54 percent of kids age 10 to 17 think it's OK to disclose their parents' favorite stores in exchange for a "great free gift" (Annenberg Public Policy Center) ... 91 percent of software offered on auction sites may have been pirated (Software & Information Industry Association) ... Home use of Napster is growing more than 85 percent faster than that of media players like RealPlayer (Media Metrix) ... 24 percent of college freshmen carry a laptop computer to class regularly; 71 percent tote a calculator; 92 percent bring notepaper (Best Buy) ... Independent hackers account for 28 percent of corporate computer intrusions; 29 percent of break-ins come from other corporations; 35 percent are the work of disgruntled employees (Kessler) ... Of the top 100 federally funded US universities, Princeton is cited most often in published scientific research, with an average of 3.65 citations per paper (Institute for Scientific Information) ... The number of PCs installed worldwide will surpass 500 million by January 1, 2001 (eTForecasts) ... Taken as a whole, Web-accessible databases contain an estimated 7,500 terabytes of data (BrightPlanet.com) ... 98 percent of postal items mailed in Switzerland reach their destination the following day; the rate in Italy is 49 percent (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
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