According to the latest large-scale national survey, Technology User Profile 2003 Annual Edition by MetaFacts, the average age of both home and workplace personal computers is growing, while the self-employed are replacing their personal computers faster than one year ago

BizRate.com reports that $12.43 billion was generated in online retail sales in the US in the third quarter of this year.

According to a just-released Knowledge Networks/SRI study, part of the ongoing service "The Home Technology Monitor," 61% of children now have a television set in their bedrooms, 17% have their own PC - and own-room access to such media technologies is linked to substantial changes in how kids use media.

According to a recent comScore analysis, online directory and newspaper preferences differ greatly by local markets. Based upon the comScore Media Metrix Local Market Reporting system, there is significant variation in activity at directory search sites. In many cases, this variation corresponded to relationships that specific yellow pages directories have with consumers through local telephone companies. For example, Internet users in Austin, Houston and Green Bay are disproportionately likely to visit SmartPages.com, which is owned by SBC, a major provider of local telephone services in those markets.

For the last week in September it's electronics over education and career by ten to one!

According to new data from the 2003 American Interactive Consumer Survey conducted by The Dieringer Research Group, the Internet continues to show multiple signs of maturing into an essential product information and shopping channel, based on 2,000 telephone interviews with consumers completed in May.

The latest Research Notes from the Leichtman Research Group, released as a PDF report, show that in the second quarter of 2003 the major US cable and DSL providers added a combined total of 1.55 million high-speed Internet subscribers. At the end of the second quarter of 2003, the leading cable and DSL providers in the United States accounted for nearly 20.7 million high-speed Internet subscribers. However, every cable provider reported smaller net high-speed Internet growth in the second quarter than in the first quarter of 2003

According to the latest release of Nielsen//NetRatings data, travel destination sites on the web did better than auto sites during the third week in September, in spite of school and hurricanes!

According to the findings of the 2003 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey of 7,569 consumers from the National Retail Federation (NRF), conducted by BIGresearch, 55.8 percent of consumers plan to celebrate Halloween, spending an average of $41.77 on the upcoming holiday. Spending will be virtually unchanged from 2002, when consumers spent an average of $44.20.

K-LOVE moved up to the number two ranked Internet Broadcast station for the week of September 8, 2003. MUSICMATCH Artist Match was the top non-commercial Internet Broadcast Station, AOL Top Country ranked as the highest commercial Internet Broadcast Station.