Teens prefer instant messaging

from Reuters (via Yahoo News):
A recent survey has shown that teens though 90 percent use email( an extroardinary statistic for educators in itself )they prefer instant messaging. Similarly nine out of ten use the Internet and many use instant messaging to send music or images.
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Redtacton: Broadband using human skin!

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