Staff find PCs up productivityIrish office workers may complain about their computers and the frustrations of information overload, but it turns out they rather…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Tech groups unite on security facilityFour of the State's largest tech companies have joined to launch a "proof of concept" facility for disaster recovery and data…Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
Two tech swallows may mark summer recoveryNet Results: Are we in recovery yet? We've all been asking that question about the technology industry for three years now, …Fri Oct 03 2003 - 01:00
Microsol seeks €4m in funding for US movesMicrosol, a Dublin-based producer of communication and automation products for the utilities industry, is seeking to raise €4…Wed Sept 24 2003 - 01:00
Computer conference thrives on argumentPoor Davis Lynas. Standing before a crowd of 30 or so computer security experts from around the world, he's trying to give a …Fri Sept 19 2003 - 01:00
Oracle attacks State's e-government policyThe State has been "ticking e-government boxes" rather than focusing on truly innovative online projects, according to an Oracle…Thu Sept 04 2003 - 01:00
State must act to make technology and science popularNet Results: The good news: students are showing a growing interest in physics, chemistry and engineering, according to the …Fri Aug 29 2003 - 01:00
Boards.ie knows how to get people talkingIrish online community bulletin board website is proving a popular destination for those who want to sell a car, debate the state…Fri Aug 29 2003 - 01:00
EBay to go ahead with Dublin projectUS internet giant eBay is understood to have approved a significant operations project for Dublin, despite anger at Government…Mon Jul 28 2003 - 01:00
In the Valley, clothes certainly do not make the manNet Results: The Macy's department store men's section at the Stanford Shopping Centre, in Palo Alto, California - which occupies…Fri Jul 18 2003 - 01:00
Farewell then to a small piece of computer historyNet Results: The first computer I ever owned was one of those first boxy Macintoshes of the late '80s, a beige (there was only…Fri Jul 04 2003 - 01:00
Oracle creates 96 jobs in DublinOracle Ireland will create 96 new jobs as its Oracle University division sets up a new e-learning section in Oracle's East Point…Sat Jun 28 2003 - 01:00
Data retention plans cause considerable uneaseThe Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources has expressed grave concerns about the negative impact and high…Mon Jun 23 2003 - 01:00
Multifunctional mobiles open up new realm of possibilities for work and funConsolidation and aggregation - these have been the hype words of the technology industry for some time now.Fri Jun 20 2003 - 01:00
Museum with high-tech attitude invites involvementNet Results: At first glance, the room looks like, well, a roomFri Jun 13 2003 - 01:00
Lobby condemns data storage plansPlans by the Government and others to store records of all phone and mobile calls, emails and internet usage "will result in …Mon Jun 09 2003 - 01:00
Technology shows flair in dealing with disabilityNet Result: Playing around with an "avatar" a computerised, animated character which can represent you onscreen in cyberspace…Fri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
Court threat for State over data privacyData Protection Commissioner Mr Joe Meade has twice threatened to begin High Court proceedings against the Government for using…Mon May 26 2003 - 01:00
Game on in battle to revive PC salesNet Results Games - often ignorantly derided as solely the weapons-and-gore territory of teenage boys - may well end up as this…Fri May 16 2003 - 01:00
Digital media firms adapt to the new market realityIf you want two signs of how much the digital media business has metamorphosed in the past three years: consider its size and…Fri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Primary lessons in partnershipIrish charity Suas has linked up with Gatoto primary school in Nairobi, Kenya, to introduce technology to its pupilsFri May 09 2003 - 01:00
Techs set for tough yearAlmost nine out of 10 Irish software companies believe growing revenue will remain a difficult challenge in 2003, while three…Thu May 01 2003 - 01:00
Get away from it all with some Net funSo we have a war, a recession, a strange Asian respiratory virus, a health service in crisis, woeful public transport, a new …Fri Apr 04 2003 - 01:00
State's data website a model of confusionNet Results: Rather quietly, the Department of Justice launched a website this week to lay out its stall on data retention and…Fri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
Trying to make a living out of open-source softwareThree years ago, a flurry of articles came out weighing up whether open-source operating system Linux could survive its growing…Fri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
Geek punishment: are you ready for the Linux test?Until recently, the view was that Linux was too difficult to install and use for the average computer userFri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
IBM partnership proved match made in heavenTwo moments in Linux's shift to mainstream corporate operating system stand out.Fri Mar 28 2003 - 00:00
Flying the Java flag in high windsIn the world of computing, technology standards bodies are the glue that keeps the user experience a relatively smooth one, writes…Fri Mar 21 2003 - 00:00
Dell gets into supercomputers with desktop clustersDell, best known for direct sales of personal computers, has quietly glided into the clustering market, where the big processing…Fri Mar 21 2003 - 00:00
Connectivity in the palm of your handNet Results: I know some people will scoff - you know who you are, you killjoys - but there are times when you're on the move…Fri Mar 21 2003 - 00:00
Don't believe State on data retentionNET RESULTS: Don't believe everything the Government tells youFri Mar 14 2003 - 00:00
University of Limerick starts to flex its software R&D musclesPlassey House, a serene 19th-century wealthy merchant's home, gazes down quietly on broad lawns and forests that slope towards…Fri Mar 14 2003 - 00:00
Atypical designer aims to create new sort of graduateNothing about Mikael Fernstrom is typicalFri Mar 14 2003 - 00:00
Intel launches new chipIntel is manufacturing parts of its new Centrino family of chips, launched yesterday, at its Leixlip, Co Kildare, microchip fabrication…Thu Mar 13 2003 - 00:00
Project aims to create smarter video DCU centre is researching specialised techniques to search and edit video footageWish you could flop into a chair at home after a long day's work and instruct your television set to show you only the news items…Fri Mar 07 2003 - 00:00
Move to retain phone call data deploredThe Irish Council for Civil Liberties has criticised a Cabinet direction last April ordering phone companies to retain the telephone…Thu Mar 06 2003 - 00:00
State's broadband failings highlighted in new reportThe Republic has sunk to 51st place on the World Economic Forum's global index of broadband availability, according to a new …Mon Mar 03 2003 - 00:00
Open-source software could halve cost of State's technology projectsGovernment could halve its costs for large technology projects by using open-source software, according to the organisers of …Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
TDs vote with their feet as new system is infectedComputer hackers looking for opportunities to sabotage the State need look no further than the Dáil voting system.Fri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
State secretly retaining phone dataThe State has had a secret data retention regime for almost a year, after the Cabinet confidentially instructed telecommunications…Tue Feb 25 2003 - 00:00
Business forum seeks Irish inputA student-run alternative to Davos that regularly attracts the world's best-known business leaders is hoping to increase Irish…Mon Feb 24 2003 - 00:00
Consultation over data Bill is a farceThe Department of Justice has rather novel ideas about how to conduct a public consultation process.Fri Feb 21 2003 - 00:00
Geek chic is just what a Valley gal needsNet Results: To me, a gal who spent her formative years in the heart of Silicon Valley, nothing brings home the fact that I …Fri Feb 14 2003 - 00:00
Salesforce Foundation linking business to communityFoundation encourages firms to invest time, skills and money to helpothers.Fri Feb 14 2003 - 00:00
You can run but you can't hide from GoogleNET RESULTS: Chances are, you've been googledFri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00
Dublin comes last in e-listDublin lies just one off the bottom of the list as an e-commerce hub when compared to 13 global cities of similar size, according…Wed Jan 15 2003 - 00:00
New weblog software on wayNewbay Software, a privately-funded start-up headed by a former Baltimore Technologies executive, is to offer software that enables…Wed Jan 08 2003 - 00:00
Communication must be Minister Ahern's keywordBUSINESS OPINION: Hands up, anyone who remembers that Minister Dermot Ahern deals with anything other than fish and quotas.Mon Dec 30 2002 - 00:00
Firms focus on putting accounting rules in placeEnsuring responsible accounting rules and procedures is now a core business strategy of British and Irish companies, according…Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00
On the 12th day of Christmas my true geek gave to me...NET RESULTS: For the last Net Results of 2002, I spare you a political rant, an overboiled opinion piece, a sniping attack - …Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00