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Don't believe State on data retention

NET RESULTS: Don't believe everything the Government tells you

Fri Mar 14 2003 - 00:00

Intel launches new chip

Intel 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 footage

Wish 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 deplored

The 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 report

The 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 projects

Government 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 infected

Computer 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 data

The 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 input

A 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 farce

The Department of Justice has rather novel ideas about how to conduct a public consultation process.

Fri Feb 21 2003 - 00:00

Salesforce Foundation linking business to community

Foundation encourages firms to invest time, skills and money to helpothers.

Fri Feb 14 2003 - 00:00

Geek chic is just what a Valley gal needs

Net 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

You can run but you can't hide from Google

NET RESULTS: Chances are, you've been googled

Fri Feb 07 2003 - 00:00

Dublin comes last in e-list

Dublin 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 way

Newbay 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 keyword

BUSINESS OPINION: Hands up, anyone who remembers that Minister Dermot Ahern deals with anything other than fish and quotas.

Mon Dec 30 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

Firms focus on putting accounting rules in place

Ensuring responsible accounting rules and procedures is now a core business strategy of British and Irish companies, according…

Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00

Space, the final frontier for the tourist adventurer

Forget canoeing over waterfalls in New Zealand, scuba diving among sharks in Fiji, or white-water rafting in Africa

Fri Nov 29 2002 - 00:00

McDowell rejects article on data retention

The Minister for Justice has described as "misleading" an article in yesterday's Irish Times which revealed plans to retain detailed…

Fri Nov 29 2002 - 00:00

War on liberties escalates

Someone please explain to me why, in the name of freedom and liberty and an open democracy, we should have to watch the superpowers…

Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00

South Korea shows the way on broadband

Government spent millions helping create the world's most advanced telecoms network, writes Karlin Lillington

Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00

Studios seek best of both worlds

I recall the moment perfectly

Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00

Camera phones from O2 available

Mobile phone operator O2 has officially launched its media messaging service (MMS) and new camera phones capable of taking and…

Tue Nov 12 2002 - 00:00

Australian Net libel case highlights need for harmonising laws

When a computer user in Australia reads an article on a news website based in the United States, where has the article been "…

Fri Nov 08 2002 - 00:00

The true entrepreneur puts failure down to experience

One of the founders of Nua, a company whose dotcom era struggles became the subject of endless media interest, Niall O'Sullivan…

Fri Oct 25 2002 - 01:00

Broadband better happen soon or you'll never hear the end of it

In Britain, BT has gone after the market in a much more serious waydespite the fact that most people don't yet understand why…

Fri Oct 25 2002 - 01:00

Chorus licence to be revoked

Telecommunications regulator Ms Etain Doyle will revoke Chorus's wireless internet licence and remove some of the wireless service…

Sat Oct 19 2002 - 01:00

Electronic vote poses big security risk

NET RESULT: Last May, during the general election, the State experimented with electronic voting

Fri Oct 18 2002 - 01:00

Home-grown IT sector faces sales challenge

The Irish market is small and Irish software firms lack the skills to push products into international markets - ISA chairman…

Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00

Britain shows way on cheap broadband

Here's irony for you: Microsoft is testing the online gaming capabilities of its Xbox console on its own internal network in …

Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00

Big guns made a killing on New Economy myth

BUSINESS OPINION: Just try to say this phrase without laughing: the New Economy

Mon Oct 07 2002 - 01:00

Oracle warns Republic must move up the tech food chain to compete

Imagine being an outspoken kind of guy forced to work for a boss who always expects you to be restrained, gentle, and polite …

Fri Sept 27 2002 - 01:00

Surveillance state in the making

When some of the world's leading security experts are getting worried about the imposition of too much security in our lives, …

Fri Sept 27 2002 - 01:00

Siemens targets wireless start-up firms in Republic

Siemens is to target wireless telephony start-up companies in the Republic with its Siemens Mobile Acceleration (SMAC) fund, …

Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00

Software expert to head €6.4m project

A world expert in software engineering who helped discredit former US President Ronald Reagan's controversial "Star Wars" defence…

Tue Sept 24 2002 - 01:00

UTV finds a simple path to good PR

One of the greatest challenges for a company, especially one that deals directly with the general public, is the tricky bit about…

Fri Sept 20 2002 - 01:00

An empty Pringles tube can be a hacker's best friend

Ireland's low-profile COSAC meeting attracts big players in computersecurity

Fri Sept 20 2002 - 01:00

Irish group seeking to manage EU's Net domain

A consortium of prominent political and business figures is bidding to manage the European Union's new internet domain address…

Thu Sept 19 2002 - 01:00

Bank invests in full software suite

Irish organisations using SAP in-house are Bank of Ireland and the health boards

Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00

Technology companies now hate the messenger

In the beautiful city of Lisbon, an IT gathering hears media is obsessed with short-termism rather than the long haul

Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00

Bay Area's broadband mess is not as bad as ours

NET RESULTS/Karlin Lillington: The situation is definitely rich in irony

Fri Sept 06 2002 - 01:00

Why the 'blogger' and the journalist should be friends

Tension between bloggers, those who maintain weblogs, and journalists can be lessened if they are seen as complementary rather…

Fri Aug 23 2002 - 01:00

Many young firms desperate for funding

Business Opinion:   Talk to any company looking for venture capital investment at the moment about the current funding climate…

Mon Aug 12 2002 - 01:00

Investment in Irish IT firms ahead of Europe

Information technology companies in the Republic received more venture capital (VC) investment per capita in 2001 than those …

Fri Aug 09 2002 - 01:00

Marrakech raises $10m in closing of funding round

Marrakech, the Dublin company that provides an internet-based platform for firms to manage their buying and selling processes…

Fri Jul 19 2002 - 01:00

Tech leaders call for e-minister

The Government should not waver on major investments in broadband infrastructure and needs a wholly dedicated e-minister, according…

Thu Jul 11 2002 - 01:00

Much ado about man versus machine

NET RESULTS: It's a strange place, a place of poise and beauty, which still - hallelujah - belongs to the creative human brain…

Fri Jul 05 2002 - 01:00

Venture capital investment tumbles by 31% in 2001

Irish venture capital investment fell by 31 per cent in 2001, with seed capital for start-ups plummeting by 50 per cent, according…

Fri Jul 05 2002 - 01:00

Ellison's stage presence fails to hit usual high note

Once upon a time Oracle's chief executive was a sure bet for a couple of laughs and nasty asides about competitors

Fri Jul 05 2002 - 01:00
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