This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the significant role of IT corporations in this process in seven countries. Government information systems are big business (around 1.5% of GDP) and...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Major Transformation -- 2 Confronting New Worries -- 3 Drawing on the Past -- 4 The Internet as a Test Bed -- 5 Rethinking Television -- 6 The Customized Store -- 7 Issues of Trust -- 8 Envy, Suspicion, and the Public Sphere -- Notes -- Index.

Digital forensics is the science of collecting evidence often used in a court of law to prosecute those who engage in digital activities that are deemed unlawful. This book puts together contributions from leading experts in digital forensics and associated fields, making information on this new...

This publication provides a synopsis of the state-of-the-art technologies in perceptual-based multimedia design. It highlights how perceptual requirements can be incorporated in the design, development and transmission of multimedia, providing readers with a rich body of research and work done...

This report summarises the OECD conference jointly organised with the Italian government which improved the understanding of the implications of the changing distribution of digital content and the Internet.

Aims to highlight a selection of important research topics in the field of digital technology and management, illustrating the variety of aspects which have to be considered in the development and application of digital technologies. This book covers topics such as the design of the innovation...

Information privacy and protection in the United States is a source of great debate in both the academy and industry. Technological advancements in areas such as data warehousing allow aggregation of data across seemingly unrelated sources to create detailed profiles of individuals making...

How do high wage countries stay rich in a global digital economy? How Revolutionary was the Digital Revolution constructs a framework for analyzing the international digital era: one that examines the ability of political actors to innovate and experiment in spite of, or perhaps because of, the...