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14:20 13th October 2009
As many as one in four adults remain unhappy about using new technology and are uncomfortable with carrying out basic functions such as accessing the internet, new research has found.
According to the figures compiled by broadband provider TalkTalk, around 25 per cent of adults fall into the 'Timid technophobe' category, who prefer to use pens and paper and will only use the internet if they have to.
The research suggests better IT training should be made available to these people in order to boost their confidence when carrying out basic functions online such as sending emails.
Such a move would help encourage more people to go into the IT industry and also allow them to improve their working lives by using technology to its fullest potential.
"Digital technology is now such an important part of our lives that it is often difficult to imagine what life was like without it, even though that's just ten or 15 years ago," pointed out Tristia Clarke, commercial director at TalkTalk.
Meanwhile, digital inclusion champion Martha Lane Fox has suggested that improved IT training should be provided to over ten million Britons who have never used the internet.
The Daily Telegraph reports that a study commissioned by Ms Lane Fox revealed children in so-called digitally excluded families could boost their earnings considerably simply by gaining access to the internet.
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