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Daily Digest 8 August
08-08-2008
Businesses suffer lax wireless security | IBM software and services target mobile web » more
Daily Digest 7 August
07-08-2008
Warning over Facebook walls | MobileAware gets new funds, new CEO » more
Daily Digest 6 August
06-08-2008
Pfizer cuts jobs in Cork | Dixons to become web-only brand » more
Daily Digest 5 August
05-08-2008
Ryanair acts against screenscrapers | Saaspoint boosts Irish jobs with new arm » more
Daily Digest 1 August
01-08-2008
Eircom rings call charge changes | Government laptop lost at bus stop » more
Daily Digest 31 July
31-07-2008
ComReg presses ahead with LLU changes | Sky falls in on BSkyB profits » more
Dell mini notebook takes aim at EEE PC
29-05-2008
Dell has been forced to reveal details of a mini notebook after CEO Michael Dell was spotted carrying the device at a conference this week. » more
US, EU at odds over tech taxes
29-05-2008
The EU has attacked the decision by the US to refer its tariffs on LCD monitors, multifunction printers and TV set-top boxes to the World Trade Organisation. » more
BT to rev up Three's broadband speeds
29-05-2008
Three Ireland has awarded BT a contract worth EUR44 million which will see the telecoms firm boost Three's mobile broadband speeds. » more
Symantec to cut 70 jobs in Dublin
29-05-2008
In a bad week for technology jobs in Ireland, security software firm Symantec has announced the loss of 70 manufacturing and distribution jobs in Dublin. » more
Trintech posts 31 percent rise in revenue
22-05-2008
Irish software company Trintech has seen revenue and profit increase during its first quarter of the year. » more
IBM employees volunteer for charitable scheme
22-05-2008
An employee at IBM Ireland has been chosen as part of a programme by the IT giant to develop leadership skills in emerging markets. » more
Ireland to become medical device hub
22-05-2008
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is investing millions of euro to help medical device companies gain faster access to the European market. » more
Ireland is vital part of DSG's strategy
15-05-2008
DSG International has identified Ireland as a key market for growth as part of a five-point plan to renew and transform the group's business going forward. » more
ESA puts out the call for astronauts
15-05-2008
Budding astronauts dreaming of becoming the first Irishman or woman in space have been given the chance to join the European Space Agency's astronaut corps. » more
PC grid to focus on global hunger crisis
15-05-2008
A project to develop stronger strains of rice aims to complete 200 years of research work in just two years by harnessing unused and donated power from individual PCs. » more
Icahn takes aim at Yahoo board
15-05-2008
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has launched a proxy battle to unseat the Yahoo board and restart talks with Microsoft over a possible sale of the business. » more
IRCSET announces EUR10.8m funding
08-05-2008
A scheme providing research funding to postgraduates in science, engineering and technology has announced that 150 candidates have received EUR10.8 million in funding. » more
O2 sells out of iPhones in the UK
08-05-2008
O2 UK has sold out of the 8GB iPhone three weeks after slashing the price by 37 percent, but is still charging Irish customers EUR399 for the end-of-life product. » more
Cowen unveils his new Cabinet
08-05-2008
The first cabinet announced by Brian Cowen delivered few surprises from an ICT perspective as Eamon Ryan held on to his Communications, Energy and Natural Resources portfolio. » more
DPC urged to take tougher stance
08-05-2008
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has been urged to take a firmer stand against abusers of the data protection regime and to fine serial offenders. » more
Twenty new tech jobs for Dublin
01-05-2008
Global pharmaceutical services company United BioSource Corporation is seeking up to 20 project managers after opening an office in Dublin. » more
NovaUCD outlines inventions growth in 2007
01-05-2008
The growth in commercialisation of research in Irish universities has been underlined by a 35 percent increase in invention disclosures by NovaUCD last year. » more
Adobe launches Open Screen Project
01-05-2008
Adobe has launched an initiative to use Flash technology to deliver rich web and video content across TVs, PCs, mobile devices and consumer electronic products. » more
UPC hooks up to four regional MANs
01-05-2008
Cable operator UPC Ireland has paid a seven-figure sum to access Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) in Sligo, Portlaoise, Athlone and Carlow. » more
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