Tagged: European Commission & News
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TCD Lero team in €2.5m study into how ecology can help make better software News
15.05.2013 A Trinity College Dublin-based Lero team is to take part in a €2.5m European Commission-funded research programme to find out how the principles of ecology can be adopted to... -
New web resource for firms to search R&D funding and advertise jobs News
14.05.2013 Ireland's Research and Innovation Minister Sean Sherlock, TD, has launched a new web resource targeted specifically at businesses to help them access information on R&D funding... -
Tech All Stars competition seeks Europe’s hottest start-ups News
29.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the second edition of its Tech All Stars competition to recognise some of Europe’s most promising technology start-ups. Twelve start-ups... -
2013 Better Cities competition wants ideas for the future News
25.04.2013 Creators, motivators and innovators now have a chance to show off, via video, their ideas to make cities of the future better in the 2013 Better Cities competition and be in... -
Despite more PCs in European schools, 20pc of kids never use them in their lessons News
19.04.2013 Although the numbers of computers in European schools have doubled since 2006 and students and teachers are keen to 'go digital', 20pc of secondary students across Europe have... -
European Commission opens €175k contest targeting women innovators News
16.04.2013 The European Commission has launched the latest edition of its Women Innovators Prize to reward female entrepreneurs who have come up with new innovations and brought them to... -
Irish biopharma firm secures FDA orphan drug status for gene therapy product News
12.04.2013 Dublin biopharmaceutical company Genable Technologies has been granted orphan drug designation from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) in the US for its gene therapy product...Tags: TCD, European Commission -
EU launches latest investment fund for low-carbon technologies News
04.04.2013 The European Commission has launched a second call for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to apply for funding under its NER300 programme.Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
€1m satellite technology competition opens for Irish entries News
02.04.2013 Start-ups and third-level researchers with ideas for new innovations using satellite navigation technology can now submit their entries for this year’s European Satellite...Categories: Science, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy, Education, Application Design and Development -
Ireland is No 1 in Europe for enjoying economic effects of innovation News
26.03.2013 Ireland is the top of the EU league table for making knowledge and innovation work for the real economy. Despite this achievement, the EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard placed... -
Kroes and Rabbitte question if EU intervention is needed to ‘preserve media’ News
22.03.2013 European Commission vice-president and commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes said today in Dublin that safeguarding media freedom and freedom of speech is critical....Categories: Online Business, Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Legal, Government, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Consumer Tech -
Neelie Kroes gathers Leaders Club to help foster more European start-ups News
21.03.2013 Vice-president of the European Commission and commissioner in charge of the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes is leading a group of nine successful entrepreneurs that will meet... -
Wake up call for music industry – the internet is not harming music sales News
21.03.2013 Music piracy on the web is not hurting but is enhancing legitimate music sales, a European Commission report has claimed. The research claims freely streamed music is actually...Categories: Multimedia, Internet, Intellectual Property, Games/Entertainment, eCommerce, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
HP lands major deal with European Commission to build its cloud News
13.03.2013 Technology giant HP has won a major contract with the European Commission to supply HP Integrity servers to support critical workloads, including database-intensive applications...Categories: Servers, Investments, Infrastructure Management, Hardware, Government, Digital Business, Data Management -
The technology business week: EC fines Microsoft €561m, Icahn vies for 6pc stake in Dell News
11.03.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Sales, Internet, Financial, Consumer Tech, Careers and Employment, Business Intelligence -
Browser clash – European Commission fines Microsoft €561m News
06.03.2013 The European Commission has imposed a €561m fine on Microsoft for failing to make it easier for Windows users to choose their preferred browser.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Software, Operating Systems, Internet, Financial, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs aims to fill 900,000 predicted European ICT vacancies News
04.03.2013 With 900,000 ICT vacancies predicted for the EU in 2015, a Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs has been established to fill these positions through improved training initiatives... -
European Commission to invest €50m in paving the way for 5G News
28.02.2013 Just as 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile services are beginning to deploy in Europe, the European Commission’s vice-president Neelie Kroes has decided that she wants to see... -
European Commission to push for more women in ICT News
21.02.2013 The European Commission (EC) will use results of a survey on why there is a lack of women in Europe’s ICT sector to develop policy and recommendations aimed to reverse this... -
Twitter contest for science lovers this Valentine’s Day News
13.02.2013 A social media contest specifically targeted at science enthusiasts is being launched to coincide with Valentine’s Day. People who tweet about their love for science will be in...