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Report: Iceland Now Leads World in Broadband Penetration

Authored by dmw on April 12, 2006 - 7:39am.
Paris - Iceland now leads the world in broadband penetration, with 26.7% of those accessing the Internet in the country via a high-speed connection, according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Iceland edged out long-time leader Korea (25.4%), as well as the Netherlands and Denmark, all of whom now claim greater than 25% broadband penetration. The U.S. ranked twelfth, with 16.8%, just behind Japan (17.6%). Overall, the OECD reports that the number of broadband subscriptions among its 30 member countries grew from 136 million in June 2005 to 158 million by December 2005. The U.S. has the largest total number of broadband subscribers in the OECD, with 49 million, accounting for 31% of all OECD broadband connections.
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Guinness: "The Ricky Gervais Show" is World's Most-Downloaded Podcast

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 8, 2006 - 3:50am.
London - Ricky Gervais, creator of the BBC series "The Office," and his team have been awarded the Guinness World Record for creating the world's most-downloaded podcast. The podcasts, which consist of random discussions between Gervais and his friends Karl Pilkington and Stephen Merchant, are downloaded an average of 261,670 times per episode, Guinness said. Gervais said Pilkington and Merchant initially wanted to charge a pound for each podcast, but that he refused. "We've had nearly 3 million downloads so far," he said. "It's difficult doing a show with two people who won't talk to me now."
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BSA: 36% of World's Installed Software Is Pirated

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 7, 2004 - 6:58am.
Washington, D.C. -- About 36% of all software installed on computers worldwide was pirated in 2003, representing a loss of nearly $29 billion, according to new information from the Business Software Alliance (BSA), an international association representing some of the world's largest software manufacturers. The study found that while $80 billion in software was installed on computers worldwide last year, only $51 billion was legally purchased. In North America, the piracy rate was 23%, with losses totaling more than $7.2 billion. The problem, however, was most prevalent in Eastern Europe, where the piracy rate was 71%, and the Asia/Pacific region, where dollar losses totaled more than $7.5 billion. http://makeashorterlink.com/?L57F23EB8
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Ukraine Has World's Worst Piracy-Fighting Record, U.S. Says

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 2, 2003 - 8:15am.
London -- According to a report issued by the U.S. government, Ukraine has the worst record in world when it comes to fighting piracy. As a result, the U.S. will continue to apply sanctions to the tune of $75 million against Ukraine, which reportedly turns a blind eye to the rampant copying of CDs, DVDs and computer software. The report said that Poland, Russia, Belarus and Israel were other European countries that need to do more to stop piracy. The International Intellectual Property Alliance estimates that piracy costs U.S. companies more than $22 billion every year.
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