Tagged: Microsoft & News
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Nokia is giving away 1,000 Lumia 800 devices to app developers News
25.05.2012 The availability of 1,000 Lumia 800 smartphones and various PR and advertising tools are among the concessions available to some of Europe’s top developers to get them building...Categories: Software & Web Development, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Apps Zone, Apps -
Google’s new software language Dart aims to speed up the web News
25.05.2012 Google is on a mission to speed up the web. Flush from the success of its Chrome browser passing out Internet Explorer in recent weeks, it is now focusing on a new Javascript...Tags: internet explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, JavaScript, Chrome OS, Chrome, Dart, Browsers, App, Google -
Microsoft lists Belfast app firm JamPot among Europe’s top start-ups News
24.05.2012 Belfast start-up JamPot is among 15 companies across Europe vying to be named Europe’s top start-up company as part of the Microsoft BizSpark European Summit in London. -
Stay alive, win a prize, at Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon challenge News
24.05.2012 Gamers are invited to join a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier tournament in Dublin this weekend to test their skills against the computer and win a prize if they stay alive. -
Version 1 creates 26 new jobs at NI Oracle centre News
24.05.2012 Dublin-headquartered IT consultancy Version 1 is to create 26 new jobs at a new Oracle Competency Centre in Belfast.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Servers, Outsourcing, Investments, Internet, Infrastructure Management, Economy, Digital Business, Database, CRM, CIO -
Irish tech firms gave €1.4m to local charity and the community last year News
24.05.2012 Tech firms AOL, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle contributed more than €1.4m to local community groups and charities in 2011, according to Business in the Community Ireland. -
Microsoft Office to arrive on iOS and Android smartphones and tablets News
23.05.2012 Microsoft Office is expected to launch on iOS and Android tablet computers and smartphones as well as the iPad in November. Rumours have been circulating that Microsoft Office...Categories: Software & Web Development, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Business Software, Apps Zone, Apps -
Survey reveals Irish employees’ bad tech habits News
23.05.2012 Research conducted by Amárach Research for Microsoft shows Irish employees’ lack of concern for data security and protection. -
US judge recommends ban on Xbox imports as patents war rages on News
23.05.2012 A judge from the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the US has recommended that Xbox consoles should no longer be imported into or sold in the US should Microsoft lose its...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobile, Legal, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Development -
Dublin’s Westbury Hotel jumps into the cloud News
23.05.2012 The Westbury Hotel in Dublin has moved all of its computing services to the cloud as part of a deployment using Citrix technology in conjunction with PFH Computers and Cable &...Categories: Servers, Security, IT Management, Investments, Digital Business, Data Management, CIO, Business Software -
Microsoft talks up multi-monitor Windows 8 experience News
22.05.2012 In the run up to the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8, the software giant has begun espousing the potential of the operating system as a multi-monitor operating system....Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Hardware, Digital Media, Apps -
EU gives Google the opportunity to resolve anti-trust concerns News
21.05.2012 A statement from the European Commission lists four major concerns regarding the search giant’s competitive dominance and requests that these issues be resolved in a matter of...Tags: Google, Search, Android, Mobile, OS, European Commission, European Union, Anti-trust, Microsoft, -
BT in stg£20m Northern Ireland healthcare transformation deal News
21.05.2012 BT has won a stg£20m contract to be the sole supplier of voice and data communications to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in a five-year contract to transform healthcare... -
Kinect for Windows SDK released for developers News
21.05.2012 An update to the Kinect for Windows software development kit (SDK), which promised enhanced voice and gesture capabilities for developers, has been released today.Tags: Kinect, Windows, Software, Hardware, Development, Developers, Software Development, SDKs, Microsoft -
Rugged devices, RFID and cloud computing join fight against counterfeiting News
21.05.2012 The use of rugged mobile devices in production and services industries allied with the cloud and RFID are contributing to major advances in industries from food to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Servers, Security, Mobility, Mobile, Intellectual Property, Hardware, Data Management, Apps -
Is Microsoft’s new social network So.cl a direct attack on Google? News
21.05.2012 Microsoft has launched its own social network called So.cl. The new network appears to be more of a threat to Google+ than Facebook, featuring video parties to rival Hangouts,... -
The search for knowledge has been enhanced by Google’s latest features News
17.05.2012 Hot on the heels of Bing’s social search revamp, Google have released intuitive new search features that put the search for knowledge, not social connections, at the forefront.Tags: Privacy, Wikipedia, Development, Technology, Search Engine, Siri, Apple, Microsoft, Search, Bing, Facebook, Google -
Halo 4 to debut new game modes plus live action video series News
16.05.2012 The latest game in the Halo franchise, Halo 4, will launch on 6 November with a new multiplayer offering called ‘Halo Infinity Multiplayer’ and two campaign-based experiences.... -
20 years of the internet in Ireland (timeline) News
15.05.2012 Twenty years ago today Barry Flanagan began Ireland On-Line in his house in Galway, kick starting the internet as a consumer phenomenon in Ireland. We look back at some of the...