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Video Games Are Social

A new Pew Internet study of teen and video games has come up with some pretty interesting results. Instead of isolating them, the majority of teens actually play with friends rather than alone, making them more social, the BBC reports.

The survey gathered responses from 1,102 teens aged between 12-17. It was no surprise that the vast majority (99% of boys, 94% of girls) had played some form of video game, wqith the most popular title being Guitar Hero, followed by Halo 3.

Report author Amanda Lenhart, senior research specialist at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, wrote:

Online Searches Climb in Popularity

Online Searches Climb in Popularity

The buzz in recent tech news may be all about up-and-coming uses for the Internet like Web 2.0 applications, social networking, and cloud computing, but as it turns out, the real hot property is none other than simple search engines. A new study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that use of search engines has spiked significantly in the last six years [PDF], due in part to broadband adoption.

According to Pew, 49 percent of Internet users now search on a daily basis, while only about 30 percent did back in 2002. E-mail remains the most popular activity on the Web, with 60 percent of users checking it daily, but it has grown more slowly in popularity than search.

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