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Bell Labs president: Europe needs to catch up on 4G to derive economic benefit (video) News
19.06.2013 The president of Bell Labs, the communications innovation powerhouse arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has said that Europe’s fragmented mobile industry is the prime reason why Europe is... -
ASML director highlights the need to drive semiconductor technology in Europe (video) News
19.06.2013 Dutch company ASML is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment, supplying well-known names in the semiconductor industry, such as Samsung and Intel.... -
22 energy-efficiency projects to support Irish jobs News
19.06.2013 As part of the Government’s jobs action plan, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is set to support 22 Irish energy-efficiency projects spanning both the public...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Digital experts share ideas on translating research into European jobs News
19.06.2013 A special workshop is running today at Dublin Castle involving research institutes, companies and start-ups as part of the European Digital Agenda Assembly that kicked off in...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Research, R&D, Investments, Government, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Medical device maker Terumo BCT to create 416 jobs in Northern Ireland News
19.06.2013 Japanese global healthcare company Terumo BCT is to create 416 jobs in Larne, Co Antrim. -
Award-winning Prof Michael Coey becomes first Irish member of European Academy of Science News
19.06.2013 Prof Michael Coey, a principal investigator at CRANN in Dublin, has joined the ranks of Nobel Prize and Fields medal winners by having been elected to the European Academy of... -
Digital Hub CEO: digital competency needs to be pervasive across EU News
18.06.2013 Every country in Europe needs to ensure that digital competency is all-pervasive, the chief executive of the Digital Hub in Dublin told a gathering of the heads of eight...Categories: R&D, Life Sciences, Leadership & Management, Internet, Government, Education, Economy, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
Finland’s Digital Champion Linda Liukas in conversation with Silicon Republic at the IIEA (video) News
18.06.2013 Ahead of the Digital Agenda Assembly this week, the Institute of International and European Affairs hosted a public conversation with Finland’s Digital Champion and co-founder... -
European nanotechnology forum opens in Dublin today News
18.06.2013 Europe’s largest nanotechnology event, the EuroNanoForum, is kicking off in Dublin today. For the next two days some 1,500 delegates from 50 countries will be convening at the... -
China takes lead in supercomputer stakes for Milky Way-2 News
17.06.2013 A supercomputer by the name of Milky Way-2 that has been developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology has managed to oust the US from the top spot in the... -
Irish universities forge R&D pact with Japanese drugs giant Shionogi News
14.06.2013 Ireland’s top universities have entered into a collaboration pact with Shionogi, one of the largest pharmaceutical players in Japan and maker of the cholesterol drug Crestor. -
Two Irish firms chosen for EU research project to revolutionise medical devices News
17.06.2013 Galway-based medical device manufacturer Crospon, and Adama Innovations, a new spin-out from the Irish nanoscience institute CRANN, have been selected to take part in a European... -
Wireless DIY: start-up Spark Devices raises US$567,968 on Kickstarter News
14.06.2013 When the going gets tough – just keep going. That’s the logic that Zach Supalla of connected device player Spark Devices applied and in just a few months has executed a pivot... -
Antarctica’s ice shelves are melting from below, claims NASA News
14.06.2013 Ocean waters melting the underbelly of the Antarctic’s ice shelves are now thought to be responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, that’s according to a new... -
The technology business week: EU to give consumers powers to sue tech giants, digital products to generate most media income News
17.06.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Apps, Deals Done, Digital Media, Financial, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions, R&D -
Women in spotlight at DCU/Fujitsu innovation awards News
14.06.2013 Women have been well represented in the winning projects at the inaugural Dublin City University (DCU) President’s Awards for Innovation, sponsored by Fujitsu, which were...Categories: Unified Communications, Research, R&D, Mobile, Life Sciences, Internet, Development, Apps -
Ireland’s Trustev named Europe’s Top Start-up by European Commission News
14.06.2013 European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes last night named fast-emerging digital fingerprint start-up Trustev as Europe’s Top Start-up, as part of the commission’s Tech...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, R&D, Investments, Internet, Funding, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business -
EMC celebrates 25 years in Ireland with €100m investment and 200 jobs for Cork News
13.06.2013 Coinciding with celebrations of 25 years in Ireland, multinational IT company EMC has announced the opening of a new office in Mahon, Co Cork, as part of a €100m investment,... -
Nanoweek expo to showcase nanoscience through art News
12.06.2013 With Ireland’s national awareness week around nanoscience and materials science kicking off this Friday, an art exhibition with a twist will be taking place at locations around... -
Dublin event to pay tribute to astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell News
12.06.2013 Imagine being a post-graduate student and discovering something like the first radio pulsars. That’s exactly what happened to astrophysicist and professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell,...