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Sunday, March 24, 2002
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/321084p-2727910c.html IBM, SeniorNet pursue easier online experience for older users LISI de BOURBON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (March 23, 2002 5:47 p.m. EST) - One of the biggest problems 79-year-old Al Berger has tackled while teaching fellow seniors how to use the Internet is getting them to sit through his lessons. "I've had people leave the class because they said the type was too small," said Berger, an instructor for SeniorNet, a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that offers computer training to people aged 50 and older.... But software and hardware companies, which have traditionally focused on a younger market, are beginning to develop ways of helping the fastest growing segment of Web surfers in the United States....
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