IBM launches new design centre, creates 20 jobsNew centre to create software, services and digital productsWed Mar 4 2015 - 09:01
Ruling on data spying validates Snowden’s actionsUK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal rules collection of personal communications data by GCHQ and the US’s National Security Agency was unlawfulFri Feb 27 2015 - 16:52
New legislation may prevent the drone industry from taking offRules in Ireland and the US have been slow to catch up with the fast-moving technologyThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:50
Data protection rules: the overlooked reason for Apple’s Athenry moveBut a US legal case could throw the entire cloud-computing sector into chaosThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
How collective Insight could make the data deluge work to society’s advantageThe Insight Centre for Data Analytics aims to give Irish research groups a global reach, says one of its founding directors Prof Stefan DeckerThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:40
Businesses on Facebook: stop moaning about limits on your free adsSome enterprises are only just realising that social media needs to make money tooThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:00
Net Results: Consumers face unequal battle doing business onlineContractual trickiness seems designed to benefit business but not facilitate the consumerThu Feb 5 2015 - 12:46
Data protection must be front and centre in information ageMinister must ensure tech firms keep doing business here while also protecting privacyThu Feb 5 2015 - 01:50
Support for Windows Server 2003 ends this year, causing issues for 3,000 Irish firmsMany SMEs may need to upgrade to avoid security risks as a result of outdated serversThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:40
Despite talk of major layoffs, IBM has a history of successShares rose considerably on the rumours of massive job cutsThu Jan 29 2015 - 01:00
‘Sound is a forgotten flavour sense. But it’s more important than we realised’An Oxford neuroscientist and cutting-edge gastronomists such as Heston Blumental are experimenting with ways for technology to enhance the dining experienceThu Jan 22 2015 - 01:45
Digital encryption no longer some fancy exotic featureKarlin Lillington: David Cameron’s and Barack Obama’s attempts to expand the power of security agencies isn’t anything newThu Jan 22 2015 - 01:00
New service aims to help victims of revenge pornThe Hit Team will assist people who have suffered from an online infringementThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:40
Net Results: Hacking Pentagon account a big win on the cyber-battlefieldPeople would expect a defence organisation to be an exemplar of meticulous cybersecurity, writes Karlin LillingtonThu Jan 15 2015 - 01:00
Will verdict of US online freedom of speech case have an effect globally?Anthony Elonis case widely seen as first formal test of online freedom of speechThu Jan 8 2015 - 01:45
Data privacy will remain a talking point in 2015NSA leaks started a chain of events which has made privacy a tangible issue for citizensThu Jan 8 2015 - 01:00
Government files supporting brief for Microsoft in US caseState granted extra time for rare filing by sovereign of Amicus briefTue Dec 23 2014 - 22:45
Karlin Lillington: five tech-orientated favourites for ChristmasA list of items that I consider the perfect combination of being both useful and fun to useThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Ireland stands to win in VAT shake-up on online tradingNew EU legislation governing tax on internet sales will come into effect on January 1stThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:45
Surveillance by a Government-sponsored secret systemRecent provision for in-camera courts on wiretapping may violate European lawThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:02
State sanctions phone and email tappingCompanies that object to order could be brought before private ‘in camera’ courtSat Dec 6 2014 - 01:10
‘The Digital Economy’ author Don Tapscott looks back two decades to look forwardLandmark author argues that digital disruption undermines the traditional approach to social supportsThu Dec 4 2014 - 01:45
People power needed to stop wiretapping by governmentsBritain has notoriously lax legislation around data protection and surveillanceThu Dec 4 2014 - 01:00
Storm brewing over US request to Microsoft to access data held in IrelandEmails in a cloud claimed to hover over Ireland have triggered a legal wrangle with many implicationsThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:45
Karlin Lillington: Migration laws key for entrepreneurialismThe new order in the US opens up various possibilities for business ownersThu Nov 27 2014 - 01:00
Protection of privacy valued by users, Irish survey findsStudy commissioned by Microsoft as it prepares to challenge US order for handover of Irish-held dataThu Nov 20 2014 - 07:00
Playing the stock market can be easy and entertainingRubicoin is for people who want to invest but without the jargon and paperworkThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:40
‘Boys being boys’ attitude in the tech sector needs to endTime for testosterone-fuelled Silicon Valley ‘Jobs Narrative’ to be disruptedThu Nov 20 2014 - 01:00
Former NSA man pulls no punches on rights of governmentsStewart Baker is forthright and aggressive in his defence of data-gatheringThu Nov 13 2014 - 02:00
We may have fallen out of love with emails but they serve us wellElectronic onslaught does not persuade about occasional predictions of death of emailThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:02
I’m glad to have been wrong about the Web SummitKarlin Lillington: “The summit has about doubled in size each year, with a matching expansion of what is on offer”Thu Nov 6 2014 - 09:16
The ‘customer science’ of turning information into retail profitIs Dunnhumby’s fine-tuned data analysis the way of the retail future, or will it be resisted?Thu Oct 30 2014 - 01:35
Ireland’s rich history in science deserves acclaimOpinion: time to give John Bell the recognition he deservesThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:00
Start-up accelerator 1776’s DC location shows independent, revolutionary sidePeople were surprised when 1776 based in Washington but now it seems logicalThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:40
Like Mark Zuckerberg, some tech titans are more generous than othersCharitable donation structure in Ireland needs an overhaulThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00
What happens in Vegas – is a big data captureThe agents of the Stasi in the old East Germany pale by comparison with today’s data broker companiesThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:50
Snowden’s lawyer: governments and tech firms can keep each other in checkBen Wizner on the future of online data and mass surveillanceThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Salesforce unveils new analytics cloud serviceFirm says service will make complex analytics tools available to and useable by anyoneMon Oct 13 2014 - 18:15
Net results: implications of data safety in the cloud are still up in the airOf key concern is, who can get at your data?Thu Oct 9 2014 - 16:43
Oracle’s wise counsel steps aside as it prepares to define its future in the cloudsLarry Ellison has shed his chief executive role at Oracle but he hasn’t let go of the profile or the powerThu Oct 9 2014 - 01:40
Oracle’s new processor putting software in siliconThe Sparc M7 moves calculating activity down to chip level, boosting speed and securityThu Oct 9 2014 - 01:39
Irish companies behind the curve in cloud computingFirms should take opportunity to leapfrog competitors, says Oracle executiveThu Oct 2 2014 - 17:09
Getting your company to go digital pays off, in hard cashAuthors of new book on how businesses use technology say an inflection point has arrivedThu Oct 2 2014 - 13:49
PayPal better placed than eBay to profit from spin-offOpinion: online payments platform has firm customer base on which to buildThu Oct 2 2014 - 10:42
Putting big data and the Internet of Things to work on the factory floorNetworking companies are focusing on the creation of systems for the neglected manufacturing sectorThu Oct 2 2014 - 02:00
Hurd sets out cloud vision for Oracle at OpenWorld eventTechnology company announces new products and strategies at annual user event in USTue Sep 30 2014 - 08:15
Oracle to open two major new cloud data centres in GermanyMove will address German concerns about potential surveillance of its business and citizen dataMon Sep 29 2014 - 09:21
Ellison’s status is secure as coolest cat in Silicon ValleyJournalists knew Ellison was practically a guarantee of lively copyThu Sep 25 2014 - 09:56
The security guy who’s unlocking the mystery of government surveillanceBruce Schneier believes governments, driven by fear, are going the wrong way about tackling terrorismSat Sep 20 2014 - 01:00
Tough challenges ahead for new Data Protection CommissionerHelen Dixon takes on new role at a pivotal time for data protection and personal privacyThu Sep 18 2014 - 01:25