibly lead to a future of “Internet addiction,” especially with young adults. The team hopes that this list will provide parents with a visual guideline that could ultimately prevent children from taking on such a dirty, nasty habit.
New Scientist reports that the research team was led by psychologist Chih-Hung Ko of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. The research enlisted roughly 2300 11-year-olds, and—for two years—required them to fill in forms every six months that detailed their time spent online. The research discovered that 11-percent of the test subjects walked away from the experiment mutated with an “unhealthy obsession” with the Internet.
So what do parents and concerned friends need to look for? How is Internet addiction diagnosed? The study discovered that depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, social phobia, and hostility were found to predict the occurrence of Internet addiction. Hostility and ADHD serve as the most significant predictors for boys, whereas social phobia and depression were named as strong predictors for girls.
“This means sex differences should be taken into consideration when developing prevention and intervention strategies for internet addiction,” the report said. It also clarified that the study’s overall intention is not to be an alarmist, but to alert Pediatricians to a possible “major public health problem.” Still, based on the addiction signs listed above, everyone in the world could be an Internet addict, even those who are writing, editing, and reading this news article.
What’s your addiction? Online games like MMO? Facebook and Twitter? IM? Other unmentionables? Tell us in the comments!
Mon
Jul
27
While terabyte drives are readily available in 3.5-inch models, before today the 1 TB barrier hasn’t been broken by any 2.5-inch drive. Western Digital changed that all today (somewhat) with the introduction of two new mobile hard drives – a 1 TB model made up of three 333 GB platters technology, and another 750 GB model presumably with three 250 GB platters.
Now before you think that you can put these drives in your notebook, they’re of the 12.5 mm form factor rather than the 9.5 mm for most 2.5-inch drives. WD says that these thicker drives are ideally suited for use in portable storage solutions, such as the company’s own My Passport Essential SE Portable USB Drives. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs.
“The convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices,” said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD. “Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives.”
WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB drives (model WD7500KEVT) are available now through select distributors and resellers; the 1 TB capacity (model WD10TEVT) is available now configured into My Passport Essential SE USB drives. The MSRP for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is $249.99 and for the 750 GB version $189.99.
Source : Tom’s Hardware US
