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Browsing Becomes Employees Habitual

Estimated that three of four employees have been using their work computers to send email, shopping, surfing and other personal business. According to the survey conducted by the 530 IT managers (Information Technology) and end users in several companies in North America, Britain and Europe, found that workers use office computers for personal tasks. Only about 15 percent of workers do not use their work computers for personal tasks, while the other 11 percent of respondents prefer to abstain or not to answer questions.

The survey conducted in September by NewDiligence, an independent market research company, Belmont California. Surveys are conducted to companies that operate trading both public and private, non-profit organizations, government and educational institutions.

Most Employees use office PC for sending an email to friends or family, meanwhile web surfing as much as 84 percent, e-bank and personal finance 68 percent, and 57 percent for e-shopping. About 57 percent of employees use their workplace computer to listen to music or view pictures and video, while 44 percent use IM (Instant Messaging) to chat with friends and family.

However, if employees use workplace computers for personal activities, vise verse they also use home computers to work. About 90 percent of employees have a PC at home and 85 percent use PC at home for office task. This includes sending email (85 percent), document transferring (79 percent), and downloading documents from office network as 73 percent. In addition, as many as 51 percent of the staff to access social networking sites or other media sites such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube at least once a day and 79 percent use it for business reasons, such as research, and professional network finding.