20.08.2008 Auction website eBay has revealed it plans to reduce the fees it charges sellers to list fixed-price items from September. more...
20.08.2008 NASDAQ-listed financial software and payments company Trintech this morning reported a net loss of close to US$1m in its fiscal second quarter, despite delivering revenues of US$10.5m for the quarter. more...
13.08.2008 The loss of a laptop containing 380,000 records of social welfare and pension recipients is a wake-up call for the Government and public and private sector bodies to ensure all staff are trained properly in data protection and use of encryption. more...
13.08.2008 The European Commission is calling on EU member states to make more effort to provide digital versions of works from their cultural institutions so the dream of a European Digital Library can be realised this autumn. more...
06.08.2008 Have you ever wondered what happened to all the old archived material collected by town councils, hospitals and parish centres on life in Ireland when the poorhouse was the destination of the starving and the sick or when dancehalls were the centre of our social life? more...
01.08.2008 Following the end of digital terrestrial television (DTT) trials by the Irish Government today, Minister for Communications, Eamon Ryan said national rollout will begin in a little over a year – August 2009. more...
15.07.2008 European telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding (pictured) said she wants new legislation to cut the cost of text messaging as people travel within the EU. more...
04.07.2008
Minister Eamon Ryan podcast
“Roads don’t hold a penny in comparison to the importance of fibre to the Irish economy,” said the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD (pictured), during an interview with siliconrepublic.com as he outlined a major €435m investment by the Government in Ireland’s broadband infrastructure. more...
03.07.2008 The telecoms industry will today be presented with the Government’s report on next-generation networks (NGNs) and many hope the plan involves making use of stranded fibre assets owned by the State, which combined could turn Ireland into a leading digital nation. more...
26.06.2008 Wicklow County Council has added audio speech to its website by incorporating speech software from Texthelp Systems. more...
25.06.2008 Irish start-up company Spanish Point has landed a €400,000 contract to provide Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) with a new order processing and business process management platform. more...
25.06.2008 Some 16pc of people are still dumping their electronic items in bins, skips and landfill sites, despite free electronic recycling being widely available. more...