Story Archive
Should software be patented?
02-11-2000
Do software patents stifle innovation? Or do they stimulate innovation? » more
Eircell guides its WAP users to TV
02-11-2000
Eircell's 50,000 plus WAP customers will be able to receive fully personalised TV guides on their WAP phones thanks to e-tv, the mobile operators intelligent WAP service. » more
WAP search engine firm gets EUR1.5m
02-11-2000
Wireless Internet start-up Calaba has secured EUR1.5 million in financing to commercialise its WAP site search engine and directory, Wapaw. » more
Two Desmond-backed companies merge
02-11-2000
Two Irish companies have merged to become a new media solution and consultancy provider for the international broadcast, broadband and Internet community. » more
The Bottom Line: Open Source
02-11-2000
information ammunition » more
Lionbridge cuts losses and ups revenue
02-11-2000
Lionbridge Technologies reported a net loss of USD2.8 million for the third quarter ended 30 September, 2000. » more
In the papers 02 November
02-11-2000
Blackstar to lay off 22 | HP seeks lower price for PricewaterhouseCoopers » more
Jinny signs USD2.5m deal in Gulf
02-11-2000
Irish wireless software developer Jinny Software has signed a deal with the Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) that will offer important new personalisation technology to mobile users. » more
Geo brings video to mobile phones
02-11-2000
The GEO Interactive Media Group announced on Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Hollywood.com for the distribution and delivery of video clips over GSM and CDMA wireless networks. » more
Face to Face with Jordan Hubbard, BSDi
02-11-2000
"We'll sleep with anybody that we think will advance our cause. We're in bed with BSDi to see what we can get them to do for us. But we'll maintain a degree of separation - it's just a relationship of mutual interest." » more
Source code wants to be free
02-11-2000
A late twentieth century Rousseau would have observed "Code is born free, but is everywhere in chains." But a sort of liberation is at hand for twenty-first century code via the efforts of communities of developers participating in the ever-growing open source movement. » more
Pure gets a EUR2.25m cash injection
01-11-2000
Irish interactive media producer Pure Communications has secured a EUR2.25 million venture capital injection which puts a value on the company of EUR17 million. » more
UK Post Office aims at home shopping
01-11-2000
The UK Post Office Service has announced plans for a two-pronged assault on the home-shopping market. » more
Domain Registry leaves UCD to go solo
01-11-2000
The .ie Domain Registry has broken away from University College Dublin to become an independent service, IE Domain Registry Limited. » more
Servecast to announce new funding
01-11-2000
Servecast.com, the Irish on-line broadcasting company, is set to announce a significantly larger second round of funding than the EUR15 million the company initially sought. » more
AIB revs up in HotOrigin
01-11-2000
AIB has announced an IEP2.5 million equity investment in HotOrigin, the Irish software and e-commerce accelerator. » more
Napster enters pact with Bertelsmann
01-11-2000
Napster, the music exchange site that has become a thorn in the side of the entertainment industry, has entered into a strategic alliance with German media giant Bertelsmann. » more
New tool to simplify WAP development
01-11-2000
Adobe and Nokia are to release a tool that will let developers author and preview content as it will look on WAP-enabled wireless devices. » more
Irish students go on-line in Web soap
31-10-2000
Five Irish students have forfeited their privacy for three months by becoming the stars of a reality based Web soap, No54, which went on-line last Friday. » more
Permanent takes stake in property portal
31-10-2000
Irish Permanent has taken a 15 percent stake in Ascotfirst.com, which claims to be Ireland's largest property portal. » more
Sun launches major wireless initiative
31-10-2000
Sun Microsystems on Monday announced a major new wireless initiative, iForce, that includes a USD100 million venture fund to invest in wireless companies. » more
Fanzines face on-line competition
31-10-2000
A UK company has launched an innovative Web-based alternative to entertainment magazines. » more
UK Web site shows news video clips
31-10-2000
A new Web site launched in the UK allows visitors to browse through video material from 1896 to the present day and stream any of the 14,000 video clips on request. » more
Microsoft reaches for the Sky
31-10-2000
Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation are at an advanced stage of talks that could see the US software giant take a 3.5 percent stake in Sky Global, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. » more
Wireless ASP aims to make mobile pay
30-10-2000
WAP may not have taken off as advocates hoped, but a new wireless application service provider is hoping to show companies that short messaging offers real revenue potential. » more
Call cards get new lease on life
27-10-2000
With the advent of the mobile phone and prepaid call cards, one might have thought that the call card collector was a dying breed. However, there is still a new lease of life in the call card, as Ireland's original smartcard is just about to get smarter. » more
Looking to a smart future
27-10-2000
Five years ago all sorts of almost incredible claims were being made for smartcards. » more
Groupe Bull eyes sale of Cara
27-10-2000
Rumours circulating regarding the possible sale of Bull Cara, seem to be well-founded, ENN has learned. » more
NTL goes to New York and drops NASDAQ
27-10-2000
NTL has announced that its shares will begin trading on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at USD38.5 a share. » more
In the papers 27 October
27-10-2000
DCP seeks IEP25m in private placing | Microsoft's Network Is Hacked And Code for Software Is Taken » more
Caped Koala Studios has built a virtual world for kids, combining education and social networking 