Technology rules our lives and we sure have become couch potatoes - proves the latest report from Nielsen Company. The 'A2/M2 Three Screen Report' states that the usage of TV, Internet and Mobile - the Three Screens - continues to increase in the US.

According to the report, an average person in the US watched approximately 142 hours of TV in one month and mobile phone users spent 3 hours a month watching mobile video. People who used the internet were online 27 hours a month. A record high was set by the couch potatoes, average time a US home used their TV set during 2007-08 was up to 8 hours and 18 minutes per day.

Key facts from the report include:

- Americans are spending more time than ever with their televisions, computers and mobile phones, with television remaining the dominant screen, watched more than 142 hours a month - 5 hours more than last year

- Americans spend more than 6 hours per month watching time-shifted TV, which is more than double the amount of time they watch video online.

- Men are more likely than women to watch video on mobile phones, while women are more likely then men to watch video on the internet.

- During the third quarter, there was no shortage of online video content with events including the Olympics, Major League baseball games, political conventions and debates, and the financial crisis. Online video use grew steadily through the quarter.