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Bigger can be better

October 01, 2008

Boston Globe Some of us prefer to communicate via e-mail. But researchers at Parks Associates say that 20 percent of Americans have never used e-mail, and half of these nonusers are 65 or older. These are people who've never used a computer and probably never will.

From the article, "Bigger can be better" by Hiawatha Bray

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