Internet: The Internet As the New Local Newspaper?

According to a new study by The Kelsey Group and ConStat, Inc., 70 percent of U.S. households now use the Internet as an information source when shopping locally for products and services -- an increase of 16 percent since October 2003. This puts the Internet on par with newspapers as a local shopping information resource, with the Internet likely to surpass the impact of newspapers in the very near future. ?Most of the Internet?s growth for shopping research can be attributed to large search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves, the usage of which increased significantly, from 47 percent in 2003 to 55 percent in 2005,? said Tim Trickett, vice president of business development at ConStat. ?Further, the research shows that the increase in usage of the major search engines has been powered by broadband users exclusively.? ...

Scienza: EuroAquae - Euro Hydro-Informatics and Water Management

EuroAquae: Gemeinsamer Masterstudiengang Hydro-Informatik von 5 Europäischen Universitäten, unterstützt durch die Europäische Kommission - Directorate General for Education and Culture - im Rahmen der Aktionen 1 & 2 des Erasmus Mundus Programms....

Attualitá: Afghan Corps Faces A Resurgent Taliban

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Nine of Gen. Rahmatullah Raufi's men, surprised by a Taliban attack on their outpost in Helmand province last month, fought the insurgents for 10 hours. Three of the Afghan troops were wounded and six were killed. When the bodies were retrieved, Raufi said, they had been... ...

Scienza: Nanotechnology in your food?

A new UK-based study reveals that two hundred food manufacturing companies are already working on ways to insert nanotechnology into foods. No more details were given on why this is being done, nor how it would improve the marketability or shelf life of those foods, but it is an alarming revelation.......

Internet: The Internet As the New Local Newspaper?

According to a new study by The Kelsey Group and ConStat, Inc., 70 percent of U.S. households now use the Internet as an information source when shopping locally for products and services -- an increase of 16 percent since October 2003. This puts the Internet on par with newspapers as a local shopping information resource, with the Internet likely to surpass the impact of newspapers in the very near future. ?Most of the Internet?s growth for shopping research can be attributed to large search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and Ask Jeeves, the usage of which increased significantly, from 47 percent in 2003 to 55 percent in 2005,? said Tim Trickett, vice president of business development at ConStat. ?Further, the research shows that the increase in usage of the major search engines has been powered by broadband users exclusively.? ...