Read more Internet addiction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21000/internet-addiction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:29:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68669/top-signs-youre-an-internet-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDo you just like reading Newser, or are you addicted to the Internet? Seattle-based Internet addiction center ReSTART lists the signs of a bad online habit: Heightened euphoria . Trolling through sites gives you your greatest thrill. Whiling away more hours . You look up and it's suddenly 2 am, when last...http://www.newser.com/story/68669/top-signs-youre-an-internet-addict.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 5:05:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67949/first-us-internet-addiction-rehab-center-opens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first US Internet addiction clinic has opened in Fall City, Wash. The Heavensfield Retreat Center offers “reStart,” a 45-day in-patient rehab program for Internet, video game, and texting addictions, LiveScience reports. Clients undergo talk therapy and social skills training, as well as feeding goats, raising chickens, and learning home...http://www.newser.com/story/67949/first-us-internet-addiction-rehab-center-opens.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 17:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66175/teen-beaten-to-death-at-camp-for-internet-addicts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Chinese teen was beaten to death by staff at a boot camp in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Global Times reports. The parents of Deng Senshan, 16, paid $1,024 to send him to the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp to cure his Internet addiction. Deng was put in...http://www.newser.com/story/66175/teen-beaten-to-death-at-camp-for-internet-addicts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 16:05:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63606/china-sends-internet-addicts-to-boot-camp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese families are unplugging Internet-addicted loved ones and shipping them off to boot camps, Radio Free Netherlands reports. The Internet Rehabilitation Centre of the People’s Liberation Army, which houses some 50 patients, is one of thousands of online addiction clinics around the country. "They don't only have psychological problems, but...http://www.newser.com/story/63606/china-sends-internet-addicts-to-boot-camp.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 17:46:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57022/5-signs-of-facebook-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you're ignoring your kid or getting divorced because of Facebook—it's happened—you might have a problem. CNN outlines five telltale signs of Facebook addiction. Losing sleep: If you're tired every morning because of late-night-friending, take a break, a UCLA psychologist advises: "You shouldn't be neglecting yourself because of...http://www.newser.com/story/57022/5-signs-of-facebook-addiction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Apr 2009 13:28:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42400/china-to-declare-internet-addicts-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina is about to become the first nation in the world to officially declare "internet addiction" a clinical disorder, reports the Guardian . Citizens hooked on the web may face treatment that includes military-style discipline, hypnosis, electro-shock therapy and drugs, reports the Guardian. The totalitarian Chinese authorities have repeatedly attempted to...http://www.newser.com/story/42400/china-to-declare-internet-addicts-sick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 1:45:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36408/pal-duchovny-addicted-to-porn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction because of a longstanding addiction to Internet pornography, not because he had cheated on wife Tea Leoni, a friend tells Fox News. The X-Files star, whose character on Showtime's Californication is a sex addict, went public with his demons because a fellow patient...http://www.newser.com/story/36408/pal-duchovny-addicted-to-porn.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 11:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29919/study-video-game-addicts-arent-nerds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe stereotype of the hard-core gamer as a friendless geek may be as outdated as Pac-Man, Reuters reports. An Australian study looked at "problem gamers" who spent more than 50 hours a week playing and discovered that less than 1% had poor social skills. The findings contradict statements from the...http://www.newser.com/story/29919/study-video-game-addicts-arent-nerds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Jun 2008 8:20:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23026/silicon-valley-unplugs-for-meetings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTired of competing for attention with iPhones, BlackBerrys and laptops, some Silicon Valley companies are banning them from meetings. One exec calls it going "topless," short for laptopless, and the Los Angeles Times reports that it's boosting some companies' efficiency. "Aside from just being rude," an exec wrote, "partial attention...http://www.newser.com/story/23026/silicon-valley-unplugs-for-meetings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Mar 2008 13:09:47 CDT