Punters go barking mad for Sony's famous robot dogsThere were no free t-shirts, software giveaways, logoed screen cleaners, badges, mugs or any of the other items that cause large…Fri Nov 24 2000 - 00:00
Gore gets support from techiesSo, which of the main US presidential candidates is - or would have been - better for the technology industry? You think it doesn…Fri Nov 10 2000 - 00:00
Eircell sale may be step in right directionWith the rumours of the sale of Eircell everyone has an opinion on Eircom and how it should be runFri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
EU draft cyber crime treaty spells troubleAll the hard work the Government and private industry have done to turn the Republic into one of the more attractive European…Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Softech moves into cut-price telecom lines marketDublin software company Softech Telecom plans to become the first global aggregator to use the collective buying power of its…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Slashdot has some fun with patenting of processesSlashdot, the self-described "news for nerds" discussion site, is usually worth the occasional visit even if you aren't a programmer…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
Company's novel way to stay in touch attracts financial supportYou've just bought a house, you changed jobs twice last year, and you just got a mobile phone, but even your mother doesn't know…Fri Oct 13 2000 - 01:00
California closing legal loopholes with virus lawAs it often does in topical areas of legislation, the state of California last week led where others will undoubtedly follow, …Fri Oct 06 2000 - 01:00
Booming m-commerce facing major challengesUsers of mobiles and handheld devices such as the Palm are growing exponentially and are expected to outnumber PC users by 2003…Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
New fibreoptic network may be installedGlobal Crossing, the international data network and transatlantic cablelaying company, may install a high-speed fibreoptic network…Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Companies offload dot.com titles to stay afloatThe panel on Today FM's Sunday Supplement news show recently all agreed: the only way the Progressive Democrats could revitalise…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore chief urges greater co-operation in e-business growthThe computer security industry, governments, patent and regulatory bodies and consumers have moral and social obligations to …Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore set to exploit formula for successAlmost unnoticed by either the business or technology worlds, last week marked a milestone in the digital security world, a change…Fri Sept 15 2000 - 01:00
Baltimore to offer key product for freeIn a surprise move intended to accelerate the growth of the online security products market, Baltimore Technologies, the Dublin…Fri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Performix nets European dealDublin technology company Performix has signed a large-scale, panEuropean deal with giant Internet service provider AOL Europe…Fri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Web users are failing to rally to banner advertsIt's official: Irish Web users are bigger suckers than anyone anywhere elseFri Sept 08 2000 - 01:00
Band-X lands in the right place at a perfect timeNothing signals the utter transformation of the telecommunications market here more succinctly than the arrival last week of …Fri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
Old ways can sometimes prove best in new worldI'll tell you one excellent reason to opt for a Macintosh computer rather than a PC at the moment: Internet connectionsFri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
Six opt for Global Crossing cableSix companies have taken up the full initial offering of high-speed, international broadband telecommunications capacity available…Thu Jul 27 2000 - 01:00
MIT's Media Lab turns the world aroundThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab came to town yesterday and the world as we thought we knew it was picked…Tue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
US firm to create up to 3,000 jobs in DublinCisco Systems is to create up to 3,000 jobs in the Dublin areaMon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Nabbing Napster won't stop the musicThank God for Napster, the website that acts as a directory for people who want to share their CD collections onlineFri Jul 21 2000 - 01:00
GlobalCenter's €76m facility boosts e-commerceA new £60 million (€76 million) facility in Co Dublin will cement the Republic's position as an international player in the electronic…Wed Jul 12 2000 - 01:00
Digital gesture by President makes historyIn a room in Aras an Uachtarain that once knew only quill pens and inkpots, the President, Mrs McAleese made history yesterday…Tue Jul 11 2000 - 01:00
Web's prolific publisher shares his every thought"I'm an oddball," says Mr Dave Winer, and few would disagreeFri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
E-commerce here takes giant leap forwardThe last week was a quietly momentous one for electronic commerce in the Republic, as we got both an E-commerce Bill and the …Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Esat, NTL refuse Net capacity on Global Crossing cableTelecommunications companies Esat and NTL have declined to buy high-speed Internet capacity on a multi-million-pound flagship…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Technology firms secure 50% of private investmentThe Republic now puts half of all private investment into technology companies, with most coming from venture capital deals, …Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Local loop liberation will cut Net costsThe Government's decision to end Eircom's control of the "last mile" of telephone lines - that portion of wires feeding directly…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Fury follows BT's surprise claim on hyperlinksThere's really no kind way of saying this, but no one likes large telecommunications companiesFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
President to sign E-commerce Bill digitallyThe Government's E-commerce Bill will become law next week ail session yesterdayFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
O'Rourke signals legislation to deregulate `last mile' of telecom wireLegislation to deregulate the "last mile" of copper telephone wires by the end of the year and to replace the Office of the Director…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Spend big and spend with style if you want to make moneyAn advertisement in an upmarket US magazine shows a contemplative man wearing an attractive pair of silk trousers with the caption…Fri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
Money and wine flow freely in the ValleyThe mercury hit a record 109 Fahrenheit/42 Celsius last week in San Jose, and that wasn't all that was hot, hot, hotFri Jun 23 2000 - 01:00
£150m in State aid for Net access projectIn an initiative worth two and a half times the Government's contribution to the Global Crossing transatlantic cable project, …Thu Jun 22 2000 - 01:00
Politicians fumble with E-commerce BillPoliticians did one of two unfortunate things when they ran out of time for debate during last week's Dail discussion on the …Fri Jun 16 2000 - 01:00
Digital age business is stuck in Stone AgeLast week, Canadian company 360-Networks landed the Irish end of the cable for one of the two ongoing, big transatlantic cable…Fri Jun 09 2000 - 01:00
Bertieahern.com owner subject of fraud suit in USTheE man who owns the domain name bertieahernSat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
We must think beyond next drink to secure e-futureWhich is more important to the nation: determining the regulatory and social framework of what is swiftly becoming the central…Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Dust settles on dot.com hypeHave we gone from dot.com to dot.bomb, or is the Internet market finally starting to grow up?Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Volatility wipes shine off shares in dot.comsOne of the serious knock-on effects of the current volatility is that technology company employees may question the value of …Fri Jun 02 2000 - 01:00
Report blames bad websites for driving customers awayOnline retailers are driving potential customers away by fatally sacrificing service for "sizzle", with British e-tailers offering…Tue May 30 2000 - 01:00
A court battle of Wagnerian proportionsIt's been a while coming, but this week looks like the endgame in the long-running Microsoft trialMon May 29 2000 - 01:00
Politicians must consider others on the NetCurious, isn't it, that the only online privacy issue that seems to have captured the attention or concern of politicians in …Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
Xerox hopes e-business can reboot its reputation"A hanging garden of Babylon overlooking Silicon Valley," is Mr Rich Gold's whimsical description of the most famous research…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Another darn virus bombs the InternetWhile everyone else got love letters last week, I got "kakked"Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Love bug perpetrator `a socially inept' male teenThe person who this week brought you the love bug and billions of dollars in damage this week is most likely a white male teen…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Valley welcomes Microsoft breakupHoney, I shrunk the company: Topic A in the cubicles of Silicon Valley this past week has been, of course, the US government'…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Microsoft wins extra time to reach settlementAt the eleventh hour, Microsoft won additional time this week to reach a negotiated settlement of the antitrust suit filed against…Fri Mar 31 2000 - 01:00
Cumbersome litigation is damaging telecoms developmentA series of legal challenges to licences awarded and a readiness to take court action over the telecommunications regulator's…Fri Mar 24 2000 - 00:00
