Categorised as: Open Source
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Google unveils Blink: a new WebKit-based rendering engine for Chrome and Chrome OS News
04.04.2013 Google has revealed that it will no longer use WebKit as the rendering engine for Chrome and Chrome OS and will instead use a forked version called Blink.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Open Source, Internet, Development, Design -
Weekend news round-up: Facebook shuns server OEMs, Apple’s podcasting disaster News
18.02.2013 In our round-up of the weekend’s tech news and analysis, OEMs who failed to embrace Facebook’s Open Compute Project are out in the cold with the social network opting to make... -
Opera boosts video capabilities via €155m Skyfire acquisition News
15.02.2013 Norwegian software player Opera has acquired Skyfire Labs, a firm specialising in mobile video optimisation, in a deal estimated to be worth up to €155m. -
Kainos plans Health Hack NI coding challenge to boost healthcare software News
27.11.2012 Belfast and Dublin-based software company Kainos, which is in the midst of creating 110 new jobs, says its Health Hack coding challenge has already been over-subscribed in the... -
Open data obstacle? OpenCorporates claims it is being blocked by Ireland’s CRO News
02.11.2012 Chris Taggart, a leading proponent of the open data movement and a gatherer of information on close to 50m businesses worldwide via his OpenCorporates.com site, has told... -
iQ Content launches Dublin Event Guide app, developed using open-source platform News
24.10.2012 Dublin-based user experience design consultancy iQ Content has launched an open-source mobile event listing platform for event organisers and developers, and used this to create... -
CoderDojo and Hays to recruit 1,000 new mentors and 100 firms News
24.09.2012 Free coding movement CoderDojo, which from a humble start in Cork more than a year ago now teaches thousands of kids to code every week around the world, has joined forces with... -
Cloud, mobile and open source to transform US$9bn app industry in 2012 News
24.08.2012 The global app development market will be worth US$9bn in 2012 and major shifts in the direction of mobile, agility, cloud computing and open source projects will transform the... -
Ouya Android games console roars past US$2m on Kickstarter News
11.07.2012 A new games console based on Android 4.0, running off a Tegra processor, and designed by Yves Behar, has so far raised US$2.3m on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The console is... -
Facebook updates publishing guidelines, restricts auto-sharing News
01.06.2012 With an upgrade to Open Graph, Facebook have limited the ability of apps to automatically post updates to users’ walls. -
Oracle vs Google – patent trial likely to begin in earnest today News
02.05.2012 After two days of deliberations by the jury in the Oracle vs Google copyright infringement lawsuit, a decision looms and it appears the case will now go into the patent phase.Categories: Software, Phones, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Digital Media, Software & Web Development -
Opportunity for Irish coders to join Google Summer of Code News
27.03.2012 Irish coders have an opportunity to apply to join Google’s Summer of Code project and spend the summer of 2012 earning money writing code for open-source projects, the company...Categories: Software Development, Software & Web Development, Software, Open Source, Mobile, Engineering, Development, Design, Computers, Architecture, Apps -
CrisisCamp shows how open source tech can respond to disasters News
10.02.2012 Ireland’s first CrisisCamp on 26 February at NUI Galway will show how open source software and hardware can be used to build and use technology tools to help respond to... -
HP to make webOS fully open source by autumn News
26.01.2012 Information technology giant HP is rolling out a road map for making webOS' source code available under an open-source licence by September. -
Foundation gives US$5m to academy to boost online education News
07.11.2011 Ireland's O'Sullivan Foundation is to inject US$5m into the Khan Academy to help accelerate the development and deployment of the non-profit's revolutionary approach to...Categories: Science, Open Source, Life Sciences, Graduate, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Windows Phone flaw lets attackers disable message hub News
13.12.2011 A flaw has been found in Windows Phone devices which lets attackers disable the messaging hub on the phone by sending a text. -
The week in gadgets News
12.12.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as HP makes webOS open source, classic SNES RPG Chrono Trigger arrives on the iPhone, and US consumers buy 1.7m Xbox 360s during November.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Open Source, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, AppsTags: Mobile Gaming, Xbox 360, Gaming, Video Games, Consoles, HP, CEO, Black Friday, PC, OS, Christmas, Microsoft, Week in gadgets, Games, -
HAXLR8R offers start-ups chance to ‘build’ next big thing News
09.12.2011 Hardware start-ups are being offered a unique chance to join the 111-day HAXLR8R accelerator programme starting in March in Shenzhen, China, where they will be mentored by... -
Computing prodigy did his first Linux install at age 6 News
25.11.2011 Recent months have unearthed a wealth of computing and coding talent amongst Irish school kids with their hearts set on disrupting the technology world. The latest is a...Categories: Phones, Operating Systems, Open Source, Multimedia, Media, Internet, Education, Digital Media, Database, Apps -
Diaspora co-founder Zhitomirskiy dies at 22 News
14.11.2011 Just as a new batch of invites to the much-anticipated open source social networking platform Diaspora were issued, the sad news emerged that one of the platform’s co-founder’s,...Categories: Software & Web Development, Social Media, Open Source, Digital Media, Development, Design, Apps