Hosting Amazon's HQ may incur a bill not worth payingNet Results: Geo-corporate mating ritual takes place oblivious of potential downsidesThu Mar 08 2018 - 06:00
Airbnb impact on Dublin housing market must be addressedSan Francisco compulsory registration scheme one example Dublin could followThu Mar 01 2018 - 05:15
Rural Ireland is partly to blame for its slow broadbandKarlin Lillington: Internet inertia has exposed several ugly truths about State’s prioritiesThu Feb 08 2018 - 06:05
We all must do more to stop online abuse of children and adultsDigital safety decisions must not be rushed because the issue is topicalThu Feb 01 2018 - 06:00
Public fury over online abuse must push big tech to actIs proposed Digital Safety Commissioner role merely manoeuvring on a hot-topic issue?Fri Jan 26 2018 - 19:05
Surveillance does little to stop terror attacks, so why are our emails still being read?Net Results: Section 702 extension will hurt business over fears for data of EU citizensThu Jan 25 2018 - 05:55
Young Scientist exhibition shows Ireland at its brightest and bestBeloved national institution is so familiar it is easy to overlook how extraordinary it isThu Jan 18 2018 - 06:00
Wary of the Public Services Card? You have good reason to beNo national ID card has proven invulnerable to accidental leaks or dedicated hackersThu Jan 11 2018 - 07:07
IT giants too creative in application of word ‘innovation’Karlin Lillington: Firms must plough ideas into products not defend domination movesThu Jan 04 2018 - 06:00
Privacy and security will be the big tech stories of 2018Hacks, trolls, election manipulation, leaks – security is the evergreen tech concernThu Jan 04 2018 - 05:15
Reports of net neutrality’s death in US greatly exaggeratedNet Results: Move by FCC to abolish internet traffic equality faces formidable oppositionThu Dec 21 2017 - 07:00
Ireland must be a firm data protection advocate or risk losing global trustAs one of the top locations for the tech sector, we need a clearer stance on data obligationsThu Dec 14 2017 - 06:00
Ireland risks shooting itself in the foot in crucial Microsoft email caseAnalysis: Government wavering in case that threatens structure of global businessesSun Dec 10 2017 - 19:48
Who needs fancy-schmancy hacking when MPs share their passwords?Net Results: Do any TDs want to confess to sharing passwords around the office?Thu Dec 07 2017 - 06:30
Net neutrality faces the axe in the United StatesSilicon Valley leads opposition to US Federal Communications Commission proposalThu Nov 30 2017 - 06:00
Did Paris Hilton invent the selfie? And what does it all mean?Net Results: The yearning to self-immortalise must run deep in the human psycheThu Nov 23 2017 - 06:25
TruTrade cashless platform helps African farmers grow businessesSoftware developed by Self Help Africa assists farmers in securing fair pricesThu Nov 23 2017 - 06:25
Net Results: People must not be forced to operate onlineSome of us, for age or other reasons, choose quite reasonably to operate by analogueThu Nov 16 2017 - 06:00
Sneaky tax avoidance by super-wealthy elite is not victimlessTax avoidance as revealed in Paradise Papers results in funding losses for state servicesThu Nov 09 2017 - 06:00
Microsoft Ireland faces a data privacy battle in US supreme courtLegal row centres on whether the US can force US firms to hand over data held abroadThu Nov 02 2017 - 05:55
The modern-day Martin Luther challenging the Church of TechnopolyAn academic has illuminated the world-shaping and often invisible issues with techThu Nov 02 2017 - 05:35
US attempt to win right to grab Irish-held emails in Microsoft case is dangerousWhy is US chasing a line of legal thought that could easily in future be turned against it?Thu Oct 19 2017 - 01:00
Steps finally being taken to change shameful data retention lawIndiscriminate surveillance trampled on privacy rights of ordinary citizens for yearsThu Oct 12 2017 - 06:55
‘Buy Twitter’ campaign gaining attention but can it succeed?Social activists want to take the corporate out of Twitter by making it a public co-opThu Sept 28 2017 - 06:42
Public Services Card reveals State ignorance of data privacy issuesNet Results: Government must be aware of citizen rights when drafting database plansThu Sept 21 2017 - 06:10
Re:publica Dublin keeps focus on technology and societySpin-off of annual Berlin festival stays eclectic as it lands in Light House cinemaThu Sept 14 2017 - 06:10
New $1,000 iPhone X - a bargain of historic proportions?Before you complain, stop and think about how expensive and rubbish mobiles used to beWed Sept 13 2017 - 21:15
Education v entrepreneurship: How universities can strike a balanceRe:publica digital conference hears universities should not just focus on the bottom lineFri Sept 08 2017 - 17:38
Tech giants contributed to Dublin housing crisis, activists say‘Digital society’ event Re:publica hears call for sector to join push for affordable homesThu Sept 07 2017 - 19:28
Privacy Shield is already coming apart at the seamsThe US-EU data-transfer agreement is up for review, but its flaws are all too obviousThu Sept 07 2017 - 06:00
Relax the .ie domain rules and squatters could see an openingNet Results: Ireland’s domain registry wants to hear your views. You’ll have to hurryThu Aug 31 2017 - 06:31
Tech firms must start to invest in Dublin infrastructure for allGentrification caused by multinationals can be offset by transport and housing provisionThu Aug 24 2017 - 06:31
Corporate America must step up response to nauseating TrumpNet Results: More brave CEOs must resign from White House advisory panelsThu Aug 17 2017 - 05:35
Slow broadband speeds are Ireland’s national disgraceUrban and rural industry and citizens need faster internet. But should State keep out?Thu Aug 10 2017 - 05:58
Online coverage of Diana’s death pointed way for news mediaNet Results: In a world without smartphones, websites began rolling coverage 20 years agoThu Aug 03 2017 - 06:00
Microsoft discovers that no one wants to watch Paint dieNet Results: Company underestimated depth of affection when announcing program’s endThu Jul 27 2017 - 06:16
Tech giants strangely silent on US internet snoopingReal issue for them is not protecting your data, but ensuring they can keep using itThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
A well-enforced welfare system for animals long overduePuppy farming – and animal welfare generally – are still among Ireland’s saddest secretsMon Jul 17 2017 - 05:29
Governments and states playing fast and loose with our dataThree different, State database-building projects threaten citizens’ rights in IrelandThu Jul 13 2017 - 06:15
The two kinds of people: pre-iPhone and post-iPhone peopleI would pay for an enforced break from my phone, but younger people would struggleThu Jul 06 2017 - 06:35
US action on Microsoft email case could devastate cloud computingJustice department seeks appeal in relation to emails held by Microsoft in IrelandThu Jun 29 2017 - 06:18
How Europe’s antitrust watchdog got its teeth into GoogleOutcome will focus minds in all big tech multinationals doing business in EUTue Jun 27 2017 - 15:49
US government appeals Microsoft case involving Dublin emailsFour-year battle escalates in law enforcement efforts to gain access to EU citizen’s dataSun Jun 25 2017 - 02:50
Data protection ministry lost in Pat Breen’s vast portfolioConcern for data privacy helps lure firms to Ireland and Leo Varadkar move is damagingThu Jun 22 2017 - 05:00
Privacy Shield is up for review, and it’s not looking goodThe EU’s WP 29 is sceptical that the Trump government can guarantee data protectionThu Jun 15 2017 - 06:21
Leaked report shows Russian attempts to hack US electionTargets were local government officials likely to have voting-related dutiesThu Jun 08 2017 - 07:00
May’s call for more control of internet misleading and misguidedKarlin Lillington: The UK already has the draconian Investigatory Powers Act, which hands sweeping powers of surveillance to government agenciesSun Jun 04 2017 - 18:56
Female wartime ‘computers’ would be aghast at pay gapSeventy years on from female programmers’ work for the Allies, too little has changedThu Jun 01 2017 - 07:00
Years of floundering Founderism lie aheadCompanies matter less than the fact they were Founded – look at Joanna Riley’s 1-PageThu May 25 2017 - 07:00
WannaCry exposes the chaos hacking tools can bringAmateurish code with poor payback did some service – it taught us a lessonThu May 18 2017 - 07:00
