Sunday, January 08, 2006

Wireless keeps home connected to the office

A new study suggests cell phones and pagers are not necessarily living up to their promises of making life less stressful.

A sociologist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found that people who consistently used these wireless technologies are bringing their work home and vice-versa.

"The study is telling us that the increase in cell phone use is having a negative influence on people in terms of their psychological well-being and in terms of their feelings about their families," Aine-Marie Humble of Mount St. Vincent University told CTV News.
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