A growing number of people are becoming addicted to their mobile phones, Blackberries and other digital devices, researchers are warning. Techno addiction can become so bad that people wake up several times a night to check their e-mails and text messages. It can even interfere with an addict’s job as he feels he has to be linked up all the time, says Professor Nada Kakabadse of Northampton University. She is conducting research into how widespread the addiction may be. ‘You would be surprised how many people had their PDA or Blackberry next to their bed heads’ she says. Evidence emerging from a small-scale study of 360 people carried out by Prof Kakabadse and her colleagues suggested up to a third were addicted. People could become addicted to just about anything, she said. ‘We are creatures of habit and we can get addicted to quite unusual things. ‘Technology has become much more interesting over the past 10 years with the internet and everything. ‘It is much simpler and much more portable which makes it more accessible. ‘You would be surprised how many people had their PDA or Blackberry next to their bed […]