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A selection of news stories related to internet, videogame, and computer addiction. Other topics include the impact of new technologies on interpersonal relationships, education, society, health, and crime.
Internet Addiction
Teens and Internet Addiction
China online users more likely to be Web "addicts"
Rescuing South Korean youth from addiction to cyberspace
Log Off and Get to Work
Americans giving up friends, sex for Web life
Man in China dies after three-day Internet session
Warning signs of online gambling addiction
Half of spare time spent online
Internet - General
China has the most internet users
Misusing the Internet on the Job can get you Fired
More girls than boys using internet
Children 'being bombarded with adverts online'
Web pornography's effect on children
Parents worry about Web but don't stop kids' use
What is a "griefer" attack?
Email checking leads to job stress
Trying to "get away from it all"? Not with wifi camping...
Teen pregnancy in China blamed on increased internet access
Do you know what your children are doing online?
Addressing cyber-bullying
Increase in cyber-bullying
Women outnumber men online
What do men and women search for online?
Videogame Addiction
Videogames - General
Education
Legal / Crime
Law intended to block child access to porn is unconstitutional
Internet companies block child porn
Stephen King criticizes video game ban
MySpace sex assault case
International child porn ring discovered
NY Bill Regulates Sex Offenders' Web Use
Theft of personal data more than triples this year
House Ups Penalties on Internet Porn
Mom: Web hoax led girl to kill herself
New breed of child sex offenders linked to online child porn
Pedophile Playground Discovered in 'Second Life' Virtual World
Internet suicide site creator arrested
Facebook users targeted by online criminals
Cybercrime committed 'every 10 seconds' in Britain
Virtual police patrol China web
Violent video game law deemed unconstitutional
Boy kills mother over internet restrictions
Miss America targets internet predators
Social Networking
Health
Few doctors respond to patients' email
E-therapy
Disabled less likely to be online
Internet used for health info almost as often as doctors
Finding online support groups for health problems
People increasingly go online for health information
Expressing grief online
Constantly connected, less sex
Internet used to form suicide pacts in South Korea
Relationships
Many parents avoid video games with kids
Email more popular than telephone for workplace communication
Man burns down home in online feud
Judges struggle with internet relationships
Men or Women: Who is more likely to end a relationship via text messages?
"Spying" on your child's net use
Most teens have been bullied online
Other Tech
Japan tries to limit kids' cell phone use
Robotic suits for super soldiers
Japan Bets on Robots to Replace Aging Workers
Microchips Everywhere: a Future Vision
Brain downloads 'possible by 2050'
New car aimed at video gamers
Computers smarter than humans "the future's only logical outcome"
Tech use in bed leads to "junk sleep"
Unplugging children from gadgets
Youth "hyper-connectivity" rises