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79 % of Italian minors are online surfing the web

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 marketing expenditure in Italy: +43%

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”

Italians online – Nielsen Online data November 2007

Nielsen Online released data on the Italian market for November 2007: 9 million active users from the workplace 23 million users who made at least 1 connection to the Internet during the entire month, increased to 24,5 million users when considering applications such as Instant messengers, audio/video reproduction, VOIP, and

2008: the year of the Barcamp in Italy

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 – the year of cybercrime

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

Italian Police Force most innovative with quality multimedia content

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

Italians online: -3% in June

Nielsen/NetRatings reports a 3% decrease in online presence in Italy during the month of June when compared to previous month. The report states the decrease in online presence as physiological and in line with previous seasonal fluctuations with 20,7 million users online. News reported by ANSA

Italians trust blogs more than traditional media

A News Flash from ANSA publishes the results of a survey on blogs and the quality/reliability of the blogosphere. Splinder, Swg, University of Trieste and Punto Informatico joined forces to interview 4,000 bloggers and blog readers. Blogs are viewed as more interesting than newspapers as information is unfiltered and free