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China to produce 40% of mobile phones in '07 06 December, 2007 18:17:29
Roughly 500 million of the world's mobile phones, or more than 40 percent of the global total, were or will be produced in China this year, according to the country's Ministry of Information Industry.
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Adobe launches hosted services, adds Flash to Acrobat 03 June, 2008 09:02:44
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Software piracy hits $40B worldwide, says study 16 May, 2007 08:44:10
Globally, 35 percent of software installed on PCs in 2006 was obtained illegally, amounting to $40 billion in lost revenue, a study says.Efforts to curb software piracy in China are bearing fruit although the piracy rate remains high, costing vendors billions of dollars in lost revenue, according to a survey paid for by large vendors, including Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. - +
Study shows Australia's software piracy rate remains higher than the US 19 May, 2005 08:30:00
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Study: Software piracy rate remains the same in 2005 24 May, 2006 09:03:36
Thirty-five percent of the software in the world was pirated in 2005, the Business Software Alliance says.Thirty-five percent of the packaged software installed on PCs worldwide in 2005 was pirated, the same percentage as in 2004, according to a study released Tuesday by the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
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The results from the Business Software Alliance's fifth-annual study on global software piracy revealed some statistics that would put a smile on any software company executive's face: Of the 108 countries that are covered in the recently released report, the use of pirated software dropped in 67 countries. In just eight countries did the piracy rate increase.
For example, Russia's PC software piracy rate dropped seven points to 73 per cent. (In the study, piracy rate is defined as the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.) "Russia's piracy rate is still high, but it is decreasing at a fast pace as a result of [software] legalization programs, government engagement and enforcement, user education and an improved economy," states the BSA study's findings. (A copy of the ].)
Many low-piracy regions, such as the United States, United Kingdom and Austria, showed decreases (though they weren't huge) in their piracy rates. The three lowest-piracy countries were the United States (20 per cent), Luxembourg (21 per cent) and New Zealand (22 per cent). The study also found that many developed economies continued to show gradual declines, including Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden and Taiwan.
PC Software Piracy Rankings, 2007
The Business Software Alliance ranks the countries where software piracy is the worst for PC software vendors, and those where conditions are best.
The worst:
- 1. Armenia
- 2. Bangladesh
- 3. Azerbaijan
- 4. Moldova
- 5. Zimbabwe
- 6. Sri Lanka
- 7. Yemen
- 8. Libya
- 9. Venezuela
- 10. Vietnam
The best:
- 1. US
- 2. Luxembourg
- 3. New Zealand
- 4. Japan
- 5. Austria
- 6. Belgium
- 7. Denmark
- 8. Finland
- 9. Sweden
- 10. Switzerland
Market research company IDC conducted the study on behalf of the BSA, an international association that represents software vendors and their hardware partners, and pursues companies that use pirated software. The BSA's "Report Software Piracy Now" campaign, which promises up to US$1 million reward for "qualifying reports," is one way in which it goes after corporate offenders.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
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