Darker side of the Silicon Valley exposedIn previous years, US Vice-President Al Gore spent so much time out in Silicon Valley rubbing elbows with the digital crowd that…Fri Dec 3 1999 - 00:00
Government approval for Dublin branch of MIT Media LabThe Cabinet yesterday gave its approval to an ambitious £150 million (€190Wed Dec 1 1999 - 00:00
Baltimore embarks on courtship to woo USThere's no question that Irish security software company Baltimore Technologies has style - it proved that during its well-run…Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
Ads offer gauge for changing tech landscapeReturning to Silicon Valley after any sizeable time gap is always slightly surreal.Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
IDA valley team selling Republic as an e-platformForget Ireland as an e-commerce "hub"Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
Tech firms should use WITS to attract girlsEveryone knows the technology industry in the Republic is worried about the skills shortageFri Nov 19 1999 - 00:00
The detritus of timeOne of the satisfying paradoxes about William Gibson is that the writer who hardwired the circuitboard and silicon world to prose…Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
US should protect citizens from online profilingOne of the more outrageous online violations of consumer privacy emerged last week when a stalwart company of the Internet world…Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Microsoft hammered relentlessly by the judgeAlthough Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson had done little to disguise his irritability with Microsoft witnesses and defence strategy…Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
MIT Cambridge partnership `different' to Dublin projectAn £84 million sterling (€131 million) joint research partnership between Cambridge University and the Massachusetts Institute…Tue Nov 9 1999 - 00:00
E-commerce to expand despite security issuesSerious problems face the global rollout of the computer and administrative network needed for keeping Internet transactions …Fri Nov 5 1999 - 00:00
Consumer protection a vexed issueConsumer rights are beginning to emerge as one of the biggest potential barriers to the swift development of a comprehensive, …Fri Nov 5 1999 - 00:00
Caught in the web of his columnsSo many separate strands of invention, selfless motivation and vision combined over time to create what we now know as the Internet…Sat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
Formus hopes for speedy expansion of Internet accessAs far as Formus Communications' chief executive Mr Osmo Hautanen is concerned, the infamous "last mile" - in telecommunications…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
MIT lab would offer access to high-tech top tierIn the next few weeks, the Government has an extraordinary opportunity to place the State at the cutting edge of Internet and…Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Eircom offers free Net accessEircom has followed several competitors into the free Internet access market with an offer called Go Further for Free.Wed Oct 13 1999 - 01:00
Sun Microsystems plans to increase number of Irish software employeesSun Microsystems has said it will increase its Irish software engineering force by nearly 50 per cent to fill its 40,000 sq ft…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
'Key recovery' would be bad for businessLast week, key recovery - or rather, the Government's laudable opposition to it - was flagged in the press as a worrying issue…Fri Oct 8 1999 - 01:00
Big Blue sets out its waresComputers that look you in the eye and know when you're trying to get their attention, computers that take in spoken German and…Thu Oct 7 1999 - 01:00
IBM offers geeks a glimpse of tomorrowNothing thrills the true geek more than the phrase "prototype technologies", especially if they involve futuristic fusions of…Fri Oct 1 1999 - 01:00
Eircom in court clash with Regulator over interconnectionThe thorny issue of interconnect services is top of the telecommunications agenda next week with a court hearing on Monday for…Fri Oct 1 1999 - 01:00
Esat did very well to buy Postgem/IOL for £115mFollowing the sale of the Postgem/Ireland On-Line package to Esat, many were shocked by the price paid and the state of the goods…Fri Sep 24 1999 - 01:00
EU may stifle e-commerce - GIPControversial European Union Internet policy proposals could stifle the growth of e-commerce in Europe and set damaging precedents…Fri Sep 17 1999 - 01:00
Dublin enters digital age as First Tuesday arrivesDublin entered the official digital schmoozing scene this week with the advent of First Tuesday, an informal networking group…Sat Sep 11 1999 - 01:00
Republic is just a drop in e-commerce oceanLike it or not, whether the Republic ever becomes a global centre for electronic commerce has little to do directly with you.Fri Sep 10 1999 - 01:00
Internet is prescription for profit among drug companies in USDrugs - the legal kind - are at the centre of the latest online marketing war in the US, but don't expect to place an online …Fri Sep 10 1999 - 01:00
Windmill Group sets up `digital agency'Windmill Group, the independent, media-orientated subsidiary of Windmill Lane Studios, the recording facility used by U2, has…Wed Sep 8 1999 - 01:00
Happy birthday Internet - or then again maybe notYesterday might have been an important birthday, and then again, it might notFri Sep 3 1999 - 01:00
Government takes best line for e-commerceWith the release two weeks ago of its consultation paper on electronic signatures, contracts and what it terms "related matters…Fri Aug 27 1999 - 01:00
TeleNode to set up `carrier hotel' facilitySix telecommunications carriers have tentatively agreed to extend their networks into a £15 million (#19 million), 40,000-foot…Wed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
Satellite bug could affect some networksSome Irish businesses could find their computer networks knocked out over the weekend because the satellite time broadcasts that…Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Child porn hotline raises unresolved questionsThe establishment of a child pornography hotline and an Internet Advisory Board to oversee it has resurrected unresolved questions…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
A surfer's guide to hot spots on the InternetAs we creep into the latter half of August and - unfortunately - the tail end of summer, Net Results thinks you deserve a break…Fri Aug 20 1999 - 01:00
MCI WorldCom systems failures cripple networksSerious system failures during the past 10 days in MCI WorldCom's US-based data networks have crippled US company networks, caused…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Goldman Sachs to offer first index for e-commerce firmsInvestment bank Goldman Sachs will offer the first index for measuring the performance of electronic commerce sector companies…Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
Battles heats up over online messaging serviceA heated battle which erupted last week between Microsoft and America Online over their respective instant messaging (IM) services…Fri Aug 6 1999 - 01:00
Indigo's gofree tempts McCarthyIreland soccer team manager Mr Mick McCarthy may be a self-confessed computer "ignoramus", as he noted when he appeared on Indigo…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Regulator's report to stir up Internet-access marketA new report on Internet access charges and services should benefit consumers but promises to further stir up the highly unpredictable…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
E-commerce plan outlined by ForfasThe first comprehensive report to map a Government strategy for promoting the growth of e-commerce in the Republic was released…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
It's now beam me a loan, ScottyWith a flourish, the waiter in the chic little bistro presents the bill for the pricey lunch you've just had with your lawyer…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
CyBerCorp uses military tactics to trade onlineThe systems that allow military fighter jets to track the position of enemy planes were the inspiration for CyBerCorp, a US company…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Woman in top job should not be big dealLast week Hewlett-Packard did something that should not impress us. It should not draw our particular interestFri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Net firms are built too fast and sold too fastThe age of information technology and the Internet is changing the very nature of businessesFri Jul 23 1999 - 01:00
Apple takes on the competition with high performance laptopFollowing news of a seventh straight quarter of profitability and with share prices at their highest level, Apple Computer proved…Thu Jul 22 1999 - 01:00
Data protection law to be delayed until autumnIn a move that critics say leaves businesses and consumers in a state of legal uncertainty about how personal data should be …Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Untangling local loops is the key to continued progress in EU telecomsIn three years, Europe will achieve the level of deregulation in long distance and local telecommunications markets that took…Fri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
Spam spiders roam the Web collecting addressesFor some reason, my spam quotient has risen precipitously of lateFri Jul 16 1999 - 01:00
Telecom to introduce its ADSL service by autumnTelecom Eireann may roll out ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line) - a technology using electronics at either end of existing…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Free computers may not be science fictionHow about a free PC? All you have to do is use the InternetFri Jul 9 1999 - 01:00
Global CrossingGlobal Crossing is based in Bermuda and was formed two years ago by a financier with almost no telecommunications industry experience…Fri Jul 9 1999 - 01:00