Tagged: Microsoft
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Google pleads the First – wants removal of gagging order on data requests News
19.06.2013 Citing the First Amendment, Google has petitioned the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national US security requests. In the... -
Microsoft gathers European youth ambassadors in Dublin to address unemployment News
17.06.2013 On Tuesday, 18 June, Microsoft will host 60 youth ambassadors from across Europe at a focused workshop entitled ‘Driving Digital Jobs in Europe’.Categories: Government, Careers and Employment -
Weekend news round-up: Snoopgate fallout continues; Saudi Arabia to ban Whatsapp News
17.06.2013 The fallout over Edward Snowden’s leakage of sensitive information about US intelligence surveillance of the internet continues and tech giants are taking it upon themselves to... -
Microsoft brings Office to the iPhone – for paid subscribers only News
14.06.2013 iPhone users will now be able to view and edit Microsoft Office documents from their smartphones with Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers, but use of the free app requires... -
Review of 2011 in gaming News
29.12.2011 We’re back at this time again, when we take a look at the last 12 months and ponder what games and consoles have left an impression on us. Adam Renardson takes a look at what...Tags: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Gaming, PlayStation, Xbox 360, Entertainment, Video Games, Call of Duty -
Games to look forward to in 2013 News
01.01.2013 It's the start of a new year and with a new Wii console on the market and new XBox and PlayStation consoles being mooted for 2013, it is shaping up to be a promising year in the... -
EU Commissioner Reding to take US to task over PRISM in Dublin this week News
12.06.2013 Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, has added her voice to the chorus of questions directed towards the US Attorney General over revelations surrounding PRISM, the US... -
EU to give consumers powers to sue tech giants in anti-trust cases News
11.06.2013 A new proposal published today by the European Commission aims to give consumers the power to pursue legal actions against tech giants and cartels found to be behaving in an... -
Dublin-based Keywords Studios plans stg£10m IPO News
11.06.2013 Keywords Studios, the Dublin-headquartered technical services provider to the video-games industry, has announced it intends to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market... -
Console wars return as Sony reveals powerful PlayStation 4 to take on Microsoft’s Xbox One News
11.06.2013 At E3, consumer tech giant Sony unveiled a US$399 (€302) PlayStation 4 (PS4) that will go on sale this autumn. Sony revealed powerful hardware packaged in a sleek body along...Tags: Games Consoles, Video Games, PS3, PlayStation Vita, Activision, Bungie, Hardware, Xbox One, Xbox, Microsoft, PlayStation, PlayStation 4, Sony -
Datapac Technology Update: Next Generation IT Events
25.06.2013 Datapac will host a free seminar to demonstrate some of the latest technologies and services that will enable businesses to be prepared for next-generation IT. With the onset of...Categories: Software -
Microsoft showcases 20 new Xbox One titles, upgrades Xbox 360 and Xbox Live News
10.06.2013 In front of an audience of over 5,000 attendees at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, the Xbox press briefing on the eve of E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, has revealed 20... -
Havok reveals new game developer tools for Xbox One News
10.06.2013 Ahead of E3 today Dublin-headquartered physics software company Havok has revealed a new suite of middleware tools specifically for the forthcoming Xbox One games and...Categories: Consumer Tech, Design, Development, Digital Media, Games/Entertainment, Hardware, Software -
US intelligence mines data from nine internet giants, including Google and Facebook News
07.06.2013 Just a day after reports surfaced that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US interpreted the Patriot Act in such a way as to seek phone records of millions of US citizens...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Internet, Data Centre, Computers, CommunicationsTags: YouTube, Skype, AOL, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, National Security Agency, FBI, Barack Obama, Cyber security, -
The Five Minute CIO: Brendan Healy, Irish Life News
07.06.2013 A major mainframe to Microsoft re-platforming project at Irish Life was a success but the outcome could have been so different. Group CIO Brendan Healy says the key was a... -
Preview video gives first look at Windows 8.1 News
05.06.2013 A YouTube video starring Jensen Harris from Microsoft’s Windows Team provides users with a walk-through of some of the new features coming to Windows 8.1.Categories: Operating Systems -
Windows 8.1 will bring Outlook 2013 to RT tablets News
05.06.2013 Tami Reller, CFO and CMO of Microsoft’s Windows Division, announced at the Computex computer expo in Taiwan that Windows RT tablets will come equipped with Outlook 2013 RT... -
Microsoft and PwC forge business transformation alliance News
04.06.2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has forged a strategic alliance with Microsoft that will see PwC become the first professional services network to build business transformation... -
Weekend News Round-up: Microsoft CIO steps down, US and China in cyber war talks News
04.06.2013 In our round-up of some of the weekend’s top tech stories it has emerged that Microsoft’s own CIO Tony Scott is leaving the position; Apple is scrambling to get deals in place... -
Gadgets of the month: the smartphone battleground and what to expect from E3, WWDC and Build News
31.05.2013 We take a look back at some of the biggest gadget news this month and look ahead at what’s to come as both Microsoft and Apple will host their developer conferences in June and...