by the numbers

$31.4 billion

Estimated annual revenue of the online game industry by 2008, up from $6.7 billion this year. About $10 billion of that is expected to come from what are known as “massively multiplayer” games, which draw thousands of people into elaborate online worlds.

23

Percent decline last year in the number of newly declared computer science and computer engineering majors in the United States and Canada, compared with 2002. Enrollment in college computer programs has continued to fall, many colleges say.

From wire reports