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According to a new Nielsen study, HDTV adoption in the US has more than doubled since July 2007. Thanks to a number of factors, such as falling TV prices and the rise of HD content, nearly one quarter of US households have an HDTV now. A potential factor for why more consumers haven’t taken the plunge yet, however, is still a matter of a chicken and an egg.

via Nielsen says HDTV adoption in US doubled in past year.

“Over the past year, the number of broadband subscribers in the OECD increased 26% from 157 million in December 2005 to 197 million in December 2006. This growth increased broadband penetration rates in the OECD from 13.5 in December 2005 to 16.9 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants one year later.” For more statistics, take a look at the full report.

Three minutes, that’s all it takes to learn about RSS. I’ve been trying to spread the gospel of RSS for some time now, but this video makes the technology so easy to understand. Please take 3 minutes out of your day to look at it. If you have additional questions about RSS, please feel free to contact me.  Once you’ve got a better understanding of RSS, use it to subscribe to your favorite blogs, like this one .

The video from Common Craft:

“There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is for the people who could save time using RSS, but don’t know where to start.”

“From MP3 players to multimedia phones, Digital America 2006 charts the growth and key trends in the $125 billion consumer electronics market and includes sales figures and statistics.”  The report is pretty extensive and contains  a  history of  products, as well as links to Industry Sources.

Business 2.0 has published its 2006 list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies. The full list contains the Company Name which links to a snapshot, the industry sector, the 3-year revenue growth, and the 2005 stock return.