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
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
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
Bug hits big screen by the backdoorAs if you didn't already have enough worriesFri Jun 4 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
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 7 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 7 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
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
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
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
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
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
Online video store fast forwardsImagine having a video shop nearby with 50,000 titles in stockFri 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 9 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 2 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 2 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 2 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
Online stock market hit by crashes of technological eraCrash is perhaps the least loved word in the stock market world, but it has appeared continuously over the past month in relation…Fri Mar 12 1999 - 00:00
Markets react enthusiastically to the $16 bn IBM-Dell pactIn the cut-throat technology market, the $16 billion (€14Fri Mar 5 1999 - 00:00
Net retains its Wild West atmosphereInformation Technology may be an industry that's always doing the unexpected, but observers were startled, to say the least, …Fri Mar 5 1999 - 00:00
Telecom will open centre for global e-commerceTelecom Eireann is creating a major electronic commerce transaction centre that will be capable of handling large-scale global…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Too many websites rely on flashiness, study findsContrary to the accepted sales strategy of the bricks and mortar world, online stores should be selling the steak and not the…Fri Feb 26 1999 - 00:00
Judgment day looms for MicrosoftIt may be the technology trial of the century, but for most people, Microsoft versus the US Department of Justice is - outside…Fri Feb 19 1999 - 00:00
Information on the Internet still wants to be freeLast week, as Microsoft's crisp and witty online magazine Slate (www.slateFri Feb 19 1999 - 00:00
Telecom proposes `flat rate' Internet serviceA new "flat rate" Internet service from Telecom Eireann could more than halve the company's current lowest priced Net connection…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
Consumer watchdog needed to monitor digital revolutionOver the coming months, crucial and far-ranging decisions will be made regarding the shape of the Republic's digital futureFri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
Gateway sales staff claim jobs threatSales employees at Gateway Computer's Dublin-based European headquarters claim they have been told they may lose their jobs at…Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
Most Y2K bugs will occur before 2000, says expertMost computer failures due to the Year 2000 problem will occur well before January 1st, 2000, and contingency plans need to be…Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
Telecom eyes up niche mobile market in UKA £100 million Telecom Eireann acquisitions fund will be used to purchase foreign telecommunications-sector companies in the …Wed Feb 10 1999 - 00:00
Encryption one element in security pictureAnyone in business who does not know what PKI means, and has any interest in keeping the contents of computer files and emails…Fri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
Firm in make-or-break Superbowl betImagine for a moment that you have a young company, a start-upFri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
Acquisition of another premier portal site continues 1998 trendContinuing a trend which began in 1998 and is reshaping the terrain of the Web, yet another of the premier Internet portal sites…Fri Jan 22 1999 - 00:00
Internet stocks orbit into unknownThere's a company, known as eBay which is based in Silicon ValleyFri Jan 15 1999 - 00:00
Leave predictions to NostradamusEvery year I spend about two months out in Silicon ValleyFri Jan 8 1999 - 00:00
Reborn Unisys determined to get message heardAs recently as early 1997, computer giant Unisys seemed ready to go the way of the dinosaurs: its stock had become as unfashionable…Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Laureate sheds light on complexity"The Internet is described by some people as the Gutenberg printing press on steroids," noted Mr Roger Camrass, the distinguished…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Fresh options must address high cost of Internet usageThe flurry of Internet connection options announced in recent weeks means browsers will have more ways to pay for usage, but …Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Mega-merger challenge to Microsoft hegemonyIn the early days of the Net, perhaps all of two years ago, one Silicon Valley company above all others served as the benchmark…Fri Dec 4 1998 - 00:00