Chicago Tribune | Survey: 31 Percent of U.S. Tech-Savvy:
"Technology geeks, unite. There are more of you than you might have realized. A study released Sunday found that 31 percent of Americans are 'highly tech-savvy' people for whom the Internet, cell phones and handheld organizers are more indispensable than TVs and old-fashioned wired phones. "

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.

The difference, though, is that techies in their late teens and 20s are more likely to create online content, like Web logs, or "blogs." Generation Xers are more likely to pay for content on the Web, while wired boomers and seniors generally plumb the Internet for news or to do work-related research.

So are you part of the "tech elite"? Consider these other Pew findings about how they live:…

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