PCs for home use took a while to compute but IBM has not looked backIts name was the 5150, it was squat and beige, its microchip had 1/400th of the power of today's chips and its internal memory…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Irish telecom may join major carrier to bring broadband to regionsA major international telecommunications carrier and an Irish firm are considering providing broadband connectivity to the Irish…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Silence is golden for firms in troubleIt is almost impossible these days to wade through any print or online business news medium without encountering the phrase "…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Perhaps folksy American charm doesn't work hereWith its Holstein cow-patterned boxes and buildings and its Country Store computer outlets, Gateway has turned folksy American…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Rococo secures €3.17m capitalDublin wireless start-up Rococo Software has secured £2.5 million (€3Wed Aug 1 2001 - 01:00
Symantec marks 10th anniversary with Dublin openingThe Republic's pro-business climate has made the State an ideal location for internet security company Symantec's global software…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
Mobile future lies in multiple devicesMr Dominic Strowbridge, director of Motorola Applications Global Network (MAGNET), is sitting at a table with half a dozen latest…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Online Oscars typify good and bad of WebEvery year for the past five years San Francisco has hosted the Webbys, the online world's version of the OscarsFri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
First accurate data-based assessment suggests Net boomingThe first accurate, data-based assessment of internet traffic volume since 1996 has revealed that US internet traffic is growing…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Porn website spammers highlight legal hypocrisyNothing so thoroughly points out the hypocrisy of attitude by lawmakers towards unsolicited commercial e-mail (otherwise known…Fri Jul 20 2001 - 01:00
Digital Hub badly in need of visionFor several reasons, both Media Lab Europe and the Digital Hub have figured in the news in the past few weeks.Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Verification of-email signatures gains ground via new key systemThe ability to use electronic forms of communication such as e-mail and to manage documents on computers raises numerous security…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Baltimore's bid for top tech spot on hold following Rooney departureBaltimore Technologies, for some time one of the most visible stars in the Irish technology firmament, is also one of its most…Fri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Website content is big businessOne in five online retail companies spends more than $2 million (€2Mon Jul 9 2001 - 01:00
High-tech sector needs to convince consumers of need for its productsSometimes it seems as if the whole, promising technological world - the one we were all promised would arrive any moment now - …Fri Jul 6 2001 - 01:00
Irish firm creates portable device for computer gamesA Cork-based product development company, EVTC, is to introduce a portable gaming device that can store up to 50 computer games…Fri Jul 6 2001 - 01:00
Technology sector will suffer as European economy slowsEurope's economic slowdown will blunt demand for technology goods and services, and could wipe $9 billion (#10Tue Jul 3 2001 - 01:00
Republic puts `spam' burden on consumerThe Government's implementation of the EU's ECommerce Directive is likely to make the State the only European nation to place…Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Time for a tech trickledownAs news comes through of more job losses in the technology industry - this time, 330 are to go at Nortel in the North, - you …Fri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
84% of venture investments go to technology firmsThe Republic put the highest proportion of venture capital into technology investment in Europe, with a leap in total private…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Irish firm scores #2m mobile successWireless applications company Macalla Software has developed a mobile banking service for a joint initiative between a Dutch …Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
Dublin e-commerce firm raises #5.3mSepro, a Dublin company specialising in network rating and billing software, has raised #5.3 million (£4Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
Microsoft Smart Tags do not seem such a smart idea after allFrom the "what can they have been thinking" department comes Microsoft's apparent plan to include a feature called Smart Tags…Fri Jun 22 2001 - 01:00
Getting just what we deserve in EuropeThe two most annoying words one can utter at the moment must be "Nice Treaty"Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Narus helps tech find network gaps that make cash"It all starts and ends with one thing: how you make money," says Mr Ori Cohen, the founder and chairman of telecommunications…Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
E-mail for vocal massesIrish e-mail users - and, if all goes according to plan, those in many other countries as well - will be able to listen to rather…Fri Jun 15 2001 - 01:00
Emigrant nation wipes welcome from mat in times of prosperityIn the 1980s, I ran into an old friend in Washington, DC, who had become a key aide in the office of Mr Alan Simpson, the US …Fri Jun 8 2001 - 01:00
Internet is fraudsters' foe as well as friendComputer-enabled fraud is a serious and costly problem for both businesses and consumers.Fri Jun 8 2001 - 01:00
Date fixed for launch of DSLEircom will introduce its high speed Internet access technology, DSL (digital subscriber line), in September.Thu Jun 7 2001 - 01:00
EU battle lines drawn as security challenge to data privacy growsThe European Parliament is advising citizens and businesses to use encryption regularly to protect against snooping from a powerful…Fri Jun 1 2001 - 01:00
Complacency threatens State's e-economyAs we nervously watch the US economy for signs of further instability, we are at enormous risk of ignoring a much greater and…Fri Jun 1 2001 - 01:00
Technology is for all, not just geeksFor the best part of four years, I've covered primarily one area as a writer: technologyFri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Growing software sector relies on the fewJust seven Irish firms generate half of all revenue in the State's £1 billion indigenous software industry and fewer than 50 …Wed May 9 2001 - 01:00
Dotcom fall - not in my backyard surely?For some time the received wisdom about the gap between developments in the US technology market and the European market has …Fri May 4 2001 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland's incubator role shifts as Irish firms grow upCampbell is one of the sleepier suburban towns tucked into Silicon ValleyFri May 4 2001 - 01:00
Talking up the Net sectorOptimism certainly hasn't left the Irish Internet industry, judging by the contributions of half a dozen industry speakers at…Thu May 3 2001 - 01:00
Enterprise Ireland to open Los Angeles officeEnterprise Ireland is to open a Los Angeles office to develop links to the film and media industries, as part of a strategy to…Tue May 1 2001 - 01:00
Visibility is clear but view is not very pleasantDownturn, correction, recession, upturn. How in Alan Greenspan's holy name is anyone to know what is going on?Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Irish companies failing to get to grips with reality of slide in US economyIrish companies with Silicon Valley operations believe the Republic has not yet understood the severity of the economic downturn…Fri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Dotcom slide set to become avalancheThe television advertisement for the San Jose Mercury News newspaper (Silicon Valley's major news source beside the finance page…Fri Apr 13 2001 - 01:00
Irish telecoms seen as model by other statesThe Republic is admired internationally for transforming its telecoms infrastructure and should be used as a model for other …Sat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
Choosing the right track at infrastructure crossroadsOnce again, the State is at an infrastructural and, since the two are now thoroughly intertwined, economic crossroadsFri Apr 6 2001 - 01:00
High-value jobs need first-class serviceBroadband networks - the high-speed telecommunications links that allow for the fast transfer of text, sound, image and video…Fri Apr 6 2001 - 01:00
Cutbacks must not be allowed sink digital districtWe need decisive political leadership to prevent the digital district becoming an empty symbol for dressing up political speeches…Fri Apr 6 2001 - 01:00
Home techs use soundbite to oust rivalsFor the last few bull-market years, the words of choice in the technology and dotTue Apr 3 2001 - 01:00
The 3G future is bright despite current gloomDoes this sound familiar to you? At some unremembered point, you stumble across some new technology breakthrough, a potential…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Iona thinks radical in major recasting of its core business activityTen years on, Iona Technologies is ready to be big. Very bigFri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Anam scores with World Cup SMS dealBrrring. An Irish goal! Brrring. An English player just got a yellow card. BrrringFri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Openet secures major deal with AT&TIrish telecommunications software company Openet Telecom will create 200 jobs following an eight-figure deal with US telecommunications…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
State must iron out infrastructure planning processWorldcom's protest this week about the State's nightmarish approach to infrastructure development rings trueFri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00