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    Internet Gains for Midterm Campaign News

    "The Internet still trails television and newspapers as the leading sources for political news, but it gained significantly in usage since the midterm elections of 2002, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.

    The study, released ...

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    More in: Politics

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    Internet's future in 2020 debated

    "The Pew report on the future internet surveyed 742 experts in the fields of computing, politics and business.

    More than half of respondents had a positive vision of the net's future but 46% had serious reservations.

    Almost 60% sai...

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    More in: Future of the Internet

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    Cell Phones: Evolution Or Revolution?

    “Take the F train from Manhattan to Brooklyn and you will experience a phone phenomenon, of sorts. As the subway lurches above ground for a stretch of two stations, teens immediately get on their cell phones, frantically sending text messages, che...

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    More in: Mobile, Teens

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    We'd Be Lost Without It

    Young adults are leading a revolution in how Americans use their cell phones. People from age 18 to 29 are more likely to use their phones as personal computers, digital music players, cameras and more, an AP-AOL-Pew poll found. Almost two-t...

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    More in: Mobile

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    Cell Phones: Irritating and Invaluable

    WASHINGTON - Even cell phone users get irritated at others who yak on their portables about their personal business in public. An AP-AOL-Pew poll found the offended don't think they are among the callers who get on other people's nerves. Most c...

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    More in: Mobile

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    A better connection

    “Back when personal computers first started to appear, there were predictions that we were witnessing the dawning of yet another Age of Aquarius.

    Maybe it was the fledgling computer industry's proximity to San Francisco that caused many ear...

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    More in: Communities

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    A day in the life of the 'net

    "Ten years ago, when someone mentioned the word Internet, the likely response would have been: "Inter-what?"

    In a decade, Internet use has exploded. On a typical day, 82 million American adults, 40 percent of the entire population, go onlin...

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    More in: New Media Ecology, Broadband, Future of the Internet

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    Pew: File swappers use iPods, IM to trade tunes

    "Recording industry lawsuits against file swappers and P-to-P (peer-to-peer) software companies may be forcing Internet users onto informal networks to exchange songs and videos, according to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Proj...

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    More in: Music, Video

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    Pew File-Sharing Survey Gives a Voice to Artists

    ''The overall picture,'' said Lee Rainie, the director of the Pew Project, ''is that the musician-artistic community has a much wider range of views and experiences than folks who watch the Washington debate about copyright might imagine.''

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    Americans Using Online Reputation Systems

    According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 26 percent of adult Internet users have posted such a rating. More experienced and active users were more likely to have done so, as were men and younger adults.

    "The more voices...

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    More in: Web 2.0

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