Google: EU’s data protection authorities have “absolute focus” on privacyMultinationals ready to implement EU’s incoming data protection regulationWed Mar 2 2016 - 09:35
‘There is no technology more important than encryption’Microsoft president defends need to keep governments from weakening technologiesWed Mar 2 2016 - 08:11
Ethical issues are tripping up tech firms and the backlash can be abysmalAs we race towards new tech there is a need to listen to the philosopher’s take on the impact of new ideasThu Feb 11 2016 - 06:00
Amazon inserts clause indemnifying them in event of zombie apocalypseMost people blissfully unaware of terms and conditions for new apps or softwareThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
The real debate: canines or felines?Forget the Irish and US elections. The big question is whether dogs or cats are the superior species. A new TV programme attempts to bring scientific rigour to the question, a feline fan and a canophile argue the pointFri Feb 5 2016 - 16:01
Privacy Shield: a safe harbour for EU data?Transatlantic data protection package is still just a proposed framework, not a done dealThu Feb 4 2016 - 01:00
Firms getting anxious about data transfersEU and US have radically different views on privacyTue Feb 2 2016 - 01:00
An epic fail for Ireland’s data protection lawsGsoc’s demand for call records was carried out in direct opposition to the European Court of JusticeThu Jan 28 2016 - 06:30
Journalists, this GSOC story isn’t all about you, you knowThe media didn’t bother to scrutinise what was happening when it was about everyone else – this story is still about everyone elseThu Jan 21 2016 - 01:01
Citizens ‘need to be wary’ over personal dataMinister for data protection says trust remains low on protection of personal informationWed Jan 20 2016 - 18:19
Technology giant Oracle to create 450 new jobs in DublinCompany recruiting 1,400 people worldwide on back of cloud computing services growthThu Jan 14 2016 - 10:14
Data case has huge implications for personal privacyThe US’s attempt to access information in Dublin may change cloud computingThu Jan 14 2016 - 07:36
Teenagers risk being defined for life by their social media postsGrowing up on the internet involves constant management of a personal PR entityThu Jan 14 2016 - 01:00
No Irish need apply when it comes to UK online retailersIreland comes in well below the average in the EU for online shoppingThu Jan 7 2016 - 01:00
Privacy can no longer be a low-level, box-checking exerciseRecent court decisions, and legislation, will most likely affect everyone handling dataThu Dec 31 2015 - 08:00
Karlin Lillington: Facebook’s age of consent rule not worth a clickMuch-hyped parental permission rule is tiny part of EU data protection directiveFri Dec 18 2015 - 01:02
Net Results: California leads the charge for electric carTesla’s showcase store in Palo Alto has become a local entertainment must-seeThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
How ‘unnecessary journeys’ made Teresa Mannion go viralRTÉ broadcaster’s rain-drenched Storm Desmond report was the clip that kept on givingThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Marriage of artists and technologists drives Pixar’s successRemoving barriers to creativity is key ingredient, chief Ed Catmull believesThu Dec 3 2015 - 06:00
Cyber Monday continues to spread to all of DecemberThe rather dull and predictable reality is that it is Thanksgiving weekend in the US, plus the entire month of December, that has gone “cyber” and sales-focusedThu Dec 3 2015 - 01:28
You better watch out: drone invasion is coming to townDrones need to be traceable and trackable, and laws enforceableThu Nov 26 2015 - 06:00
Lost for words? The emoji is a sign of the timesTwitter hearts and Facebook thumbs-ups are woefully inadequate for the tragedy of ParisThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Lisbon’s political swing left hits Web Summit strategyHopefully, pledges will remain in place and promised infrastructure will stay on targetThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
Au revoir, Web Summit - it’s time for you to goOrganisers need to take it elsewhere to learn maybe some of their ‘problems’ are self-generatedThu Nov 5 2015 - 21:32
Time is of the essence at Web Summit panelsSociety Stage panels are generally given 35 to 45 minutes and the value of that extra time showsThu Nov 5 2015 - 10:19
How do you like your reality – virtual or augmented?Web Summit hears how Nasa wants to send astronauts to Mars with an immersive worldThu Nov 5 2015 - 08:24
Never mind the Web Summit peripherals – feel the contentSummit’s usual initial vast confusion reigns in the RDS, especially for speakers and mediaWed Nov 4 2015 - 08:45
Web Summit: fantastic and frustrating in equal measureSummit is fantastic for its speaker line-up; frustrating, because the majority of the talks and panels are a dinky 20 minutes longTue Nov 3 2015 - 10:43
Security remains biggest concern says Oracle founderLarry Ellison says ability to turn off security features in software makes no senseFri Oct 30 2015 - 09:33
Oracle tech business looks set to remain overwhelmingly dominantAfter years of aggressive acquisitions, the company is huge, with more than 130,000 employees worldwideThu Oct 29 2015 - 01:02
Oracle keeps European data within its EU-based data centres*Company says certain cloud operations may require access from engineering resources in other regionsWed Oct 28 2015 - 10:16
Oracle chief Mark Hurd warns companies on market expectationsTech boss tells OpenWorld forum firms may not be ready for demands of internet generationMon Oct 26 2015 - 19:28
Larry Ellison mocks IBM, SAP for being ‘nowhere in the cloud’Oracle founder says transition to ‘new era of utility computing’ is still slowMon Oct 26 2015 - 17:17
Intel and Oracle team up for new cloud-based technologiesTech giants partner for ‘Project Apollo,’ which will offer enhanced solutionsMon Oct 26 2015 - 17:07
Getting a glimpse of the people who run the internetWithout set of governing standards, internet’s global platform could fractureThu Oct 22 2015 - 01:00
Internet governance body will not police content on the internetIcann has come under increasing pressure to step in and shut down websites or censor contentTue Oct 20 2015 - 18:05
Minister confirms support for internet governance transferAlex White says Ireland ‘firmly’ backs US handover of domain name managementMon Oct 19 2015 - 21:14
Internet governing body ICANN meets in DublinICANN in squabbles over whether it is ready to operate independently of US oversightMon Oct 19 2015 - 07:23
Merit of Web Summit complaints lost in self-important blusterComment: Public dispute does no favours to Government, summit organisers or DublinFri Oct 16 2015 - 19:33
Fadi Chehadé, overseer of the global internet piazzaIcann chief: an open meeting in Dublin next week has huge, divisive issues to debateThu Oct 15 2015 - 07:35
Wishful thinking guiding privacy policies after Schrems rulingMany of the 4,500 companies that relied on Safe Harbour are left a in a legal quandaryThu Oct 15 2015 - 01:00
NetSuite’s Dublin data centre will be its largest outside the USIrish base is first move in cloud-based software company’s European expansionMon Oct 12 2015 - 08:00
ECJ ruling on Irish privacy case has huge significanceKarlin Lillington: ECJ has jolted US government into taking EU’s privacy stance seriouslyThu Oct 8 2015 - 01:00
Data transfer case: Commerce will not falter but data centres will profitCostly technical solutions will be found to comply with the ruling in Schrems caseWed Oct 7 2015 - 01:01
US software firm NetSuite to open data centre in DublinFirm will partner with Telecity to provide data centre services to European customersTue Oct 6 2015 - 12:34
Net Results: Business awards are great inspirers – and levellersCongratulations to every company with the pluck to place itself under scrutiny of judgesThu Oct 1 2015 - 01:00
Karlin Lillington: Facebook case has huge implications for US-EU businessSafe Harbour is, and always has been, a joke. It needs to be replacedThu Sep 24 2015 - 01:00
‘Dancing baby’ can lead the way on Irish copyright lawThe Lenz v Universal case has been slowly making its way through California’s courtsThu Sep 17 2015 - 12:06
Overuse of word ‘entrepreneur’ has leached it of all meaningPeople who call themselves an entrepreneur these days are likely to be anything butThu Sep 10 2015 - 06:30
ICANN: The internet admins come to DublinThe non-profit group with oversight for the internet is trying to become more globalisedThu Sep 3 2015 - 10:00