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library has two hundred Hewlett-Packard PCs, and has incorporated a copy of
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whom will be tenants on a new 300-acre high-tech oasis near the Giza
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SURVEY DEBUNKS MYTH OF THE E-MAIL DELUGE
The latest study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project indicates
that reports of massive e-mail volume swamping workers and sapping their
e-mail at work receive 10 or fewer messages on the average day, and
three-quarters reported spending an hour or less daily dealing with e-mail.
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fellow Deborah Fallows. The pattern is different for power users, typically
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them spend at least two hours daily on e-mail, with the task often stretching
out to four or more hours. Meanwhile, the study found that younger users
(those under 30) are more likely to use e-mail for personal use while at work,
often sending gossip, jokes and chain letters while on the job.(AP 8 Dec 2002)
http://apnews.excite.com/article/20021208/D7NPSN680.html
Although 70% of U.S. households now have the technical option of
subscribing to broadband services, only15% actually do, because many people
whether it is acquired through cable company or phone company. The problem
is an upscale corollary of basic theorem of the digital divide, and is
illustrated by the fact that whereas 28% of households with income above
$100K a year have broadband access, a mere 4% of families with household
incomes under $35K a year have such access. The industry is trying to
reconcile itself to the basic facts of economic life; analyst Daryl
of broadband adoption that is long and steady, rather than a big
revolutionary pop." Which means that most network users will still be using
dial-up connections a long, long time from now. Professor Andrew Odlyhzko
is hardly anything more ludicrous than the fax machine, but it is still
around." (New York Times 5 Dec 2002)
http://partners.nytimes.com/2002/12/05/technology/05BROA.html
[If 15% of the total US households have broadband and only 4% with under
$35,000 incomes have broadband, then 26% of those with over $35,000 incomes
must have broadband. Since $35k is about the median US household income,
meaning half the people have incomes under $35k, while half are over $35k.
Thus, 4% and 26% shares would average to the 15% average of US households.
Why the NY Times would accentuate 28% over $100,000 rather than 26% over
$35k is beyond me, presuming the rest of these figures are still more or
less correct. The median national income figures are obviously always a
year or two out of date, and may have gone up $1-2,000, of course. . . .]
FIRMS FINED FOR NOT FOLLOWING E-MAIL RETENTION SCHEDULE
The Securities and Exchange Commission has fined five major brokerage firms
(Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney, and
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray) $1.65 million each for failing to keep employee
e-mail for the required retention period. The SEC examines such mail to
find cases in which brokers have rated stocks positively and given it a
"buy" recommendation to the public, while in private correspondence
revealed complete contempt for the same stock. The commission says, "The
record-keeping rules are a keystone of the surveillance of brokers and
dealers by commission staff and the security industry's self-regulatory
bodies." (San Jose Mercury News 4 Dec 2002)
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