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NEWS.COM Special Report: Wardens of the WebTalkBack: Global security challenge falls to an elite corps, June 25, 2007 “The job of policing the Web has been left to the corporate world by default. The burden weighs heavily on a trio of companies in particular: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft–the three firms with the most traffic on …
PricewaterhouseCoopers, PWC Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2007-2011: “The leading entertainment and media industry forecast. Covering the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Canada. In-depth global analyses and 5-year growth projections for 14 industry segments.” fee, but free industry segments’ summaries are available.
“Parents, Children & Media: A Kaiser Family Foundation Survey, is a national survey of 1,008 parents of children ages 2-17, along with a series of six focus groups held with parents across the country. The survey explores such issues as media content, media ratings and the V-Chip, media monitoring, educational media, advertising, and the Internet.” …
Follow up to May 14, 2007 posting, Nearly 16% of U.S. Homes Have No Landline Phone, see also these related studies: The Landline-less Are Different and Their Numbers Are Growing Fast, by Scott Keeter, Director, Survey Research, Pew Research Center, June 20, 2007 What’s Missing from National RDD Surveys? The Impact of the Growing Cell-Only …
Pew Internet and American Life Project: “Fully 85% of American adults use the internet or cell phones and most use both. Many also have broadband connections, digital cameras and video game systems. Yet the proportion of adults who exploit the connectivity, the capacity for self expression, and the interactivity of modern information technology is …
Source: “Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, and has an office in Washington, D.C. Together with members in 40 countries, PI has conducted campaigns throughout the world on issues ranging from wiretapping and national security activities, …
The State of Search Engine Safety, June 4, 2007 – Ben Edelman, Advisor to McAfee SiteAdvisor and Hannah Rosenbaum – Research Analyst, McAfee SiteAdvisor “In this study, we compare the safety of leading search engines, using McAfee SiteAdvisors automated Web site ratings…Since May 2006, search engine results have become safer, primarily due to improved safety …
Press release: “…a recent TriCipher Consumer Online Banking Study, conducted by Javelin Strategy and Research, reveals that consumers would take advantage of more online banking services if banks provided stronger identity protection. The TriCipher Consumer Online Banking Study included 3,349 respondents from a random-sample panel that was representative of the U.S. population. Surprising findings uncovered …
Follow up to April 20, 2007 posting, Google DoubleClick Merger In the News, additional documents and news. Proposed Google/DoubleClick Deal: “On April 20, 2007, EPIC filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), requesting that the Commission open an investigation into the proposed acquisition, specifically with regard to the ability of Google to record, …
Press release: “The volume of spam is growing in Americans’ personal and workplace emailaccounts, but email users are less bothered by it. Spam continues to plague the internet as more Americans than ever say they are getting more spam than in the past. But while American internet users report increasing volumes of spam, they also …
B.B. Bell, General, US Army, Commander: Restricted Access to Internet Entertainment Sites Across DoD Networks, May 11, 2007 – “The DoD will block worldwide access to the following internet sites, on or about 14 May 2007: youtube.com, 1.fm, pandora.com, photobucket.com, myspace.com, live365.com, hi5.com, metacafe.com, mtv.com, ifilm.com, blackplanet.com, stupidvideos.com and filecabi.com” Stars and Stripes: DOD blocking …
Engaging Privacy and Information Technology in a Digital Age, James Waldo, Herbert S. Lin, and Lynette I. Millett, editors, 456 pages, May 4, 2007 – This books is available in its pre-publication version from the National Academies Press. “Privacy is a growing concern in the United States and around the world. The spread of the …
