Alec Milton, the CEO of Oasys Software, told us that the results were “quite shocking.” As he explained, the company found that nearly 92 percent of employees spend up to one hour per day searching for email. In addition, another 64 percent of those surveyed said that they were forced to delete emails because their inbox was too full.

Milton recommends that companies and employees organize their emails into folders just as they would important documents. There are also software services, such as Oasys, that companies can use to help secure email systems.

James Brown, the Senior Director of Merchant Accounts with PriceGrabber, told us that the survey also revealed that 51 percent of consumers planned to purchase it within the first year, 14 percent within the first month, and 7 percent within the first week.

Although the exact date of the iPhone 5 release has not been made public, it is expected to be available sometime this fall.

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The report from 2008 revealed that professional blogging was on the rise. This year’s report further confirmed that trend with 28 percent of bloggers calling themselves professionals and 72 percent classified as hobbyists.

One of the most surprising statistics from this year was that 40 percent of professional bloggers have worked within traditional media. Jalichandra says this stat debunks the theory that bloggers are not trained and educated.

Although bloggers blogged more this year than last, they plan on blogging even more in 2010. In addition, bloggers want to expand their business and extend their brand.

To help bloggers meet their goals, Jalichandra also announced the “new Technorati.” The new features allow bloggers to publish content directly onto Technorati, which will provide more opportunities for smaller bloggers. The company has also “built a blog directory on steroids” that includes categorical authority and allows people discover new blogs.

To learn more about the new Technorati and the 2009 State of the Blogosphere, visit Technorati.

More than 1,000 companies responded to the survey and 59.3 percent of those respondents revealed that they were not planning to switch to Windows 7. A mere 5.4 percent said they would implement Windows 7 by the end of this year, and 34 percent said they would come on board by the end of 2010.

Despite the short-term outlook, ScriptLogic said they are confident when looking at the long-term. During the first year of Windows XP, the adoption rate was only 12-14 percent.

Could it be that Google’s announcement to enter the operating system market impacted these survey results? Do you plan on adopting Windows 7 for your business? Will Windows 7 redeem Microsoft after its Vista woes?

“If social networking sites implemented software to check each stream, they could identify copyrighted subject matter, create a report, negotiate compensation for the value chain and sell targeted advertising for related goods and services.”

Digimarc said the technology relates to what professional photographers and stock photo agencies have done for a decade.

Dell’s Idea-Storm website started rumors of Dell considering presenting customers the option of preinstalled Linux distribution when buying new PC’s from the company. Dell’s growing dissatisfaction with Windows Vista and the appealing price of Linux distributions have guided customers toward the operating system. Ars Technica’s Ryan Paul thinks consumers switching to Linux should do so with caution.

“I’m not saying this because I think that Linux isn’t ready for the desktop. I’m saying this because I don’t think that Dell is capable yet of providing full technical support for desktop Linux. Dell has a hard enough time as it is supporting Windows.”

Dell users may have to make the switch from Windows or OSX operating systems in the future, but right now it seems just speculation.

The Leichtman Research Group conducted a survey to show that 14 percent of adults watched online video once a week as of December 2006. The survey established that the total online video usage has improved, but the time spent watching TV has stayed about the same. A previous LRG study discovered that four percent of adults viewed online videos daily and another eleven percent weekly. TV leads online video with 93 percent of adults viewing around one hour a day. Men from 18 to 34 made up the online video viewers demographics. This demographic also holds true for more than two-thirds of adults who visit YouTube and any other user-generated content site on a daily basis. Only eight percent of online video watchers agreed to watch TV less often.

LRG’s Bruce Leichtman becomes excited about online video.

“Rather than replacing TV, in the near term, emerging video services like online video are best viewed as opportunities to complement and augment traditional TV viewing options.”

Horowitz Associates and Points North Group show 68 percent of online adults have an interest in watching downloaded TV shows on their televisions, but 45 percent would watch longer videos on their computers. EMarketer estimates the online video audience will grow to 157 million people by 2010.