Every period in human history witnessed some sort discrimination, starting with matriarchies and patriarchates. Since then we've evolved (most of us) and we overcame gender, racial or creed discrimination, only to experience the phenomenon of digital discrimination.

Europe is not divided according to economy standards, physical or natural boundaries; the new criteria are related to the digital era and the level of digital evolution associated with different nations.

According to a recent study carried out by JupiterResearch and published in the international press, the most "digital" culture is the Scandinavian one.

It's no wonder considering that Scandinavia offers the best life standards. Hence, Sweden, Denmark and Norway are considered the most sophisticated nations from Europe. The principal criteria taken into consideration by the specialists are: the digital technology implementation level and the number of Internet surfers.

The sector of digital television and broadband transmissions has pushed England to fourth position. Germany and France occupy middle positions: 9 and 10. The Greek's relatively low interest towards net surfing or digital television has placed them on the last position: 17.

The study included only west-European countries (although Greece isn't exactly west-European) which were graded according to forty technological variables. The result is the Digital Life Index.

The study shows that the technological differences between European countries have decreased over the years. Products and services such as broadband Internet, Video on Demand or Digital Video Recorders have became the engines that drive an increasing level of technological complexity in the houses of the Europeans.