Sure, plenty of readers are turning more to the Web for newspaper and magazine stories, but are they giving up on print altogether? In many cases, yes, according to a recent study by the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. It found that 22 percent of Internet users have cancelled a print subscription because they could get the same product online. Not that nostalgia for the printed page has died altogether. The survey found that 61 percent of Internet users who read newspapers offline would miss the print edition if it disappeared. That's up from 56 percent a year earlier.
One in 10 web pages scrutinised by search giant Google contained malicious code that could infect a user's PC. Researchers from the firm surveyed billions of sites, subjecting 4.5 million pages to "in-depth analysis". About 450,000 were capable of launching so-called "drive-by downloads", sites installs malicious code, such as spyware, without a user's knowledge.
Coping with enormous volumes of traffic in short space of time - a problem web experts call ‘flash crowds’ - is a challenge the world’s most popular websites face on a regular basis.
Internet use in academia: complete the survey The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is conducting a review of the role of Intute, a national internet search and training service for UK universities and colleges, for which it provides funding. The University of Bristol is a leading partner in Intute. JISC wants to ensure that views from the higher and further education community are taken into account, and invites staff to fill in this short online survey:
You can enter a prize draw at the end of the survey. A £50 Amazon voucher will be awarded each week while the survey runs. The deadline is 25 October 2006.