The State of the Media Democracy: Are You Ready for the Future of Media?: “To shed light on how different generations are consuming media and what their future media preferences are likely to be Deloitte & Touche USA LLPs Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice commissioned an extensive survey on the evolving role… Continue Reading
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CDT Posts Music Download "Warning List"
“CDT has created a list to alert consumers about music download Web sites that charge fees and claim a large selection, but do not appear to have obtained licenses to ensure that users’ downloads from the site are legal. Consumers looking to download music lawfully for the new computers and MP3 players they receive this… Continue Reading
2007 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach
Ponemon 2007 Annual Study: U.S. Cost of a Data Breach – Understanding Financial Impact, Customer Turnover, and Preventitive Solutions: This study “was derived from a detailed analysis of 35 data breach incidents. According to the study, the cost per compromised customer record increased in 2007, compared to 2006. Lost business opportunity, including losses associated with… Continue Reading
FTC Closes Google/DoubleClick Investigation
Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will not seek to block Google Inc.s proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of Internet advertising server DoubleClick Inc. In a 4-1 vote to close its eight-month investigation of the transaction, the Commission wrote in its majority statement that “after carefully reviewing the evidence, we have concluded… Continue Reading
Digital Economy Fact Book 2007
“The Ninth Edition of The Progress & Freedom Foundation’s Digital Economy Fact Book (188 pages, PDF) was released [December 14, 2007]…The resource guide features an expanded section on international data, reflecting the global importance of the digital economy.” Continue Reading
Census Issues Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales
Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 3rd Quarter 2007: “The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that the estimate of U.S. retail e-commerce sales for the third quarter of 2007, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, was $34.7 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent (±0.8%) from… Continue Reading
The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity Will Stifle Innovation on the Web
The Internet Singularity, Delayed: Why Limits in Internet Capacity Will Stifle Innovation on the Web – “In this research study, Nemertes performed an independent in-depth analysis of Internet and IP infrastructure (which we call capacity) and current and projected traffic (which we call demand) with the goal of understanding how each has changed over time,… Continue Reading
Newsweek Review of Amazon's New E-Book Reader
The Future of Reading, by Steven Levy, Newsweek, November 17, 2007: “…the Kindle…has the dimensions of a paperback, with a tapering of its width that emulates the bulge toward a book’s binding. It weighs but 10.3 ounces, and unlike a laptop computer it does not run hot or make intrusive beeps….with the use of E… Continue Reading
2007 Digital Future Report
“The Center for the Digital Future at the USC Annenberg School is pleased to present the results of the sixth year of our project, “Surveying the Digital Future.” The six years of longitudinal research comprise an absolutely unique data base that completely captures broadband at home, the wireless Internet, on-line media, user-generated content and, now,… Continue Reading
EIA: Supplement to Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280
Supplement to: Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280, the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007 (11/01/2007) “This paper responds to a September 18, 2007, letter from Senators Barrasso, Inhofe, and Voinovich, seeking further energy and economic analysis to supplement information presented in the Energy Information Administrations (EIA) recent analysis of S. 280,… Continue Reading
Key Privacy Groups Propose Do Not Track List
Press release: “CDT joined with a coalition of privacy advocates on Wednesday to recommend an ambitious set of proposals intended to give consumers greater control over their personal data and to offset the impact of pervasive behavioral tracking. Included in the recommendations is a call to create a national “Do Not Track List” that would… Continue Reading
New Report – Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire's Responses to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Press release: “Today, the Progress and Freedom Foundation released a new report on inadvertent filesharing by the authors of Filesharing Programs and “Technological Features to Induce Users to Share,” a groundbreaking analysis published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in March of 2007. This new report, Inadvertent Filesharing Sharing Revisited: Assessing LimeWire’s Responses… Continue Reading
