Robyn Greenspan

Threats of terrorism concern IT professionals, and almost half of those surveyed indicated that a major cyber attack on the U.S. government could be imminent. Anxieties regarding possible assaults are legitimate. Speaking before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dale L. Watson, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discussed the […]

Dialing up could be phasing out, according to reports that predict robust growth in the broadband industry. While 2002 began with more than 32 million subscribers, In-Stat/MDR expects worldwide subscriber totals to surpass 46 million by the end of the year, and eMarketer forecasts 117 million broadband households worldwide in 2004. eMarketer found that while […]

With U.S. unemployment rates in the highest range since 1994, 4 million Americans per day are turning to the Internet for job information. Results from a Pew Internet Project survey of 2,259 Internet users from March 1 through May 19, 2002 revealed a 33 percent increase in the daily number of online job hunters from […]

Three years worth of data, 37 countries, 42,000 interviews, and the results can be summarized rather quickly: While global Internet usage has grown slightly (up from 31 percent in 2001 to 34 percent in 2002), the proportion of users making a purchase has remained unchanged at 15 percent. However, an increase in the number of […]

A mouse hanging ’round a doctor’s neck instead of a stethoscope might not be so far-fetched as a survey conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) finds that almost half of the responding physicians indicated that the Web has had a major impact on the way they practice medicine. The study, based on interviews with […]

With more than half of the population owning mobile phones and over six million active pre-pay handsets, the UK could be poised for a backlash against the devices. Findings from Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) reveal that 45 percent of mobile phone owners in Britain think the handsets should be banned in public places, such as […]

While many employees are toiling away at their careers, others are doing some personal Web surfing. A survey conducted by Websense International Ltd. and Personnel Today magazine among 544 human resources (HR) managers and officers from some of Britain’s largest corporations found that almost three-quarters (72 percent) of U.K. firms have had issues with Internet […]

Investors looking to place blame for their deteriorating portfolios and the troubles of the stock market need only look as far as themselves, according to a survey by InsightExpress. Conducted online among 300 investors through early July, 2002, the survey revealed that 82 percent agree that it is their responsibility to conduct their own due […]

Web site designers take heed: Internet users are paying attention to the details. A study of 1,649 online users, primarily from the United States and Finland, conducted by Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab and sponsored by Makovsky & Company, revealed that little things, such as misspellings, could be detrimental to a site’s credibility. The study […]

Travel marketing service, TripAdvisor, has found that leisure travel is not an impulse buy, and that consumers often take a month or longer conducting research before deciding upon a major travel purchase, such as hotel and vacation packages. The study, conducted during the month of March 2002, measured the number of conversions resulting from CPC […]

Internet users looking for local news will turn to regionally based newspaper sites over TV and national news Web sites, a pair of surveys revealed. The Media Audit examined 474 TV Web sites in 2001 and found that 273 attracted less than four percent of the adults in their immediate market. Only four stations attracted […]

Despite heavy opposition from the music industry, 19 percent of Americans over aged 12 have downloaded music or MP3 files from an online file-sharing service, translating into over 40 million users within the current U.S. population (accordingly to 2000 U.S. Census figures), according to research from Ipsos-Reid. Peer-to-peer music swapping was back in the limelight […]