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Email messages that will be sent in 2006: 84 billion per day

Number that will be spam messages: 33 billions per day

Size of business e-mail volumes that will be sent worldwide in 2006: More than3.5 billion gigabytes

Increase in volume since 2003: More than double

(Source: Worldwide Email Usage 2005-2009 Forecast: Email's Future Depnds on Keeping Its Value High and Its Cost Low, IDC, Framingham, Mass., USA.)

Who’s the boss?

42% of the chief information officers (CIOs) say that they report to the chief executive officer (CEO) while 23% report to the chief financial officer (CFO). (Source: PM Network)

Lightning Facts

Lightning is one of the most lethal, and misunderstood, forms of weather. Each year it kills 24,000 people worldwide, and injures another 240,000.

Wireless Networks in NYC

One study found that 52% of wireless networks in New York City were unsecure. (Source Reader's Digest)

Dreams: Color or Black and White

More than 80% of people dream in color, and specific colors may represent particular emotions. (Source: Reader's Digest)

Heart patients and alternative therapies

45% of heart patients use alternative therapies such as herbal supplements, but only 56% of their cardiologists know about it. (Source: University at Toronto)

Health insurance and debt

70% of those driven into debt by medical costs had insurance at the time. (Source: Reader's Digest)

American Adults and Blood Pressure

Some 65 million American adults have high blood pressure. (Source: Reader's Digest)

Heart Disease and Aspirin

Older women with heart disease who take baby aspirin daily are less likely to die in the next six years than those who don't take it. (Source: Reader's Digest)

Blood Pressure and Dementia

People with systolic blood pressure of 140 or higher in middle age are more likely to develop dementia than those with lower readings. (Source: Reader's Digest)