Displaying items by tag: Work
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 18:01
Move it or lose it! Sitting at work is unhealthy!
A study by an Australian health care insurer and a health/medical research organization called "Stand Up Australia" found that most of the average workday is filled with sitting. Such a fixed, unmoving position is a contributor to poor health, and these companies want people to “Stand Up.”
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Health
Friday, 08 May 2009 12:59
Some older Australians missing out on the Internet
While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults have used the Internet, almost half of the remainder are over 50.
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Home Tech
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 20:24
Twittering Mikeyy worms way into work
How would you reward the author of not one, but two, worms which are released onto a hugely popular social networking site? The obvious answer is with a job, of course. Doh!
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Business Telecommunications
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Friday, 03 April 2009 02:41
Work web surfers better workers says professor
Worried that your
boss might be looking over your shoulder while you're reading the
latest goss about Paris Hilton on the web? Don't bother, your
clandestine web surfing makes you a better worker, according to a new
University of Melbourne study.
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Home Tech
Wednesday, 11 March 2009 12:21
Support growing for remote working
Despite generally strong support for remote working among employees and employers, a new survey suggests the practice isn't catching on as strongly as it might.
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Market
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Friday, 27 February 2009 17:30
More sex please, I'm British
Would you rather work hard for promotion or go for a quicker, if slightly sweatier, route to success?
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Networking
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 22:51
Traffic congestion dips as economy plummets
According to the INRIX National Traffic Scorecard, there was a 30% decrease in major-city traffic congestion in 2008. So, there’s less traffic jams during your drive back and forth from work; assuming, that is, you have a job and are driving on these highways across the United States.
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Energy
Sunday, 16 November 2008 16:49
17,500 jobs slashed at BT, Sun and Yahoo!
File under: this has been a bad week for technology workers. As the economy continues to squeeze technology companies, staff are set to get crunched by swathing job cuts at BT, Sun and Yahoo!
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Market
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 21:16
Brainy jobs reduce risk of memory problems
An Italian study has found that a mentally challenging college education and a mentally stimulating job helps to reduce the risk of memory problems, which can lead to dementia and other serious age-related memory loss problems. You might consider changing your major or your job if you are bored!
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Health
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Sunday, 07 September 2008 23:50
Thinking may make you fat
Canadian-led research shows “knowledge-based work” makes people eat more afterwards, which may contribute to the obesity problem in the world, as more people in industrialized countries do less physical labor and more intellectual tasks.
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Health
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 02:26
Be productive at work: socialize between tasks
MIT researchers found that employees that socialize with one another between tasks are more productive than those that socialize during tasks and those employees that don’t socialize at any time.
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Biology
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 18:00
Taking breaks from your computer
Hi and welcome to my first post as an iTWire blogger! Firstly, I'd like to say thanks to the iTWire team for letting me rattle on about one of my favourite subjects – using Linux. Secondly, thanks to my loyal fanbase, as it was your insistance that the iTWire editorial team listened to and they then approached me to do this.
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Apexing the Linux learning curve
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