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Web apps: e-mail and games remain hot, office apps cool
September 26, 2007

The use of web applications is taking off, according to a recent survey, with over a third of home computer users in the US using at least one web app regularly to replace software that they once used on the desktop. The survey was conducted on roughly 2,000 US computer users this summer of this year by Rubicon Consulting. It found that while average users are more than willing to try out Web 2.0 apps, certain applications are still having trouble breaking through to the mainstream and security concerns loom over the industry.

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