The world's total yearly production of digital information content amounts to 1.5 billion gigabytes of storage, or 250 megabytes of information for every individual on the planet. Locating key strategic information, such as the latest market...

First comprehensively treated by the futurologist Alvin Toffler (1970), information overload refers to excessive flows and amounts of data or information that can lead to detrimental computational, physical, psychological, and social effects. For the...

Information overload refers to the state of having too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic. It is often referred to in conjunction with various forms of Computer-mediated communication such as e-mail and the Web. The...

NEWS COVER STORY | Feel the pressure? A healthy volunteer died in a Johns Hopkins asthma study because the researcher missed information about an inhalant's potential dangers. A vendor to a large pharmaceutical company says that the firm wasted almost two years...

Here's the scene: It's a sparkling sunny Miami afternoon, and Go! is flip-flopping off to the beach for a little quality time with sun, surf, and "Fast Food Nation." But on our way, we pass a seaside Internet cafe, and we immediately grow jittery....

What if valuable business information were staring at you and you didn't see it? At work, it's easy to miss the trees for the forest. "A lot of us are on information overload," said Darrin Zeer, a corporate relaxation consultant.To better analyze the data in...

Twenty-four of the country's governors have endorsed a presidential candidate at a time when their support matters most, lending their names, fundraising and organizing machinery to campaigns desperate for an edge in the primaries.Among Democrats, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads with 10 endorsements, including Wednesday's nod...