Free music downloading is hotter than ever, said researchers who found more than 3 billion files were downloaded on four leading file-swapping services in August, topping Napster at its peak. While fewer seniors go online compared to the younger Net set, those who do click away with considerable gusto, in particular to reach out to family, according to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Pornography web sites were visited by 3.8 million home Internet users in the UK in June 2001, according to Internet monitoring company NetValue. This accounts for more than a quarter of the entire UK home Internet population. However Germany has the largest audience for online pornography in Europe with more than 5.3 million Germans visiting an adult site.
New data shows that for many people, the Web has become a routine electronic device.
There were 459 million people with Internet access in the 30 countries studied by Nielsen NetRatings at the end of Q2 this year. Worldwide mobile phone sales have fallen in the second quarter for the first time. Some 89.8 million handsets were sold in April to June, compared with 96.6 million in January to March. In comparison with April to June 2000, eight million handsets fewer were sold this year, according to a report from Gartner Dataquest. A majority of teens say they can find on the Internet very nearly all of what they need for school projects.