Sexist stereotyping of Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer’s pregnancyDouble standards when it comes to lives of female executivesThu Sep 3 2015 - 06:30
Benefits of R&D projects that link third-level with industryProponents argue it attracts foreign direct investment and makes graduates more employableMon Aug 31 2015 - 09:00
‘Failure is grand’: the big, fat cliche that isn’t even trueThose now successful founders are not rushing to hire in people who made a mess of their previous companiesThu Aug 27 2015 - 01:00
Data handling key to corporate valueMergers, takeovers and other company sales are hinging on data-compliance and security issuesThu Aug 20 2015 - 07:00
Asylum-seeking students are valuable for our futureThe case of Anna Kern, the Leaving Cert high-flier, shows the need for reformThu Aug 20 2015 - 01:01
Google name change makes sense for a massive businessGoogle now part of Alphabet but much of the internet functionality still centres on itThu Aug 13 2015 - 01:00
Changing how female students see a career in technologyThe Ada Lovelace Initiative aims to change female students’ perspectives on tech sectorWed Aug 12 2015 - 09:00
Nothing ages you more than a dig through your tech pastThings that once made a geek heart beat faster now seem comically old and uselessThu Aug 6 2015 - 06:30
A very serious issue lies behind the ‘killer robots’ mockeryDeveloping autonomous weapons is not just the stuff of Hollywood summer blockbustersThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Internet body pushes for domain owners’ names to be made publicControversial proposals would restrict ability to keep addresses, email contacts and phone numbers privateThu Jul 23 2015 - 07:45
Ashley Madison affair: When technology meets security risk meets stupidThe ‘terror’ a cheating spouse experiences as they fear being found out is not remotely equatable with suicide bombings or crashing a planeThu Jul 23 2015 - 06:45
Is Facebook facing up to privacy and security concerns?Facebook is moving to rebuild users’ trust, say two of its top privacy and security officersThu Jul 16 2015 - 09:00
Big benefits for all from UK’s Seed Enterprise Investment SchemeMore people have become interested in start-up investment schemes where smaller investments of €5,000 to €10,000 are pooledThu Jul 16 2015 - 07:00
Ireland’s regulatory reputation encouraged Facebook HQIreland also had the right skillsets in its population, says Facebook privacy officerThu Jul 9 2015 - 16:53
Sharing information about attacks will be key in the future of cybersecurityGovernments and business should collate their data to prevent attacks and limit terrorist recruitment onlineThu Jul 9 2015 - 01:45
Still just talking about EU-wide smartphone alert systemEmergency alerts in US expand from radio and television to mobile phonesThu Jul 9 2015 - 01:02
Keeping bandwidth neutral will help facilitate innovationThere should not be a fast lane and a slow lane for delivery of services to internet usersThu Jul 2 2015 - 06:38
Google ‘committed’ to transparency on user access to personal dataTech company evolving its approach to last year’s European Court of Justice rulingThu Jul 2 2015 - 01:00
Maverick BitCoin currency overcoming its image problemMainstream finance and venture capital beginning to take cryptocurrency seriouslyThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:35
The battle between surveillance, security and the right to privacyThe bargain you make, again and again, with various companies is surveillance in exchange for free serviceThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:55
Farewell Mary Mulvihill, great champion of Irish scienceScience writer leaves an outstanding , accessible historical legacy of Irish technologyThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
A world where cyberwarfare is the weaponThe Stuxnet worm, used by the US in Iran, showed the power of a targeted network attackThu Jun 11 2015 - 02:00
Gone in 224 seconds: the perfect pitch by start-upsStart-ups’ slide presentations should last just under four minutes, Harvard study findsThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
Graduates must bridge divide between arts and scienceFocus on science and technology to the detriment of arts and humanities is a big mistakeThu Jun 4 2015 - 15:59
Manufacturing shifts up a gear with internet of thingsIreland is well-placed for Manufacturing 4.0 as products feed data back to the factoryThu Jun 4 2015 - 01:55
Investment by private equity in EU companies rises to five-year highIreland joint fifth in Europe when singling out venture capital investment as a percentage of GDPThu May 28 2015 - 01:50
Skype put on hold until Belgian court makes call on internet telephonyMicrosoft-owned company says its calls not the same as those made over traditional infrastructureThu May 28 2015 - 01:00
Sensory stimulation at IADT’s student showcaseOn a sunny morning, top tech companies gather at IADT to see the talent on display. By 11am most of the students will have jobsThu May 21 2015 - 01:45
Net Results: Driverless cars will inevitably become middle-of-the-road technologyGoogle has had very safe driverless cars on public roads since 2010Thu May 21 2015 - 01:00
Net Results: Balance must be struck between security and privacyEvidence shows data gathering does not increase security or convictionsThu May 14 2015 - 01:00
Facebook Ireland MD Sonia Flynn off to SoundCloud in BerlinKildare native is new international vice-president at HQ of music siteWed May 13 2015 - 01:00
If a hacker can turn traffic lights green, could a plane’s wifi open it to attack?Smart cities are the future but all that interconnectivity means more opportunities for hackers to create havocThu May 7 2015 - 02:00
A guide to hiding from unwanted Facebook ‘friends’Connecting with people on social media can lead to perplexing etiquette problemsThu May 7 2015 - 01:00
‘Against an adequately skilled, adequately funded adversary, our defences don’t work’Cryptologist Bruce Schneier tells RSA conference that focus should be on dealing with fallout of cyberattacksThu Apr 30 2015 - 02:00
Silicon Valley fixates on wax as Madame Tussauds takes voteNext tech figure at the San Francisco museum will be selected from shortlist of 10Thu Apr 30 2015 - 01:01
Facebook warns regulators ‘risk damaging EU business market’Social network is currently implicated in a case regarding its data gathering practicesWed Apr 29 2015 - 13:36
Technology giants defend US’s privacy protection regimeGoogle, Microsoft and Facebook say they cannot tailor service to suit each countrySat Apr 25 2015 - 01:00
Many tech tools seem incapable of protecting our dataThe very concept of ‘big data’ would seem to oppose one of fair information practicesThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:45
Strong data protection laws better for EU than snipingIreland’s policy has come under scrutiny but it is no worse than most other EU statesThu Apr 23 2015 - 01:00
Hackers ‘winning by every possible measure’, security conference told2015 will be the year of the ‘super mega breach’ warns president of security firm RSAWed Apr 22 2015 - 01:00
It’s a good time for European firms to use US money to take the next stepFirstCapital’s boss in Silicon Valley says Irish firms should think big about fundingMon Apr 20 2015 - 01:30
Supporting marriage equality is good for businessFew top-level executives such as Tim Cook of Apple go publicThu Apr 16 2015 - 01:00
Privacy has become a human rights issue for the digital ageLawyer Elizabeth Knight is fighting for user protection but fears new European laws won’t go far enoughThu Apr 9 2015 - 01:35
Federal data protection needed in US but don’t expect it any time soonCompanies have valuable information on citizens that government is happy to accessThu Apr 9 2015 - 01:00
Technology and coffee come together in iconic Palo Alto theatre buildingSAP’s HANAhaus cafe aims to marry world-class coffee and food with creative places to work and thinkThu Apr 2 2015 - 01:50
Apple Watch’s time as a ‘must-have’ has not yet arrivedThe main idea of the Apple Watch is that it will perform a double act with your iPhoneThu Apr 2 2015 - 01:00
Law student’s complaint over handling of data reverberates globallyEuropean Court of Justice hearing on data privacy could have profound implicationsThu Mar 26 2015 - 11:51
‘Big year’ for tech firms in Europe as investment hits four-year highGrowth in Europe surpassed the US in terms of funding, with some $5.7 billion invested in 855 dealsThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:35
The man helping IBM rediscover its commitment to a strong design ethosPhil Gilbert has creative and innovative vision for the computing giantThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:55
Net neutrality debate about ensuring a level playing fieldThe decision of the FCC to preserve net neutrality will benefit internet innovationThu Mar 5 2015 - 01:01