The survey showed that a growing number of women use technology every day. Women are flocking to laptops, cell phones, and personal organizers. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) recently supported that fact by reporting that women splurged more on technology last year than men. According to the CEA, $55 billion of the $96 billion spent on tech products was spent by women.

Intel calls this new tech-savvy woman “TIF” for Technology Involved Female. The Harris survey showed that TIFs span many generations and come from diverse backgrounds. The TIFs include twenty-somethings who learned about technology in school as well as fifty-plus women who have learned on their own.

The survey also found that 58 per cent of women feel as lost as their male counterparts (56 per cent) if they don’t check e-mail at least once per day.  Sixty-two per cent of women, compared with 66 per cent of men, are enthusiastic about learning how to use new features on their PCs. 

One other interesting note: the survey also said that women are nearly three times as likely as men to believe that the opposite sex overstates their knowledge about computers (32 per cent women versus 10 per cent men). So watch out guys. The girls are coming and they may make you fess up to how much you really know about computers and technology.