For the record 27 May

27-05-2008

by Bryan Collins

Dublin firm Clicshare signs deal with Ohio media outlets | Yahoo files law suit against lottery spammers

Dublin based Clicshare.com has signed a deal with 17 broadcast media outlets in Cincinnati, Ohio to provide the area with school and business closure alerts. The three-year agreement will add 350 schools and schools systems and over 2,900 local businesses and community groups to ClicshareÂ’s event reminder and social networking service. This will be the primary tool for schools to relay closing information and reminders to the media and to parents. "We can now reach over 900,000 households with our Clicshare service and deliver messages and reminders through our online group portal and by e-mail and text alerts," said Clicshare co-founder and CTO Kevin O'Farrell.

The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has given its annual achievement award to web hosting company LetsHost. The award consists of a EUR5,000 prize and a perpetual trophy. The IEDR uses the award to recognise dot-ie resellers who have made a significant contribution to the growth and development of dot-ie registrations over the past year. "A secure online platform that companies, organisations and individuals can rely on to conduct their business is vital for the advancement of e-commerce in Ireland and I commend LetsHost for their promotion of dot-ie domains," said the Communications Minister Eamon Ryan, who presented the award.

PC manufacturer Lenovo, has appointed Alan Munro as its vice-president for the UK and Ireland. Munro has responsibility and management for Lenovo's activities in the UK and Ireland and reports directly to Milko van Duijl, senior-vice president for Lenovo Group. Munro was previously CEO and general manager for Lenovo Australia and New Zealand. He is from New Zealand and has held a range of sales, marketing and management roles in his home country, Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region.

Data Edge has completed several deals worth EUR700,000 over the past 12 months. The application and network performance management company rolled out synchronisation and network timing protocol solutions to some of Ireland's banks, telcos and universities. The company is predicting that its revenue in this sector will rise to EUR1 million for 2008 as a whole. "Next generation networks systems that many Irish telecoms providers are currently installing will support advanced services like internet TV and video on demand. However, without highly accurate timing, features we take for granted like a stutter-free picture, properly-synchronised voice and video and fast-channel changing will not work," said Paul Phelan, chief technology officer, Data Edge.

Yahoo has filed a lawsuit against Yahoo Lottery Spammers for unlawfully sending e-mail messages to internet users. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City. Yahoo alleges that the lottery spammers masqueraded as Yahoo and sent e-mails claiming that the recipient had won a lottery, prize or other award from Yahoo. The lottery scam was designed to trick e-mail users into revealing valuable personal data like passwords, credit card information, and social security numbers. "The unauthorised use of Yahoo's trademarks is misleading, fraudulent, and has actually confused, misled, and deceived the public. Yahoo will vigorously enforce its intellectual property rights and will not tolerate lottery hoax e-mails," said Joe Siino, Senior Vice President, Yahoo Global IP and Business Strategy.