A research team at the University of California used functional magnetic resonance imaging to figure out that older people are worse at multitasking than younger people. Specifically, they looked at the ability of people between the ages of 60 and 80 to retain information in their working memory for short periods of time and found that the distraction of multitasking had a bigger effect than it did in younger adults, USA Today reports.
In recent years, media companies have promoted all manner of punitive measures to stop piracy online. Everything from three-strikes laws to stiff fines have been suggested. A major new report from a group of academics studying the problem indicate there is one way to abate piracy. Companies have to stop charging so much money. Simple, right?
At first glance, a new study commissioned by the wireless industry seems reasonable. The study was done by Recon Analytics based on data acquired by Neilson Company. The numbers indicate that only 0.3% of US wireless customers would benefit financially from switching to a higher voice plan, rather than paying occasional overages. Sure, the numbers don't lie, but it’s the final conclusion of the reports that's got us scratching our heads.
A new study reveals that data breaches grew more costly for the fifth year in a row, with the average organizational cost of a data breach going up $7.2 million in 2010. The cost per compromised record now sits at $214, up from $204 in 2009. That's a lot of wasted money, especially when you consider that one of the biggest culprits is negligence.
You were right to think that there's a lot of bad drivers out there. According to a State Farm survey, nearly one in five drivers (19 percent) admitted to surfing the Internet while sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, USA Today reports
A recent Danish study had some interesting things to say about the public's perception of various crimes. No surprise that most offenses are considered by respondents to be socially unacceptable, but in the instance of piracy, 70% of respondents said that it was socially acceptable to some degree. Bad news for a movie and music industry that has spent the last decade leading a war against p2p.
A new study reveals that Internet usage among mobile phone owners isn't a daily task for the vast majority of users. As outlined in Antenna Software's 2011 Mobile Internet Attitudes Report, only one in five American mobile phone owners fire off emails, surf the Web, or perform other Internet-related activities on a daily basis, even though their phones are technically capable of doing so. What gives?
The not-so-shocking study of the day comes from Telstra, a telecommunications and information services company in Australia. No need to brace yourself for this one, but according to Telstra's research, Generation Y teens often user their smartphone apps in conjunction with social networking sites in order to boost their social cred. For example, a third of Gen Ys who participated in the survey admitted to downloading iPhone apps simply to appear cool.
Back from a tough day at work? Have things at home been less-than-optimal? Could your life be best described as a “never-ending torrent of shame and misery”? Well, those are, er, probably things you should look into fixing, but – if the the results of a recent East Carolina University study pan out – don't be surprised to see your therapist's interrogation couch (or whatever those things are called) replaced by a gaming PC.
You might be doing Mother Nature a big favor by investing in eco-friendly LED bulbs, but at what cost? Perhaps your health. According to a new US Irvine study, these purportedly safe and environmentally friendly bulbs are loaded with lead, arsenic, and other toxic materials, the Miami Herald reports
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