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September 10, 2001 Published by: ComputerScope Ltd Volume 6 Number 35
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CONTENTS
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EDITORIAL:
'This little piggy'
by Kathy Foley

BROWSERS
:Internet Explorer 6 off to a good start

BUSINESS USE
:Managers skeptical about value of websites

CHILDREN
:Four in five US kids online

ECOMMERCE
:British women shopping online in droves
:Ecommerce growing in Ireland
:Teens tipped for online spending spree

EDUCATION
:Young students rely on Internet
:Elearning to thrive in Europe

EMAIL
:Corporates fall down on email responses

ENTERTAINMENT
:Hollywood doesn't understand emarketing
:Music still free on peer-to-peer

FINANCIAL SERVICES
:Online banking increasingly popular in US
:Swedes most likely to bank online

GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
:Half of Singapore households online
:Broadband use increasing in Hong Kong
:Three in five US households online
:Two in five Germans have Net access
:Healthy growth for home access in Israel
:Over 22m go online regularly in Korea

INFRASTRUCTURES
:Arab world short of bandwidth
:Cable modem to dominate US broadband

IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
:Yahoo speediest site in tests

SECURITY ISSUES
:Viruses costing organizations billions
:Security remains major business concern

USAGE PATTERNS
:New technologies make life easier

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EDITORIAL:
'This little piggy'
by Kathy Foley

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need is a good idea, and a talent for publicity.

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BROWSERS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=5
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StatMarket: Internet Explorer 6 off to a good start

New research from StatMarket shows that Internet Explorer 6 (IE6)
garnered 2.4 percent of the global browser usage market within a week
of its launch.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357171&rel=true

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BUSINESS USE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=6
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Yankee Group: Managers skeptical about value of websites

A new report from the Yankee Group shows that the number of Web
strategists who say that their managers do not see the Internet as
important to corporate strategy had doubled in the past year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357166&rel=true

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CHILDREN
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=11
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US Census Bureau: Four in five US kids online

A new report from the US Census Bureau has found that 94 million
people used the Internet at home in the US last year, up from 57
million in 1998.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357169&rel=true

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ECOMMERCE
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=14
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NOP Research Group: British women shopping online in droves

The number of British Internet users shopping online increased by 42
percent between June 2000 and June 2001, according to NOP.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357165&rel=true
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Deloitte & Touche: Ecommerce growing in Ireland

Up to 20 percent of Irish Internet users will make significant
purchases online this year, according to Deloitte and Touche.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357164&rel=true
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Datamonitor: Teens tipped for online spending spree

Datamonitor has predicted that teenagers in Europe and the US will
spend USD10.6 billion online by 2005, up from USD1.3 billion this
year and USD483 million last year.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357170&rel=true

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EDUCATION
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=15
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Pew Internet & American Life: Young students rely on Internet

The Internet is replacing the library as the first port of call for
US schoolgoers working on projects, reports Newsbytes.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357153&rel=true

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IDC Research: Elearning to thrive in Europe

IDC has forecast that the European elearning market will be worth
nearly USD6 billion by 2005.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357158&rel=true

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EMAIL
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=16
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Rainier: Corporates fall down on email responses

Many large corporate firms continue to ignore customer requests sent
via email, according to a new study from Rainier.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357172&rel=true

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ENTERTAINMENT
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=48
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E-Commerce Times: Hollywood doesn't understand emarketing

Marketing executives in the entertainment industry are not making
enough of the Internet, reports the Ecommerce Times.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357168&rel=true
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WebNoize: Music still free on peer-to-peer

Using peer-to-peer networks to download free music and swap other
files is as popular as ever, according to new research from
WebNoize.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357173&rel=true

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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=4
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Gomez Advisors: Online banking increasingly popular in US

There are 13.6 million US Internet users that actively use online
banking services, according to Gomez.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357155&rel=true
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NetValue:Swedes most likely to bank online

Swedish Internet users are more likely than their European neighbours
to visit online banking sites, according to NetValue.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357160&rel=true

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GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=18
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IT Asia One: Half of Singapore households online

Fifty percent of households in Singapore now have Internet access,
six times as many as had access in 1996.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357149&rel=true
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NetValue: Broadband use increasing in Hong Kong

The number of broadband Internet users in Hong Kong increased by 56
percent between January and June 2001, according to NetValue.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357150&rel=true
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Dataquest: Three in five US households online

Sixty-one percent of US households are now online, according to new
data from Gartner Dataquest.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357151&rel=true
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Newsbytes: Two in five Germans have Net access

Newsbytes reports that 24.8 million Germans, or 39 percent of the
German population over the age of 14, now have Internet access.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357159&rel=true
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Jerusalem Post: Healthy growth for home access in Israel

The number of households with Internet access in Israel is expected
to grow by 14 percent in the next year, reports the Jerusalem
Post.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357161&rel=true
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Korea Network Information Center: Over 22m go online regularly in
Korea

There are now 22.23 million regular Internet users in Korea,
according to the latest data from the Korea Network Information
Center.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357174&rel=true

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INFRASTRUCTURES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=20
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Arab Advisors Group: Arab world short of bandwidth

A new report from the Arab Advisors Group shows that Arab countries
are starved of bandwidth.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357156&rel=true
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eMarketer: Cable modem to dominate US broadband

eMarketer reports that US at-home broadband subscribers will total
10.7 million this year, and 30.6 million by 2004.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357162&rel=true

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IT/COMPUTER INDUSTRY
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=12
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eMarketer: Yahoo speediest site in tests

eMarketer reports that Yahoo had the fastest website performance time
in recent tests.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357154&rel=true

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SECURITY ISSUES
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=30
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Reuters: Viruses costing organizations billions

Reuters reports that the worldwide cost of computer viruses so far
this year has reached USD10.7 billion.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357152&rel=true
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eMarketer: Security remains major business concern

eMarketer reports that 31 percent of US firms say security is their
biggest Internet-related problem.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357157&rel=true

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USAGE PATTERNS
Archives: http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=FS&cat_id=34
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Angus Reid Group: New technologies make life easier

A new study of work and leisure in the US has found that 52 percent
of all Americans say new technologies such as the Internet and email
have made their leisure time more enjoyable, whereas 26 percent say
new technologies cut into their leisure time.

http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905357167&rel=true

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