Dell 'committed' to Irish divisionDell Computer remains "very committed" to its operations in the Republic and does not foresee any further job cutsWed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Retention of mobile call records queriedThe Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is to seek clarification from mobile telecoms companies Eircell and Esat Digifone…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Immigrant workers are not the State's flexible friendsFor some time now, I've had a reasonably clear idea about what I am doing in this country. First, I came here to studyFri Nov 02 2001 - 00:00
E-business concerns over new EU move on surveillanceEuropean legislation that permits the secret surveillance of e-mails, internet and phone usage - in many cases, without a warrant…Fri Nov 02 2001 - 00:00
Looking into the future but not being futuristicIBM'S Mr Tony Davison likes looking into the future and imagining technological developments in 2020 or 2080Fri Oct 26 2001 - 01:00
Interactive TV leaves many viewers frustratedDespite huge investments, user interfaces for interactive television remain so poor that frustrated viewers are suffering from…Fri Oct 26 2001 - 01:00
Delay in key Bill is bad news for the economyWhat can the Government be thinking of, leaving the extremely important Communications Bill to languish just when this country…Fri Oct 26 2001 - 01:00
Technology firms are finding it's good to talkAs with the US technology sector before it, the tech industry in the Republic realises it must interact in a more structured …Fri Oct 19 2001 - 01:00
Microsoft must lie in legal bed it's madeWe're back to a temporary draw in that incredibly long-running game, the antitrust trial brought by the United States Department…Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
Media Lab's role evolves to match changing timesAsk Prof Nicholas Negroponte what issues are foremost in his mind as he looks at Media Lab Europe (MLE), the Dublin research …Fri Oct 12 2001 - 01:00
MIT chooses Republic for start-up ventureThe Republic will become the headquarters for a new venture that will launch start-up companies emerging from the Massachusetts…Wed Oct 10 2001 - 01:00
'For let' signs drive home tech realityAny doubt that a certain kind of sparkle has gone off the technology industry was laid to rest for me on a recent visit to Silicon…Fri Oct 05 2001 - 01:00
'Oodles of wonga' waiting out there for ideasRaising venture funding in the United States is a challenge, given the current economic climate, according to two speakers at…Fri Oct 05 2001 - 01:00
Sobering times call for look to pastIs it just me, or does anyone else think the widely-used American business phrase, "open the kimono", is rather crass? Every …Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
PCs and literature make complementary bedfellowsAfter a summer in which several mainstream publishers have dipped a cautious toe into the slowly emerging electronic books, or…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
House filled with dreams and possibilitiesThe jewel in Microsoft's research crown is the place where it gets to show visitors a real glimpse of the future: the Microsoft…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
Privacy vital to democracyHow do you find a voice to describe the unspeakable? How do you gather words into orderly form, as the world twists out of shape…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
No doubt for Gates on Microsoft's future healthFiguring out how to blow $5 billion (€5.5 billion) in a year is a challenge - even for one of the world's richest men.Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
Mammoth merger of battered but not yet beaten tech giants{EDITION} The proposed melding of technology industry giants Compaq and Hewlett-Packard will, if approved by regulatory authorities…Fri Sept 07 2001 - 01:00
Eircom is set to publish DSL pricesEircom is believed ready to publish prices for its digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband internet offering as early as next…Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Republic risks becoming the dark horse of Europe if telecoms network not upgradedThe Republic, its businesses and its researchers risk becoming the also-rans of technological innovation if telecommunications…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
PCs for home use took a while to compute but IBM has not looked backIts name was the 5150, it was squat and beige, its microchip had 1/400th of the power of today's chips and its internal memory…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Silence is golden for firms in troubleIt is almost impossible these days to wade through any print or online business news medium without encountering the phrase "…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Irish telecom may join major carrier to bring broadband to regionsA major international telecommunications carrier and an Irish firm are considering providing broadband connectivity to the Irish…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Perhaps folksy American charm doesn't work hereWith its Holstein cow-patterned boxes and buildings and its Country Store computer outlets, Gateway has turned folksy American…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Rococo secures €3.17m capitalDublin wireless start-up Rococo Software has secured £2.5 million (€3Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Symantec marks 10th anniversary with Dublin openingThe Republic's pro-business climate has made the State an ideal location for internet security company Symantec's global software…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
Mobile future lies in multiple devicesMr Dominic Strowbridge, director of Motorola Applications Global Network (MAGNET), is sitting at a table with half a dozen latest…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Online Oscars typify good and bad of WebEvery year for the past five years San Francisco has hosted the Webbys, the online world's version of the OscarsFri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
First accurate data-based assessment suggests Net boomingThe first accurate, data-based assessment of internet traffic volume since 1996 has revealed that US internet traffic is growing…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Porn website spammers highlight legal hypocrisyNothing so thoroughly points out the hypocrisy of attitude by lawmakers towards unsolicited commercial e-mail (otherwise known…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Digital Hub badly in need of visionFor several reasons, both Media Lab Europe and the Digital Hub have figured in the news in the past few weeks.Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Verification of-email signatures gains ground via new key systemThe ability to use electronic forms of communication such as e-mail and to manage documents on computers raises numerous security…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Baltimore's bid for top tech spot on hold following Rooney departureBaltimore Technologies, for some time one of the most visible stars in the Irish technology firmament, is also one of its most…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Website content is big businessOne in five online retail companies spends more than $2 million (€2Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
High-tech sector needs to convince consumers of need for its productsSometimes it seems as if the whole, promising technological world - the one we were all promised would arrive any moment now - …Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Irish firm creates portable device for computer gamesA Cork-based product development company, EVTC, is to introduce a portable gaming device that can store up to 50 computer games…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Technology sector will suffer as European economy slowsEurope's economic slowdown will blunt demand for technology goods and services, and could wipe $9 billion (#10Tue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00
Republic puts `spam' burden on consumerThe Government's implementation of the EU's ECommerce Directive is likely to make the State the only European nation to place…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Time for a tech trickledownAs news comes through of more job losses in the technology industry - this time, 330 are to go at Nortel in the North, - you …Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
84% of venture investments go to technology firmsThe Republic put the highest proportion of venture capital into technology investment in Europe, with a leap in total private…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Irish firm scores #2m mobile successWireless applications company Macalla Software has developed a mobile banking service for a joint initiative between a Dutch …Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
Dublin e-commerce firm raises #5.3mSepro, a Dublin company specialising in network rating and billing software, has raised #5.3 million (£4Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
Microsoft Smart Tags do not seem such a smart idea after allFrom the "what can they have been thinking" department comes Microsoft's apparent plan to include a feature called Smart Tags…Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
E-mail for vocal massesIrish e-mail users - and, if all goes according to plan, those in many other countries as well - will be able to listen to rather…Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Narus helps tech find network gaps that make cash"It all starts and ends with one thing: how you make money," says Mr Ori Cohen, the founder and chairman of telecommunications…Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Getting just what we deserve in EuropeThe two most annoying words one can utter at the moment must be "Nice Treaty"Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Emigrant nation wipes welcome from mat in times of prosperityIn the 1980s, I ran into an old friend in Washington, DC, who had become a key aide in the office of Mr Alan Simpson, the US …Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
Internet is fraudsters' foe as well as friendComputer-enabled fraud is a serious and costly problem for both businesses and consumers.Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
Date fixed for launch of DSLEircom will introduce its high speed Internet access technology, DSL (digital subscriber line), in September.Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
