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Google Chrome OS computers will be available in 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:36 +0000

Google has announced that its much-anticipated web based operating system, Chrome OS, will be available within a year.

YouTube adds full length TV shows

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:34 +0000

YouTube has launched a new section of its site dedicated to playing full length episodes from popular series such as Channel 4’s Peep Show and Hollyoaks.

China bans Microsoft from selling operating systems

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:53:51 +0000

Microsoft has been banned from selling multiple versions of its flagship Windows operating system in China after breaching a local licensing agreement.

'Ireland needs to ramp up and fund more internet business start-ups'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Internet Hero and entrepreneur Colm Lyon has built up a global online-payments powerhouse

Dawn of a new ultra-mobile era

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

COMPUTING really only 'arrived' when it became personal, when the computer was small, affordable and intuitive enough to take pride of place in the family home and now, as Moore's Law would have it, in most small bags.

A world without cables

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:38:22 +0000

For a century the modern world has been caught in a growing web of copper cables. They have become arteries that power the globe, but, from the jumble of cords cluttering our desks to the miles of wires hidden in our walls, they are also an expensive nuisance binding our gadgets to the grid.

YouTube launches citizen journalism channel

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:05 +0000

YouTube has launched YouTube Direct, a dedicated channel for citizen journalism, in an attempt to better connect news organisations with user generated content.

Apple patent suggests ad-supported OS on the way

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:59:36 +0000

Apple fans are calling it the cyber equivalent of the holiday time share sales pitch: attend a seminar for a few hours on our wonderful holiday village and we’ll give you a weekend there absolutely free.

Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia is focusing on accuracy

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:31:08 +0000

Jimmy Wales is eating dinner alongside Princess Caroline of Monaco. Web royalty has come to meet the real thing. Wales, the man who co-founded Wikipedia eight years ago, is in Monaco to be awarded the Monaco Media Prize at the principality’s annual invite-only media forum.

Microsoft allows advertising on PC desktops

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:56:14 +0000

Microsoft has opened up its Windows 7 operating system to advertising, allowing brands to advertise on PC desktops.

Blog Digest

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

THIS time of year not only means 40 odd days until Christmas shopping, but it is also the last business quarter and therefore often chaotic. Work stress, coupled with sedentary Brandy-soaked holidays, is not good for one's health, but we all saw what Forrest Gump did when he couldn't take it any more: he ran. Here are a handful of Irish running blogs to get you over the starting line.

He's electric: A wireless pioneer

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:38:33 +0000

Wireless electricity appears cutting-edge but one man had dreams of a world without cables more than 100 years ago. Nikola Tesla, a pioneering American physicist, saw wireless energy as the only way to make electricity thrive.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 not banned in Russia, says Activision

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:10:31 +0000

Activision, the publisher behind Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, says that reports of the Russian government banning the game are 'erroneous'.

Google clears digital library hurdle

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:12:33 +0000

Google and a group of publishers and authors have agreed to scale back the scope of their proposed digital books library, which could resolve a legal dispute and clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.

Apple 'more profitable' than Nokia

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:33:01 +0000

Sales of Apple's iPhone have helped to make the US technology company more profitable than Nokia, the world's biggest handset maker, according to a report.

Ireland has the potential to become the world's green data-centre capital

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Eco-friendly data centres could be Ireland's winning card to play during the digital age

Eircom invests in a next-generation selling experience

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

INCUMBENT telecoms operator Eircom has invested an undisclosed sum in kitting out a corner of its new headquarters adjacent to Heuston Station with the latest technology wizardry, enabling it to secure high-end corporate deals.

Blog Digest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

WE may be weary of using the 'R' word, but the recession has forced us to become more cautious with our purchases. A few blogs are helping us navigate a leaner way of living. From shopping to eating out, home DIY and connecting up those who have been made redundant, we check out what's on offer.

Microsoft cuts off Xbox 360 pirate gamers from Xbox Live

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:04:50 +0000

Microsoft is cutting off up to one million Xbox 360 users who modified their consoles to play pirated games over Xbox Live.

Nokia begins shipping N900

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:21:27 +0000

Nokia has started shipping its flagship N900 handset to customers, the company has announced.

'S--- My Dad Says' Twitter account wins television deal

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:59:39 +0000

The popular Twitter account "S--- My Dad Says" is to be turned into a television sitcom, in what is believed to be a micro-blogging first.

Independent Digital Grand Prix Q3 finalists announced

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:13:52 +0000

Independent Digital has launched a new digital advertising award, the first of its kind in Ireland.

Nokia recalls 'dangerous' chargers

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:27:23 +0000

Mobile phone maker Nokia has recalled 14 million potentially dangerous chargers.

Rupert Murdoch could ban Google access to his newspapers' content

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:10:24 +0000

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, is considering removing his newspapers’ content from Google’s search index.

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 video game review

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:33:08 +0000

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 arrives creaking under the weight of its own hype. Can it live up to the ludicrous expectations heaped upon it?

Microsoft Windows 7 smashes sales records

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:07:08 +0000

Windows 7 has been a bigger seller than its predecessor, Windows Vista, new industry figures show.

Steve Jobs voted ‘CEO of the decade’

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:44:19 +0000

Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been voted the CEO of the decade by Fortune magazine.

Google launches Dashboard privacy controls

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:04:52 +0000

Google has created a new 'dashboard' control panel to enable people to more easily adjust their privacy settings.

Nokia N900: A computer in every pocket

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:13:21 +0000

Smartphones are often described as "pocket computers" but, despite advances in usability and processing power, many fall short of providing a user experience comparable to a desktop or laptop computer’s.

How a corner of Dublin is spearheading the new social age of online advertising

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Under the bonnet at Facebook - a driving force in the 21st-century social-media business

Figuring out the right design for business life in the online world

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

Dublin-based Strata3 is one of Ireland's longest-standing web-design, strategy and service firms working with SMEs and big brands. John Mitchell is its managing director

Internet myths are debunked at the peak of the Web Summit

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

AT last week's Dublin Web Summit, organised by Paddy Cosgrave, more than 150 people trooped into Bewley's Hotel in Ballsbridge to listen to some of the most influential online Europeans talk about the impact of the internet on business, politics and media.

Blog Digest

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:00:02 +0000

IN celebration of Science Week 2009, which runs from 8-15 November, Blog Digest donned its lab coat and tested Ireland's top science blogs. Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, says we should celebrate the achievements of mathematicians and scientists in the same way that sports stars and popstars are lauded. I say they don't need this razzle dazzle and that Science Week works because it is all about inspiring and enthusing kids with the magic of science.

Cyberclinic: Why is Facebook asking me to reconnect with a dead friend?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:09:29 +0000

When social networking websites change their layouts, it can feel like someone blundering into your living room, redecorating (badly), leaving the building and refusing to respond to pleas that they come back and sort out the mess.

What's the point of Twitter Peek?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:58:19 +0000

There's lots of coverage on the internet today for a new device that has gone on sale in the US -- the Twitter Peek.