The Lawbean blog reports that “European Union justice ministers met today in order to discuss the regulation of sales of violent video games to minors.” According to the Register, anti-fraud activists have warned that “[p]opular UK-based free ads website Adzooks is inadvertently helping fraudsters by failing to properly screen job [...]
Roll Call points out that “[w]ith just 17 days left before the White House’s fast-track authority lapses, you’d think big-business lobbyists pushing for its renewal already would be in full swing.” However, many lobbyists “say they are only now planning to step up their efforts and many acknowledge that absent [...]
In light of British activist group Privacy International’s scathing report saying that Google is “hostile to privacy,” CNetNews.com wonders: is the Mountain View company is “in need of a privacy czar?” According to the Lawbean blog, “New Hampshire and Oklahoma joined Montana and Washington State in the passage of statutes [...]
CNetNews.com writes that “[i]t's taken 27 years to reach 1 billion PCs in use, and market researchers say it will take only five to reach the next billion.” According to Forrester Research, “many of those next billion will be used by first-time PC users in emerging nations like Brazil, Russia, [...]
Abstract Success in the computer desktop market is all about reading and responding to consumer demand. Although desktop competitors look at common clues for consumer preferences, they respond based on unique technology and new business models. Traditional, thick-client desktops from Microsoft, Apple, and Linux will feel competitive pressure from the [...]
