New technology underpins Nasdaq ambitions for exponential growthThink of Wall Street, the Hang Seng, or the FTSE and most people picture clanging bells and frantic dealing down in the trading…Fri Dec 4 1998 - 00:00
Software society takes on trappings of Silicon ValleyThe contrast could not have been more starkFri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
Telecom Eireann to cut Internet cost by 33%Telecom Eireann is to cut the cost of Internet usage in January when it introduces a 33 per cent reduction in charges for peak…Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Ireland takes its first stride on the road to digital economyPerhaps it is time to retire the Celtic tiger and replace it with the Celtic cyborgThu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Flat-rate Net rates to become crucial issueFlat-rate Internet access rates, already a serious bone of contention between Telecom Eireann, Government departments, Internet…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Report to shape Information Age roleFor Ireland Inc, the decision on whether it will be business as usual - or business as we can only begin to imagine - very likely…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Sun tries to put Microsoft in shadeComputer and software company Sun Microsytems has tried to steal some ground from rival Microsoft and the advance of Windows …Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Move towards formal system of software certificationIn a move intended to lead to the formal certification and licensing of software developers in the State, the Institute of Engineers…Thu Nov 5 1998 - 00:00
Microsoft program links Windows with smart cardsMicrosoft is to release an operating system-like program which can be held on a single chip on a plastic card, allowing smart…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Time for users to reclaim the WebListening to Microsoft and Netscape bickering during the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case in Washington, you would think both…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Trying to come up with tomorrow todayGetting paid for imagining the future is the kind of job description that can tempt a computer scientist to forgo even share …Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Size matters to Silicon Valley geeksHanging around Silicon Valley in California, you could be forgiven for thinking that being wired is the normFri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
iMac gives Apple healthier outlook as profits hit £70mIt has been some time since the words profit and Apple have been bedfellowsFri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
Toll-free OS inventor is toast of Silicon ValleyThere's a simple, guaranteed method of drawing a crowd in Silicon Valley: whatever event you're holding, invite Linus Torvalds…Fri Oct 9 1998 - 01:00
Exiles told of green green grass of homeThe technocelts are gathering in a bland function room of the Westin Hotel, and the decibel level is risingFri Oct 9 1998 - 01:00
Computer games revenue is catching up with cinemaComputer games are not just big business. Within the past year, they have become very big business indeedFri Oct 2 1998 - 01:00
US bill signals shortage of skilled labourIt took the passage of a bill in the US Congress last week to underline just how much the technology environment has changed …Fri Oct 2 1998 - 01:00
Silicon Valley clueless about WebA lot of people would rather be stuck in a small room with an angry skunk than be placed in charge of creating the corporate …Fri Sep 18 1998 - 01:00
Communique fails to lift tax ban fogThe Irish and US governments' joint communique on electronic commerce, digitally signed by the Taoiseach and President Clinton…Fri Sep 11 1998 - 01:00
Digital history made in Dublin plantWith the phrase, "Now, gentlemen, I believe we're ready for your digital signatures," ponytailed Gateway Computer founder and…Sat Sep 5 1998 - 01:00
Dublin software firm hopes for classic Silicon successIt may not have a garage in which to create a software success story, but Avatar Works (www.avatarworksFri Sep 4 1998 - 01:00
State faces huge economic challengeOver the next two years, the State faces one of its greatest economic challengesFri Sep 4 1998 - 01:00
Minister wants partnerships to create electronic networkThe Government is to encourage a wide-ranging set of public and private partnerships to create a high-speed, multimedia-enabled…Thu Sep 3 1998 - 01:00
Ahern to seal historic digital accord with ClintonIn a ceremony which will make digital history this Friday, the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and President Clinton will seal a joint communique…Tue Sep 1 1998 - 01:00
Many Websites mirror firms dull and boringThe writer Gertrude Stein once condemned the pleasant but bland city of Oakland, California with the observation that "there'…Fri Aug 21 1998 - 01:00
Wiring schools for learningThe most important elements of IBM's $1 million partnership investment with the Government in three schools in Blakestown are…Fri Aug 21 1998 - 01:00
Browsers fail to maintain standardsIf you're one of those people who uses one browser at work and another at home, you may have noticed something odd sometimes …Fri Aug 14 1998 - 01:00
Expert group sets out to protect interactive materialIt may not have been a high profile meeting outside boffin circles, but last month's gathering of the Moving Pictures Experts…Fri Aug 14 1998 - 01:00
Dream team to map out tech futureMary O'Rourke showed a clear determination to transform Ireland's telecommunications infrastructure in June, when she announced…Fri Aug 7 1998 - 01:00
Supercomputer goes on show with horses at the RDSAll the typical equestrian paraphernalia was on offer this week at the Dublin Horse Show at the RDS, with stalls flogging bridles…Fri Aug 7 1998 - 01:00
Internet flaw causes widespread concernThe Internet has been challenged again as a secure medium amid reports this week of a serious defect in several of the most popular…Fri Jul 31 1998 - 01:00
Nothing is as `vapoured' as the NetSometimes the "news" which comes from the Internet or is written about it seems more like a giant public relations exercise rather…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
EU and US at odds over privacyPrivacy the question of who has the right to obtain, retain, and perhaps even sell personal information in digital form is becoming…Fri Jul 17 1998 - 01:00
Black holes expose Web weaknessCold chills should have gone down the spine of any company with a Website after the announcement last week of a security hole…Fri Jul 10 1998 - 01:00
Security flaws revealed in Web server softwareSupposedly secure files on Irish semi-state agency and business sites remained easily accessible from the Web yesterday due to…Wed Jul 8 1998 - 01:00
Europe's tech crown still unclaimedLast week, two Irishwomen Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke and Ms Vivienne Jupp, head of the Information Society Commission…Fri Jul 3 1998 - 01:00
Japanese entrepreneur out to crack the EnglishAn interest in engineering, function and design runs deep in Japanese businessman Mr Tsukasa Takehara.Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
Net post office is in for radical changeImagine what would happen if An Post decided to stop delivering letters, and hand the task over to a range of smaller, private…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
Jostling for position on e-commerceIt may seem rather obscure and esoteric and only runs to three pages, but the Government's framework document on cryptography…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
Government commits itself to e-commerceThree announcements by the Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms Mary O'Rourke, yesterday underlined the first clear commitment …Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Republic `among top contenders' for Internet businessDue to a number of key advantages, the Republic should consider itself one of the top contenders as an international centre for…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Copyright in the digital era is complex and controversialIt's obvious that innovative digital technologies, from the Internet to multimedia, have created new markets and new creative…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Irish law unsettled on digital trademarksIrish law does little to ensure that company trademarks and patents are protected in the digital realm, says Dublin patent and…Fri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Taking data off US Web is child's playImagine your child in a shop. Suddenly a man walks up with a clipboard and a formFri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
Confusion on new Net tax measuresThe "no Net taxes" movement achieved a significant victory two weeks ago, when 132 nations agreed at a World Trade Organisation…Fri Jun 5 1998 - 01:00
Y2K bug prepare well or be ready to crash"Microsoft will just come up with something at the last minute that will take care of the problemFri Jun 5 1998 - 01:00
Web marketing is music to artists' ears but piracy hits dangerous noteSeeing Mr Larry Rosen, one of those well-heeled US men whom middle age flatters, dressed in trendy black, with the small oval…Fri Jun 5 1998 - 01:00
Government neglects tech-ageAs a narrowly focused debate continues over the Republic's broadband capabilities the telecommunications network's ability to…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Telecom subject to unfair criticism on Microsoft links dealFor a prime example of how technology issues can be used to advance individual agendas to a blinded-by-science public, look no…Fri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Dell deal shows shift in services marketLast Monday's announcement that computer companies Wang and Unisys will provide customer service to a third computer company, …Fri May 15 1998 - 01:00