AUDIWEB publishes statistics for major Italian Portals. Source: SPOT and WEB – complete set of data can be downloaded here. UPDATE:

According to a recent survey by the Italian IT police section 79 % of Italian children are online surfing the web – 77% are navigating in complete solitude – without a chaperon The survey was conducted interviewing 50.000 minors throughout Italy. The results showed that 11% encountered individuals with “bad

Online promotion expenditure on the rise in Italy with a 43% increase over the 12 month span – Nov 2006/ 2007. Assointernet published online marketing expenditure figures provided by major agencies, showing a +11% w.r.t. the previous month of October 2007. Expenditure breakdown: banners +26 % sponsored links and “buttons”

2008 will see a significant increase in the number of barcamps to be held in Italy – 10 programmed so far. The once informal gatherings of passionate internet users has rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon limited to the U.S. just a few years ago. All information on barcamps and barcamp

2007 will be remembered as the year hackers became criminals according to a spokesmen of an antivirus company. Hackers have aggregated into high tech gangs creating virus kits for rent or direct purchase. Nowadays all viral software is developed to damage computers for money … Source: ANSA

Carabinieri are one of The two police forces in Italy. Carabinieri.it has won the eContent Award 2007 for the second time in a row. The award winning site is home to the popular Italian police force Carabinieri for the quality of their multimedia content and creativity. The eContent award was