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Debunking yet another bogus malware study: Debunking yet another bogus malware studyExcellent analysisI guess that people have come to expect bad news so much that journalists no longer verify their sources; if it's bad news about computer threats, it must be true.To be fair, this sort of problem (relying on bad sources that themselves rely on...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, bogus malware, malware, OECD, Microsoft Windows XP, spyware; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
Debunking yet another bogus malware study: Here we go again, with yet another round of bogus reporting about the extent of malware infections in the United States. This morning I read a report by Nick Farrell of The Inquirer, which was accompanied by the screamer headline One in Four US computers infected. It links in turn to a much longer...; Tags: Adware, OECD, Malware, Computer, Badware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-06-02
U.S. broadband penetration ranking slips yet again; hearings tomorrow: In terms of Internet broadband subscribers per 100 residents, the U.S. keeps slipping further down the world rankings every time a new report is released.Today is one of those days. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD released data that notes that in December, 2006, the U.S. ranks...; Tags: Regulatory, News, General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
World broadband penetration leaders: Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland: OECD ranked its country members on broadband penetration, dissecting DSL, cable and other hookups. Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland all boast broadband penetration above 20%.Broadband penetration numbers in OECD states Penetration, number of lines per 100 RankCountryDSLCableOtherTotalTotal Subscribers1Korea13.98.92.725.512 260 9692Netherlands13.68.9022.53 642 3153Denmark13.26.12.421.81 176 6374Iceland21.00.30.421.763 5535Switzerland12.77.20.420.31 515 4466Canada9.49.70.119.26 142 6627Finland16.32.20.218.7978...; Tags: OECD, Iceland, broadband; Blog posts 2005-10-21
Global broadband hookups: DSL - 61.2%, cable - 32%: The number of broadband subscriptions throughout the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries continued to increase in the first half of 2005 from 119 mln to 137 mln. Broadband penetration in the OECD grew by 15% in the first half of the year to 11.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants....; Tags: broadband, inhabitant; Blog posts 2005-10-21

118 mln broadband subscribers in OECD states: The number of broadband subscribers in the 30 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reached 118 mln by the end of 2004, an increase of 34.1 mln during the year, according to OECD. Broadband penetration in the OECD countries reached 10.2 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, up...; Tags: broadband, OECD; Blog posts 2005-05-25

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Weeks before the Olympics, China collects its first gold medal, USA gets silver: Courtesy OECD and IEA. It's official, China is #1, world champ, leader of the pack. The US, long the leader, has relinquished its crown. A new study to be published in May says China now emits more man-made CO2 per year than the...; Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Headaches in Armonk but will green lose out?: No doubt the IBM top team will be passing around the Tylenol today in Armonk as they figure out what to do next after their temporary exclusion from further contracting with the US Federal government. Sadly it is not an April fool's joke - the US Attorney's office for the Eastern...; Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, IBM Corp., FCW, Purchasing & Procurement, Financial Management, Government, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Why 2008 will be a bad year for Microsoft's Ed Tech market share: Why 2008 will be a bad year for Microsoft's Ed Tech market shareMore problems from AppleAs a worker at a government agency in the U.S. I'm astounded by the number of MacBooks I'm seeing. If you are right about what people using in school being what people want at work...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Ed Tech market share; Discussion threads 2008-01-01
Commonwealth Bank CIO: Michael Harte - Transcript: ZDNet Australia: Welcome to the CIO Vision Series, where we have with us as our guest Michael Harte of Commonwealth Bank. Thank you Michael, for joining us today. What technologies are you particularly excited about? Harte: We're a very diversified financial services group, and we cover...; Tags: Software, Bank, Financial, Information Technology, Banking, Customer, Business, Outsourcing, Technology, Tool, Productivity, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-10-30
Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eye: Privacy International has poked Google in the eye with the stick. In an interim report on the privacy ranking of the major Internet services, Google was the only company found among those surveyed to receive a failing grade, which Privacy International described as conducting comprehensive consumer surveillance and having...; Tags: Google; Blog posts 2007-06-10
Terri Gross savages Jimmy Wales: Terri Gross savages Jimmy WalesEasyThere are lots of examples of how "free culture" is not only working, but thriving...Let me also clarify one thing. When I talk about "free culture" I am talking about content licensed under a Creative Commons license, an Artistic License, the GFDL like Wikipedia, and BSD...; Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikipedia IS; Discussion threads 2007-04-24
Swivel launches a YouTube for data and charts: Swivel doesnt mention the term "data visualization" in explaining what it does. Instead the company speaks about "exploring all the worlds data and making it fun and insightful for everyone." As an example, Swivel announced that The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD is making its 2007 OECD...; Tags: Web Technology, Web 2.0 Expo, General; Blog posts 2007-04-17
Behind Google's German courtroom battle: Behind Google's German courtroom battleAh how quickly things changeGoogle go from "do no evil" alternative types to trying to crush small businesses. If only they hadn't said they would "do no evil" then one could simply view them as a big business doing what big business always does, instead they...; Tags: Benefits, McDonald's Corp., Google Inc., American Corporation; Discussion threads 2006-09-14
Joint United Nations/OECD System for the Collection and Processing of International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Significant progress in improving cooperation in the area of international merchandise trade statistics continues to be made by the trade statisticians and Information Technology IT specialists of the Statistics Division of the United Nations UNSD and the Statistics Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD who are...; Tags: U.N., Strategy, Management; White papers 2006-04-28
Estonia, China and Morocco led the world in outsourcing growth in 2003: The Economist quotes the OECD data on outsourcing growth from 2002 to 2003. Estonia, China, Morocco and Ethiopia demonstrated the highest growth in 2003. There were 1.5 mln service jobs outsourced abroad from developed countries. By 2008 that number will have risen to 4.1 mln.; Tags: Estonia, Morocco; Blog posts 2005-07-06
Witty worm traced to Europe: Witty worm traced to EuropeYep, And 99.9% Of All Systems On A Military Base Are....MICROSOFT.'nuff said.Bitty worm traced to grumpiness?We're all thieves!http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,67594,00.htmlInteresting article- they compare the filesharing thing to prohibition in the 1920s..ridiculous assumptionsThe observation that an insider was to blame is based on two "facts":1. The worm spread from...; Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Operating systems, UNIX, worm, Witty Worm, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-05-26