The Zogby/463 Internet Attitudes poll among Americans found that:

• 49% believe the next great technology leader will come from either China or Japan. 
• 21% believe that “next Bill Gates” will come from the United States 
• 13% believe he or she will come from India.

The Internet Attitudes poll tested Americans views on their perceptions of Internet: 

• 83% believes that a typical 12-year-old knows more about the Internet than their member of Congress. 
• 32% of all Americans believe that the Internet is a greater invention than printing press. 
• 65% said Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press that merely nabbed him the title “Man of the Millenium” by Time Magazine is a greater invention.  
• While whites favored the printing press over the Internet by 69 to 27 percent, only 57 percent of African Americans favored the printing press and 41 percent chose the Internet. 
• Hispanic Americans actually favored the Internet 51 to 47 percent and Asian Americans surveyed also chose the Internet by 85 to 12 percent.
• 66% said that in 10 years they will be able to access the Internet anywhere they are in the world.
• 67% agreed that new camera and Internet technologies are turning us into a nation of voyeurs and paparazzis.
• 70% said they would rather watch the evening news coverage instead of a citizen video report on an event.  

Car more important than email.  While many may think the Internet is a historic invention, it still trails badly behind in what they depend upon for their work. When asked “What would make it harder for you to work – your car not starting, or losing Internet and email access?” 78% gave the nod to the car while only 10% said the Internet.  Of those surveyed making more than $100,00 a year, 31 percent chose the loss of Internet access, while only 6 percent of those making less than $35,000 did.

The nationwide telephone survey of 1,203 adults was conducted 12/5/06 through 12/8/2006 by Zogby International and 463 Communications and has a margin of error of +/- 2.9 percentage points.