Article: Survey places nearly one-third of Americans in `tech elite'

BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer
AP Worldstream
11-23-2003
Dateline: NEW YORK
Technology geeks, unite. There are more of you than you might have realized.

In the United States, 31 percent are "highly tech-savvy" people for whom the Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones, according to a study released Sunday.

John Horrigan, author of the report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, said the size of this "tech elite" was somewhat surprising. And while this group is predominantly young, the Pew researchers found plenty of baby boomers and seniors who are equally ardent about using technology.

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