I'd be interested to know people's thoughts on this report and how it might be relevant to our task:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379566.stm
To help out, you can find a link the study and Wikimedia interview with the guy who made it here. It might shed some more light on the problem, the causes, and the solutions.
How many people lost their jobs/businesses/homes - and regular access to a computer? Pl-ease!