Category Archives: Internet

Future Internet

August 24, 2009 – 3:11 pm

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Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
Future Internet is an open-access journal which provides an advanced forum for scientific studies related to Internet technologies and the information society. It publishes regular research papers, reviews and short communications.
Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. [...]

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Freedom to surf: workers more productive if allowed to use the internet for leisure

April 9, 2009 – 10:10 am

 http://voice.unimelb.edu.au/news/5750/
Surfing the net at work for pleasure actually increases concentration levels and helps make a more productive workforce, according to a new University of Melbourne study
Dr. Brent Coker, from the Department of Management and Marketing, says that workers who engage in ‘Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing’ (WILB) are more productive than those who don’t. The attraction [...]

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Pew Internet Releases 2009 Generations Online Report

January 29, 2009 – 8:59 am

nbsp;http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/275/rep…
Contrary to the image of Generation Y as the “Net Generation,” internet users in their 20s do not dominate every aspect of online life. Generation X is the most likely group to bank, shop, and look for health information online.
Boomers are just as likely as Generation Y to make travel reservations online.
And even Silent Generation [...]

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The Future of the Internet III

December 16, 2008 – 9:28 am

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A survey of internet leaders, activists and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves.

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Zoetrope: Interacting with the Ephemeral Web

December 10, 2008 – 8:52 am

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Huge quantities of information are never more than a few clicks away on the Web, but it’s not always easy to see what things were like yesterday.
News stories and blog posts might be archived, but other information often gets lost. For instance, while it’s trivial to find a book’s sales ranking on Amazon today, it’s [...]

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