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Google 'I'm Feeling Lucky' button leads to mystery countdown clock

Google has sparked mystery by launching an unexplained countdown that only appears when users press the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button on the search engine's homepage.
Publication date: 2009-12-15 more

Game on: 15/12/2009

More than 12,000 zombies were harmed in the making of this review. Left 4 Dead 2 (above) takes up immediately where its splatter-schlock original left off -- a desperate struggle to survive the undead hordes overrunning small-town America.Built around four-man co-op, L4D2 can be played alone with three AI buddies. But it really shines when you hook up online with three other live players. Structurally similar to the first game, in that you work to cover each other as the hordes of fast-moving zombies flood from every direction, L4D2 amps up the gory action. More laughs, different enemies, smarter level design, extra modes and better weapons compete to produce an intense shooter that sets the heart pounding.RATING: 9/10Rabbids Go Home, WiiNo cute bunnies here, these are the creatures formerly known as the raving rabbids (below). Instead of a series of delightfully daft mini-games, as featured in their previous outings, the rabbids want to climb to the moon by collecting trash in a giant pile. Deliberately nonsensical and anarchic, Go Home applies a dab of Katamari's kleptomania mixed with a dash of Mario Kart as the rabbids career around malls and airports in a shopping trolley. Sly digs at consumerism and heaps of visual gags can't hide the repetitive nature of the gameplay but it's hard to resist the rabbids' brand of lunacy.RATING: 8/10Avatar: The Game, PS3/X360James Cameron spent 12 years and more than $200m bringing his epic CGI tale to the big screen. Rather less was spent on the game (above).Shadowing the movie plot of a brutal human force conquering a peace-loving alien planet, it resembles a typical film-game tie-in, cherrypicking elements and mashing them together.Lush landscapes and dazzling creatures help distract from what is a competent but uninspired shooter. True, by letting you choose to play the good guys as well as the bad, the makers effectively give you two games in one. As tie-ins go, it's not a bad stocking-filler this Christmas but the overriding impression is faint disappointment.RATING: 7/10
Publication date: 2009-12-15 more

Digital Life: A technology marriage that's made in gadget heaven

Sometimes in this job you find yourself laughing with glee at the ingenuity of new technology. Somebody takes an existing concept and marries it to the cutting edge to create a gadget that surprises and delights.
Publication date: 2009-12-15 more

Privacy implications have Google running scared

An internet service launched last week by Google to help cameraphone users to identify strangers in the street has been blocked because of alarm over its threat to personal privacy.
Publication date: 2009-12-14 more

Time to transform school into a place where kids go to learn, not to power down

Remember, the
Publication date: 2009-12-10 more

The rise and rise of the laptop

Publication date: 2009-12-10 more

Digital Life: Enjoy social networking any time, any place, anywhere...

Whether you have 10 friends or 1,000, all of them can fit inside your phone.
Publication date: 2009-12-09 more

MySpace and Facebook sign real-time search deals with Google

MySpace and Facebook have both signed deals with Google to allow publicly available status updates to be indexed in real-time by the search giant.
Publication date: 2009-12-09 more

Game on: 08/12/2009

Racing games usually force you to choose between reality and fun. True-to-life or outrageous. The Forza series straddles the middle of the track between the two and this third instalment refines the experience to cater for both manic petrolheads and casual fans.
Publication date: 2009-12-08 more

Digital Life: Enjoy social networking any time, any place, anywhere . . .

Whether you have 10 friends or 1,000, all of them can fit inside your phone.
Publication date: 2009-12-08 more

Trapattoni gets busy

GIOVANNI Trapattoni has been busy. The Irish boss put aside his World Cup woe and went back to work by targeting Andy Reid, Jamie O’Hara and Marc Wilson for some personal attention.
Publication date: 2009-12-07 more

Google in talks on launching free online property listing portal

GOOGLE is in talks with UK estate agents about launching its own online property portal that will be free to use and funded by advertising, the 'Financial Times' reported yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-12-04 more

BT's 21st century network rollout to deliver Ethernet speeds across Ireland

BT has deployed 150 new Etherflow nodes in areas currently under-served with broadband
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

Satellite firm shows the way to bridge the digital divide

Satellite Broadband Ireland is creating 30 new jobs after winning a contract to support 3 in rolling out broadband under the National Broadband Scheme (NBS). Kevin Ryan is CEO and co-founder
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

The making of an Irish consumer electronics giant

AS he eased himself into his airplane seat, his aching limbs could not dim Ivan Eustace's elation after completing the recent New York City Marathon.
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

Microsoft and The Black Screen Of Death

It would be easy to imagine that Microsoft was cursed. Early adopters of Windows 7 have been told by geeks, experts and journalists alike that the new operating system they’d just bought was safer, faster, better and shinier than anything in the company’s history. Then news emerged of the Black Screen of Death.
Publication date: 2009-12-03 more

Microsoft sees signs of recovery in ads as Bing awareness grows

Microsoft, said to be in talks with News Corporation to obtain exclusive content for its Bing search engine, isn’t focused on paying publishers to keep articles off Google’s site, according to a Microsoft executive.
Publication date: 2009-12-02 more

Facebook makes privacy changes as it hits 350 million users

Facebook has changed its privacy settings to make it easier for people to choose who they share their photos, profiles and personal information with.
Publication date: 2009-12-02 more

Lavasoft launches database of rogue security software

Anti-spyware developer Lavasoft has announced the launch of a new resource tool, The Rogue Gallery, which is a comprehensive list of current rogue (or fake) security applications, giving users the ability to immediately identify if they are targets of rogue threats.
Publication date: 2009-12-02 more

Spammers fined

A GROUP of spammers responsible for a third of the world's junk mail has been fined
Publication date: 2009-12-02 more

Dingle Marina gets Wi-Fi network

Bitbuzz, in collaboration with wireless systems integrator firm iLink, has announced the launch of its first large open-area hotspot.
Publication date: 2009-12-01 more

Microsoft Windows 7 problem 'could affect millions'

Microsoft said it is looking in to reports that some computers running Windows 7 crash as soon as the user logs on.
Publication date: 2009-12-01 more

Video: Irish student invents 'best thing since Sellotape'

An Irish art student based in a warehouse in east London has invented a product already being described as the best thing since Sellotape and Blu-Tack.
Publication date: 2009-12-01 more

10 horror stories to make you think before you click

Abbey Sherwell's tirade was pretty foul-mouthed. "Hey, this guy is a d**k ... Why are all the people I deal with so f*cked in the head???" the account manager at Australian company Frequent Values wrote in an email. But instead of sending it to her friend, Sherwell mistakenly sent it to the subject of her rant -- a client of the company she worked for.
Publication date: 2009-11-30 more

O2 creates online business community

Telefonica O2 Ireland has launched a new business blog to encourage small and medium sized businesses to talk to each other in new ways.
Publication date: 2009-11-30 more

Twitter Japan to introduce micropayments

Twitter Japan is going to introduce paid for premium accounts from next January, according to local reports.
Publication date: 2009-11-30 more

BBC admits plan to scale back website

The director general of the BBC yesterday indicated that there would be a reduction in the scale of its popular website, and possibly the closure of some of its digital channels or radio stations, following claims from politicians and rivals in commercially funded media that it had grown too big.
Publication date: 2009-11-27 more

Lost the news? There's an app for that...

Here is the news... by iPhone. A BBC Radio 3 newsreader was forced to read the morning headlines from her mobile phone after the Corporation's telephone and computer system crashed as she was about to go on air.
Publication date: 2009-11-27 more

Google refuses to remove racist Obama picture

Google last night refused to remove a racist caricature of Michelle Obama that was the first result presented to users of its search engine.
Publication date: 2009-11-26 more

Enchantress of numbers

Truth is always strange; stranger than fiction." The Romantic poet Lord Byron could have been thinking about how his daughter, Ada Lovelace (1815-1862), would become the world's first computer programmer when he wrote those words.
Publication date: 2009-11-26 more

Creator of the world's biggest encyclopedia

Publication date: 2009-11-26 more

How small science will have a big impact on Ireland's economic future

From miracle drugs to super-tiny computers, Ireland could win its share of a $3trn industry
Publication date: 2009-11-26 more

Wikipedia project 'losing contributors in record numbers'

Wikipedia is losing tens of thousands of volunteer editors a month, according to a study that suggests the pioneering spirit of the collaborative encyclopaedia is in decline.
Publication date: 2009-11-25 more

What the web is teaching our brains

Most of us in the developed world now have relationships with computers - and access to information and entertainment - that we could not have dreamt about even a decade or so ago. We spend our days sifting emails and browsing the internet, then relax by tweeting or networking online and playing computer games, sometimes all at the same time.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Game on: GTA IV: Ballad of Gay Tony

The second of two downloadable add-ons to GTA IV, Gay Tony follows the exploits of yet another gangster in the crime-ridden Liberty City. Structurally familiar (driving and shooting dominate), its power lies in its strong characters and savage parodies.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Digital Life: A Palm in the hand and a Walkman on the wild side

Many have tried but all have failed to topple the iPhone as king of the touchscreens. But ladies and gentlemen, now we have a real contender in the ring.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Game on: Modern Warfare 2

Pulling in $550m during its first five record-breaking days on sale (bigger than the Harry Potter books and movies, don'tcha know), MW2 is already a cultural phenomenon.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Murdoch turns to Gates for website help

JUST AS soon as the outline of a possible new model for newspapers to make a better return from content used by aggregator and search-engine sites such as Google emerged, new doubts surfaced that publishers can do anything to plug a dam that has already burst in trying to limit free access to their product.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Digital Life: Kindle lights the fuse on ebook explosion

By some predictions, it should have died a quiet death years ago. But for supposedly obsolete technology, the book is surviving nicely, thanks very much.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

Google set to buy Teracent

GOOGLE, owner of the most-used internet search engine, agreed to buy Teracent to gain software that helps display advertisements better target web users.
Publication date: 2009-11-24 more

YouTube adds full length TV shows

YouTube has launched a new section of its site dedicated to playing full length episodes from popular series such as Channel 4’s Peep Show and Hollyoaks.
Publication date: 2009-11-20 more

Google Chrome OS computers will be available in 2010

Google has announced that its much-anticipated web based operating system, Chrome OS, will be available within a year.
Publication date: 2009-11-20 more

China bans Microsoft from selling operating systems

Microsoft has been banned from selling multiple versions of its flagship Windows operating system in China after breaching a local licensing agreement.
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

Dawn of a new ultra-mobile era

COMPUTING really only 'arrived' when it became personal, when the computer was small, affordable and intuitive enough to take pride of place in the family home and now, as Moore's Law would have it, in most small bags.
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

'Ireland needs to ramp up and fund more internet business start-ups'

Internet Hero and entrepreneur Colm Lyon has built up a global online-payments powerhouse
Publication date: 2009-11-19 more

YouTube launches citizen journalism channel

YouTube has launched YouTube Direct, a dedicated channel for citizen journalism, in an attempt to better connect news organisations with user generated content.
Publication date: 2009-11-18 more

A world without cables

For a century the modern world has been caught in a growing web of copper cables. They have become arteries that power the globe, but, from the jumble of cords cluttering our desks to the miles of wires hidden in our walls, they are also an expensive nuisance binding our gadgets to the grid.
Publication date: 2009-11-18 more

He's electric: A wireless pioneer

Wireless electricity appears cutting-edge but one man had dreams of a world without cables more than 100 years ago. Nikola Tesla, a pioneering American physicist, saw wireless energy as the only way to make electricity thrive.
Publication date: 2009-11-18 more

Apple patent suggests ad-supported OS on the way

Apple fans are calling it the cyber equivalent of the holiday time share sales pitch: attend a seminar for a few hours on our wonderful holiday village and we’ll give you a weekend there absolutely free.
Publication date: 2009-11-18 more

Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy

Jimmy Wales is eating dinner alongside Princess Caroline of Monaco. Web royalty has come to meet the real thing. Wales, the man who co-founded Wikipedia eight years ago, is in Monaco to be awarded the Monaco Media Prize at the principality’s annual invite-only media forum.
Publication date: 2009-11-17 more

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 not banned in Russia, says Activision

Activision, the publisher behind Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, says that reports of the Russian government banning the game are 'erroneous'.
Publication date: 2009-11-17 more

Microsoft allows advertising on PC desktops

Microsoft has opened up its Windows 7 operating system to advertising, allowing brands to advertise on PC desktops.
Publication date: 2009-11-16 more

Google clears digital library hurdle

Google and a group of publishers and authors have agreed to scale back the scope of their proposed digital books library, which could resolve a legal dispute and clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.
Publication date: 2009-11-16 more

Google Street View 'holiday' shows man relieving himself on Canary Islands beach

A new Google feature encouraging people to take a virtual holiday in the Canary Islands pointed users to a Street View image of a man relieving himself on a beach.
Publication date: 2009-11-12 more

Apple 'more profitable' than Nokia

Sales of Apple's iPhone have helped to make the US technology company more profitable than Nokia, the world's biggest handset maker, according to a report.
Publication date: 2009-11-12 more

Eircom invests in a next-generation selling experience

INCUMBENT telecoms operator Eircom has invested an undisclosed sum in kitting out a corner of its new headquarters adjacent to Heuston Station with the latest technology wizardry, enabling it to secure high-end corporate deals.
Publication date: 2009-11-12 more

Ireland has the potential to become the world's green data-centre capital

Eco-friendly data centres could be Ireland's winning card to play during the digital age
Publication date: 2009-11-12 more

Nokia begins shipping N900

Nokia has started shipping its flagship N900 handset to customers, the company has announced.
Publication date: 2009-11-11 more

Microsoft cuts off Xbox 360 pirate gamers from Xbox Live

Microsoft is cutting off up to one million Xbox 360 users who modified their consoles to play pirated games over Xbox Live.
Publication date: 2009-11-11 more

'S--- My Dad Says' Twitter account wins television deal

The popular Twitter account "S--- My Dad Says" is to be turned into a television sitcom, in what is believed to be a micro-blogging first.
Publication date: 2009-11-11 more

Rupert Murdoch could ban Google access to his newspapers' content

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, is considering removing his newspapers’ content from Google’s search index.
Publication date: 2009-11-09 more

Nokia recalls 'dangerous' chargers

Mobile phone maker Nokia has recalled 14 million potentially dangerous chargers.
Publication date: 2009-11-09 more

Independent Digital Grand Prix Q3 finalists announced

Independent Digital has launched a new digital advertising award, the first of its kind in Ireland.
Publication date: 2009-11-09 more

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game review

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 arrives creaking under the weight of its own hype. Can it live up to the ludicrous expectations heaped upon it?
Publication date: 2009-11-09 more

Microsoft Windows 7 smashes sales records

Windows 7 has been a bigger seller than its predecessor, Windows Vista, new industry figures show.
Publication date: 2009-11-06 more

Steve Jobs voted

Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been voted the CEO of the decade by Fortune magazine.
Publication date: 2009-11-06 more

Figuring out the right design for business life in the online world

Dublin-based Strata3 is one of Ireland's longest-standing web-design, strategy and service firms working with SMEs and big brands. John Mitchell is its managing director
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

Internet myths are debunked at the peak of the Web Summit

AT last week's Dublin Web Summit, organised by Paddy Cosgrave, more than 150 people trooped into Bewley's Hotel in Ballsbridge to listen to some of the most influential online Europeans talk about the impact of the internet on business, politics and media.
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

How a corner of Dublin is spearheading the new social age of online advertising

Under the bonnet at Facebook - a driving force in the 21st-century social-media business
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

Google launches Dashboard privacy controls

Google has created a new 'dashboard' control panel to enable people to more easily adjust their privacy settings.
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

Nokia N900: A computer in every pocket

Smartphones are often described as "pocket computers" but, despite advances in usability and processing power, many fall short of providing a user experience comparable to a desktop or laptop computer’s.
Publication date: 2009-11-05 more

Cyberclinic: Why is Facebook asking me to reconnect with a dead friend?

When social networking websites change their layouts, it can feel like someone blundering into your living room, redecorating (badly), leaving the building and refusing to respond to pleas that they come back and sort out the mess.
Publication date: 2009-11-04 more

What's the point of Twitter Peek?

There's lots of coverage on the internet today for a new device that has gone on sale in the US -- the Twitter Peek.
Publication date: 2009-11-04 more

Web could run out of addresses next year, warn web experts

Businesses urgently need to upgrade to IPv6, a new version of the internet's addressing protocol that will hugely increase the number of available addresses.
Publication date: 2009-11-03 more

Yahoo! and Microsoft search deal delayed until 2010

Yahoo! and Microsoft’s search deal has been delayed and will not be competed until "early 2010".
Publication date: 2009-11-03 more

Scientists use computer to 'read minds' on screen

Scientists have discovered how to read 'the mind’s eye' using a computer that can replicate what humans are seeing or recalling by monitoring their brain activity.
Publication date: 2009-11-02 more

Book apps overtake games on iPhone

Books have become the most popular category of apps downloaded on the iPhone, overtaking games, according to a new research.
Publication date: 2009-11-02 more

Now you can log on in Hebrew, Arabic and Chinese

Internet regulators last night heralded a new era of international web use that will no longer be dominated by the Latin alphabet.
Publication date: 2009-10-31 more

Is Google Maps Navigation a satnav killer?

The news that Google is releasing free satnav software for Android handsets that will provide Street View images and turn-by-turn directions has sent the likes of TomTom and Garmin into a spin.
Publication date: 2009-10-30 more

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 leaked footage set to ignite controversy

Leaked footage from Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 showing the killing of innocent civilians looks likely to renew the debate on video game violence.
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Microsoft warns Windows 7 users that popular 'upgrade hack' is illegal

Microsoft has told computer users not to not to try hacking upgrade copies of Windows 7 to get a full copy of the operating system on their PC.
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Nintendo cuts earnings forecasts as Wii sales slump

Nintendo, the world’s largest maker of video-game players, cut its annual profit forecast 23pc after sales of its flagship Wii console slumped and the stronger yen eroded the value of exports.
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Creating a vibrant sonic boom in the Irish start-up scene

Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

Music download service acts local, but has a global vision

The rapidly emerging music service Downloadmusic.ie is bringing more than 1,500 Irish recording artists to a global market. Its founder, Johnny Beirne, explains the genesis of the service
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

'Broadband leadership will be a precondition for economic growth'

Eric Schmidt has brought Google out of the recession, now he wants to conquer the enterprise
Publication date: 2009-10-29 more

2009 eircom Golden Spider Awards short list announced

The eagerly awaited 2009 eircom Golden Spiders shortlist has been announced.
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Yahoo! 'signs' real time search deal with OneRiot

Yahoo! is understood to have signed a search deal with real-time search engine OneRiot, in a bid not to be left behind the likes of Google and Microsoft, which signed similar deals last week with Twitter.
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Internet animation: Draw it yourself

From the bristling fur of Fantastic Mr Fox to the rag dolls of the forthcoming Tim Burton-produced animation 9 and the low-fi puppets of Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze, it seems that you can't move at the moment for animation with a homespun attitude.
Publication date: 2009-10-28 more

Facebook introduces 'memorial' pages

Facebook is to introduce a feature allowing members' profiles to be "memorialised" when they die, after complaints that users were being urged to get in touch with dead friends.
Publication date: 2009-10-27 more

Facebook introduces 'memorial' pages to prevent alerts about dead members

Facebook is to introduce a feature allowing members' profiles to be "memorialised" when they die, after complaints that users were being urged to get in touch with dead friends.
Publication date: 2009-10-27 more

Google Social Search goes live

Google's new feature allows users to include information from other social networks, such as Twitter, and blogs in their search results
Publication date: 2009-10-27 more

Microsoft profit beats estimates after cost cuts

Microsoft posted a smaller drop in profit than analysts estimated after slashing costs to make up for falling sales.
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Nokia sues Apple over iPhone patents

Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, is suing Apple for allegedly infringing patents on technology used in the iPhone.
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Why everyone wants to be Twitter's friend

Twitter was the star of the show at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco, with Microsoft and Google clamouring to strike a deal with the hottest property on the web.
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Blu-ray not coming to Xbox 360

Microsoft has backtracked on reports that owners of its Xbox 360 games console will be able to buy a Blu-ray drive for the device.
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Superman builds platform for MySpace success

When Owen Van Natta left his role as chief revenue officer at Facebook last year, his goal was to become chief executive of a major consumer web company.
Publication date: 2009-10-23 more

Apple: 'Windows 7 is antiquated technology'

Apple says that consumers may turn to Mac computers because Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, is 'complex and expensive'
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Social media revolution hits warp speed

The social media revolution may be a well-known phenomenon to those in the 'industry', but among the wider world the speed of social media's expansion, the depth of its reach and the vast advertising potential are still enough to draw gasps.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

eBay

eBay fell as much as 9.3pc in late trading after a shift to faster-growing yet lower-margin businesses hampered its profit forecast.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Ad-spend pick-up puts Yahoo! on line for profit

Yahoo!, owner of the second largest US search engine, rose as much as 4.8pc yesterday in NASDAQ trading after third-quarter profit and sales beat analysts' estimates, bolstered by a pick-up in spending by some advertisers.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Trust, authenticity and Twitter - welcoming you to politics 2.0

IF there is a general election in the near future, you can be guaranteed that social-media platforms such as Twitter will feature strongly in future political debate by ministers, journalists and campaigners. All will be judged by voters.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

The clash of the WiMax and LTE titans: are we witnessing VHS v Betamax déj

Ireland will be the scene of a collision between two emerging wireless broadband standards
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

A new plan aimed at advancing the digital literacy of a nation

The I-CANDO Digital Skills Programme aims to reskill 440,000 unemployed people and boost digital literacy. This is a national imperative, says Neil Leyden of the Digital Media Forum
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Google launches social search

Google is launching social search, a new feature which will allow users to include information from other social networks including Twitter.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Microsoft Windows 7: The best Windows operating system yet

PC World opened the doors to its flagship London store at midnight for customers wishing to be first to get their hands on Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 7.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Independent.ie launches first Irish national newspaper iPhone application

The new Independent.ie iPhone application allows you to enjoy the Independent on your iPhone or iTouch wherever you are.
Publication date: 2009-10-22 more

Geek proposes to girlfriend inside Super Mario World level

A gaming fan proposed to his girlfriend by spelling out "Lisa will you marry me?" with gold coins in a specially-designed level of Super Mario World.
Publication date: 2009-10-21 more

Twitter 'Suggested User List' should die, says chief executive

Evan Williams, the chief executive of micro-blogging service Twitter, says it's time to kill the service’s controversial ‘Suggested User List’.
Publication date: 2009-10-21 more

Hollywood film stars banned from Twitter

Hollywood film stars including Cameron Diaz and Mike Myers are being banned from using Twitter because bosses think "tweets" are damaging the industry.
Publication date: 2009-10-19 more

Microsoft to open Apple store rival in Arizona

Microsoft's first dedicated high-street store will open in the trendy US town of Scottsdale, Arizona, on Thursday.
Publication date: 2009-10-19 more

Fake security software 'installed on millions of PCs'

Symantec has warned that millions of computer users have been duped in to installing fake security software on to their machines.
Publication date: 2009-10-19 more

50 most annoying things about the internet

A selection of the trends we wish could be consigned to the waste bin - the most annoying things on the web.
Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

Google profits increase 27pc

Technology giant Google surpassed expectations as it delivered third-quarter profits of $1.64bn on the back of continued resilience in the wider economy.
Publication date: 2009-10-16 more

So what does a Google boss surf when on the net?

Mr Herlihy gets up at 5am every day and reads emails as well as visiting his favourite magazines -- which include the 'Economist', 'Harvard Business Review' and the 'Wall Street Journal'.
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Search deeper and it's clear you can't judge a book by its cover

HE may run the Irish operations of internet giant Google, but John Herlihy is also surprisingly old-fashioned in some ways.
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

IT jobs in Irish organisations are set to increase by 8,000 over the next four years

The global IT industry will spearhead economic recovery, with 5.8 million new jobs in sight
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Yes, minister. The people have tweeted; it's social media

Twitter was vital to President Barack Obama's election campaign and is now a tool of choice, particularly among UK politicians. Alberto Nardelli is the co-founder of Tweetminister.co.uk
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Siliconrepublic.com scoops 'Best Technology Website' award

Also taking home an award on the night was IDA Ireland for Best Government and Council Website. Sponsors included iQ Content, BH Consulting, DoneDeal.ie and Beaut.ie.
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Will Google Wave topple the email status quo and change the way we work?

A LITTLE over two weeks ago, the folks at Google began rolling out a preview version of a new web tool known as Wave to a limited 100,000 users. With mixed reviews, it has been labelled everything from "game-changing" to "unremarkable".
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Berners-Lee: forward slashes

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British scientist who created the World Wide Web, has admitted his decision to include two forward slashes in internet addresses was a mistake.
Publication date: 2009-10-15 more

Intel jumps after forecast tops estimates

Intel rose as much as 6.9pc in late trading after its sales forecast beat estimates by as much as $1bn, setting the stage for a broader recovery in technology earnings.
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Apple admits to Snow Leopard bug

Some users of Snow Leopard, Apple's newest operating system, are losing huge amounts of data when logging in to their computers under a guest account.
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Red faces at Microsoft as server failure turns smartphone dumb

Not so smart after all. Microsoft and T-Mobile executives have been humiliated by their Sidekick smartphone, which first lost internet access and then deleted its customers' numbers, photos and other important data.
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Google launches Building Maker for Google Earth

The new tool will enable web users to transform 2D renderings of buildings in Google Earth in to 3D images
Publication date: 2009-10-14 more

Trafigura tops list of Twitter trending topics

Trafigura, one of the world's largest oil traders, was the most used word on the micro-blogging website Twitter this morning.
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

Pepsi apologises for 'sexist' iPhone app

Pepsi has apologised for releasing an iPhone app that encouraged men to brag about their sexual conquests.
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

Doodle 4 Google: Young artists take up the challenge of national competition

JULIA and Helen Sheehy aged four and six from Sandymount, Dublin, helped to kick off the search begins for Ireland’s top doodler.
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

People 'anxious' when cut off from internet

People are more likely to feel "anxious" when cut off from the internet or their mobile phone than feel "liberated", according to a British survey.
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

Apps: Tapping into the zeitgeist

Here’s an exchange that’ll bring glorious memories of the year 2002 flooding back: "You know my new phone?" "Yeah." "It’s got a camera in it." "You’re kidding me." "Honest. On my mum’s life."
Publication date: 2009-10-13 more

YouTube hits one billion views a day

YouTube is now serving over one billion views per day as it celebrates the third anniversary of being acquired by Google.
Publication date: 2009-10-10 more

YouTube to sign landmark content deal with Channel 4

YouTube and Channel 4 are on the brink of signing a landmark content deal which will see the majority of the broadcaster’s content hosted in full on the video sharing site.
Publication date: 2009-10-09 more

IBM faces probe over competition concerns

IBM, the computer pioneer known as Big Blue, is being investigated in the US over allegations that it has been acting anti-competitively.
Publication date: 2009-10-09 more

Microsoft nears EU truce after decade-long battle

Microsoft could close the door on a 10-year legal battle with the European Union, after the regulator backed its moves to open up internet browsing on Windows to rivals.
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Microsoft's man sees Windows of opportunity with lucky number 7

A passing employee inadvertently knocks over a free-standing advert for Windows 7 outside Microsoft's European headquarters in Dublin yesterday morning, prompting a quip from Paul Rellis.
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Dell 'to launch Android smartphone in US'

Computer maker Dell is working on a new mobile phone that will use Google's Android operating system and run on the AT&T network, according to reports.
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Amazon Kindle: a turning point for Ebooks?

When the online retailer Amazon launched the Kindle ebook reader in 2007, it was viewed by many as a an "iPod moment" for the digital publishing industry.
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Behind the making of a

BearingPoint's Irish operation is participating in a major management buyout (MBO) of the Big Four consultancy giant's EMEA practice, creating a
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Placing the spotlight on Ireland's new lean, green R&D territory

Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Debate around broadband infrastructure needs to deviate from speed to quality

Never mind talking about broadband speeds, how well are our connections faring, really?
Publication date: 2009-10-08 more

Microsoft never recovered from Vista blow, says Steve Ballmer

Microsoft's reputation has never recovered from the launch of Vista, Steve Ballmer, chief executive, said as the company gears up for the release of its latest incarnation of Windows.
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Cyberclinic: Why are the batteries on smartphones so unreliable?

One thing is even more astounding than our ability to carry around a lozenge-sized device that can make calls, receive emails, pinpoint our position on a map and play Kate Bush albums: we don't need to wheel along a petrol-driven generator to power it all.
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

How technology drives us to distraction

I'm a good driver. I've been doing it for 10 years and I've never been stopped by police (well, twice), I've never been flashed by speed cameras (at least not for a few months) and, touch wood, I've never crashed – unless you count that time that, driving my Fiesta, I pulled out into the path of a brand new Audi.
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Eircom is ordered to remove

TELECOMS watchdog Comreg has ordered Eircom to remove a
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

RoboDoc ready to get tough on disease

YOU've heard of Robocop, now here comes RoboDoc.
Publication date: 2009-10-07 more

Gmail users latest victims of email scam

Google email users have become the latest victims in an "industry-wide" phishing attack scheme, which has affected thousands of people across several web based services.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Microsoft unveils Windows Mobile 6.5

Microsoft hopes its new mobile phone operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, will enable it to compete more directly with Google's Android devices and the Apple iPhone.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Pirates v the Premier League: a war on the web

England's match in Ukraine this weekend is a major landmark in the history of sports broadcasting: as many as a million fans will subscribe to Britain's first high-profile football match available exclusively online.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Hotmail passwords leaked online

The email accounts of thousands of users of Microsoft's Hotmail email service have been compromised after passwords and account addresses were posted on the internet.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Dog's life: ideas from a crazy future

GREYHOUND dogs transformed into live medical devices, breath-smelling bees and machines able to read emotions are among the brave new world of emerging technology that will go on display this week.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Acquisition not part of Microsoft's strategy to fight Google, says chief

MICROSOFT does not expect to make acquisitions to help the company challenge Google's dominance in the internet search market, chief executive Steve Ballmer said yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-10-06 more

Drew Carey bids $100,000 for @drew Twitter account in cancer auction

Drew Carey, the US comedian and game show host, has bid $100,000 to buy the Twitter account @drew.
Publication date: 2009-10-05 more

Apple demands Woolworths drops new logo

Apple has launched a legal challenge to the new Woolworths logo, claiming that it too closely resembles its own corporate icon.
Publication date: 2009-10-05 more

Google Doodle: Mahatma Gandhi tribute on 140th birthday

Google is featuring the face of Mahatma Gandhi on its logo to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of the father of modern India.
Publication date: 2009-10-02 more

You want to find Ireland's answer to Google or Facebook? You're looking at it

The internet is slowing down, but Irish company Intune Networks has the solution to a global problem
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

Online advertising spend overtakes TV in Britain

Online advertising expenditure in the UK grew 4.6% to £1.75 billion in the first half of 2009 overtaking TV for the first time, according to a study by the Internet Advertising Bureau and Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

The proud worker who chose not to stay sitting silently

Tom O'Mahoney lost his job this year because of the recession. He decided that, instead of being quiet about it, he'd set up a website that would provide a voice for the 430,000 people out of work today
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

Cutting edge technology opens up bright new field of research

A RELAXED Brian Cowen officially opened a €16m research and development unit at Citi Bank’s headquarters in the Irish Financial Services Centre yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

How a 'Tweeting' cottage became part of the green-living agenda

MAN is a shrewd inventor, and is ever taking the hint of a new machine from his own structure, adapting some secret of his own anatomy in iron, wood, and leather, to some required function in the work of the world."
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

Launch of Zapa loyalty label as Insomnia tags on

JOHN Nagle's fledgling Zapa Technology has secured its maiden customer and aims to do another eight major deals before Christmas.
Publication date: 2009-10-01 more

Cyberclinic: Who buys the products advertised in spam emails?

There's one obvious cause, not often discussed, of all that spam informing us that hot women are desperately waiting for a sexually-charged encounter with us in Thornton Heath (they're not, believe me, I've checked). No amount of anti-spam technology can help, either.
Publication date: 2009-09-30 more

Street in Palestinian refugee camp named after Twitter account

A street in a Palenstinian refugee camp has become the first in the world to be named after a Twitter account.
Publication date: 2009-09-30 more

Vodafone to sell iPhone in UK and Ireland from 2010

Vodafone will sell Apple’s iPhone in the UK and Ireland from early 2010 as the exclusive contract of rival O2 for the popular handset ends.
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

Grand Theft Auto 4: The Ballad Of Gay Tony preview

The Ballad Of Gay Tony, Grand Theft Auto 4's second DLC, trades biker leathers for bling as the action moves from skid row to the glitz and glamour of uptown.
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

Downloads from Apple

Apple said that downloads from its iTunes applications store had passed two billion and that it now had more than 85,000 applications available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Publication date: 2009-09-29 more

Bank forces Google to close random GMail account over rogue message

A judge has ordered Google to close the account of an unsuspecting GMail user - because a bank sent them a confidential email by mistake.
Publication date: 2009-09-28 more

Palm greased by Bono

Elevation Partners, the private equity firm backed by U2 frontman Bono, is poised to invest
Publication date: 2009-09-27 more

Twitter close to raising $100m, valuing microblogger at $1bn

Twitter, the microblogging website used by US President Barack Obama, is reported to be close to raising up to $100m of fresh capital, valuing the two-year-old business at $1bn (€681m).
Publication date: 2009-09-25 more

Game on as Nintendo finally follows rivals with price cuts in major markets

NINTENDO plans to cut the price of its popular Wii video game console by 20pc, responding to similar cuts by rivals Sony and Microsoft aimed at kick-starting demand.
Publication date: 2009-09-25 more

Project Natal wins support of major games publishers

Microsoft's Project Natal controller-free gaming system moved a step closer to its rumoured 2010 release after several high-profile video games publishers and developers announced at the Tokyo Games Show that they were working on titles for the platform.
Publication date: 2009-09-24 more

Google Sidewiki: new tool lets anyone comment on webpages

Google has launched Sidewiki, a tool that appears as a browser sidebar where anyone can share their insights on any web page.
Publication date: 2009-09-24 more

Cyberclinic: Can language translators be trusted

Which online language translator does the best job? A page of text in an unidentifiable language presents few problems for the modern web junkie with little knowledge of French.
Publication date: 2009-09-23 more

FIFA 10: The sound and soul of football

As FIFA 10s release date approaches, we go behind the scenes to look at the intricate process of creating the perfect soundtrack to the beautiful game.
Publication date: 2009-09-23 more

Immortality only 20 years away says scientist

Scientist Ray Kurzweil claims humans could become immortal in as little as 20 years' time through nanotechnology and an increased understanding of how the body works.
Publication date: 2009-09-23 more

Sun Microsystems losing $100m a month, says Oracle's Ellison

Larry Ellison, chief executive of the software giant Oracle, has fulminated against European regulators, saying Sun Microsystems was losing $100m (€67.5m) a month while its takeover by Oracle remains unapproved.
Publication date: 2009-09-23 more

How Google is getting ahead in advertising

Google yesterday struck an important blow in its battle against the parent company of Louis Vuitton over a long-running trademark dispute. It could see the technology giant boost its already dominant position in search advertising.
Publication date: 2009-09-23 more

Google can sell trademarked keywords, EU adviser says

Google should be able to continue selling trademark-protected terms as "keywords" that link Internet searches and ads, an aide to the EU’s top court said in a case involving LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

Netflix awards $1 million prize

Netflix, a US video rental service, has awarded a $1 million prize to a team of researchers who improved the company's recommendation engine.
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

Dell plans move into service with $3.9bn Perot takeover

Computer giant Dell has agreed to buy Perot Systems for $3.9bn (
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

US seeking new rules to prevent blocking of net traffic

US Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has proposed new rules aimed at ensuring that network operators treat the flow of internet content without discrimination.
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

Ringing the changes: telecoms sector plans for challenges ahead

The telecoms industry should come up with an investment strategy which avoids duplication of fibre-optic networks and it is imperative that parts of the country are not left without access to next generation broadband when the new system is rolled out, a conference in Dublin heard yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-09-22 more

Clampi Trojan could steal banking passwords

Computer users are at risk from a new virus that could leave their online bank accounts open to cyber criminals.
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Pay a visit to the cyber clinic

DO you find it impossible to watch TV medical dramas like House and Grey's Anatomy without leaping to the internet to see if you've got the same symptoms? When your baby develops a cough do you Google furiously to discover what it is?
Publication date: 2009-09-21 more

Microsoft previews Office Web Apps

Microsoft has launched a limited beta test of its Office Web Apps cloud computing software to rival Google Docs and Zoho
Publication date: 2009-09-18 more

Engendering a traditional work ethic in next-gen tech start-ups

With mentoring, hard work and tough love, Irish entrepreneurs can become world-beaters says Jerry Kennelly, founder and former CEO of Stockbyte, and co-founder of the Endeavour programme
Publication date: 2009-09-17 more

Ireland lays its claim to be the Silicon Valley of an emerging wireless world

An abundance of wireless spectrum - plus the arrival of WiMax - will change the game here
Publication date: 2009-09-17 more

Google acquires ReCaptcha fraud prevention software

Google has acquired ReCaptcha, a company that helps prevent fraud and spam at websites like Ticketmaster.ie.
Publication date: 2009-09-17 more

Facebook reaches 300m users

Facebook now has more than 300m users, making it the world's most popular social networking site.
Publication date: 2009-09-17 more

Google Fast Flip news website launched

Google Fast Flip will generate revenue for publishers and aims to replicate the magazine reading experience online.
Publication date: 2009-09-15 more

Ebooks? I

The first thing I did with the Sony Reader was to turn the size of the print up. Well, actually that was the second thing. The first was to turn it on, which was satisfyingly easy.
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Sky News website sabotaged by hacker with a grudge against Rupert Murdoch

A computer hacker infiltrated the Sky News website and tampered with a petition to support the proposed television debate between the UK's main party leaders, renaming it "The Windbag Debate Petition".
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Google technology to aid charging for online content

Google has admitted for the first time that it is developing technology that would assist newspapers in making money from website readers.
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Are ebooks the future of reading?

Ebooks, we are told, are the future of reading. These sleek devices, little bigger than a paperback, allow people to carry hundreds of books with them, and because they use eInk technology, you won’t experience the eye strain or discomfort you might suffer reading on a computer screen or mobile phone.
Publication date: 2009-09-12 more

Steve Jobs comeback unveils new video camera iPod nano

Apple's co-founder and chief executive, Steve Jobs, made a triumphant return yesterday as he unveiled a new range of iPods – including an iPod nano with built-in video camera.
Publication date: 2009-09-10 more

Greater energy needed to fully seize green-tech jobs opportunity

Publication date: 2009-09-10 more

'Digital Britain' architect outlines the size of the prize for Ireland's economy

Gordon Brown's former head of strategy, Lord Stephen Carter, says timing is important for Ireland.
Publication date: 2009-09-10 more

UK hospital staff suspended over Facebook 'lying down game' pictures

Seven accident and emergency staff have been suspended from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire, after they allegedly played the 'lying down game' during a nightshift and posted photographs of the stunt on Facebook.
Publication date: 2009-09-09 more

Apple 'to kill off iPod Classic' as focus moves to touch-screen devices

Apple is expected to unveil a range of new iPod touch music players with built-in cameras as it looks to steal a march on rivals in the run-up to Christmas.
Publication date: 2009-09-09 more

Apple special event rumours: Will Steve Jobs make an appearance?

Speculation about Apple's "special event" on Wednesday is turning from what will be announced to who will announce it, with confusion about whether Steve Jobs will appear.
Publication date: 2009-09-08 more

Facebook 'enhances intelligence' but Twitter 'diminishes it', claims psychologist

Spending time on the Facebook networking site could enhance a key element of intelligence that is vital to success in life, a psychologist has claimed, but using Twitter may have the opposite effect.
Publication date: 2009-09-07 more

YouTube 'plans streaming movie rental service'

YouTube is in talks with the major film studios about streaming movie rentals in the US, according to reports.
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

YouTube seals UK music rights deal

After more than nine months of bitter wrangling, YouTube has agreed a licensing deal with British songwriters that will see thousands of music videos return to the online video site.
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

Sony unveils internet-enabled TVs

Sony's new range of televisions will let viewers access catch-up TV services and YouTube in their living rooms.
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

Laying the foundations for Ireland's next-generation network rollout

Can Ireland's telecoms leaders collaborate to construct the nation's fibre network of the future?
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

Businesses are nervous about taking a walk in the clouds

A CLOUD computing revolution is under way, but security concerns are holding business leaders back. Ian Cassidy is Accenture's senior executive for cloud computing
Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

Ireland's first self-sustaining mobile base station cuts emissions

Publication date: 2009-09-03 more

Nokia steps up attack on iPhone with 'free

Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, has stepped up its assault on Apple’s dominance of the lucractive smartphone market with the launch of a new phone with unlimited and 'free’ music downloads.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Sony announces 3D television plans for every home by 'end of 2010'

Three-dimensional television, once the stuff of dreams in science fiction movies, is to become a reality in British homes by next year, after Sony announced plans to implement the technology across its range of products.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Internet bully case dismissed

A US judge has explained why he quashed convictions against a Missouri mother for her role in an internet hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour who later committed suicide.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Gmail crash: millions of users across the world affected

Millions of Gmail users across the world have been unable to access the service for several hours, the company has confirmed.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

Yahoo!'s Carol Bartz fires missive as Carl Icahn reduces stake

Yahoo! chief executive Carol Bartz has ordered her staff to stop debating the merits of the company's landmark search and advertising deal with Microsoft.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

EBay gets

EBay agreed to sell 65pc of its Skype internet-calling unit to an investor group led by Silver Lake for about $2bn to focus on reviving sales at its main e-commerce site.
Publication date: 2009-09-02 more

BBC should charge for website and other services, says Dawn Airey

The BBC should consider charging viewers for its website, the iPlayer and all services other than two television channels and "a couple of radio stations", Dawn Airey, the chief executive of Five, has suggested.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap: did Phillip Garrido trail a Google Street View camera van?

Phillip Garrido, the man charged with the abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard, may have followed a Google Street View van after noticing it photographing his street, it has been claimed.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Sony to install Google Chrome browser on PCs

Google has struck a deal with Sony that will see its Chrome web browser pre-installed on some Sony computers.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Violent tramp video game provokes controversy in France

A new online video game in which users are invited to be tramps and steal and fight their way to success has provoked controversy in France, with its makers accused of stoking prejudice against homeless people.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Oldest domain name on the internet symbolics.com is finally sold

The oldest domain name on the internet, www.symbolics.com, has finally been sold, nearly a quarter of a century after it was claimed.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Are mobile phones replacing laptops?

In October 1983 Bob Barnett, a former president of Ameritech Mobile Communications, telephoned Alexander Graham Bell's grandson from a Chrysler convertible at an American football field in Chicago. It was the world's first commercial mobile phone call.
Publication date: 2009-09-01 more

Microsoft plans to become a big player in Britain's news industry

It's really called a huddle but we are so whacky and new media here we call it The Cuddle," laughs Matthew Ball, as he heads off into a corner of the newsroom and gathers his staff about him.
Publication date: 2009-08-31 more

OMG, Twittering teens are changing the dictionary

TWITTERING teenagers have shown their influence over the English language by introducing dozens of new words to the dictionary and helping to reinvigorate older ones.
Publication date: 2009-08-31 more

Scammers target 100,000 AIB clients

INTERNET fraudsters have attempted to steal from the AIB online accounts of more than 100,000 customers over the past week.
Publication date: 2009-08-31 more

The Big Question: Why has Wikipedia changed editorial policy, and will it improve the website?

Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia launched by American entrepreneur Jimmy Wales in 2001 with the idealistic intention of being an online repository of all human knowledge, announced this week that it would have to abandon one of its founding principles.
Publication date: 2009-08-27 more

Facebook and Twitter users 'could be targeted by burglars'

Users social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter could face higher insurance premiums because burglars may be using them to find out their personal details.
Publication date: 2009-08-27 more

Wi-fidelity as smartphones tie users closer to web experience

Ireland's oldest Wi-Fi hotspot provider Bitbuzz is six years old next week, and has more than 5,000 access points in 201 locations. Shane Deasy is managing director
Publication date: 2009-08-27 more

First look: Windows 7 - one Vista closes, another opens for Microsoft

Publication date: 2009-08-27 more

Why Lisbon Treaty vote has mobilised Ireland's tech multinational leaders

Ireland's relationship with Europe is often central to swinging foreign direct investment decisions
Publication date: 2009-08-27 more

Lego refuses permission for Spinal Tap YouTube hit to be used in anniversary DVD

A popular YouTube clip of a group of Lego characters playing a song made famous by the satirical rock legends Spinal Tap, has been banned from use in an anniversary DVD.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

YouTube wants video creators to make money

YouTube is giving all amateur video-makers the chance to profit from their 15 minutes of internet fame.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Probe into Pirate Bay takeover after rise in buyer's share price

The Swedish Economic Crimes Authority has begun an investigation into events surrounding the planned acquisition of controversial website Pirate Bay -- the site Eircom said it will block its internet customers from accessing following a request from Irish record labels.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Cyberclinic: What would the end of The Pirate Bay mean for file sharing?

If you fancied downloading the new Tinchy Stryder album, but didn't think that Tinchy deserved any of your money – I mean, look at him, he's clearly not short of a few bob – chances are that you'd wrestle with your conscience for scant seconds before visiting The Pirate Bay website and grabbing it for free.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Laptop + iPhone = Apple Tablet - the world's first touch-screen computer

When asked to sum up the consistently seductive powers of the company that brought the world the iPod and the iPhone, a glassy-eyed devotee once said: "I'll buy almost anything if it's shiny and made by Apple."
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Microsoft erases black man from web photo

Microsoft has apologised for pasting a white man's head on to a black man's body in a promotional photo on its official website.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Is the Loch Ness monster on Google Earth?

A security guard claims to have spotted the Loch Ness monster while browsing Google Earth.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Wikipedia ends unrestricted editing of articles

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia which can be amended by anyone, has introduced new measures that mean changes made to the pages of living people will have to be approved before they can be published.
Publication date: 2009-08-26 more

Spotify to make 'significant' revenue for UK record labels 'within six months'

Spotify, the online music streaming service, will generate "significant" revenue for UK record labels within the next six months if it continues to grow at its current rate, industry sources say.
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

SanDisk wins review of patent loss over flash-memory chips

SanDisk Corp., the world’s largest maker of cards that store digital pictures, won a second chance to argue that more than a dozen companies infringe its patents for flash-memory technology.
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

Grumpy grandfather's foul-mouthed gripes become Twitter hit

The curmudgeonly observations of a 73-year-old grandfather are going down a storm on Twitter, the modish micro-blogging website.
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

New Google Doodle to mark 400th anniversary of Galileo's Telescope

Google has unveiled a new logo to celebrate the 400th anniversary since Galileo Galilei, the Italian astronomer, showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope.
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

Blackberry users 'work an extra 15 hours a week' out of the office

Staff with mobile technology such as Blackberries work an extra 15 hours a week as they constantly check emails even out of the office, according to new research.
Publication date: 2009-08-25 more

Apple to launch Snow Leopard 'next week'

A listing that briefly appeared on Apple's UK website suggests that Snow Leopard could go on sale next week.
Publication date: 2009-08-21 more

Google rivals oppose book project

Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon have joined forces to challenge Google's efforts to create a vast virtual library.
Publication date: 2009-08-21 more

Windows 7 'free for first 120 days'

Computer users will be able to run Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7, free for four months before having to purchase the product.
Publication date: 2009-08-21 more

Bloggers beware? Google forced to identify anonymous blogger

A US court has ordered Google to hand over the identity of a blogger who used her website to defame Liskula Cohen, a former Vogue cover girl. What does the ruling mean for the blogosphere?
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Sony PSP Go to double as ebook reader

Sony’s new handheld games console will also allow users to read books and comics on the go.
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Science is something worth talking about, isn't that right TED?

ACCORDING to the State Examination Commission, in 2006 the average mark for the Junior Cert written science exam was a disappointing 55pc.
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

European nations see digital economy as a sure route out of economic crisis

With one of Europe's youngest populations, Ireland's digital natives could have the most to gain
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

High-tech society: Irish start-ups and the social web

A winner of both the 2008 and 2009 Eircom Innovation Fund, tech entrepreneur and co-founder Pieter Oonk talks about new webmail application SocietyMail and socially-oriented Irish tech start-ups
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Google book archive plan prompts growing opposition

Plans by Google in the US to scan millions of books into a giant digital archive have prompted fresh opposition from authors and publishers ahead of a court battle.
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Internet firm refuses call to block 'net pirates'

AN Irish internet provider embroiled in an ongoing dispute about illegal music downloading has refused to block customer access to a popular file-sharing website.
Publication date: 2009-08-20 more

Broadband boost as Eircom told to slash fees

CONSUMERS should be able to avail of cheaper broadband services after telecoms watchdog Comreg last night instructed Eircom to slash the fees it charges competitors for accessing its network.
Publication date: 2009-08-19 more

Microsoft appeals against Word ban

Microsoft has filed a motion to suspend an injunction imposed by a US court that banned the company from selling copies of Word in the United States.
Publication date: 2009-08-19 more

Bebo launches online fashion show

Bebo is launching a new online fashion TV show called ‘The Closet’ which will be hosted by Jameela Jamil, ex-model and new face of T4.
Publication date: 2009-08-19 more

Cyberclinic: Why do I feel the need to Google everything I think about?

If an etiquette manual for the internet era were to be written, many pages would be devoted to the reasons why we shouldn't whip out a smartphone during a social gathering and start prodding, flicking and pinching the screen while absent-mindedly murmuring "yeah" to the people we were having a conversation with.
Publication date: 2009-08-19 more

Sony reveals the PS3 Slim

Sony has unveiled a cheaper, slimmer version of its PlayStation 3 games console, as it seeks to win over users from rival platforms, such as Microsoft's Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii.
Publication date: 2009-08-19 more

MySpace 'close' to buying iLike for $20m

MySpace is rumoured to be close to acquiring iLike, a social music recommendation service, for $20m (€14m).
Publication date: 2009-08-18 more

Sony may cut PS3 price to stimulate sales

At 5.30pm this afternoon in an exhibition hall in Cologne, Germany, Sony may make an announcement that will give the computer games market the shot in the arm that many argue it badly needs.
Publication date: 2009-08-18 more

How to stay safe online and avoid cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is one of the sinister new offshoots of the age we live in where bullies use technology, such as mobiles and the internet, to harass other people. It can take many forms:
Publication date: 2009-08-17 more

Wikipedia reaches three million articles

The English version of Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has received its three millionth article.
Publication date: 2009-08-17 more

Facebook 3.0 for iPhone submitted for review

A new version of the Facebook app for the iPhone has been submitted to Apple for review, according to one of its developers.
Publication date: 2009-08-17 more

Microsoft to rival Apple with new Zune HD music player

Computer giant Microsoft is stepping up its challenge to Apple's iPod by launching a high definition version of its Zune digital music player.
Publication date: 2009-08-14 more

New Google doodle to mark Danish physicist Hans Christian

Google has unveiled a new logo for its search engine to celebrate the anniversary of Hans Christian
Publication date: 2009-08-14 more

Invisible doorways or portals a step closer to reality, claim scientists

Invisible gateways like the one to platform 9 and 3/4 in Harry Potter and to Lewis Carroll's hidden world in 'Through the Looking Glass' are a step closer to reality after scientists developed a new theory.
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Adverts fail to engage majority of social networkers

New research has shown adverts on social networking sites fail to engage 96pc of users, despite a rise in the number of brands opting in for promotion purposes.
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Google Wave: Why we'll soon be waving at each other

For the past couple of years, Lars Rasmussen and his colleagues at Google have been working on a communication and collaboration tool that takes advantage of the capabilities of modern computers and networks.
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Adding up the numbers on Ireland's worsening tech and science deficit

Leaving Cert results show Ireland is failing at maths and science, skills that are vital for future jobs
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Ireland is gambling away a golden job creation opportunity

DEV must be turning in his grave. A former church on Fitzwilliam Street, where one of the most dominant political figures of 20th-century Ireland used to go and pray every day before attending the Dáil, is now a casino.
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Under no illusion: the future of optics will be truly smart

Tessera develops tiny yet powerful optics that transform next-gen devices, providing technology to Samsung and Toshiba amongst others. Michael Bereziuk is executive VP of imaging and optics
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia phones

Microsoft has confirmed reports that it's Office suite of word-processing and spreadsheet software will be coming to Nokia smartphones.
Publication date: 2009-08-13 more

Facebook Lite looks like Twitter rival

Facebook appears to be upping the ante against Twitter with the launch of Facebook Lite, a simplified version of the site, which provides a stream of user updates and looks similar to the microblogging service.
Publication date: 2009-08-12 more

Microsoft banned from selling Word in US

A Texan court has granted an injunction against Microsoft, preventing it from selling copies of Word, its word-processing software.
Publication date: 2009-08-12 more

Cyberclinic: Why did my YouTube account get closed down?

Anyone whose participation in the YouTube community goes beyond staring at videos of cats walking up and down piano keyboards will be aware of the message that greets you when you upload a clip to the site.
Publication date: 2009-08-12 more

Google reveals caffeine: a new faster search engine

Google has revealed project "caffeine", a new test version of its search engine which it claims will be faster and more relevant than ever before.
Publication date: 2009-08-11 more

Facebook buys Friendfeed to slow the advance of Twitter

Social networking giant Facebook has bought relative newcomer Friendfeed for an undisclosed amount in a deal aimed at stealing a march on the seemingly unstoppable rise of Twitter.
Publication date: 2009-08-11 more

Al Gore and Mikhail Gorbachev battle over green domain name

Al Gore, the former US vice-president is battling with Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Russian president, over the rights to operate a ‘green’ domain name.
Publication date: 2009-08-11 more

Giorgi: 'The hackers want me to stop writing the truth'

Giorgi doesn't seem like the sort of man who'd be at the centre of a massive internet meltdown.
Publication date: 2009-08-10 more

Facebook attracts top US advertisers

The majority of top US brands are using Facebook to promote their products, dispelling the myth that the social networking site is an unattractive environment for advertisers.
Publication date: 2009-08-10 more

Publicis snaps up Microsoft's Razorfish for $530m

France's communications group Publicis has outbid WPP to buy the Razorfish agency from Microsoft, paying around $530m (€373m) for a business that entrenches its position as the world's leader in digital advertising.
Publication date: 2009-08-10 more

Video calling: Webcams are a welcome sight for sore ears

Seen it? Heard it? Video-calling is hard to avoid and new webcams and services are making it easier to keep in touch.
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

Teen suspected in Twitter shutdown

An attack on Twitter which prevented users from "tweeting" yesterday could have been the work of a teenager in their bedroom, an expert said.
Publication date: 2009-08-07 more

'Twitter phone' lets mobile users tweet in real time

Mobile phone users will be able to update their Facebook status, send instant messages, check their email and access Twitter on a new handset that offers 'always on' web connectivity.
Publication date: 2009-08-06 more

Text-message security flaw could leave iPhone open to hackers

A vulnerability in the way Apple's iPhone handles text messages could enable hackers to take control of your handset, warn security experts.
Publication date: 2009-07-31 more

Microsoft launches MSN Video, its first web TV service

Microsoft has announced the launch of MSN Video, an online TV player which will go live within the next week, and marks the technology giant’s first foray into long form video.
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Cost cuts help IBM boost 2009 forecast

International Business Machines topped estimates for second-quarter earnings and raised its full-year forecast as it squeezes costs during the recession as sales fall.
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Microsoft posts 29pc fall in fourth quarter profit

MICROSOFT, the world's biggest software maker, which employs up to 1200 people in Dublin, reported a 29pc drop in profit last night.
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

iPhone app tracks sex offenders

Offender Locator alerts iPod touch and iPhone owners in the United States to nearby sex offenders.
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

A new beginning for Ireland's last-mile broadband hopes?

Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Telecoms industry forms next-generation network plan

The Telecommunications and Internet Federation (TIF) is funding an Analysys Mason study into the best way Ireland can build its future next-generation network (NGN). Tommy McCabe is director of TIF
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

'We need to have two universities in the global 50 and create 200,000 jobs'

Cisco vice-president Barry O'Sullivan says Ireland needs to think big to survive the next five years
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Yahoo drops on disappointment over Microsoft deal

Yahoo! fell 12pc, the biggest drop since November, after terms of an Internet-search accord with Microsoft were less favorable than analysts predicted.
Publication date: 2009-07-30 more

Cyberclinic: Why have the DVDs I recorded become totally unwatchable?

Like me, it's possible that you had a moment a few years back when your shelves of VHS tapes suddenly seemed like a grotesque waste of space better used for pot plants or commemorative porcelain.
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Yahoo and Microsoft agree search ad deal

Microsoft and Yahoo! have agreed to collaborate on Internet search and online advertising, creating a united front to challenge Google.
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Twitter launches new home page

Twitter, the internet phenomenon and microblogging service which allows users to send messages with a limit of 140 characters, has launched a new home page.
Publication date: 2009-07-29 more

Internet music firm wants bite of Apple's business

The internet music service Spotify has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple, announcing a system that allows people to listen to millions of songs on the iPhone, wherever they are.
Publication date: 2009-07-28 more

Apple disconnects Google Voice apps

Apple has banned Google Voice applications for the iPhone and iPod touch from its iTunes app store.
Publication date: 2009-07-28 more

Couple's wedding entrance dance becomes YouTube viral hit

Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson, the wedding couple filmed dancing down the aisle, have become an internet sensation after the video received seven million YouTube hits.
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

Bill Gates 'too popular' for Facebook

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has stopped using Facebook after being deluged by friend requests.
Publication date: 2009-07-27 more

The man who is allergic to Wi-Fi

A club DJ, Steve Miller, has revealed he has been forced into exile by a powerful allergy to Wi-Fi internet waves which leaves him feeling dizzy, sick and disorientated.
Publication date: 2009-07-24 more

'Ireland needs to get competitive to keep winning investments' says Dell

Reduced costs and smarter kids will set Ireland on road to recovery, says Dell's Dermot O'Connell
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Entrepreneur's plan to shake up online job search market

Serial internet entrepreneur Ray Nolan talks iPhone apps, Irish entrepreneurial talent and Worky.com, his latest venture that plans to challenge the traditional job-seeking site
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

EBay share price up as earnings exceed estimates

EBay rose in European trading after second-quarter earnings topped analysts’ estimates, a sign that buyers and sellers are returning to the site.
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Digital infrastructure: Ireland's next Ardnacrusha opportunity

SOME may ask why do we need to invest in digital infrastructure and why are we in a hurry? Simply put, it's about job creation.
Publication date: 2009-07-23 more

Google Wave to open in September

Google has announced that Google Wave, it’s new real-time online communication and collaboration tool for friends, will go live at the end of September.
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

3D FujiFilm camera to go on sale in September

A camera that can take three-dimensional photographs and videos will go on sale in September, promising to "revolutionize the world of photography".
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

Cyberclinic: Is it wrong to hide behind an alternative online identity?

I have an alter-ego named Geoff who occasionally pops up on various online forums.
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

Starry-eyed fans are all a-twitter over spacewalk

Astronauts inside the international space station yesterday used robotic arms to move a storage pallet holding equipment for three experiments from the belly of the docked space shuttle Endeavour to the outside of the outpost's Japanese-made lab.
Publication date: 2009-07-22 more

Lehman sells off trinkets on eBay

Roll up, roll up, to assemble your Wall Street Survival Kit, using only the finest memorabilia from the credit crunch's biggest casualty.
Publication date: 2009-07-21 more

Yahoo! revamps home page with Twitter and Facebook integration

Web giant Yahoo! has redesigned its home page to make it easier for users to access content from across the internet, including the latest news headlines and their Twitter and Facebook profiles.
Publication date: 2009-07-21 more

Samsung plans Windows and Android-based mobile devices

From nowhere two years ago mobile maker Samsung has captured 20pc of the Irish handset market. Gary Twohig is country manager at Samsung Mobile
Publication date: 2009-07-16 more

'This generation's appetite for online must be matched by education system'

Future generations will want Ireland to be a science and ICT leader - Telefónica O2's Danuta Gray
Publication date: 2009-07-16 more

Eircom is closing in on cyber attackers

EIRCOM was on the trail of suspected computer hackers last night after many of its 500,000 internet customers were prevented from going online following a "deliberate targeting" of the company's network.
Publication date: 2009-07-15 more

Cyberclinic: How did a total stranger gain access to my Paypal account?

This is a tricky confession to make. It's a bit like an agony aunt admitting to infidelity, or a gardening columnist announcing full details of their potato blight.
Publication date: 2009-07-15 more

Google aims to reduce Microsoft's dominance with cloud computing

Google's introduction of a new operating system is a direct challenge to the dominance of Microsoft, as the companies battle over the future of how we use personal computers.
Publication date: 2009-07-10 more

High-speed broadband rollout years away, warns watchdog

Telecoms watchdog ComReg has warned that the introduction of a high-speed broadband system might take between three and five years and may not be in time to satisfy the country's smart-economy requirements.
Publication date: 2009-07-10 more

'It's time to prepare for the next generation of Ireland's digital industries'

Ireland needs to capture the next industrial wave, says Data Electronics' CEO Maurice Mortell
Publication date: 2009-07-09 more

E-Day plan: Ireland needs to tear up old-fashioned cheque books

Ronnie O'Toole, chief economist at National Irish Bank, and Liam McKenna, head of advisory performance improvement, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Publication date: 2009-07-09 more

Speeding up Ireland's next-generation network rollout

ComReg today publishes a paper on the best way to rollout next-generation broadband, which will be central to revitalising the Irish economy. Alex Chisholm is a commissioner at ComReg
Publication date: 2009-07-09 more

Google to challenge Microsoft with operating system

Google plans to release a computer operating system to challenge to the dominance of Microsoft’s Windows.
Publication date: 2009-07-08 more

How can YouTube survive?

It must surely rank as the most mundane business launch in history. Jawed Karim, one of the founders of YouTube, shuffles timidly in front of a video camera while standing in front of a group of elephants at San Diego zoo, with precious little idea of what he was starting.
Publication date: 2009-07-07 more

Facebook tests new privacy-setting page

Facebook, owner of the world’s largest social-networking site, will test simplified privacy settings and eliminate the site’s regional networks, an effort to quell concerns about the use of personal information.
Publication date: 2009-07-02 more

Dell takes to the cloud to manage hardware remotely

Computer giant Dell is spearheading a new strategy to provide services to SMEs via the internet cloud. Tim Griffin is global head of services and solutions at Dell
Publication date: 2009-07-02 more

'We need to connect Ireland with high-speed fibre and we need to do it fast'

Magnet CEO Mark Kellett believes deploying fibre networks across Ireland is a national imperative
Publication date: 2009-07-02 more

Armed with a 'Wiimote', Irish students are fighting blindness

THERE are 37 million blind people worldwide. Ten million of these are in Africa alone and suffer from cataract blindness.
Publication date: 2009-07-02 more

Apple pulls iPhone program containing pictures of topless women

Apple said it removed a program from its iPhone store yesterday because the developer added pictures of topless women, violating the company’s policy against "offensive content."
Publication date: 2009-06-30 more

Pirate Bay founders facing jail sell to Global Gaming Factory X

Global Gaming Factory X AB will buy The Pirate Bay file-sharing website from its founders and will start paying owners of content on the site.
Publication date: 2009-06-30 more

Jobs’s return to Apple greeted with little fanfare by investors

Steve Jobs’s return from medical leave was greeted with little fanfare by investors.
Publication date: 2009-06-30 more

Microsoft Windows 7 early orders will be half price

Microsoft, trying to fuel early demand for its Windows 7 operating system, will charge half price for the software when customers preorder a copy online at retailers like Best Buy and Amazon.
Publication date: 2009-06-26 more

Massive blunders exposed in €87m broadband rollout

THE Government has spent €87m building a broadband network that is largely unused, an Irish Independent investigation has found.
Publication date: 2009-06-26 more

Google says it hopes to restore site as China renews criticism

Google, which today faced renewed criticism from China for spreading pornographic content, said its google.com service had resumed in parts of the country after being inaccessible to "many users" during the past day.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Sarkozy in new attempt to halt illegal file-sharers

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government presented a new bill to curb illegal Internet downloads, two weeks after a key clause in a previous law was struck down by the nation’s highest constitutional court.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Google has spread pornographic content in China says Ministry

Google.com has spread "pornographic, lewd and vulgar content, which is a serious violation of Chinese laws and regulations as well as self-discipline," China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing today.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Twitter and Facebook used to serve papers on Pirate Bay officials

The Dutch entertainment industry association -- Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland -- is using Facebook and Twitter’s social networks to serve legal papers to the three principals associated with the Pirate Bay file-sharing Web site, the Swedish Wire news Web site reported yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Selling Ireland's technology sector: 'the diamond in the rubble'

YOU could argue that Eileen Sharpe has one of the most important sales jobs in the land. She and her team of less than 30 people spread across the globe are responsible for landing the multi-billion tech investments by multinationals that Ireland is still winning despite the global downturn.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

Vodafone boss predicts a golden age for gadgets as mobile takes to the cloud

THE view from Charles Butterworth's Sandyford office reminds me of one of those Chinese wall prints that tell a story.
Publication date: 2009-06-25 more

MySpace axes two-thirds of global workforce

MySpace is to slash two-thirds of its workforce outside the US, just a week after a huge cull at home, as it struggles to compete with rival social networking group Facebook and the economic downturn takes its toll.
Publication date: 2009-06-24 more

What a poser: A robot that thinks it's human

KOBIAN, a "humanoid" robot which can express seven human emotions, has been unveiled by researchers at Waseda University in Japan.
Publication date: 2009-06-24 more

Cyberclinic: Is spending more on high-quality media worth it?

I occasionally get these flashes of clarity, where technology companies are uniting as an evil force to persuade us that we need things that we've hitherto been able to manage perfectly well without.
Publication date: 2009-06-24 more

Geek gossip: The web is a hotbed of rumours – and not just about celebrities

There's no better tool for spreading rumours than Twitter, and no rumours spread faster on Twitter than rumours about Twitter.
Publication date: 2009-06-24 more

What a poser A robot that thinks it's human

KOBIAN, a "humanoid" robot which can express seven human emotions, has been unveiled by researchers at Waseda University in Japan.
Publication date: 2009-06-24 more

Independent.ie brings out branded web browser

Website users looking to get more from their favourite news site will now be able to download a branded web browser that gives them default access to the Independent.ie's online content and functions.
Publication date: 2009-06-23 more

Liver transplant 'must be disclosed' if Jobs comes back

Apple should disclose whether Steve Jobs had a liver transplant if he returns to work this month in the role of chief executive officer, corporate governance experts said.
Publication date: 2009-06-23 more

Facebook says customers of online ad system more than triple

Facebook Inc. said the number of customers using its automated online-advertising system more than tripled in the past year, a sign more small- and medium- sized businesses are turning to the social-networking site.
Publication date: 2009-06-22 more

Internet music pirate is ordered to pay $1.9m

THEY MAY not see much of it, but the world's biggest recording companies were celebrating yesterday after securing a $1.92m (€1.33m) verdict against a woman who downloaded and shared tracks over the internet from artists like Green Day and Sheryl Crow in violation of their copyright.
Publication date: 2009-06-20 more

E-view: Necessity is mother of invention for a greener world

In 1973, Sir James Dyson had an idea: the first uncloggable and bagless vacuum cleaner. It went on to become one of the popular brands in Ireland and the UK, with green energy ethics at its core.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

NBC will use Microsoft software to sell TV ads

General Electric’s NBC will use software from Microsoft to sell advertising on television, an effort to save money and automate the ad-sales process.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

EU backs Eircom’s internet fee cuts by Irish telecom regulator

Eircom will face more competition for its high-speed Internet service after the European Union endorsed a regulator’s decision to force the company to cut certain fees.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

Google gives Germans chance to pull images from Street View

Google will let users in Germany remove images of their homes from the Street View mapping service before it goes live in that country, a bid to soothe privacy concerns.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

Apple iTunes won’t work with rival devices, dealing blow to Pre

Apple said that devices made by competitors may not work with updates to its iTunes music software, dealing a potential setback to Palm’s new Pre phone.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

Necessity is mother of invention for a greener world

In 1973, Sir James Dyson had an idea: the first uncloggable and bagless vacuum cleaner. It went on to become one of the popular brands in Ireland and the UK, with green energy ethics at its core
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

'We need to coach people, demystify business and cut through the red tape'

BT's man in Ireland, Chris Clark, says we need to urgently tackle the nation's digital divide
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

Back to basics: rethinking the business of online marketing

THE average bricks-and-mortar business is under no illusion that having an online presence is useful, but beyond using email and having a basic inventory website it is easy to feel as though you are drowning in a sea of tweets, Facebook messages and YouTube videos.
Publication date: 2009-06-18 more

Cyberclinic: How can I be sure who I'm chatting to online?

The internet has made the world seem smaller, connecting us with friends across vast distances and allowing us to buy cheap Viagra from self-styled chemists in remote corners of India.
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

The pests in our pockets

Some come to solicit your money; others pretend they'll give you more of it. All make demands on your time, and very few are motivated by the noble intentions they profess to carry.
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

Do we need all this stuff to have fun?

It hasn't always been this way. Once upon a time, my living room was a sanctuary: a safe, peaceful place, a comforting cocoon that stood as a serene retreat at the end of the working day.
Publication date: 2009-06-17 more

Amazon pays Toys ‘R’ Us $51m settlement

Amazon agreed to pay $51 million (€37 million) to Toys "R" Us, settling a five-year-old lawsuit with the largest US toy-store chain.
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

Facebook members grab more than 3 million names within hours

Facebook said more than 3 million people registered user names in the first 12 hours after the social-networking site offered members the chance to claim a personalized Internet address.
Publication date: 2009-06-15 more

Microsoft will strip browser from Windows 7 in Europe

Microsoft will ship the new Windows 7 operating system in the EU without the Internet Explorer browser, aiming to quell antitrust concerns.
Publication date: 2009-06-12 more

Facebook users cancel friday night plans to claim new names

Tomorrow night may be a late one for some Facebook users.
Publication date: 2009-06-11 more

IM strategy is more than just chat for Hibernian Aviva

Motor insurance provider Hibernian Aviva is using instant messaging to deal with customers. Chiara Murphy is e-commerce marketing manager at Hibernian Aviva.
Publication date: 2009-06-11 more

Microsoft boss: 'The recession is our chance to leapfrog global competition'

Tackling issues digitally will return people to work says Microsoft general manager Paul Rellis.
Publication date: 2009-06-11 more

Ghosts in the machine: Android phones to transform video gaming

The Vikings are coming! Powerful new Google Android-powered smart phone devices are being used across Dublin to spearhead the introduction of a new interactive game that will make the player not only fitter but more knowledgeable about the city.
Publication date: 2009-06-11 more

How Craig conquered the world

To most of its 50 million users, it is the world's largest car boot sale, where a little rummage turns up anything from a model of the F-111 Aardvark bomber to a Legend of Zorro DVD and a million items in between. It is a place to find a house, a car, a new job, or even love.
Publication date: 2009-06-11 more

China orders PC makers to install blocking software

China will require all personal computers sold in the nation to include a software used to block Internet pornography and other "unhealthy" online content by July 1, according to a government statement.
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

Microsoft gets search market-share boost With Bing

Microsoft’s effort to gain ground on Google with its new Bing search engine got a boost today from data showing an increase in its share of US search results, according to ComScore
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

EA sells 1.4m copies of ‘Sims 3’ in week

Electronic Arts, the world’s second-largest video-game publisher, sold more than 1.4 million copies of "Sims 3" in the game’s first week on sale.
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

Get ready for a shakeout in the software sector, says Norkom chief

Norkom chief executive Paul Kerley expects a "shakeout" in the financial software sector in the next year and said the company's €27m cash pile could be used to fund acquisitions in North America and Asia.
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

Cyberclinic: Should I bother using a search engine other than Google?

It's a pinnacle of achievement in marketing for a brand name to become a verb. There are surely companies out there who dearly wish that phrases like "Let's Volvo over to East Grinstead" or "I'm going out to get absolutely Strongbowed" had somehow edged their way into the English lexicon.
Publication date: 2009-06-10 more

New iPhone is designed for speed

APPLE served up a new, faster version of its uber-popular iPhone, with a video camera, more memory and a slew of new features, redoubling its effort to stay ahead of the pack in the increasingly competitive smartphone market.
Publication date: 2009-06-09 more

Parallel universe: A-Z of The Sims

It's the mega-selling video game that lets you build a virtual community - and its latest chapter is hitting the shops
Publication date: 2009-06-05 more

Sony joins Universal Music to show artists on YouTube

Sony Music Entertainment agreed to put videos from its artists on Vevo, the music Web site being developed by Universal Music Group and Google’s YouTube.
Publication date: 2009-06-05 more

iPhone to be talk of developer event as Jobs prepares return

Apple will unveil updated software for the iPhone and may introduce new versions of the handset at its developers conference in San Francisco next week, intensifying competition in the smart-phone market.
Publication date: 2009-06-05 more

Looking to nature for smarter software systems

YOU say there is a crisis facing software engineering. What is this?
Publication date: 2009-06-04 more

Only smart thinking will turn Brand Ireland into a digital economy leader

IN March, while the nation continued to digest more bad economic news and feel helpless as the rate of unemployment continued to accelerate, there was a break in the clouds.
Publication date: 2009-06-04 more

Playing the game: Irish playboy builds a global online empire

DYLAN Collins, the entrepreneur who three years ago, at the age of 26, sold his Dublin-based technology company, DemonWare, to the world's biggest computer game firm, Activision, for $15m, is focusing his energies on helping Ireland emerge as a player in the online games publishing business.
Publication date: 2009-06-04 more

Look, no hands . . . latest Xbox ditches control pads

THE battle for computer game supremacy entered uncharted territory yesterday as Microsoft revealed its answer to the Nintendo Wii -- a revolutionary control system for its Xbox 360 console that requires no hand-held device.
Publication date: 2009-06-03 more

Sony plans PSP Go and motion-sensing stick to challenge Nintendo

Sony introduced a handheld video-game player without a disk drive to compete against Nintendo’s top-selling DS and meet the threat posed by Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.
Publication date: 2009-06-03 more

Microsoft to release Windows 7 in October

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, will start selling its Windows 7 operating system on October 22, ahead of the holiday season when demand for computers is usually highest.
Publication date: 2009-06-03 more

Acquisition turns local firm into a global services player

Texan billionaire Ross Perot's IT services firm, Perot Systems, last year acquired Irish software company Original Solutions for an undisclosed sum. John Collins is the founder of Original Solutions.
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

Cork voice technology firm prevents a catalogue of errors

THE main architect of Bank of Ireland's Banking365 online banking system, a former director-general of Cork University Fund and a venture capitalist are spearheading a young, Cork-headquartered technology firm that uses voice technology to boost customer service for some of the world's major catalogue and credit card companies.
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

Battle of social-networking sites

Facebook's value has fallen a third in 18 months and many of its rivals are also struggling - but not all. Who's up and who's down?
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

Intel boss: Ireland needs a clear digital strategy for the 21st century

TWENTY years ago, in an unused car showroom on the Naas Road, the jewel in Ireland's technology crown quietly started operations.
Publication date: 2009-05-28 more

Microsoft blocks Windows Live in countries sanctioned by US

Microsoft said it blocked access to Windows Live users in countries that are subject to sanctions by the US government.
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

Cyberclinic: Does revising online give an unfair advantage?

I remember the horror on the faces of my parents when I informed them that I was allowed to take a calculator into a maths exam. Pretty mild, as teenage revelations go, but they felt that this was about as pointless as sending someone else to the optician to take my eye test.
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

Irish website agrees with Warner Music to broadcast videos

Warner Music Group’s UK unit agreed with MUZU, an online music platform that competes with Google’s YouTube, to broadcast videos by Warner artists.
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

Films for free: Lights, camera, download

After years of delay, the internet has finally been allowed to revolutionise my music consumption. I can discover new artists using Last.FM, seek out their back catalogue via Spotify and, if I have to own a song, I can buy it from iTunes.
Publication date: 2009-05-27 more

'Oled' TVs herald entertainment revolution

Just millimetres thick, energy efficient and with a far sharper picture, this is the new television tipped to take over our living rooms. Technology pundits expect a consumer stampede of the kind witnessed for flatscreen televisions when the first large Oled models go on sale at the end of this year.
Publication date: 2009-05-26 more

Microsoft says 3 million people trying out Windows 7

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, said more than three million customers are currently trying out its Windows 7 operating system software.
Publication date: 2009-05-26 more

Bono's firm eyes web paper

ELEVATION Partners, the private equity firm backed by U2 frontman Bono, is thought to be looking at taking a stake in The Stimulist, a new online newspaper poised to challenge the popular Huffington Post.
Publication date: 2009-05-25 more

AccountsIQ secures major deal down under

AN Irish online-accounting technology firm has struck a deal with Deloitte in Australia that will see the accounting giant roll out online professional services to thousands of businesses down under.
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Microsoft loses $200m jury verdict in i4i patent trial

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, was ordered by a federal jury to pay $200 million to a Canadian company over a patented way to process electronic documents in Microsoft’s Word products.
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Facebook adds directory to help users sort through applications

Facebook, the world’s largest social-networking site, is helping users sort through the third- party applications that reside on its site with a verification program and improved directory.
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Apple working to fix browser security flaw in Mac

Apple said it’s working to fix a security flaw in its Macintosh operating system software that may allow malicious programs to attack Mac computers as users browse the Web.
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Web, mobile and Facebook are the new trade routes for Irish business

FIRMS that don't have an online strategy at the heart of their business plan will find that the new routes to market in the 21st century will be closed to them.
Publication date: 2009-05-21 more

Are voicemail, DVDs and laptops about to reach their sell-by date?

It wan't long ago that the "must-have" gadget was a photo printer, but the rise of social networking put a stop to that.
Publication date: 2009-05-20 more

Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft to work on voice products

Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft will spend as much as $180 million over the next four years to jointly develop and sell hardware and software for messaging, video and voice in a challenge to Cisco Systems.
Publication date: 2009-05-19 more

Loopt aims to triple sales as competition from Google mounts

Loopt, a service that lets mobile-phone users track their friends’ whereabouts, expects to more than triple its revenue this year, fending off competition from Google.
Publication date: 2009-05-19 more

Google says sorry for 'traffic jam'

Google said a network "traffic jam" slowed or interrupted service for 14 percent of its users for about an hour yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-05-15 more

The power of internet TV is about to be realised

Samsung's new family of LED-based TVs come with widgets for Yahoo!, Flickr and YouTube. Kevin Maguire is country manager, Consumer Electronics, at Samsung Ireland
Publication date: 2009-05-14 more

Tech firm makes a tasty feast out of convenient cooking trend

A CARRICKMACROSS-based company that says it's a software firm first is taking the catering world by storm and has made it possible for operators such as Eurostar to serve up gourmet meals.
Publication date: 2009-05-14 more

Google is on a 'search and display' mission as media mulls over its future

AROUND 2000, a fledgling Google was faced with the very same dilemma facing start-ups today: how to commercialise to make money.
Publication date: 2009-05-14 more

Sarkozy’s web piracy law passed

France passed one of the world’s harshest laws against Internet piracy, giving the government the right to disconnect users who illegally download music and film.
Publication date: 2009-05-14 more

Intel vows to appeal €1bn fine imposed by Brussels

The decision by the European Commission to slap a record €1.06bn fine on chipmaking giant Intel for anti-competitive practices will not affect the company's commitment to either its Irish or European operations, the US giant said yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-05-14 more

Intel fined €1 billion by EU in antitrust dispute

Intel, the world’s biggest computer-chip maker, was fined a record €1.06 billion by the European Union and ordered to stop using illegal rebates to thwart competitors.
Publication date: 2009-05-13 more

Google allows search-engine users additional control

Google is adding features to its search pages, allowing Web surfers to manipulate query results to find the information they are seeking more quickly.
Publication date: 2009-05-13 more

Cyberclinic: Should I use ad-blocking software when I'm online?

If there's one thing that the internet age has proved – other than our love of videos of kittens doing amusing things – it's that we don't like paying for stuff.
Publication date: 2009-05-13 more

3D: It's coming home

Duck as bullets fly over your head, hold your breath as oncoming traffic swerves past you, and feel like a rock star as adoring fans surround you and your band – all this, while you're sitting comfortably in your sitting room, thanks to the a new world of 3D gaming.
Publication date: 2009-05-13 more

EU to seek €1 billion fine against Intel over rebates

Neelie Kroes, the European Union’s top antitrust enforcer, is seeking to fine Intel more than €1 billion for using rebates to thwart a competitor, a person with direct knowledge of the case said.
Publication date: 2009-05-13 more

Irish Internet Association announces conference speakers

The Irish Internet Association has announced the speakers in the plenary sessions at their annual Congress on May 21st in Dublin.
Publication date: 2009-05-12 more

Nappies

Don't believe the hype. Even if the most advertised and catchiest sounding nappy has turbo stripes and resealable strips (why??), it is still going to look and smell horrible when the time comes.
Publication date: 2009-05-12 more

iPhones in Iraq – the US Army’s new weapon

The new applications are proving invaluable for soldiers on the battlefield.
Publication date: 2009-05-12 more

Kindle's bigger screen and higher price may make it a hard sell

Juthymas Harntha reads books and news on all sorts of gadgets, from the Kindle to the iPod Touch to the BlackBerry. That doesn’t mean she’s excited about a larger, pricier Kindle that Amazon.com announced this week.
Publication date: 2009-05-08 more

Internet heavyweights and local heroes line up behind prize for best internet start-up

Dublin internet consultancy iQ Content today announced the panel of judges for its internet start-up competition, the iQ Prize. Global heavyweights Google, Microsoft and Facebook are all represented on the judging panel, alongside local internet heroes Daft, Statcounter and Loudervoice.
Publication date: 2009-05-07 more

Cyberclinic: The notion of ‘beta’ software is increasingly redundant

Is it a bad idea to use beta software? If you’re as despicable a human being as I am, you’ll have noticed how the internet age has made you unreasonably greedy and impatient.
Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

Headphones: The head boys of hip hop

At the heart of hip-hop, right up there with the bling, the babes, the dollars and the dancing, is the bassline. It could be argued that, with the possible exception of reggae, no other genre of music loves the sound of a driving, thumping, migraine-inducing bassline like hip-hop.
Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

Apple’s iPhone release in China faces delays

Apple’s effort to sell the iPhone in China may be stalled as carriers argue over distribution rights and the government seeks to remove Wi-Fi communications from the device, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. said.
Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

Apple and Google board ties examined

The US Federal Trade Commission is examining whether Apple and Google are breaking antitrust laws by sharing board members, the New York Times reported, citing several people briefed on the inquiry.
Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

An invention that could change the internet forever

The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions and give specific, tailored answers in a way that the web has never managed before.
Publication date: 2009-05-06 more

iPhone developers focus on quality after ‘anything goes’ era

iPhone developers, who flocked to Apple’s App Store in search of a quick profit, are finding it’s getting more difficult to come up with breakout hits.
Publication date: 2009-05-01 more

Microsoft files response in European antitrust case

Microsoft, the world’s largest software maker, responded to European Union charges that the company illegally ties its Internet Explorer browser to the Windows operating system.
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

Bog Digest

JUST over a week ago, RaboDirect launched what it is calling 'Ireland's first banking blog'. Blogging equals transparency, so not a bad move, but somehow I cannot see the bigwigs from AIB or Bank of Ireland chatting frankly with concerned customers via an official blog. It's hard enough to get the information we're entitled to obtain.
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

Twitter emerges as a powerful search engine

Micro-blogging site Twitter's real strengths lie in the area of real-time search. Iarflaith Kelly is the founder and CEO of WebStrong, which has created a technology to capture this space
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

Toyota thinking needed to turbo charge a State in need of tune-up

COULD 'lean' business thinking - a strategy concept embraced religiously in organisations such as Toyota, where it was invented, and practiced by strong-performing companies like Intel and Ryanair - be the key to restoring Ireland's lost competitiveness?
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

R&D provides building blocks for construction sector's road to recovery

A concrete example of how export opportunities still exist for Ireland's stricken building sector
Publication date: 2009-04-30 more

Can the internet answer every question?

Every day we have to make hundreds of decisions, some are as simple as choosing what sandwich to eat or what pet to buy, others are more complicated and come loaded with moral consequences.
Publication date: 2009-04-29 more

Cyberclinic: Am I really safe from computer viruses on a Mac?

I've always been complacent about the dangers posed by myxomatosis. I'm not a rabbit, after all, and I possess few rabbit-like characteristics other than a fondness for carrots, so I've never felt the urge to find a vet deranged enough to vaccinate me.
Publication date: 2009-04-29 more

Microsoft profit meets estimates after cutting jobs and expenses

Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, reported third-quarter profit that met analysts' estimates after job cuts and lower expenses helped make up for slumping computer demand.
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Amazon profits up 24% as online sales hold up

Amazon, the world’s biggest Internet retailer, reported first-quarter sales and profit that beat analysts’ estimates, bolstered by free shipping offers and demand for the Kindle electronic-book reader.
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Pirate Bay defendant’s lawyer demands retrial, Billboard says

Peter Althin, a Pirate Bay defendant’s lawyer, says he intends to demand a retrial following reports on Swedish Sveriges Radio’s P3 news that Judge Tomas Norstrom, who presided over the recent music file-sharing trial, is a member of the same copyright protection bodies as entertainment industry representatives, Billboard reported.
Publication date: 2009-04-24 more

Apple beats estimates on sales of iPhone, new iPods

Apple reported second-quarter profit and sales that topped analysts’ estimates after the iPhone and new versions of the iPod helped the company sidestep a slump in consumer spending.
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Out-of-this-world technology has the potential to save Irish lives

TECHNOLOGY developed for astronauts working in the Earth’s orbit is being deployed by Dublin fire brigades and could soon go live countrywide.
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Comes with … a plan to rock the Irish mobile market

Nokia is the world’s No 1 mobile manufacturer and, in the coming months, will launch its Comes With Music service to the Irish market. Alan O’Hara is country manager of Nokia Ireland
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Smart energy and thinking needed to electrify our nation’s economic future

Building smart electricity interconnectors and gaining from renewable energy is a matter of urgency
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Yahoo to cut global workforce 5pc as ad sales fall

YAHOO, the US internet company which employs about 600 people at its Irish operations in Dublin, said it plans to cut about 5pc of its workforce.
Publication date: 2009-04-23 more

Google Q1 profits up after cutting jobs

Google, owner of the world's most popular search engine with a European HQ in Dublin, reported an increase in first-quarter profit after cutting jobs and jettisoning some businesses.
Publication date: 2009-04-17 more

Pirate Bay founders sentenced to one-year jail terms by court

The four founders of The Pirate Bay, an online site for free sharing of music and films, were found guilty of contributing to copyright infringement and sentenced to one-year prison terms each.
Publication date: 2009-04-17 more

Cyberclinic: Why do long web links break when I email them to friends?

Even If you're anything like me, you'll have shrugged over the destruction of our civil liberties that's supposedly heralded by Google Street View, and started using it to explore city centres – only to find that your former university digs are now used for filming amateur cook-off TV show Masterchef.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

Put to the test: Blu-ray high definition players

Are you a gadget addict who buys new electronics as soon as they hit the shelves? If so, you may have paid a high price for early Blu-ray high definition players. But in the last two years prices have dropped from €1,000 to an entry level price of around €230.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

The future looks good … on paper

Imagine a world where you can design your own furniture, bring your invention from a sketch to physical reality or even produce an exact model of yourself, all done quickly and cheaply.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

Shannon call centre to close with loss of 71 jobs

A Co Clare-based firm is closing its call centre in Shannon and relocating to the UK with the loss of over 70 jobs.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

PIN theft jumps as black market price falls to 38c

Businesses saw an ‘explosion’ in thefts of PIN numbers last year as criminals, faced with a glut of stolen credit cards on the black market, sought to add value to pilfered data.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

eBay looks for a way out of Skype misery

Online auction company eBay plans to float its Skype internet telephony unit next year, finally acknowledging that it has failed to properly integrate the subsidiary into its business.
Publication date: 2009-04-16 more

Microsoft settles patent claim over wireless networks

Microsoft settled a lawsuit with Australia’s science agency over a patent used for wireless local area networks.
Publication date: 2009-04-14 more

Amazon working to fix ‘ham-fisted’ book-cataloging error

Top internet retailer Amazon is working to fix a cataloging error after more than 57,000 books about gay themes, erotica and sexual medicine were dropped from sales rankings and search results.
Publication date: 2009-04-14 more

Google urges papers to lift online game

Eric schmidt, the head of Google, has criticised newspapers for dropping the ball in their internet operations, as he attempted to diffuse a growing row over the website's news service.
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Sony and YouTube in talks to put full-length films on web

Sony’s entertainment division said it is in talks to post movies on Google’s YouTube video-sharing Web site.
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Smart firms would be keen to erase data loss

UNDER the Data Protection Act, all businesses are expected to protect customer data. Are many opting for online backup and restore?
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

People, planet, profit – metrics that drive environmentally savvy firms

Where are Irish companies poised in order to reduce waste, carbon and energy usage?
Publication date: 2009-04-10 more

Cyberclinic: Is there any point in still having a landline?

I've been looking at my knackered old landline phone, with its tangled cord and its sticker for a long-dead international calls service, and wondering why I still have it.
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

Gaming: Use your mind, not your mouse

We can chat to our friends across the other side of the world as if they were in the same room, carry thousands of songs in a box the side of a cigarette packet, and even travel to space. But there remains one science fiction standard that the human race has yet to master – mind-control.
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

'Net pirates' face ban as Sarkozy declares crackdown

Anyone who downloads films and music in France without paying will face up to a year's ban from the internet under a disputed law that is to be approved by the French parliament today.
Publication date: 2009-04-09 more

Apple crumbles and ups cost of iTunes music

Music fans will have to pay more to buy their favourite songs after Apple raised prices to download tracks from iTunes, its online music store.
Publication date: 2009-04-08 more

Yahoo lets music site’s users add content from iTunes

Yahoo’s music service is expanding its artist pages to include content and commercial offerings from across the web, including Apple’s iTunes and Google Inc.’s YouTube.
Publication date: 2009-04-07 more

Entrepreneurs hope Greenhouse effect will undo damage of Dell cuts

Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Broadband for planes, trains and automobiles

Established by ex-Eircom engineers, Next Generation Networks (NGN) is branching out into putting Wi-Fi on buses, trains and taxis across Ireland. Emmanuel Kennedy is a director of NGN
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Beyond the set-top box: what’s next on the horizon for TV over the web?

TV is still tethered to the living room, but the nature of the web is a moveable beast
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Phishing attacks jump by 150pc as some suffer €30,000 loss

THERE has been a 150pc increase in phishing attacks, with some bank customers having their accounts cleaned out, it has emerged.
Publication date: 2009-04-02 more

Cyberclinic: Is my PC about to experience a catastrophic meltdown?

April Fool's Day provides a perfect opportunity for us to post mediocre gags online in the hope they'll give us scant seconds of internet infamy.
Publication date: 2009-04-01 more

Wallace & Gromit: A World of Cracking Ideas

Take the lift up two floors at the Science Museum, go through some doors and a feeling of déjà vu envelops you. You have (surely?) been here before.
Publication date: 2009-04-01 more

Just one click... and the worm can eat your machine

It may have been the world’s biggest cyber-conspiracy, but it didn’t need to involve genius (of the evil sort). Just plausibility.
Publication date: 2009-04-01 more

Time for iTunes to face the music with competition

It's the free music service that's attracting thousands of new users every day, and now Spotify is taking on the daddy of online music – iTunes. The ondemand streaming service has signed a deal to sell MP3 downloads as well as just playing them.
Publication date: 2009-04-01 more

Have a good internet idea? Here’s €10,000

An Irish firm is offering €10,000 for a good business idea – and there’s no catch!
Publication date: 2009-03-26 more

Decision to go into business was a sure thing

WHAT was the catalyst for going into business as a telecoms outsourcing player?
Publication date: 2009-03-26 more

Radio 2.0 – why it’s not too late to save the broadcasting business

A COMBINATION of music downloads and audience engagement via social media platforms such as Twitter, MySpace, Bebo and Facebook could restore profitability to the radio business and, eventually, TV broadcasters too. That’s if proven Irish technology entrepreneur John Shiel has his way.
Publication date: 2009-03-26 more

Eco-server strategy has potential to save Irish Exchequer up to €30m

AS the emergency budget looms, and, with the Irish Government looking to cut spending, there is an opportunity for the State to save between €20m and €30m, as well as reduce carbon emissions by 18,000 tonnes, if it commits to an overhaul of its IT systems.
Publication date: 2009-03-26 more

'Nationalise Eircom to solve broadband problems'

The government is being urged to consider nationalising Eircom in a bid to solve Ireland's broadband problems.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

Cyberclinic: Why don't batteries last as long as they're supposed to?

As much as we can be certain of anything, we know that there are 100 pence in a pound, six eggs in a box and 53 seats on an executive coach. But one hour of battery life in a cutting-edge gadget contains substantially less than 60 minutes – to a point where the word "hour" has become as meaningless as, I dunno, "squilp".
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

Why are video games so expensive?

Long before they see the "game over" screen, Xbox, Wii and PlayStation fans have already taken a big blow – to their wallets. The average price of console games makes them seem an exorbitant luxury in these recession-hit times, although the industry that creates these technological marvels tends to disagree.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

YouTube blocked in China over disputed video

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google, is inaccessible in China for at least a second day, about a year after the country limited access to the site following protests in Tibet.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

It's market strategy, but in a virtual world of its own

University lecturers have come up with a novel virtual stock market in a bid to understand the boom and bust cycles of financial markets.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

Is there life after Windows?

Once it was fair to say that Linux was the preserve of small coterie of computer nerds typing away in their parents' basements and spare rooms. This is no longer so, however, as the free and easy-to-use operating system with a reputation for rock-solid reliability is coming out of the shadows.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

Big Brother to snoop on Facebook and Bebo users

Millions of people who use social networking sites such as Facebook could soon have their every move monitored by the British government and saved on a "Big Brother" database.
Publication date: 2009-03-25 more

eBay calls on EU to step up fight against counterfeit sales

eBay, the world’s biggest online auctioneer, asked the European Union to do more to fight sales of fakes by reviewing data-privacy rules and creating a continent-wide intellectual-property network.
Publication date: 2009-03-24 more

Facebook: These are a few of my random, favourite things

Like the bubonic plague or Lady Gaga's new single, it spread across the world in a matter of days and weeks. Out of the blue, users of the popular social networking site Facebook -- basically Bebo without the exclamation marks -- were bombarded with lists of personal trivia compiled by friends and acquaintances.
Publication date: 2009-03-24 more

Not so streetwise Google forced to remove images in privacy row

THE internet giant Google has been forced to remove dozens of images from Street View, its controversial mapping service, after complaints from users who felt it breached their privacy.
Publication date: 2009-03-23 more

Microsoft updates Explorer after Firefox and Safari gain users

Microsoft will release a new version of its Internet Explorer Web browser, a bid to shore up its dominance after losing market share to Firefox and Apple’s Safari.
Publication date: 2009-03-19 more

University researchers: ‘We are hungry to help grow the economy’

SMEs who want to beat the recession should start talking R&D with their local colleges
Publication date: 2009-03-19 more

Why everyone is going, going, gone - to eBay

Last week, eBay announced that over 24,000 savvy Irish households are making as much as €10 a week from selling on the Irish auction site.
Publication date: 2009-03-19 more

Google car gears up for Irish streets

IF you happen to spot a black car with the Google logo cruising past you this week, give a wave. This is the famous Google car, used to capture panoramic images for Google Maps' Street View and, following its mapping of cities around the US and Europe, it has finally arrived on Irish shores.
Publication date: 2009-03-19 more

Cybercops: Keeping ahead of online criminals

In an anonymous-looking business park just outside Reading town centre is a room where row upon row of specially trained computer analysts sit staring at a bank of screens.
Publication date: 2009-03-18 more

Cyberclinic: Where can I get affordable insurance for my mobile?

Anyone who has bought a mobile-phone contract over the counter will recall the unrelenting pressure at point of sale to take out insurance. "Nice phone you've got there," the salesman might intone menacingly while chewing a ballpoint pen, "shame if anything happened to it."
Publication date: 2009-03-18 more

Apple announces new iPhone features

Apple unveiled the third version of the iPhone operating system, adding long-requested features such as a cut-and-paste function and giving software developers new ways to make money on their applications.
Publication date: 2009-03-18 more

ID theft and data security breaches 'pose threat to business'

IDENTITY theft is rampant and data security breaches pose a serious business threat, according to a report from consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Publication date: 2009-03-16 more

Taoiseach to launch global Irish web site in NYC for St Patrick's Day

Taoiseach Brian Cowen will launch the first-ever global Irish website in New York on Sunday, March 15, with a worldwide celebrity crowd of Irish and Irish-Americans in attendance.
Publication date: 2009-03-15 more

Cyberclinic: Who are all these people wanting to make friends with me online?

Joining online social networks can be a bit disorientating. Thanks to the media hoo-hah surrounding celebrities using Twitter, millions of people have signed up only to find themselves feeling horribly self-conscious, as if they'd turned up to a socialite's engagement party wearing egg-stained dungarees and sucking their thumb.
Publication date: 2009-03-13 more

How to make your PC last longer

It costs hundreds of pounds, but your PC may have a suprisingly short life. Fresh out of the box, it runs like a dream, but after only months of use, it can become frustratingly slow.
Publication date: 2009-03-13 more

The 10 best puzzle games

Pass the time with one of these puzzle games
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

Google introduces feature that lets users manage phones online

Google is set to release software that will allow users to manage their phone messages via the Web, similar to the way they handle e-mails or online calendars.
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

Innovating in a recession – are we on the right path?

The recession has meant many things for the Irish technology industry. While we watched large firms such as Intel and Dell shedding staff, we are now also looking at a surplus of highly skilled individuals, and the right mix of innovation, entrepreneurship and co-operation from larger corporates could sow the seeds of change.
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

Playing to win big on the iTunes App Store

At just 20 years of age, Steven Troughton-Smith is a student of digital-media engineering at Dublin City University, and also a successful developer of iPhone applications for Apple’s iTunes App Store
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

Put to the test: MP3 & MP4 players

Consumer electronics, including MP3 and MP4 players, are constantly evolving. Many now have touch screens and as well as playing music, viewing photos and videos, some allow internet connection. This week, Smart Consumer looks at portable media players.
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

‘Internet’s power shifts to Ireland, and Dublin has a key role to play’

Head of Facebook in Dublin: Ireland underestimates its impact on the online economy.
Publication date: 2009-03-12 more

YouTube blocks music videos in U.K.

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google Inc., is blocking users’ access to music videos in the U.K. after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with a songwriters’ organization.
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

Public Enemy’s Chuck D to promote fan-funded music site in U.S.

SellaBand AG, an Amsterdam-based music Web site where fans can listen to unsigned artists and help pay for recording costs, will be promoted by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D when it brings the service to the U.S.
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

YouTube blocks music videos in U.K. over fee dispute

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google Inc., is blocking users’ access to music videos in the U.K. after failing to reach a new licensing agreement with a songwriters’ organization.
Publication date: 2009-03-10 more

Google’s Docs software exposes documents on web to other users

Google, owner of the world’s largest Internet search engine, said its Google Docs online software exposed some customers’ files to unapproved users last week.
Publication date: 2009-03-09 more

YouTube discussing possible music web site with Universal

YouTube, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google, is in talks with Vivendi SA’s Universal Music Group to create an online music Web site, two people familiar with the situation said yesterday.
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Facebook to let users create public versions of pages

Facebook, operator of the world’s largest social-networking site, is redesigning its service to let people create public profile pages and allow celebrities and businesses to reach users more easily.
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Irish IT to save UK city council £500,000 in costs

Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Together in electric dreams: the Irish automotive industry goes green

Can electric cars and motorbikes power their way to the top of the automobile market?
Publication date: 2009-03-05 more

Amazon adds program for reading books on iPhone

Amazon.com, seeking to expand sales of electronic publications, is giving it's U.S. customers the option to read books, blogs and newspapers on Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch.
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

Cyberclinic: Why can't I make internet voice calls on my mobile phone?

This might require something of a mental leap if you're not an optician, but imagine for a moment that you're an optician. Business is ticking over nicely, when another optician moves into some unused floorspace on your premises, substantially undercutting you on the price of contact lenses – and owing to a quirk in local byelaws you can't do anything except behave aggressively and try changing the locks.
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

The gamer's book of records

The launch of the Guinness World Records 2009: Gamer's Edition last month brought video gaming out into the fresh air and broke a world record into the bargain. A motley crew of gamers, alongside Tomb Raider's Lara Croft (played by model Alison Carroll), hurtled through the cold, crisp air of central London at 57mph on a mobile gaming rig – achieving the fastest recorded speed for someone playing a video game.
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

Forget sweets, Church wants you to give up texting for Lent

Gv up txt 4 Lent.
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

You’re a PC, not a Mac: Gates bans family from using iPods

Most would expect the children of the world's third richest man to have grown up spoilt by a constant supply of the very latest in cutting-edge gadgets. But yesterday it emerged that the offspring of Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, are forbidden from owning the planet's number one gadget – the iPod.
Publication date: 2009-03-04 more

Cowen to face online grilling on FF website

IT'S a state of the nation address, but not as we know it.
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

Paddy Power boosted by online growth

Paddy Power, Ireland’s largest bookmaker, reported a 9.6 percent increase in annual profit as more customers placed bets online, and said it’s "satisfied" with its progress in the first two months of 2009.
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

Yahoo spent $79 Million last year for advisers on Microsoft

Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second most used search engine in the U.S., spent $79 million (€62 million) in 2008 for outside advisers related to Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition bid and a failed partnership with Google Inc.
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

Electronic Arts to release Wii sports games in June

Electronic Arts Inc., the world’s second-largest video-game publisher, will ship two new sports titles on June 16 for Nintendo Co.’s top-selling Wii console as it tries to attract more casual game players.
Publication date: 2009-03-02 more

eBay and German police take battle to the counterfeiters

German police used tips from eBay Inc. to score the biggest success in their probe of a counterfeiting ring, snaring 20 tons of knock-off La Martina dress shirts, Ed Hardy tank tops and other brands last month.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Facebook creates site principles after users complain

Facebook, the most popular site for friends to share messages and photos, is creating a set of "Facebook Principles" after customers complained about how the company planned to use their information.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Microsoft may ship Windows in September says Compal

Microsoft may begin shipping its Windows 7 operating system as early as the third quarter, months before the software maker’s official prediction, a computer-industry executive said.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Jobs remains deeply involved in Apple says director

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs remains deeply involved in strategic decisions and the company will disclose more information about his health if warranted, a director said.
Publication date: 2009-02-27 more

Vodafone set to enter fixed-line business market

Next week, Ireland’s largest mobile player, Vodafone, will enter the business fixed-line telecoms and broadband market. Anne O’Leary is director of business and enterprise at Vodafone
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

We need to nurture the innovation economy, says Microsoft Ireland boss

There are two things occupying the minds of workers in Ireland today: the plight of fellow workers who have lost their jobs, and their own fate in light of the worsening economic situation.
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Is censorship the order of the day in protecting the music industry?

Following the recent High Court decision to implement the ‘three strikes’ rules against Eircom customers found to be illegally downloading or uploading copyright material, a solicitor’s letter from the Irish Recorded Music Association’s (IRMA) legal counsel has thrown up more worrying implications for internet censorship.
Publication date: 2009-02-26 more

Microsoft to ship Windows 7 in Sept/Oct

Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will begin shipping its Windows 7 operating system in September or October, a computer executive said.
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Cyberclinic: Is there any point in buying Nintendo's new DSi console?

Gamers would, until fairly recently, have dismissed the mobile phone as suitable only for painstakingly manoeuvring playing cards about, or directing a sluggish snake around in circles. Even phones that tried to muscle in on the gaming world, such as the Nokia N-Gage, were greeted with muffled laughter in some quarters when they were launched.
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

Mobiles get the crash test

Tied down with metal clamps on steel benches, ranks of mobile phones are being technologically tortured. If they could cry out, they would – but nobody would hear, because the noise of a hundred steel pistons pummelling their fascias is so loud that people rarely visit this windowless room for more than a few minutes at a time. And, anyway, the walls are soundproofed. "This is what I do," Kevin Smith shouts over the din. "I break mobile phones."
Publication date: 2009-02-25 more

The ten best pet gadgets

Treat your pet with one of these wonderful pet gadgets.
Publication date: 2009-02-24 more

Gmail back online again

Google's e-mail service Gmail is back up and running.
Publication date: 2009-02-24 more

Cyberclinic: Should camera phones really be allowed to take pictures silently?

I have to sheepishly confess that I’ve taken a surruptitious photo using my phone before. A few years back, some guy had spread his legs so wide apart while sitting in a packed train carriage that it prevented anyone from sitting next to him. I snapped him with the intention of shaming him online – but bottled out of uploading it, because he looked a bit dangerous and I feared bloody revenge.
Publication date: 2009-02-24 more

Keen on New Media: Twitter need only look at Facebook to see its future problems

February 2009 might well go down as the month when Twitter replaced Facebook as the hottest and coolest company in Silicon Valley.
Publication date: 2009-02-24 more

Steve Jobs won't appear at Apple agm

Apple will hold its annual meeting this week without chief executive officer Steve Jobs, his first absence since he reclaimed leadership of the company more than a decade ago.
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

The world’s most pointless inventions

EVER wore yourself out eating an ice-cream? The constant movement of the wrist to catch melting drops and ensure the ice-cream gets in your mouth and not the floor? Well help is at hand with the first ever motorised ice-cream cone – which has just been judged the most wasteful consumer product made last year.
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

Scientists on way to creating 'television wallpaper'

Scientists are embarking on a project that they say could one day lead to our homes being decorated with "television wallpaper".
Publication date: 2009-02-23 more

Facebook backtracks on data use after raft of complaints

Facebook has withdrawn controversial changes to its terms of service after receiving a storm of complaints from users of the social networking website.
Publication date: 2009-02-19 more

Ireland’s mini-Silicon Valley provides key blueprint for the next economy

The impact of R&D spin-offs on the south-east could mean 1,000 jobs in next five years
Publication date: 2009-02-19 more