The Irish Times on the Web (where you may be reading this) won the Compaq Information Excellence Award at the second Golden Spider Irish Internet awards which were held last Friday in the RDS. The competition, organised by dot.ieMagazine in association with PostGEM, was established to acknowledge excellence within the Irish Internet industry and reward creativity and innovation. See Modem World for the complete list of winners.IT'S SHOWTIME: Graduates from the MSc. in Multimedia Systems in Trinity College put their end-of-year projects on show in the Douglas Hyde Gallery TCD from Thursday. The show is made up of nine projects using all sorts of cyber-wizardry to eke the cutting-edge best out of the medium. The exhibition includes a Flann O' Brien-inspired meta-fiction, a hypervideo conversation in a restaurant, a disorientating journey through cyberspace, a meditation on time in the computer age and a reflection on the nature of femininity. Phew!WELFARE KIOSKS: Broadcom ╔ireann Research has taken part in an EU-funded project to build citizen-access multimedia kiosks for social welfare and employment services. One such kiosk, on trial in the ILAC Library in Dublin, provides information on the social welfare system and maps user profiles against job descriptions on the FAS employment database.NUA'S NEW PLANS: Nua plans to change the way large organisations relate to their customers online through its relationship management software, Nuaware, to be unveiled at the autumn Internet World `98, in New York on October 5th. Nuaware is based on the company's extensive experience of helping large multinational organisations build and manage their brands online.TOP OF THE CLASS: WBT Systems, the provider of Web-based training software, and Macmillan Education & Training, last week announced plans to co-develop Internet-based training courses. Macmillan will use WBT Systems' TopClass to host an instruction-support Website for trainers and teachers and will also use the system to create custom courseware solutions for colleges and corporations.CHILDREN'S NET: The Minister for Education, Mr Micheal Martin, last week launched the Irish strand of the Cable and Wireless Childnet International Awards Scheme which seeks to promote innovative uses of the Internet by children across the globe. Last year Coolderry primary school came third in the education category and their site can be seen, along with all last year's finalists, on the awards home page at www.childnetint.org/awards . INTERNET AS GAEILGE: Radio na Gaeltachta has recently begun broadcasting Idirlion, a weekly programme focusing on the Internet presented by ┴ine Hensey and Cathal ╙ Cuaig. Each Monday morning from 10.30 to 11.00 a.m., the show covers all aspects of life on the Web, with site reviews, interviews, advice and news.
Listeners can have their say, during the programme or at any other time, at idirlion@rte.ie , or by visiting www.rnag.ie .IN BRIEF . . .1200 Irish schools will receive a total of £800,000 worth of computer equipment under the Tesco Ireland Computers for Schools programme this month. . . Net Results have appointed Frank Hannigan, ex-PostGEM/Ireland On Line Group Marketing Manager, as Head of UK Distribution. . .