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Most techies are gadget freaks of one sort or another. Do you have an itch to buy a Web-browsing, e-mail-reading wireless communicator?

50.0% - Honestly, I really don't want to be connected every moment of the day
38.3% - I'd love to get one - but I can't justify the expense
8.5% - I've got one, and it's definitely a useful tool
3.2% - Help! I have more wireless handheld gadgets than I have hands!

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IT staff 'twice as likely' to wear heavy metal T-shirts

New research from Intermedia.NET finds that IT staff are twice as likely as other staff members to wear a heavy metal T-shirt and carry a Maglite and a Leatherman. They are also 34% more likely to wear a ponytail, 63% more likely to wear black jeans; and 32% less likely to wear clean clothes every day.