Most have no benefits, yet they work long hours in front of computer screens which could cause a variety of health ailments.
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Inside a low-rise office building in Monterrey, Mexico, hundreds of workers sit in front of computer screens, processing insurance-claims data all day.
The real problem for most of the print industry is that their customers now spend all day sitting in front of computer screens and get all the information they need by doing so.
Most software startup founders spend their time in front of a computer testing code.
"They would rather sit in front of a computer with their remote sensing, " he said.
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What are the downsides of spending so much time in front of a computer?
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Nor is it for any denizen of the web who spends her days in front of a computer monitor.
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But, ultimately, all I saw was either people sitting and reading or people sitting in front of a computer.
"When you're in front of a computer or an iPad, you're not interacting with a human face, " Wallace said.
In front of each computer in the Emergency Operations Center is a placard: Ethics, Immunization, Mental Health, Security, and dozens more.
When the first day's doodle changed at midnight on the dot, she was captive in front of the computer to watch.
Mr Rajaratnam sat in front of six computer screens during the day.
On the computer front, RBC projects 4.2 million MacBook sales, up 13% from the prior quarter, with 3.1 million of those being laptops.
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Some years ago, I paid a visit to a friend and found her elementary school-aged kids giggling in front of the computer screen.
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Call it revenge upon the nerds, the unhappy result of sitting in front of a computer all day long, fizzy drinks at the ready.
Almost every time you sit down in front of a computer, tap a smartphone or swipe an iPad screen, someone is collecting data about you.
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He broods in front of the computer most of the day, scanning chemical databases and holding his fire until he has a really good idea.
Today the average time taken to eat lunch - usually in front of the computer - is roughly 15 minutes, according to researchers at the University of Westminster.
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The prospect of sitting at a desk (probably in front of a computer), with only a thin partition separating you from a sea colleagues is sometimes too much to bear.
While the war against spam is raging openly on the personal computer front, the battle against unwanted mail on wireless devices in the U.S. is more like the Cold War.
It's also about preserving a sense of home sweet home--or at least creating a healthy diversion, preferably something that doesn't involve yet more time in front of the computer screen.
Eating together provides structure that helps both children and adults develop sound eating patterns, resulting in regular mealtimes and less solitary munching in front of the computer or the TV.
On other days that involve just a 15-minute walk to work, then sitting in front of a computer, it's much harder to meet my meager goal of two hours of activity.
Much of the work is mind-numbing document review, my source says, sitting in a Midtown office in front of a computer, searching for highlighted words or phrases and quickly assessing their value as evidence in the case.
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"Radio on demand, in one's home, in front of the computer, which is what MySpace actually is, is not a sexy alternative to owning what you want and taking it to the beach, to the party, to your workout, " he said.
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It might seem like common sense that inactive people have a greater risk for heart disease than active people, but a new study has measured the risk in terms of time spent in front of a computer, according to the Deccan Herald.
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Real estate agents have used it to show off properties - potential buyers sitting at home in front of a computer screen can use the mouse to look at every corner of a room or to see what the view is like over the balcony.
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