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    States Condemn National Standards for Drivers Licenses

    That’s the number of states that have passed or are considering proposals condemning the 2005 federal law requiring states to adopt uniform security features for driver’s licenses and to verify the identity of all driver’s license applicants. Last week, two states, Montana and Washington, passed laws rejecting the standards and ratcheting up pressure on Congress to repeal them.

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    Spam 2007

    37% of email users said spam had increased in their personal email accounts, up from 28% of email users who said that two years ago.

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    Teens, Privacy and Online Social Networks

    The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.

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    Have Wireless Internet Access

    That’s the percent of internet users who have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else. In other words, one-third of internet users, either with a laptop computer, a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), or cell phone, have surfed the internet or checked email using means such as WiFi broadband or cell phone networks

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    Internet Use and Teens’ Computing Environments

    As the new nexus of teens’ online experience, online social networks are the focus of widespread concern over the disclosure of personal information online. Over the course of seven years, our research examining teenagers’ use of the internet has repeatedly shown that teens are one of the most wired segments of the American population. And […]

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    Wireless Internet Access

    Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else.

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    Cell Phone Counter-Revolution

    To keep lawmakers focused on debate — and limit lobbyists’ influence — statehouses from coast to coast are restricting cell phones, instant messaging and use of those mini-computers found under the thumbs of compulsive e-mailers on the floors of state legislatures.

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    What Americans Pay For – and How

    Nearly three-in-ten adults say the most common way they take care of their regular monthly bills is by an online or electronic payment.

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    Favor National Identity Cards

    That’s the number of Americans who favor requiring all U.S. citizens to carry a national identity card at all times — the same proportion favors allowing airport personnel to do extra checks on passengers who appear to be of Middle Eastern descent.