Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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Internet and Technology

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    Spyware

    Spyware and the threat of unwanted programs being secretly loaded onto computers are becoming serious threats online.

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    Use of web cams

    One out of six American adult internet users (16%) have gone online to view another person or a place via a web cam.

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    eBay Rides the Wave

    Our surveys now show that one in four internet users have tried their hand at online auctions, and that the absolute number of online auction participants has been growing along with the overall internet population.

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    Informed Patients

    Millions of Americans will welcome new access to industrial-strength health information — but they’ll miss the articles from one major journal.