Tagged: Licensing & News
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Disney pulls the plug on LucasArts News
04.04.2013 Only six months after acquiring the games developer, the Walt Disney Company is shutting down LucasArts, the firm behind the Star Wars and Monkey Island series of games. -
UK songwriters now earning more from digital music services than radio News
04.04.2013 An end-of-year report from UK royalties body PRS for Music shows that revenues from digital music services have now overtaken those earned from radio broadcasts as more online...Categories: Media, Digital Media -
250m Android products are activated every year (infographic) News
21.12.2012 In just seven years the Android operating system has moved from being a start-up’s product acquired by Google to now some 250m Android products are being activated every year,...Tags: Android, Google, Microsoft, Apple, iOS, Licensing, HTC, Mobile Devices, Operating Systems, Smartphones, Tablet Computers -
Rise of the mobile worker means Microsoft decides to raise its licensing fees News
27.11.2012 Software giant Microsoft is to raise its licensing fees by up to 15pc in response to the proliferation of mobile devices in enterprises and the enduring bring your own device... -
RSA London 2012: When virtualisation isn't the right move News
11.10.2012 Virtualisation is often seen as inevitable and a stepping stone towards using cloud in many businesses but there are times when it’s not the right thing for a company's IT,... -
Design of 4G spectrum auctions could cost Irish Exchequer €300m News
31.05.2012 The optimal potential of Ireland’s 4G spectrum auctions could be offset by as much as €300m due to the design of the spectrum blocks, it has been claimed.Categories: Wireless Communications, Web, Mobility, Mobile, Legal, Internet, Data Management, Communications -
Yahoo! braces for patent fight with Facebook News
28.02.2012 Internet giant Yahoo! has demanded unspecified licensing fees from Facebook for the use of its technology and threatened to take the social networking giant to court if the two... -
InishTech in cloud telephony deal with Glorsoft News
29.11.2011 Glorsoft, an independent provider of telephony software to the .NET community, has signed a cloud licensing deal with Inishtech to protect, manage and control the distribution... -
Cloud computing’s time has come, Gartner says News
25.11.2010 After many years of germination, the core ideas at the heart of cloud computing — pay for use, multitenancy, external services — appear to be resonating more strongly for more...Categories: Virtualisation, Software, IT Management, Hardware, Enterprise Applications, Computers, Cloud -
Nokia takes over development of Symbian News
08.11.2010 Development of the Symbian platform has moved fully over to Nokia, as the Symbian Foundation will transition to become the legal entity responsible for licensing software. -
InishTech is named Microsoft Gold Partner News
20.10.2010 A company based on technology spun out of Microsoft and which raised €1.8m in venture capital recently has been named Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.Categories: Software, Risk Management, IT Management, Intellectual Property, Funding, Enterprise Applications -
OPINION: Licence to overspend News
01.10.2010 Andy Ellwood explains why knowing what software you have and what it’s running on is vital for any organisation faced with cutting its IT budget. -
Irish software start-up spins its way into the cloud with gusto News
23.09.2010 InishTech, a company led by ex-Baltimore and Similarity executives, took over Microsoft’s software licensing protection business and last week raised €1.8m in funding. Aidan... -
Apple pulls Grooveshark music app News
17.08.2010 After well over a year of preparing its service and getting its app ready and approved by the Apple App Store streaming music service Grooveshark has had its iPhone app suddenly... -
Deals done this past week News
19.07.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including the announcement of US$5m in new US deals struck during Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s economic visit to the... -
First Derivatives signs software licensing deal with Algorithmics News
13.07.2010 Specialist Irish software company First Derivatives has signed an agreement with Algorithmics Inc, licensing the use of a First Derivatives' capital markets software product. -
Rumblefish brings music licensing to YouTubers News
30.06.2010 Music licensing service Rumblefish has created a new service for YouTube users called Friendly Music that gives them the option of adding music to their uploads for US$1.99 a... -
IT Sligo licenses platform technology to global medical tech group News
10.12.2008 Global medical technologies group Hemcon has put the Institute of Technology (IT), Sligo on the map in terms of third-level technology transfers to multinationals, having...Categories: R&DTags: Licensing, -
Competition for new wireless broadband licences News
23.11.2007 The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has launched a new competition for wireless licences covering the 26GHz range which would be ideal for broadband backhaul...Categories: Comms