Keep your eye on the ball, not pixelsHere's a surprise: sometimes technology is superfluousFri Jul 2 2004 - 01:00
Game, set and match for IBM's team at showcaseEven before the crowd begins to applaud, in the split seconds following the point, two men seated before specialised paperback…Fri Jul 2 2004 - 01:00
Free airport wireless access makes up for taxi queuesNet Results: Like many other travellers, I have my gripes about Dublin Airport.Fri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
Going back to the future with computer memoriesNet Results/Karlin Lillington: The earliest encounter with digital technology most of us had probably involved an electronic…Fri Jun 18 2004 - 01:00
Researchers in Limerick and Dublin to receive €4m grantA €4 million Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) grant towards improving the way software is designed, engineered and distributed…Mon Jun 14 2004 - 01:00
Cork firm hits €1m revenue mark in Britain as email newsletters take offA small Bandon, Co Cork-based company that supplies Web-based software for creating permission-based email newsletters has reached…Fri Jun 11 2004 - 01:00
Experience of Liberties initiative life-altering for some participantsOne of the largest Irish programmes to get technology into schools and the local community is the Liberties Learning Initiative…Fri Jun 4 2004 - 01:00
Galway project weaves meaning into the WebImagine if you could talk to the Web and it could understandFri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Software firms too small, says reportThe majority of Irish software companies remain too small to enter international markets, according to an annual report on the…Fri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Xerox sharpens its teeth for Irish document marketMr Bob Horastead, the newly appointed director and general manager for Xerox Ireland, is a bit of an old-fashioned company man…Fri May 21 2004 - 01:00
SAP finds best things come in smaller packagesIn a huge, Teutonically modern Metro supermarket outside Düsseldorf, shoppers roam the aisles using a touchscreen Personal Shopping…Fri May 14 2004 - 01:00
Software giant advocates risk-taking and opennessSAP, the enterprise software giant, has been one of Germany's glowing stars for many yearsFri May 14 2004 - 01:00
Concern over wireless networksInformation security executives from leading Irish organisations have identified the security of company wireless networks as…Fri May 14 2004 - 01:00
Linux discovers corporate wins hard to repeat in SME sectorWhile operating system Linux continues to storm the enterprise market, a similar sweep into the small to medium business sector…Fri May 7 2004 - 01:00
Cambridge man can also talk businessResearchers are well known for being averse to politics - especially when it interferes with their researchFri Apr 23 2004 - 01:00
Investing in ICT research is critical for the futureThe information and communication technology (ICT) industry has been one of the fastest growing sectors in the Irish economy …Fri Mar 26 2004 - 00:00
Retailers lagging behind - surveyThe Irish retail sector is poorly prepared for European legislation that will require companies to have "track and trace" software…Fri Mar 26 2004 - 00:00
EU copyright a case of 'eurogarbage'Net Results: The European Commission and the European Parliament do not exactly inspire confidence when it comes to the way …Fri Mar 19 2004 - 00:00
IBM hires seven scientists to advance R&D workIBM has expanded its Irish research and development (R&D) programme with the appointment of seven visiting scientists, all…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Self-praise gets writers in a tangle on the NetNet Results: You know that famous New Yorker cartoon where the dog sits at a computer with its paw on the mouse, turns to another…Fri Feb 20 2004 - 00:00
Portaferry firm makes car rental its super NovaPatrick Baird believes the success of his firm is partly due to it being asmall operation, which has remained "lean and mean", …Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
A blind faith in science can lead to much troubleNet Results: If you spend a lot of time talking to people in the technology business, you come across a lot of weird new words…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Ryanair named second worst travel site in surveyRyanair's image suffered another dent this weekend with its much-touted online booking system being named the second worst of…Mon Feb 2 2004 - 00:00
New year starts on a slightly brighter broadband noteNet Results/Karlin Lillington: You wait years and then all the broadband buses seem to come at onceFri Jan 16 2004 - 00:00
Mobile firm sold in €2m dealAn Irish mobile payments company only set up last summer has been acquired by US mobile payments infrastructure company MoreMagic…Thu Jan 15 2004 - 00:00
IKEA arrival shows sign of rejuvenation for poor Valley relationThe holiday period is a quiet business time in Silicon Valley. Most people don't get the kind of time off we take as routine.Fri Jan 9 2004 - 00:00
Chip redesign may herald a new dawnMarc Tremblay wants to serve up a grid computing network on a single computer chipFri Jan 9 2004 - 00:00
Web offers copyright solutionNet Results: Maybe you have a personal website and you're happy to have people quote from it or use resources on your site, …Fri Dec 12 2003 - 00:00
Indigenous software industry 'struggling'The indigenous software industry is struggling to create companies with a turnover of more than €2 million annually, according…Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
Shoppers show how journalists can get it wrong, wrong, wrongNet Results: Many, if not most, journalists got it wrong when predicting success or failure with consumersFri Dec 5 2003 - 00:00
BMC's Dublin hub has evolutionary strategyMr Bob Beauchamp is president and chief executive of one of the largest and oldest software companies in the world - a $1Fri Dec 5 2003 - 00:00
Hipness is not going to make Wi-Fi successfulA while back I wrote a column about having a home wireless network - how having one changes the ways in which you use computers…Fri Nov 28 2003 - 00:00
Phone and mobile operators set to cash in on wi-fiSteadily growing interest in public wireless local access networks (WLANs) will bring the greatest financial rewards to phone…Wed Nov 26 2003 - 00:00
Amazon adds new dimension to online shopping for booksNet Results: Internet users got a fabulous new Web research tool last month when Amazon introduced its "Search Inside the Book…Fri Nov 21 2003 - 00:00
Esat BT urges State to force broadband competitionThe Republic will continue to see its competitive status slip unless the State intervenes to force a more competitive market …Thu Nov 20 2003 - 00:00
E-payments firm Network365 set to merge with US rival iPINIrish mobile payments company Network365 will merge with former US rival iPIN in a move that will create a leading global e-payments…Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
Harnessing PC power to push database limitsGrid computing may be the business buzz phrase of the moment but for researchers at the famed Swiss physics laboratory CERN, …Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
An overloaded favourites menu is a sign that the road to geek hell is paved with good intentionsNet Results: How could any geek not love a story with this headline: "New data says there's lots of new data".Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Staff find PCs up productivityIrish office workers may complain about their computers and the frustrations of information overload, but it turns out they rather…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Tech groups unite on security facilityFour of the State's largest tech companies have joined to launch a "proof of concept" facility for disaster recovery and data…Fri Oct 17 2003 - 01:00
Two tech swallows may mark summer recoveryNet Results: Are we in recovery yet? We've all been asking that question about the technology industry for three years now, …Fri Oct 3 2003 - 01:00
Microsol seeks €4m in funding for US movesMicrosol, a Dublin-based producer of communication and automation products for the utilities industry, is seeking to raise €4…Wed Sep 24 2003 - 01:00
Computer conference thrives on argumentPoor Davis Lynas. Standing before a crowd of 30 or so computer security experts from around the world, he's trying to give a …Fri Sep 19 2003 - 01:00
Oracle attacks State's e-government policyThe State has been "ticking e-government boxes" rather than focusing on truly innovative online projects, according to an Oracle…Thu Sep 4 2003 - 01:00
State must act to make technology and science popularNet Results: The good news: students are showing a growing interest in physics, chemistry and engineering, according to the …Fri Aug 29 2003 - 01:00
Boards.ie knows how to get people talkingIrish online community bulletin board website is proving a popular destination for those who want to sell a car, debate the state…Fri Aug 29 2003 - 01:00
EBay to go ahead with Dublin projectUS internet giant eBay is understood to have approved a significant operations project for Dublin, despite anger at Government…Mon Jul 28 2003 - 01:00
In the Valley, clothes certainly do not make the manNet Results: The Macy's department store men's section at the Stanford Shopping Centre, in Palo Alto, California - which occupies…Fri Jul 18 2003 - 01:00
Farewell then to a small piece of computer historyNet Results: The first computer I ever owned was one of those first boxy Macintoshes of the late '80s, a beige (there was only…Fri Jul 4 2003 - 01:00
Oracle creates 96 jobs in DublinOracle Ireland will create 96 new jobs as its Oracle University division sets up a new e-learning section in Oracle's East Point…Sat Jun 28 2003 - 01:00