Tagged: Computers & News
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The week in gadgets: a thumb-sized PC from Dell, hybrids from HP and Xbox on top News
20.05.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Xbox celebrates 28 months as the top games console in the US, HP unveils two new hybrid laptops, and Dell gets ready to ship its thumb-sized PC... -
Former Intel CEO awarded Certificate of Irish Heritage News
17.05.2013 The former CEO and president of Intel Dr Craig Barrett, who presided over Intel’s original decision to locate major manufacturing operations in Ireland and resulting in some...Categories: Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Education, Economy, Digital Business, Computers -
Oxfam Ireland gives computers new lease of life for resale from €120 News
13.05.2013 Oxfam Ireland’s new Born Again initiative offers refurbished computers for sale in-store and online for a fraction of their original price.Categories: Computers -
Irish500 begins task of listing Ireland’s supercomputers News
09.05.2013 Today, the 12th Information Technology and Telecommunications Conference in Athlone will see the launch of the Irish500 project to raise the profile of high-performance... -
‘The PC is very much alive and increasingly mobile’ – Microsoft exec talks Windows 8 figures News
07.05.2013 With Windows 8 now at the 100m licence milestone and Windows Blue on the horizon, Microsoft executive Tami Reller talks numbers for the six-month-old OS but remains tight-lipped... -
Review: Sony Vaio Tap 20 News
23.04.2013 Sony’s 20-inch slate struck me as unusual and unwieldy at first, but its practicalities for family life quickly won me over. -
IBM reports US$23.4bn Q1 revenues as profits miss analyst estimates News
19.04.2013 IBM has reported a lower profit for the first quarter, with net income falling by 1pc as a result of delays in several of the technology company's large software and mainframe... -
Toshiba targets MacBook market with high-resolution display Kirabook News
18.04.2013 Toshiba is hoping to make waves in the high-end laptop market with its new Kira range, starting with the 13.3-inch Kirabook featuring a high-resolution 2,560 x 1,440 PixelPure...Categories: Consumer Tech, Computers -
Trilogy Technologies in IT services deal with Aura gym chain News
12.04.2013 Trilogy Technologies has deployed IT equipment and software across the fitness chain Aura’s eight sites around Ireland following a competitive tender. -
Tablets toppling PC sales in Ireland – GfK research News
04.04.2013 Research firm GfK has taken a close look at sales of computing products in Ireland last year, revealing a tablet-focused market that seems set to continue on into 2013.Tags: Ireland, Market Research, Sales, Tablet, Tablet Computers, PC, Desktop, Laptops, Notebook, Computers -
Tech-based April Fool's Day pranks for your devilish side News
01.04.2013 It's April Fool's Day, and if you want to make a friend (or foe) feel foolish today, you need to look no further than their computer settings and hardware. -
Michael Dell faces pitch battle to retain control of the company he started News
25.03.2013 Michael Dell is facing competition from two main contenders who may scupper his US$24.4bn bid to take computer giant Dell private. Dell's board of directors has confirmed that...Categories: Software, Servers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Leadership & Management, Investments, Hardware, Financial, Computers -
Raspberry Pi camera board nears completion, user testing required News
06.03.2013 A camera board for the Raspberry Pi was promised in the new year and, while things seem to be slightly behind schedule, at least 10 lucky users will soon be able to get their...Categories: Computers -
Career memes of the week: technical support News
05.03.2013 Web and email security player FireEye is establishing its EMEA technical support centre in Cork City and with it 150 new jobs. To mark the occasion and our first ‘Career memes... -
Apple updates processors and cuts MacBook prices News
13.02.2013 Apple has updated its 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina notebooks with faster 2.6GHz and 2.7GHz processors respectively.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Software reconstructs early languages, research shows News
13.02.2013 Researchers in the US have developed software that can rebuild languages that ceased to exist some 7,000 years ago, the languages that evolved into modern languages. -
Mojang releases free Raspberry Pi edition of Minecraft News
12.02.2013 Mojang, the developer behind immensely popular indie game Minecraft, has just released the Raspberry Pi edition, which supports multiple programming languages and allows users...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Computers -
Weekend news round-up – Snapping at Snapchat, inside the Twitter business machine News
11.02.2013 In our round-up of the weekend’s top tech stories, we look at coverage of the mystique behind Snapchat, Microsoft’s confusing Surface Pro launch, the momentum of the Y...Categories: Wireless Communications, Storage, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Investments, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: Apple, Windows 8, Surface, Microsoft, Apps, Twitter, Facebook, Computers, Personal Computers, Smartphones, Venture Capital, Funding -
UK schools to receive 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers, thanks to Google grant News
30.01.2013 Through a grant from Google Giving, the Raspberry Pi Foundation will be able to deliver 15,000 Raspberry Pi Model B computers to schoolchildren in the UK in an effort to spur... -
Production begins to recreate original 1949 computer EDSAC News
09.01.2013 A project to recreate a working replica of the original early British computer, the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC), is set to start this week in front of...