Yet today’s Internet has evolved into something very different: a meticulously-tuned data-driven intelligence designed to profile our innermost desires, addict us, and never let us leave.

The researchers, who sought to identify problematic internet usage, addiction and its severity, surveyed 796 participants for the study, finding that those 24 years or younger averaged six hours ...

But Internet addiction itself has never been confirmed by the medical profession as a real disorder. Despite the fact that it's been a topic of both research and discussion since the early 1990s ...

Comedian Yoo Sae-yoon, 35, will make his debut as internet cartoonist, his management company Koen Group said Wednesday. His comic series, titled "U-turn," will be featured on the web portal Daum ...

Growing number of Internet addicts now seek in-house treatment. PEORIA, Ill., Aug. 7, 2008 — -- At the height of his Internet addiction, Ben estimated that he spent at least 16 hours a day ...

Internet addiction, or formally, Internet Use Disorder (IUD), may soon be included as an actual mental health disorder, although the authors do say it still needs a lot of additional study.

The country’s first inpatient treatment center for Internet addiction opens Monday at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania.