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Only 48% of high-school graduates have broadband: Among those with household incomes less than $40,000, 57% are grouped as having low-access to the Internet and 43% are high-access. Among those in households earning $40,000 and up, 19% are low-access and 81% are high-access, according to the Pew Internet Project. By education: half of those with at most...; Tags: Degree, Broadband, Income, African-americans, Operational Accounting, Finance, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-12
African-Americans and Hispanics are 50% more likely to be SMS users: 82% of Americans under 25 are active SMS users. But for all ages under 50 more than 50% are active users. African-Americans and Hispanics are 50% more likely to be SMS users, according to GfK NOP. by NB; Tags: SMS, African-americans, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-15
20.1 mln African Americans online by 2007: 20.1 mln African Americans online by 2007What are you trying to say whitey?You got a problem or something?; Tags: African-americans; Discussion threads 2006-02-13
20.1 mln African Americans online by 2007: There will be 20.1 mln African Americans, or 51.9% of the African American population, online by 2007, according to eMarketer. Currently, there are about 18.4 mln, or 48.7%, of the African American population, online. US Department of Commerce figures showed that 45.6% of blacks ages 3 and older were Internet...; Tags: African-American; Blog posts 2006-02-13
62% of African Americans, 51% of whites and 44% of US Hispanics have more than 2 TVs: Knowledge Networks says 62% of African American households have more than two TVs. 51% of white households have more than two TVs. 44% of the Hispanics households have more than two TVs. 49% of African American homes have large (30 inches or bigger) TV sets, versus 44% for whites and...; Tags: Hispanics, African-American, TV; Blog posts 2006-02-11

49% of US African-Americans are online: 49% of US African-Americans are online, up from 46% in 2003, according to eMarketer. Usage by African-Americans, however, still lags compared to the 69% usage among whites in the United States.; Tags: African-American, African-Americans; Blog posts 2006-02-06
80% of African Americans online, 67% have broadband: African Americans are racing to the Internet in record numbers, according to the 2005 AOL African American Cyberstudy. They report spending more time on the Internet (5 hours a day vs. 2.9 hours a day for the general online population) and are closing the gap in Internet usage with nearly...; Tags: African-americans, Internet, African Americans; Blog posts 2005-10-17
32% of Americans do not use Internet: As of May-June 2005, 68% of American adults, or about 137 mln people, use the internet, up from 63% one year ago, Pew Internet and American Life Project says. 32% of American adults, or about 65 mln people, do not use the internet and not always by choice. Certain groups...; Tags: Americans, AMERICAN, Internet, African-Americans; Blog posts 2005-10-07
6.0 mln African Americans use dial-up: Although decreases in revenues from wireline services are expected from subscribers of all ethnicities, the lowest declines are expected from Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander subscribers due to their population growth, In-Stat notes. By 2009, more than 40.4 mln whites are expected to subscribe to broadband. The number of Hispanic and...; Tags: African Americans; Blog posts 2005-07-09

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2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
What people hate most about health insurance: What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health insurance; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC: According to the Forrester Research, although Gen Y is a small generation of 18- to 28-year-olds, comprising only 38 mln US adults, it sets the pace for technology adoption. 90% of Gen Yers own a PC, and 82% own a mobile phone. But it is technology use that sets this...; Tags: Generation X, Mobile, PC, Generation Y, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Guest blog - A lesson in compassionate capitalism: I've mentioned Dean's Beans a few times recently, probably because too many late nights of thesis-writing this summer have me fixated on caffeine. Regardless, Dean Cycon, the company owner and a local guy doing business a couple towns away from me here in central Massachusetts, offered to write a...; Tags: Blog, Starbucks Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-22
At Netroots, relations warming with Obama: At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...; Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Where's Sarah Connor?Will it change its shape to an LA policeman and chase me in a tractor trailer truck?Mercury?It's the only metal I know of that is liquid at room temperature.RE: Liquid metal-cooled CPU outperforms air- and water-cooled systems?Reminds me of liquid-sodium-cooled nuclear...; Tags: liquid metal-cooled CPU, metal-cooled CPU, water-cooled system, Liquid metal-cooled CPU, CPU, Galinstan, Mercury, PC; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
The running scandal of long-term care insurance: The running scandal of long-term care insuranceLong-term Care Insurance"With 79 million of us now headed past our warrantee expirations, the cost of caring for us is about to explode. It’s a ticking bomb under the economy, and the free market does not have an answer for it."Here's the answer: Plan...; Tags: Vertical industries, long-term care, long-term care insurance; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Average US household credit card debt is $8,565: Americans carry $2.56 trln in consumer debt, up 22% since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household’s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15% from 2000. ?verage US student emerges from college carrying $20,000 in educational debt. Household debt, including mortgages and credit cards, represents...; Tags: Credit Card, Debt, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, AM; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Towards low-cost LED lighting: Towards low-cost LED lightingA terrific ideaThis is a great advance and I hope the technology proves practical. Now if Americans will just get their heads on straight and build about 50 nukes and shut down all oil and gas-fired power plants, The USA will no longer be held hostage...; Tags: Engineering, light-emitting diode, LED lighting; Discussion threads 2008-07-20
Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.: Pulling money out of thin air. Or, why wind power should be a neighborly concern.I guess the video maker is contesting that the polar ice isnt meltingntHe showing that you're dumber than dirtYou don't even realize that the ice displaces more volume than liquid water and the melting makes the...; Tags: wind energy, neighborly concern, ice, thin air; Discussion threads 2008-07-19
Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...; Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel; Discussion threads 2008-07-18