MCI WorldCom systems failures cripple networksSerious system failures during the past 10 days in MCI WorldCom's US-based data networks have crippled US company networks, caused…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Goldman Sachs to offer first index for e-commerce firmsInvestment bank Goldman Sachs will offer the first index for measuring the performance of electronic commerce sector companies…Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
Battles heats up over online messaging serviceA heated battle which erupted last week between Microsoft and America Online over their respective instant messaging (IM) services…Fri Aug 06 1999 - 01:00
Indigo's gofree tempts McCarthyIreland soccer team manager Mr Mick McCarthy may be a self-confessed computer "ignoramus", as he noted when he appeared on Indigo…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Regulator's report to stir up Internet-access marketA new report on Internet access charges and services should benefit consumers but promises to further stir up the highly unpredictable…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
E-commerce plan outlined by ForfasThe first comprehensive report to map a Government strategy for promoting the growth of e-commerce in the Republic was released…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
It's now beam me a loan, ScottyWith a flourish, the waiter in the chic little bistro presents the bill for the pricey lunch you've just had with your lawyer…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
CyBerCorp uses military tactics to trade onlineThe systems that allow military fighter jets to track the position of enemy planes were the inspiration for CyBerCorp, a US company…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Woman in top job should not be big dealLast week Hewlett-Packard did something that should not impress us. It should not draw our particular interestFri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Net firms are built too fast and sold too fastThe age of information technology and the Internet is changing the very nature of businessesFri Jul 23 1999 - 01:00
Apple takes on the competition with high performance laptopFollowing news of a seventh straight quarter of profitability and with share prices at their highest level, Apple Computer proved…Thu Jul 22 1999 - 01:00
Data protection law to be delayed until autumnIn a move that critics say leaves businesses and consumers in a state of legal uncertainty about how personal data should be …Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Untangling local loops is the key to continued progress in EU telecomsIn three years, Europe will achieve the level of deregulation in long distance and local telecommunications markets that took…Fri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
Spam spiders roam the Web collecting addressesFor some reason, my spam quotient has risen precipitously of lateFri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
Telecom to introduce its ADSL service by autumnTelecom Eireann may roll out ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) - a technology using electronics at either end of existing…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Free computers may not be science fictionHow about a free PC? All you have to do is use the InternetFri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Global CrossingGlobal Crossing is based in Bermuda and was formed two years ago by a financier with almost no telecommunications industry experience…Fri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Reaping rewards as deep and wide as river of goldEvery year for the past four years, Silicon Valley's main newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, has published a salary survey…Fri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
Consumers are winners in subscriber warsIn the Republic last week, the Internet went where it had never gone before: freeFri Jun 18 1999 - 01:00
Compaq gives once-renegade Linux a timely boostCompaq Computer's announcement this week that it will offer six of its desktop machines with operating system Linux pre-installed…Fri Jun 18 1999 - 01:00
UUNET opens Internet service market to allThe likelihood of additional companies following Gateway Computer and telecommunications company Ocean into the free Internet…Wed Jun 16 1999 - 01:00
Ocean's arrival puts spotlight on cost structureOcean's arrival in the Internet market as a provider of free Internet access has already raised questions about two of the foremost…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
US companies fear tighter exporting curbs over ChinaFrustrated US technology companies fear tighter restrictions may be placed on their exports on foot of the recently published…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Big three storm Internet market with offer of free subscriptionsShort of a decision by the telecommunications companies to offer free local phone calls in the State, no other event promises…Fri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Odds against US allowing Net gamblingIn the US, the federal government wants to keep the doors shut on online gamblingFri Jun 11 1999 - 01:00
Bug hits big screen by the backdoorAs if you didn't already have enough worriesFri Jun 04 1999 - 01:00
Expat pair prove ahead of their timeThe four workers in Dataway's Irish office on Baggot Street in Dublin are just finishing their day's work as their company's …Fri May 28 1999 - 01:00
Lotus introduces its long-awaited upgradeA year and a half after its first promised arrival date, and seven weeks after its launch in the US, IBM subsidiary Lotus finally…Fri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Beware of growing numb to the linguistic obscenities of high-tech marketing"Simplify" has been a corporate mantra now for well over a decadeFri May 21 1999 - 01:00
Broadband link provider to be selected within a monthA major global telecommunications company is likely to be chosen within a month to be the main provider of broadband connectivity…Thu May 20 1999 - 01:00
Strong encryption has another good day in US courtsThe right of individuals and businesses to use the strongest possible methods of keeping their communications private over the…Fri May 14 1999 - 01:00
India is mooted as an answer to the Irish development skills shortagesIndigenous Irish companies wishing to become truly global, should follow the US example and outsource their product development…Fri May 07 1999 - 01:00
eBay watching is window on the worldSince the dawn of civilisation, marketplaces have been the locations in which all of society, from the sublime to the ridiculous…Fri May 07 1999 - 01:00
Fresh visions of future technology are being preached by Arthur AndersenHigh in the forested hills above the Cote d'Azure and far away from the bronzed tourists sits - rather unexpectedly - the French…Fri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
Outing those in favour of invasion of privacyLast year, London-based privacy advocacy group Privacy International chose April 1st as the day to hand out its Big Brother Awards…Fri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
Apple underlines its move to embrace open softwareApple Computer this week underlined its recent strategic move to embrace - if gingerly - the rapidly-growing open source software…Fri Apr 23 1999 - 01:00
College degree a useful tool for computer geeksDo the people who work in the computer industry really need college degrees? That's a question which was aired online in an article…Fri Apr 23 1999 - 01:00
EU ministers move to create e-commerce environmentThe European Union took a significant step towards creating a viable electronic commerce environment as telecommunication ministers…Fri Apr 23 1999 - 01:00
Online video store fast forwardsImagine having a video shop nearby with 50,000 titles in stockFri Apr 16 1999 - 01:00
Let PairGain be a lesson for Net investorsAs circus man and student of human nature PT Barnum knew so well, there's a sucker born every minuteFri Apr 16 1999 - 01:00
PC prices hamper information ageHow low can computers prices go? In the US, they've dipped below the $600 (#555) mark - which means they are hovering around …Fri Apr 09 1999 - 01:00
A message sent with mischievous intentLike their biological counterparts, computer viruses this week again proved that they may be small and seemingly innocuous, but…Fri Apr 02 1999 - 01:00
Beware of e-mail giveaway gimmicksAn e-mail arrived during the week with the kind of subject header that usually makes it an immediate candidate for the delete…Fri Apr 02 1999 - 01:00
Melissa closes e-mailOne large Irish organisation had to completely shut down its e-mail system this week after its network became infected with the…Fri Apr 02 1999 - 01:00
MCI WorldCom confirms interest in PostGEMMCI WorldCom, which has jumped from being one of several smaller telecommunications players in the Irish market to one of the…Sat Mar 27 1999 - 00:00
Gateway will allow Internet access for freeThe introduction of free Internet access accounts by Gateway Computer later this year will challenge the existing paid-subscription…Fri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
Fans need heroic patience to download stunning Star Wars trailerLast weekend, all the promise and all the limitations of the Web were made clear by Obi-Wan Kenobi.Fri Mar 19 1999 - 00:00
Report warns Net users to be wary of figuresInternet users should be wary of financial information offered on corporate websites, according to a study of FTSE 100 companies…Fri Mar 19 1999 - 00:00
US court refuses reporter's evidenceFROM the headlines, the story looks quite straightforward: "Journalist Sentenced in Child Porn Case"; "Reporter Pleads to Porn…Fri Mar 12 1999 - 00:00
