UCD to help hatch e-commerce start-ups

04-09-2000

UCD's Smurfit Business School Centre for E-commerce and Virtual Organisations (CECVO) is to found an early stage incubation centre for students' business plans. » more

Irish firm builds credit risk software

01-09-2000

A Dublin-based financial consultancy has set up a software arm to plug what it sees as an international gap in the financial risk industry. » more

Wolfe Group to raise further IEP20m

01-09-2000

IT consultancy firm turned data hosting company The Wolfe Group is to raise more than IEP20 million in fresh funding over the coming months. » more

Face to Face with Stewart Kenny, Paddypower.com

01-09-2000

It is a more lucrative version of the myth of the boy who ran away to join the circus, and the last chapter is not written yet. » more

WAP users paid to take part in surveys

29-08-2000

WAP phones are now being used to carry out market research questionnaires, earning money for their owners in the process. » more

BuyandSell.net seeks more funds

28-08-2000

BuyandSell.net will announce further funding from its original investors next week. » more

Setanta to spend IEP2m on sports site

28-08-2000

Setanta Sports will spend IEP2 million on its Internet subsidiary Setanta.com in the next 18 months and is also seeking equity investment. » more

Face to Face with Liam Booth, Datalex

25-08-2000

How easy is to translate offline success to the wired world? Ask this Irish travel technology firm. » more

Eircom uses BBC television in ADSL trial

22-08-2000

The BBC has licensed its BBC1 and BBC2 television stations to Eircom for use as part of its trial of ADSL broadband Internet technology, according to a BBC spokeswoman. » more

Loophole could let hackers off lightly

22-08-2000

The hackers who broke into an Eircom server last week could get off comparatively lightly because of a loophole in the law. » more

DCP teams up with Lionbridge

21-08-2000

Internet consultancy and production company Digital Channel Partners (DCP) is to work with Lionbridge Technologies in the localisation of Internet products. » more

Irish Examiner sets up new media firm

21-08-2000

A new media company has been formed to produce Web sites for the Irish Examiner and its publisher's regional newspaper titles, ElectricNews.Net has learned. » more

Legal contracts can now be signed on Net

21-08-2000

A new security product which allows complex legal documents to be signed over the Internet has been released by an Irish company. » more

Spectel aims at SME conferencing market

21-08-2000

A new conferencing system aimed at the small and medium sized (SME) business sector has been released. » more

On-line gambling site moves offshore

20-08-2000

Luvbet.com, the gambling Web site formerly located in Cork, has moved to tax haven Malta, from where it will offer on-line betting services into the Irish market. » more

Face to Face with Theo Lynn, EMG

18-08-2000

If Ireland's success in the digital era is down to its education system - as most pundits casually assert - then the e-business world is certainly paying its educational dues. » more

Cautious welcome for new ad format

18-08-2000

The first Irish Internet advertising campaign using groundbreaking interstitial advertising will be launched in early October. » more

'We don't know who hacker is' - gardaí

18-08-2000

The Garda team investigating the hacking of Eircom's Internet service has denied reports that it has the name and address of the individual responsible. » more

Irish service centre for Verisign opened

15-08-2000

An Irish company has set up the first service centre for issuing Verisign digital certificates outside the US. The Trust365 centre will serve the UK and Irish markets. » more

Eircom blocks cheap data service access

15-08-2000

Eircom has blocked mobile users from accessing data services through special, low rate Internet phone numbers. » more

Savage shake-out of start-ups confirmed

14-08-2000

The savage shake-out of the Internet industry since the beginning of this year is confirmed by newly published research figures from Webmergers.com. » more

Genesis gets a telecoms licence

14-08-2000

Genesis, the Cork-based Internet service provider (ISP) which has promised to introduce broadband access to homes in autumn, has been awarded a telecommunications licence. » more

Anti-virus software released for mobiles

14-08-2000

The threat of virus attacks on mobile devices has driven two major anti-virus software companies to release products which protect mobile phones and handheld computing devices. » more

Killarney is turned into WAP laboratory

11-08-2000

The Co Kerry town of Killarney has been turned into a WAP laboratory in a bid to determine, once and for all, whether there is a market for the new technology. » more

Go2Call service now covers North America

11-08-2000

Users of PC-to-telephone long distance call service Go2Call can now phone friends and relatives in the US and Canada. » more

Face to Face with David Brennan, Orbiscom

11-08-2000

The Internet and the banking industries were never going to be comfortable bedfellows. » more

Fastnet seeks IEP2m first round funding

11-08-2000

Food industry software company Fastnet has appointed Davy Corporate Finance to raise IEP2 million in the company's first round of funding. » more

New service could slash mobile bills

08-08-2000

Two Irish companies are developing technology which could cut companies' mobile phone bills and save hours of wasted company time. » more

Medianet founder quits year after sale

04-08-2000

Tom Kelly, founder of Medianet, has left the company one year after it was bought by US Internet service provider Via.Networks, ElectricNews.Net has learned. » more

New controversy over mobile radiation

04-08-2000

Mobile phone manufacturers face fresh controversy about the dangers of radiation exposure from handsets as a new case goes to court in the US. » more