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    Recession driving Americans online

    WASHINGTON (AFP) — More than half of adult Americans have been hard hit by the recession and two-thirds have turned to the Web for help in coping and understanding the downturn, a survey published Wednesday found.

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    Recession sends Americans to the Internet

    BANGALORE (Reuters) - It's not just family and friends that Americans are turning to for advice and support to cope with the prolonged recession; many have found a counselor in the Internet.

    More than two-thirds of American adults -- ...

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    Are Baby Boomers Killing Facebook and Twitter?

    That Boomers dramatically alter the social networks they adopt should come as no surprise, according to Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, a think tank that studies Americans' online habits. "Boomers are the mains...

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    The Net Effect

    Is Google making us stupid? Is it making us smarter? Have we lost our ability to concentrate? Are we more social or more isolated as a result of our constantly interconnected lives? Brooke takes a look at some of the research that attempts to answ...

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    In 2020, trying to get to work in the snow won't be a big deal

    "That's because, by 2020, mobile phones will be the predominant way to access the Internet, many corporate meeting spaces will be virtual, and for information workers, work and leisure time will have become so intertwined that we won't give a seco...

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    The Internet in 2020

    "The end of the year is a wonderful time for predictions.

    But instead of looking ahead to 2009, the Pew Internet and American Life Project recently canvassed leading Internet experts for their thoughts on what the digital landscape will loo...

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    Most Will Access Web Via Cell Phones by 2020

    "By the year 2020, a majority of tech savvy citizens will be attached to their touch-screen and voice recognition-based smart phones, blurring the lines between personal and work time, as well as physical and virtual reality, according to a Tuesda...

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    Peering through PC screens for a look at the Web's future

    "The Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. The Tomorrowland pavilion at Disneyland. The Jetsons' push-button home.

    When people once imagined the future of technology, the promise was all bright and sparkly, mostly comfort and convenien...

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    Report: The future will be live wired

    "In 2020, the line between work and home life will be faint, if not obliterated, by connectivity.

    That's what 578 technology gurus see in their crystal balls, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

    The...

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    Mobile phone to be main Web tool in 2020: survey

    "Mobile devices will be the primary tool to connect to the Internet in the year 2020 and voice-recognition and touch-screen interfaces will be much more prevalent, according to a new survey on the future of technology.

    Artificial and virtua...

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