Online population nears half billion mark Posted by Scott Manning on March 08, 2002 | Comments (0)

Nearly half a billion people around the world had access to the Internet from their homes by the end of last year, according to market research firm Nielsen/NetRatings.

The company said some 498 million people could surf the web from home by the end of 2001, a jump of 5.1 percent from the figure in July-September.Full Story...