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More People Use Internet in New Ways, Embrace Web 2.0

'Net garners plenty of love

Nearly a quarter of the world's population (some 1.4 billion people) will use the internet on a regular basis in 2008. That number is expected to surpass 1.9 billion, or 30 percent of the world's population, in 2012, according to IDC's Digital Marketplace Model and Forecast, MarketingCharts reports.

'The internet will have added its second billion users over a span of about eight years, a testament to both its universal appeal and its availability,' said John Gantz, chief research officer at IDC."