The filtering companies have stepped into the breech. Technology is an appealing fix.

In many countries, the cell phone is viewed as the most basic piece of technical equipment, kind of like the way Americans view the computer, ... Just as some of us have multiple computers, some people have more than one cell phone.

The Internet is providing people with the 'anytime, anywhere' yard sale. People are able to sell to a wider variety of potential customers than those who visit a local yard sale.

It will be very interesting to see what happens in January.

It's replaced the mass e-mail or even the phone chat. They use them to reinforce the connections they have.

It's the network that's popular. It's about staying in touch with your friends and where your friends are.

It's the digital equivalent of the corkboard on the door. It's the idea that you're constantly connected even if you're not at your computer.

It's obviously an evolving proposition. Two years ago, it was cell phones. Now you have something that can take a picture of a test and e-mail it to someone else,

There were definitely some teenagers who told me they'd been asked to rewrite papers,

Our sense from talking with these teens is that the Internet expands their network of friends. They keep in touch with people they normally would not because instant messaging can be a more casual way of talking with someone you met at summer camp or someone you have not seen in awhile.