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What Drives Consumer Adoption Of New Technologies?

http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2009/06/what-drives-consumer-adoption-of-new-technologies.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/business/20080403_SPENDING_GRAPHIC.html Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers 84,000 prices in about 200 categories — like gasoline, bananas, dresses and garbage collection — to form the Consumer Price Index, one measure of inflation.

All of Inflation’s Little Parts - The New York Times

consumer lab in second life

Researchers at the University of California at Riverside have developed a Second Life academic research facility and platform called " eLab City ," which combines a panel of Second Life users, survey and experimental research capabilities, and tools for unobtrusively tracking user behavior given informed consent--all aimed at studying "virtual consumer" behavior. http://drdobbs.com/web-development/205602240
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7117065.stm

broadband file on bbc site

The UK is falling behind other countries in the push for ultra-fast broadband based on networks capable of delivering speeds of up to 100Mbps.