[net-gold] INTERNET: SEARCH ENGINES : RESEARCH: FACT CHECKING : PSYCHOLOGY: CRITICAL THINKING : CONSUMER AND INTERNET FRAUD HOAXES AND SCAMS: Internet Explorer IQ Report Was a Hoax
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- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:09:41 -0400 (EDT)
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INTERNET: SEARCH ENGINES :
RESEARCH: FACT CHECKING :
PSYCHOLOGY: CRITICAL THINKING :
CONSUMER AND INTERNET FRAUD HOAXES AND SCAMS:
Internet Explorer IQ Report Was a Hoax
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Internet Explorer IQ Report Was a Hoax
By Doug Gross
CNN Tech
August 3, 2011 2:19 p.m. EDT
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/08/03/explorer.report.faked/
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(CNN) -- A report claiming Internet Explorer users scored lower on IQ
tests than users of other Web browsers turns out to have been an elaborate
hoax.
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The report, supposedly based on a survey of 100,000 Internet users, was
released last week by what appeared to be a Vancouver-based,
Web-consulting firm called Aptiquant.
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Major news outlets -- including CNN, the BBC, NPR, CNET, Forbes and
London's Daily Mail and Telegraph -- reported the story last week, as did
multiple technology blogs.
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But the BBC reported Wednesday that readers raised questions about the
authenticity of the study.
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Staff photos and information on the Aptiquant website -- a fully developed
portal that includes contact information, previous press releases and
studies, and a supposed history of the company -- appear to have been
lifted from the website of a French Web development firm, Central Test.
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CNN.com's story pointed out that the report was not scientific, that the
results posted online did not provide specific score numbers and that the
whole survey "smacks of a little good, old-fashioned Microsoft hate."
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"I think most people just assumed that the research's findings were
dubious or unscientific, but it turned out the website was a sham too,"
said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Web security firm
Sophos.
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Later Monday, after reports of the apparent hoax began circulating, a
message on the supposed company's website confirmed it.
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"Ok, now that the cat is out of the bag, I agree that this study was a
total hoax," read the post. "There is no company called AptiQuant, and not
[sic] such survey was ever done."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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