IT SECTOR

New time - new trends. This axiom safely confirms IT-industry. Oil jump for $ 100 a barrel, and on the agenda - computers and environmentally friendly "green" electronics. But how long will live such a fashion? IT-industry seems to have decided to turn to the environment. The attack comes on three fronts at once. First, against the backdrop of a rapidly Expensive energy is very energy-computer industry is trying to maximally reduce costs by reducing electricity consumption in production. And, in general, is still only at the beginning of a long journey - the first change to be producers of industrial equipment. Secondly, the competition factor has been the power of user devices - from PCs to any digital dictaphones. At first glance, of course, modern gadgets and so consume very little - not compare with the microwave or washing machine. But modern man surrounded by so many computer devices, that in sum they give a very decent consumption of electricity. And, thirdly - materia...

Rating agency Nielsen Online perplexed by the sudden news: in January 2008 saw an unprecedented decline in user interest in social network Facebook. Visitors, in particular, British users at that time declined by 5% compared with December 2007. Simply put, the administration in January Facebook nedoschitalas 400,000 visits to your site. Randomness or new trend? A year ago, this social network showed a rapid increase in popularity, and any seasonal fluctuations in online activity are nipochem it. Facebook was not the largest social network in the world, but the fastest growing and promising. And because - is extremely interest among venture investors. What's there to say, if the proposed amount for Facebook total for the year grew from one to fifteen billion dollars! And that price does not factories-newspapers-steamers, but only one Internet project! The current fall in the interest of users, of course, not bury Facebook, but certainly significantly pritormozit development. Only re...