Date: 01/31/08     Keywords: web

Man likely to become Russia's next president launches a site with speeches, his campaign team, news, and a gallery of photos. Dmitry Medvedev, named by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month as his favored successor, launched his personal Web site on Wednesday. In links on the his site,...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-6228555.html

Date: 01/31/08     Keywords: web

Average monthly unique audience figures for newspaper Web sites grew by more than 3.6 mln in 2007, a record year for the industry and an increase of more than six percent over 2006 numbers, according to Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Monthly unique visitors to newspaper Web sites averaged 62.8...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13773

Date: 01/30/08     Keywords: yahoo, microsoft, google

Microsoft sites maintained its leading position as the top property in Canada with nearly 22.5 mln visitors, reaching 94% of the Canadian online population, according to comScore. Microsoft was followed closely by Google Sites with 22.3 mln visitors, Yahoo! Sites with 16.3 mln visitors and Facebook.com with 15.4 mln visitors....

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13768

Date: 01/30/08     Keywords: web

39% of all active Web users visited newspaper Web sites in Q4 2007, with visits averaging 44 minutes a month, according to Newspaper Association of America. Users generated more than 3 bln page impressions on average, a 7.3% increase over Q4 2006. Year Uniques Reach, % Pages Per...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13759

Date: 01/30/08     Keywords: web

Please understand I am not talking about Vonage or Skype calls. That's for another conversation. What we are going to do here is employ a new Web-based Visual Trace Route tool run by a site called YouGetSignal.com. Based in the Los Angeles area,...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=3129

Date: 01/28/08     Keywords: web, microsoft

With DEMO today there's going to be a ton of RIA news but this one isn't DEMO-related. Microsoft is going to be working with the Library of Congress (one of my favorite buildings in DC) on an enhanced version of their website. The plan seems to be part of an...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=724

Date: 01/28/08     Keywords: web

37% of all large US companies have not translated their web site content into any other language, despite the fact the average number of languages for the top 10 global brands is almost 30, according to JupiterResearch. by NB

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13745

Date: 01/28/08     Keywords: no keywords

Month Audience Reach, % Page Views Time Per Person Visits Per Person October 07 63,209,003 39.77 51.27 46:44 8.59 November 07 62,279,018 38.88 47.20 42:20 7.94 December 07 63,052,143 38.20 45.82 41:57 7.83 Q4 2007 Average 62,846,722 38.95 48.10 43:40...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13737

Date: 01/25/08     Keywords: linux

Is you're Linux experience complete without a $145 Tux Droid? The other day my daughter was aimlessly browsing through a catalog when she came across the Tux Droid.  Neither of us had seen one before and we came to the conclusion that it was some sort of foam...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1184

Date: 01/25/08     Keywords: web

Average monthly unique audience figures for newspaper Web sites grew by more than 3.6 mln in 2007, a record year for the industry and an increase of more than 6% over 2006. Monthly unique visitors to newspaper Web sites averaged 62.8 mln in Q4 2007. Unique visitors in Q4 2007...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13723

Date: 01/25/08     Keywords: web

Figures suggest the Web is one of the few bright spots for the struggling newspaper industry. A record number of readers visited U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures released Thursday, confirming the Web as one of the few bright spots for the struggling...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-6227644.html

Date: 01/24/08     Keywords: web

Figures released Thursday confirm the Web as one of the few bright spots for the struggling newspaper industry. A record number of readers visited U.S. online newspaper sites last year, according to figures released on Thursday, confirming the Web as one of the few bright spots for the...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6227528.html

Date: 01/23/08     Keywords: web

MySpace averaged 76.35% of all US visits in 2007 among social networking websites, according to Hitwise. Facebook, Bebo and BlackPlanet received the next largest number of visits, as each received 12.57, 1.24 and 0.87 %, respectively. The remaining 49 social networking websites in the custom category accounted for 8.97% of...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13708

Date: 01/23/08     Keywords: microsoft

As companies rush to express their support for openness by joining DataPortability.org (Microsoft is the latest), we need to ask ourselves: what's in it for them? For if data portability -- the ability for users to easily move their data from one site to another -- were to become a...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=380

Date: 01/23/08     Keywords: web

Shutdown of popular site offering live shows part of crackdown on "unhealthy" Web content and online dissent. Chinese police have shut down a Web site selling real-time porn and arrested 33 people, state media said on Wednesday. The action was part of a campaign that has led...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6227257.html

Date: 01/23/08     Keywords: web

U.S. cable network announces a multiyear contract extension with Nascar to continue to operate the racing circuit's site. U.S. cable network Turner Broadcasting System on Tuesday announced a multiyear contract extension with Nascar to continue to operate the racing circuit's official Web site. Financial terms of the deal...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-6227232.html

Date: 01/22/08     Keywords: web

Down since January 9, site has become symbol of U.S. tension with Panama after election of controversial figure. An Internet hack launched earlier this month on the Web site of Panama's National Assembly continues to be a source of irritation, four months after the legislature elected as its...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6227049.html

Date: 01/21/08     Keywords: no keywords

It reads like science fiction, but it asks a key cyberpunk' question. (Sorry, the movie's still not out.) The answer will determine the future course for both open source and the Internet. Can smart mobs of "good guys" beat smart mobs of "bad guys?" As...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1910

Date: 01/19/08     Keywords: shopping

In the UK and France, online shopping activity built steadily throughout the season, peaking during the first half of December, according to comScore. The sixth week of the season (December 3rd - December 9th) recorded the highest level of online shopping activity, up 38% versus the base period of September...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/?p=13686

Date: 01/18/08     Keywords: spam

Oh, dear. Things are getting nasty, make sure your spam filters are set to superblock! From: The HATEgrenade Team: Has anybody ever pissed you off so bad that you wanted to add them to a SPAM list? ...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=228