Why Germany’s Gerhard Schroeder is in trouble (and deserves to be): “The analysts in the conference unanimously pointed to one major factor when explaining the sagging German economy: labor unions and government have regulated and taxed capitalists within an inch of their lives. Mr. Schroeder has publicly advocated reforms, but the actual steps he has… Continue reading

I hope this is so: “With broadband penetration increasing, and those users consuming more of the Internet—including audio and video—advertising have been following those audiences online and creating more demand for streaming media inventory. “On the supply side, sites are incorporating a variety of traditional and newly launched ad unit formats and approaches, including pre-roll… Continue reading

Christopher Hitchens, superb as always: “Yes, but what about the ticking bomb? Listen: There’s always going to be a ticking bomb somewhere. Some of these will go off, and it’s just as likely to be in my part of Washington, D.C., as anywhere else. But we shall be fighting a war against jihad for decades… Continue reading

“A recent report on media player market share sales for client and enterprise applications by research firm Frost & Sullivan showed Apple moving into second position with 36.8% of the market. That puts Apple above Real Media, which controls 24.9% and nipping at the heels of Microsoft and its share of 38.2%. Frost & Sullivan… Continue reading

“Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers contaminated with Trojan horse infections, according to a study by network management firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms with backdoor components such as Migmaf and SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs.” Read more.