US firms increasingly wary of EU action over online privacyInternational Association of Privacy Professionals says issue has ‘exploded’ since Edward Snowden revelationsFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:00
New FBI director defends need for surveillance‘More information sharing needed’ to improve terrorist defences, Comey tells conferenceThu Feb 27 2014 - 08:07
Companies forced to clarify NSA links after Snowden leak claimsFocus on ties to US National Security Agency dominates conference keynotesThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:08
Everyone is after personal data, not just the NSASecurity conference hears of need to build better safeguards into the systems themselvesThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:00
Colleges fail to teach design of secure codeRSA conference hears top computer science programmes in the US deliver minimal content on securityWed Feb 26 2014 - 20:49
RSA chairman defends company’s links with the NSAArt Coviello says security company’s relationship is strictly above board as he calls for the breakup of the NSA into separate organisationsTue Feb 25 2014 - 18:11
Who can recall the fallen greats of the dog-eat-dog tech world?The history of digital technology is littered with the corpses of companies that didn’t make the cutThu Feb 20 2014 - 01:15
Emphasising the beauty and joy of computing for girlsThe way computer study is presented can draw more female interestThu Feb 20 2014 - 01:00
Keep the smartphone out of the bedroom for a good day’s workStudy shows using smart- phones for work-related activities in the evening leaves you tired the next dayThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:10
Silicon Valley elite in the cross hairs of inequality debatePerkins interview added more evidence to argument that Silicon Valley is out of touchThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:00
Sowing the seeds for a high-tech farming futureAdvanced technology expertise could help make Irish agribusiness more productive and sustainableThu Feb 6 2014 - 01:10
New brooms at Microsoft necessary for a company seeking relevanceThe announcement of Satya Nadella as the company’s new chief executive and John Thompson as chairman is intended to revitalise MicrosoftThu Feb 6 2014 - 01:00
How the Mac made computing possible for ‘the rest of us’Unveiled 30 years ago this month, the little, all-in-one Apple Mac succeeded in redefining home computingThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:10
It looks like 2014 will be a good year for data protectionTwo important initiatives to improve data protection and data privacy look set to be decided this yearThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:00
In technology circles, recruitment process in dire need of a redesignIt seems sometimes as if the sector is particularly cluelessThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Squaring the circle of the Bletchley Park codebreakersThe writer of a fictional postwar crime drama hopes it will highlight the crucial role of women in the warThu Jan 23 2014 - 00:00
‘People make a fuss sometimes, but I don’t pay attention to that’The teenage prodigy who, at 15, developed the idea for a cheap, effective early test for cancer was at the BT Young Scientist awardsThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:10
US ruling could make the web a dangerously different placeNet Results: The torpedoing of the principle of ‘net neutrality’ shifts enormous power to broadband provider gatekeepersThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00
Net Results: Young Scientist competition touches all of society and the economyOut of such a challenge come people whose undiscovered talents are brought forthThu Jan 9 2014 - 01:00
Hollywood’s best friend at the box office just might be an algorithmEpagogix claims it can help film studios find out whether they have a hit or a miss on their hands before production startsThu Jan 9 2014 - 01:00
EU to force big changes on the big-data landscapeThe EU is determined to overhaul the rules over who holds your personal dataThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:10
A victory in a David v Goliath challengeEuropean advocate general upholds key concerns put forward by Irish advocacy groupFri Dec 13 2013 - 08:31
Cinema boldly goes where no one has gone beforeCultural intersection between artistic visualisation and technology has started to look backwardsThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
2050 vision: Google and Apple among few tech giants to surviveAnalyse this: in the rapidly evolving world of internet technologies, how can you attempt to predict the future?Thu Dec 5 2013 - 01:02
Why San Francisco is wrong to turn against the ‘techies’Gentrification can be irritating and arrogant, but it also helps revive dying, crime-ridden neighbourhoodsThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Critical infrastructure a key issue for US cybersecurity chiefIn Dublin last week, Obama’s special assistant, Michael Daniel, speaks about the White House’s commitment to cybersecurity plansThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:05
Addressing the lack of women in technology roles – againNothing will change without good people coming together to push for more inclusive ways of thinking, working and planningThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:03
Trying to prevent cyberattacks is not enoughExperts say it’s not a case of whether you will be attacked online but when. So get ready to fight backThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:02
The workplace culture that is holding women backWomen make up most of our graduates but remain poorly represented at senior levels in businessThu Nov 14 2013 - 15:11
Intel turned Leixlip into Ireland’s Silicon ValleyIntel was a step-change because of its scale, which would require massive buildings and infrastructureTue Nov 12 2013 - 00:30
Copyright has to change – the hard question is howHuge business issue is also social and cultural milestoneThu Nov 7 2013 - 01:01
Warrior charges towards internet of everythingCisco’s Padmasree Warrior is as good with people as she is with technologyThu Nov 7 2013 - 01:00
Eugene Kaspersky’s roadshow on cyber-nasty woes of modern lifeKaspersky Lab, one of the top four global security firms, warns about the threat of cyberwarfareThu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Oversight of spy activity is years behind the technologyAn inquiry will decide if US snooping laws are ‘fit for purpose’Thu Oct 31 2013 - 01:00
Directive to send strong signal on data protectionSince revelations by Edward Snowden, MEPs increased protection on access to dataThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
Net Results: Web is not a pet project for animal groups but a lifesaverThe arrival of Facebook has been a transformative animal welfare developmentThu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00
One moment in time for tech storiesNet Results: Finding a little 20-year-old time capsuleThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Academia reaches out into wider worldProblem-solving is a key part of innovation. Some of the most creative solutions are sparked in real contextsThu Oct 17 2013 - 01:00
Fewer than 140 characters in Twitter – chances are they’re all maleNet Result: The misogyny in Silicon Valley has been a prominent topic in recent weeksThu Oct 10 2013 - 15:26
Finding the hidden patterns in big dataFrom medical research to reducing retail food waste, analysis of huge data sets has invaluable applicationsThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
There’s gold in them there tweetsIBM’s Californian research centre is finding valuable information for marketers in social media messagesThu Oct 3 2013 - 01:00
Emigration can be lifeblood for the young, and the economyWishful thinking that tiny country can employ all of its young, educated, globalised generationThu Oct 3 2013 - 01:00
Oracle nips off to boat races as iPhone rings up profitOne took to the high seas and the other to Twitter, but Larry Ellison and Tim Cook both kept schtumThu Sep 26 2013 - 01:25
OpenWorld buzz despite missing Ellison keynoteOracle chief opts to watch crunch America’s Cup yacht race instead of attending company eventThu Sep 26 2013 - 01:00
Oracle president says sales of ‘engineered systems’ on the riseServer revenue down 14 per cent to $669m at technology companyWed Sep 25 2013 - 01:00
Oracle president says sales of ‘engineered systems’ on the riseServer revenue down 14 per cent to $669 million at technology companyTue Sep 24 2013 - 08:58
Oracle prospers despite European crisisTechnology giant’s EMEA operations has benefited from drive to reduce IT costsMon Sep 23 2013 - 11:15
As anyone familiar with Oracle founder Larry Ellison knows, he doesn’t like to loseKarlin Lillington: No one in tech industry can count on smooth sailingThu Sep 19 2013 - 01:00
Breaking Moore’s Law – silicon reaches the bounds of possibilitySilicon chips are expected to hit peak performance by the end of the decadeThu Sep 19 2013 - 01:00