Tagged: US Government & News
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Apple reveals US law agencies made up to 5,000 data requests News
17.06.2013 In the fallout over revelations of the PRISM programme, technology giant Apple has said it does not provide any government agency direct access to its servers and revealed it... -
RTÉ Archives creates online exhibition of JFK’s visit to Ireland 50 years ago (video) News
14.06.2013 It is almost 50 years since then-US President John F Kennedy visited Ireland and to mark the occasion, Ireland’s State broadcaster RTÉ has chronicled the visit in a major online... -
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... -
Google asks US govt to report full scale of NSA data requests News
12.06.2013 In a letter to the US Attorney General and the FBI, Google’s chief legal officer David Drummond has asked the US government to publicly reveal the full scale and volume of... -
Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan join call for US Congress to stop NSA surveillance News
11.06.2013 Internet firms Mozilla, Reddit and 4chan have joined their voices with 86 other organisations, including Access and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, urging US lawmakers to...Categories: Social Media, Servers, Security, Search Engines, Search, Legal, Internet, Government, Digital Media -
Crowdfunding campaign launched to raise legal funds for Edward Snowden News
10.06.2013 A Crowdtilt crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise legal fees for the NSA whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Hong Kong. -
Weekend News Round-up: US cyber spying whistle-blower revealed; is Snapchat worth US$1bn? News
10.06.2013 The weekend’s tech news agenda was dominated by the fallout of the massive revelations around how US intelligence agencies have been spying on the servers of the top internet...Categories: Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Data Management, Consumer Tech, Business Intelligence, Apps -
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies knowledge of PRISM News
08.06.2013 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has dismissed claims that the social networking platform cooperated with US intelligence bodies like the National Security Agency (NSA) in allowing... -
EFF rage at alleged gathering of phone data of millions of US citizens News
06.06.2013 The Electronic Frontier Foundation has responded angrily to reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US is alleged to be gathering data on private US citizens. It... -
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... -
SMI encourages Irish innovators to access Washington dollars News
26.03.2013 Amongst all the Irish-American meetings and engagements in Washington, DC, recently, consulting firm Strategic Marketing Innovations Inc (SMI) officially announced it would open... -
SMI investment will see Irish R&D access multi-billion dollar US federal funds News
19.03.2013 Washington, DC, technology consulting firm SMI – which has secured more than US$1bn for clients in the last eight years – is to establish its European headquarters in Dublin, it... -
#Budget13 – Corporation tax to remain unchanged at 12.5pc News
05.12.2012 Finance Minister Michael Noonan TD confirmed today in his Budget for 2013 that corporation tax will remain at 12.5pc. -
Cyber Cold War begins: US lawmakers strive to block Chinese comms firms Huawei and ZTE News
09.10.2012 US lawmakers are striving to prevent US telecoms companies doing business with Chinese telecoms equipment makers like Huawei and ZTE. The US House of Representatives’...Categories: Wireless Communications, Software, Social Media, Security, Networking & Telecoms, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Government, Communications -
US government deploys open data standards created in Ireland News
26.04.2012 The open data movement is in full swing and tools and standards created in Ireland are to prove pivotal to open data employed by the US government. It emerged today that...Categories: Data Management, Database, Deals Done, Digital Media, Government, Internet, R&D, Research, Social Media, Software & Web Development, Web, Web 2.0 -
WPP chairman Philip Lader to launch Dublin Web Summit News
16.04.2012 Philip Lader, chairman of communications services group WPP, will launch the Dublin Web Summit tomorrow at 6pm in Trinity College. -
SOPA and PROTECT IP will censor web, warn top tech CEOs News
15.12.2011 Google’s Sergey Brin, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, the Huffington Post’s Arriana Huffington and many others have signed a letter warning that the Stop Online... -
The top 10 most read stories of 2011 News
31.12.2011 We look back on 2011 and guide you through the ten most read stories on Silicon Republic. -
BlackBerry PlayBook first tablet certified for US government News
24.07.2011 Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry PlayBook has received FIPS 140-2 certification, which means it is the first tablet computer certified for use within US federal government... -
US Senate the latest victim in spree of cyber attacks News
14.06.2011 The US Senate has become the latest high-profile casualty of a cyber attack. Just days after Citigroup and the IMF confirmed they had been attacked, hacker group LulzSec has...