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Though men are stereotyped as gadget hounds, information technology actually brings more happiness to women worldwide.
A new study (PDF) from UK-based BCS—The Chartered Institute for IT analyzes 35,000 responses from the World Values Survey to make the case that IT actually makes people happier.
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