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Dec. 18, 2009
Our Daily Diet of Data
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| You read the paper, listen to the radio, play a few games on your mobile phone, and head to the movies after work. In each step, you're using information. So how much data does the average American consume in an ordinary day? 34 gigabytes of data and 100,500 words, according to a recent study -- and that doesn't include data involved in your daily work. We'll talk with one of the authors of the report on our daily diet of data. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Roger Bohn
Professor, Technology Management
Director, Global Information Industry Center
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
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