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Germany Leads Europe in Online Video Viewing

By Guest PostJune 14, 2011Technologybbc sites, Comscore, comscore video metrix, dailymotion, european countries, Facebook, france, Germany, Google, italy, mike read, online video viewing, prosiebensat1 sites, russia, spain, turkey, uk, YouTube, youtube channel

*Internet Users in Germany, Turkey, Spain and UK Watch Average of At Least 30 Minutes a Day of Online Video*

LONDON, UK, 14 June, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released April 2011 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that Germany leads in online video viewing across several reporting metrics for the European countries currently reported in comScore Video Metrix (France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey and UK).

“Online video is beginning to compete with traditional television viewing for people’s attention, and Internet users in several European countries are leading the way,” said Mike Read, comScore SVP of Europe. “Germany is not only the largest European market for online video viewing but also the most engaged at nearly 20 hours per viewer per month, while several other countries are not far behind.” (more…)

Leakage of Private Information from Popular Websites is Common, New Study Finds

By Guest PostJune 12, 2011Technologyad blockers, browser fingerprints, consumer privacy, craig wills, federal trade commission, ftc, oakland, pancreatic cancer, popular websites, privacy by design initiative, privacy protection, private information, protect user privacy, sensitive search terms, Social networking, user id, user identity, web 2.0 security and privacy conference, websites, worcester polytechnic institute, wpi

*Co-Authored by WPI Computer Science Professor Craig Wills, Study Shows that Existing and Proposed Safeguards Against Leakage and Linking of Private Information are Inadequate*

A study of more than 100 popular websites used by tens of millions of people has found that three quarters directly leak either private information o r users’ unique identifiers to third-party tracking sites. The study, co-authored by Craig Wills, professor of computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), also demonstrated how the leakage of private information by many sites, including email addresses, physical addresses, and even the configuration of a user’s web browser—so-called browser fingerprints—could permit tracking sites to link many disparate pieces of information, including browsing histories contained in tracking cookies and the contents of searches on health and travel sites, to create detailed profiles of individuals. (more…)

Geeky Gifts for Dads & Grads

By Guest PostJune 11, 2011Technologybeautiful web, ben the pc guy, bing, Facebook, father day, gift ideas, internet explorer 9, kinect, kinect for xbox 360, laptops and netbooks, mango, microsoft office 2010, microsoft store online, windows phone 7, xbox 360

*Find great gift ideas for Father’s Day and graduating students, from the fun – Kinect, hot-selling games for Xbox 360 – to the functional: including the latest and lightest laptops and netbooks, Windows Phone devices and great deals on Microsoft Office 2010.*

REDMOND, Wash. – What dad or grad wouldn’t be thrilled to unwrap an Xbox console with Kinect or the latest super-fast, lightweight laptop or netbook? Explore our wide range of gift ideas from hot hardware accessories and blockbuster games to free services such as Bing and Windows Live. (more…)

Made in IBM Labs: Researchers Unveil Nanotechnology Circuits for Wireless Devices

By Guest PostJune 10, 2011Technology10 gigahertz, binnig and rohrer nanotechnology center, bio analytics, broadband frequency, building block, carbon electronics for rf applications, cell phone, cera, chemical vapor deposited grapheme, cvd, cvd grapheme, energy technology, eth zurich, fabrication of graphene circuits, grapheme based analog integrated circuit, graphene, honeycomb structure, ibm research, integrated circuit, nanoscale research, Nanotechnology, novel material, radiation, sic, silicon carbide wafer, single layer of carbon atoms, smart phones, solar energy, t c chen, thinnest electronic material, wafer size grapheme, water purification, wireless communications, wireless devices, x-rays

*Scientists Build the First Wafer-Scale Graphene Integrated Circuit Smaller than a Pinhead*

Yorktown Heights, NY – 10 Jun 2011: Today, IBM Research scientists announced that they have achieved a milestone in creating a building block for the future of wireless devices. In a paper published yesterday in the magazine Science, IBM researchers announced the first integrated circuit fabricated from wafer-size graphene, and demonstrated a broadband frequency mixer operating at frequencies up to 10 gigahertz (10 billion cycles/second).

Designed for wireless communications, this graphene-based analog integrated circuit could improve today’s wireless devices and points to the potential for a new set of appli-cations. At today’s conventional frequencies, cell phone and transceiver signals could be improved, potentially allowing phones to work where they can’t today while, at much higher frequencies, military and medical personnel could see concealed weapons or conduct medical imaging without the same radiation dangers of X-rays. (more…)

comScore Releases May 2011 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostJune 10, 2011Technologyamericans, aol, ask network, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, google and bing, microsoft sites, organic core explicit searches, qsearch, search direct, search queries, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, June 10, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in May with 65.5 percent of search queries conducted.

The May 2011 qSearch data represents the second month of results including the impact of Yahoo! Search Direct, Yahoo!’s new feature that delivers search results in real-time while users type their query. (more…)

Facebook Users in Argentina Spend 9 Hours a Month on Site, Second Only to Israel in User Engagement

By Guest PostJune 9, 2011Technologyalejandro fishman, Argentina, bernardita valencia, Comscore, comscore media metrix, demographic analysis, Facebook, Google, growing digital industry, iab argentina, internet users, Israel, microsoft sites, online population, university of palermo

*comScore to Host Complimentary Webinar “The State of the Internet in Argentina” on June 14*

Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 9, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on Internet usage in Argentina from its online audience measurement and media planning solution comScore Media Metrix. The study found that Microsoft Sites led all web properties in audience size in April reaching more than 95 percent of the online population, while visitors averaged the most time on Facebook.com at 8.8 hours per visitor during the month. These findings and others will be presented via a live webinar, The State of the Internet in Argentina, on June 14. For more information and to register, please visit: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/698116824 (more…)

IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collaborate to Preserve Works of Art

By Guest PostJune 9, 2011Technologyenvironmental sensor, ibm research, low power mote, metropolitan museum, microclimate maps, wireless sensor network

Physical Analytics Technology Can Predict Environmental Conditions within Buildings and Optimize Microclimates for Preservation of Works of Art

NEW YORK – 09 Jun 2011: IBM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art today announced the successful installation of a new wireless environmental sensor network at the Museum called Low-Power Mote that will help preserve the works of art in its world-renowned, encyclopedic collection. (more…)

Television and Fixed Internet Found to be Most Important Information Sources in Japan Following Earthquake and Tsunami

By Guest PostJune 8, 2011Technologyasahi shimbun, Comscore, comscore media metrix, comscore mobilens, daizo nishitani, earthquake and tsunami, fixed internet, Japan, japanese media sources, mainichi shimbun, march earthquake, mobile application, mobile browser, mobile phones, radio, sankei shimbun, tsunami disaster, tv

*comScore Releases Report on Media Usage After March Disaster*

Tokyo, Japan, June 8, 2011– comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on the use of various Japanese media sources in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami disaster based on data from the comScore MobiLens and comScore Media Metrix services. The study found that the largest percentage of people (83 percent) identified television to be very important as an information source after the disaster, followed by fixed Internet (72 percent), radio broadcasts (66 percent) and mobile phones (49 percent).

“After the events in March, people relied on a variety of media sources for the latest information and developments,” said Daizo Nishitani, comScore vice president for Japan. “TV, fixed Internet, radio and mobile phones were all critical communication channels across the country in the days and weeks following the events. The media sources that were most important and useful during this time were heavily influenced by both people’s age and regional location, underscoring the fragmented nature of media consumption in Japan.” (more…)

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